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| September 2011 |
| Back to work after the summer holidays. Lots of
business planning and planning of future exhibitions and events. |
| June 2011 |
| South East Open Studios this month and I am looking
forward to meeting visitors. |
| April 2011 |
| My first solo
exhibition in I don't know how many years. Looking forward to the
show at St Julian's Country Club in Sevenoaks. |
| January 2011 |
| Liz started the year by working on re-branding and creating a new mailing list. This will make it easier to send out newsletters and exhibition invites. She has also been working on new images and exhibition planning. |
| November 2010 |
An annual event for Liz is the AVA Christmas Art Fair at Godinton House outside Ashford. This years' was a great success. |
| October 2010 |
Liz took part in the Elham Christmas Fair in aid of The Pilgrims Hospice. |
| September 2010 |
Liz was involved with organising Inspired by Local Business - an exhibition of local businesses at St Mary's Church, Brabourne. |
| July 2010 |
| Two local exhibition opportunities for Liz. One was a two day art exhibition of local and international artists at Brook Agricultural Museum near Ashford. The other was a post South East Open Studios exhibition at The Art Room in Ashford. |
| June 2010 |
Liz took part in the annual Ashford Visual Artists Christmas Exhibition at Godinton House outside Ashford. |
| May 2010 |
| Liz took part in the South East Open Studios Preview Exhibition at The Art Room in Ashford. The exhibition was a great success. |
| March 2010 |
| Liz started work on a series of articles for The Village Directory on artists participating in South East Open Studios. The articles will run over three months: April, May and June. |
| November 2009 |
| Liz took part in the annual Ashford Visual Artists Christmas Exhibition at Godinton House outside Ashford. |
| September 2009 |
| Liz gets to work on publicity for South East Open Studios. |
| August 2009 |
Over two weeks in August Liz got together with Alex le Rossignol for an albumen printing workshop. This was the first time they had worked together and it was a great success.
Liz took part in an exhibition organised by Ashford Visual Artusts called The Vortex. The exhibition was held in an empty shop space in Ashford's County Square shopping mall. |
| July 2009 |
The Art Room Gallery in Ashford opened this month and included a number of pictures by Liz. www.theartroomashford.co.uk
For the second year running Liz judged the art and photography at Brook Village show. |
| June 2009 |
Liz's open studio as part of South East Open Studios proved to be a great success this year. There were many new visitors and Liz Enjoyed the opportunity to explain her work and talk about the difference camera formats she uses.
South East Open Studios also provided an excellent platform to network with other artists and a number of ne projects have come out of this.
Emma Dove from The Art Room Gallery visited during open studios and invited Liz to exhibit at her new gallery in Ashfor.d A number of Liz's photographs will be in the gallery from July. |
| May 2009 |
| The Garret Gallery in Tenterden hosted an exhibition showcasing work by artists participating in South East Open Studios (www.seos-art.org) including work by Liz. Sadly this was the last exhibition at the Garret. |
| January 2009 |
| Liz has had work accepted for the
"All You need Is…" exhibition at The Garret Gallery, Sawyers Lane,
Tenterden, Kent runs until 14 February 2009 and includes artworks by Liz
and a wide selection of other Kent artists.
www.garretgallery.co.uk |
| December 2008 |
December has been a very busy month. The AVA
Art Fair at Godinton House was a great success for Liz.
At the end of December Liz was busy creating an internet shop on the
Etsy website to make it easier for people to buy her work. The web
address of the site is:
http://lizgarnett.etsy.com
. The site takes payment by paypal and credit card. |
| November 2008 |
| Liz has been very busy accepting invitations to
exhibitions and this has resulted in four in December. She has
also been busy helping to recruit artists for the 2009 South East Open
Studios. |
| August 2008 |
| This month Liz was featured in Aspect County
magazine. www.aspect-county.co.uk. |
| July 2008 |
| On 19 July Liz was judging art and photography at
Brook village show. |
| June 2008 |
The media launch for the library gallery exhibition
was a great success. It was opened by David Hill (Chief Executive
of Ashford Borough Council) and Chris Dixon (Ashford BC Arts Officer)
gave a talk about the participating artists. The exhibition has
been well received by visitors.
Liz's open studio has also got off to a good start with lots of sales
and commissions. Liz has been enjoying the opportunity to chat to
her visitors and has already been getting inspiration for a new body of
work.
Over the first weekend Liz also created some new flower and fruit
photographs which can be seen at the last weekend. |
| May 2008 |
Work is now well under way for this year's open
studio. Liz is also organising an exhibition of work by artists
taking part in South East Open Studios from the Borough of Ashford.
The exhibition at Ashford Library Gallery will run from 3 - 13 June 2008
and will give visitors a flavour of what to expect from the different
artists' studios in and around Ashford.
