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A Cornish Perspective - RWA, Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PX
31 May - 5 July 2009
Times : 10 - 5 pm Monday to Saturday, 2 - 5pm Sunday.

This exhibition will show works by the founding members from the end of the nineteenth century, through famous post war Modernist period to the present day. The present members, several of whom are RWA Academicians, will be showing painting, sculpture, prints, photography, video and installation.

Catherine Armitage, Alessandra Ausenda, Simon Averill, Richard Ballinger, Nicola Bealing, Romi Behrens, Clarissa Beothy, Clive Blackmore, Susan Boafo, Sandra Boreham, Ian Brown, Claire Burke, Nicola Buxton, Michael Calver, Neil Canning, Rose Cecil, Emma Churchill, John Clark, Margrit Clegg, Susannah Clemence, Barrie Cook, Gillian Cooper, Jessica Cooper, Phil Darby, Michael Donnolly, Stephen Dove, Gareth Edwards, Audrey Evans, Bernard Evans, Peter Fox, Naomi Frears, Anthony Frost, Julia Giles, Michael Griffiths, Martin Grimshaw, Marie-Claire Hamon, Patrick Haughton, Russell Hedges, Francis Hewlett, Rose Hilton, Phil Hogben, Delpha Hudson, Bernard Irwin, Robert Jones, Barbara Karn, John Keys, Susan Kinley, Alan Lake, Tony Lattimer, Rachel Levin, Denny Long, Janet Lynch, Margo Maeckelberghe. Louise McClary, Daphne McClure, Carole McDowell, Maggie Meadows, Marilyn Middlemiss, Angie Munroe, Anton Nickson, Camilla Nock, Carole Page-Davies, Ian Penna, Sarah Poland, Simon Pooley, Roy Ray, Rachel Reeve-Edwards, Roma Reseigh, Stuart Ross, Dorothy Searle, Jesse Leroy Smith, Nik Strangelove, Volker Stox, Mark Surridge, David Symonds, Marion Taylor, Ken Turner, Vince Tutton, Bren Unwin, Paul Wadsworth, Anne Wallace, Kate Walters, Peter Webster, Helen Weston, Rupert White, Belinda Whiting, Phil Whiting, David Whittaker, Tamsin Woodford & Lisa Wright

For further information about the show please visit the RWA website (click here).

About the NSA
The NSA is a group of about one hundred and fifty professional artists who either live in the South West or have strong connections with the area. The membership is composed of artists working across the full range of contemporary media including painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, video/digital, site specific and performance. The NSA has a close working relationship with The Exchange in Penzance and Newlyn Art Gallery where it has had its home since its formation more than a century ago. It is run by a committee elected annually from the membership and administered in collaboration with Newlyn Art Gallery. The current Chairperson is Marion Taylor.

Exhibitions
The NSA has a deservedly high reputation for its exhibitions which include regular shows at The Exchange and Newlyn Art Gallery. The shows are often themed and are selected from open submissions of members work. As well as curating exhibitions ‘in house’ such as the very successful ‘Lineage’ at Newlyn Gallery in 2007, the NSA works with curators and selectors from many different backgrounds. These have included critics such as Norbert Lynton and John Russell Taylor, journalist Joan Bakewell, gallerist Theo Waddington and curators Kate MacFarlane and Mary Doyle of the Drawing Room, London. The NSA places great importance on promoting the work of its members as broadly as possible and has organized exhibitions in London, Bristol, Plymouth, Hastings, Cuxhaven, Brittany and Tuscany.

History
The N.S.A. was originally founded in 1896 by a group of painters in order to organize and manage exhibitions at the then newly built Newlyn Art Gallery. The gallery was built by the benefactor John Passmore Edwards on land donated by C.N. Le Grice and given to the artists based in Newlyn who were later to become known as the Newlyn School. In the following years the N.S.A and the exhibitions at Newlyn have formed a centre of interest for the arts in the South West. The developments in art over the last century are reflected in the names of the many artists who have exhibited at the Gallery or who have been members of the NSA. A very brief list would include Stanhope Forbes, Norman Garstin, Walter Langley, Lamorna Birch, Dod Proctor, Laura Knight, Alfred Munnings, Peter Lanyon, Bernard Leach, Patrick Heron, John Wells, Whilemena Barns Graham and Terry Frost.

The future
The artists of the NSA work in an area of the country that is rich in artistic history and has an extraordinarily active and vibrant contemporary art scene. Newlyn Art Gallery has since its inception provided a wonderful showcase for the work of the artists of the NSA. Newly extended and refurbished and with the addition of The Exchange in Penzance it continues to show work produced in the region as part of a rich mix of art from the national and international scene. The NSA committee has recently succesfully fundraised to create the post of Project Manager, which is based at Newlyn Art Gallery, two days a week.

Membership
The society encourages applications from professional artists.
Please click here for further information.

NEWLYN
New Road, Newlyn, TR18 5PZ
T 01736 363715
E mail@newlynartgallery.co.uk

EXCHANGE
Princes Street, Penzance, TR18 2NL
T 01736 363715
E mail@theexchangegallery.co.uk