As if Liz didn't have enough to do she also created a video of 11
Ashford artists at work and has put it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkkhHcqKZa0
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| February 2008 |
| Liz has been busy in her studio
photographing more flowers and preparing for future exhibitions. These
have included film based experimental pictures of flowers as well as
emulsion lifts of flowers. |
| January 2008 |
| Liz has been busy helping to recruit artists for this
years South East Open Studios and is busy preparing work for show in her
open studio. |
| December
2007 |
The
private view of Christmas Quartet at The Gallery in The Friars in
Canterbury was a great success.
As part of Liz's work for South East Open Studios Liz organised for
Meridian TV to film at Chris and Vikky Furse's studio at Smarden. Along
with the Furses, Liz was filmed with Joel Arnstein and Rib Bloomfield
alongside the work of Mandy Munroe. |
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November 2007
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| The beginning of
November has brought cold weather and inspired Liz to start a new body
of work while still experimenting with different films and processes.
Liz took part in the
Ashford Visual Artists Art Fair at Godinton House, Ashford at the end of
the month. There will be 22 professional artists taking part.
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October 2007
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| Liz took a stand at
Elham Christmas Market on 25 October and had a very good evening.
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September 2007
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September will be spent
photographing the Kent countryside as summer turns to autumn.
Liz will be joining
other Ashford Visual Artists in Ashford's Lower High Street on Saturday
22 September to exhibit their work and demonstrate their art practice.
Liz will also be
promoting the art rental of her photographs to local businesses.
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August 2007
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The "Not The Summer
Exhibition" at The Courtyard Gallery, Mersham Le Hatch near Ashford was
extended until the end of September.
Liz spent the best part
of August in Northern Britanny photographing the area.
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July 2007 |
| Liz is celebrating the
success of her open studio this year.
Professional
Photographer magazine have interviewed Liz about her open studio for the
August issue of the magazine.
Liz is currently
putting together work for the "Not The Summer Exhibition" at The
Courtyard Gallery, Mersham Le Hatch near Ashford which will run from 24
July to 2 September. Liz is thrilled to have been asked to take
part in this show at this new contemporary gallery outside Ashford.
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June 2007
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| Preparations are now
underway for this years open studio. For further details of opening
times please contact Liz at
liz@lizgarnett.com
Liz is also involved in
the organisation of the Ashford Visual Artists exhibition "Tour" which
opens at Ashford Library Gallery on 19 June.
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May 2007
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| The Photographic
Glimpses internet project with Rebecca Hale in Australia is now up and
running.
www.photographicglimpses.com.
Liz has set up an
online shop in the USA with
Cafe Press selling merchandise printed
with her images.
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April 2007
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| Liz is busy
co-organising the Ashford Visual Artists "Tour" exhibition alongside
Mandy Munroe with help from David Jones and Oliver Winconek. Both Mandy
and Liz have a considerable amount of experience curating group
exhibitions. The exhibition takes place between 19 June and 7 July 2007
at the Ashford Library Gallery and celebrates the Tour de France's visit
to the town in July. Liz is currently working on her images for this
exhibition and is struggling for inspiration! |
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March 2007
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| Work is currently
underway on a new internet based project with Australian photographer,
Rebecca Hale. The website will be live soon. Watch this space!
Liz is also currently
working on a number of other projects in preparation for South East Open
Studios in June.
Liz's work can now also
be found on the
Saatchi Gallery website.
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February 2007
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| The Flowers by Liz
Garnett exhibition at Oaklands Health Centre in Hythe opened on 5
February. This exhibition includes some new images and runs until
June. Comments from the visitors book at the private view included:
"wonderful, vibrant photos!" and "great compositions and colour".
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January 2007 |
| Liz launches her new
website. |
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December 2006
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| This is a busy month
for Liz with the AVA Art at Godinton House (Ashford) art sale and the
Christmas exhibition at the West End House Gallery in Smarden. Liz will
be taking her turn to sit in at both exhibitions. She also has a
selection of her flower portraits in the By Hand (selected) exhibition
at Ashford Library Gallery. |
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October 2006
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| Liz has taken on the
role of Area Co-Ordinator (Ashford East) for South East Open Studios and
is looking forward to this new role. |
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July 2006
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| Liz is breathing a
sigh of relief after an exhausting few months working on South East Open
Studios. She is now going to spend the next couple of months creating
new work and enjoying the summer. |
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June 2006
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| South East Open
Studios is keeping Liz busy this month. She will be opening her studio
on 10/11, 18 and 24/25 June between 10 am and 5pm. New images will be
available along with a new mug design. |
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May 2006
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| Liz has had work
accepted for the First Class Post exhibition and will have her work
displayed in Folkestone Library Gallery alongside mail art from other
Kent based artists.
Liz has two images in
the AVA Journey exhibition at The Horsebridge Gallery in Whitstable.
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April 2006
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| Liz is busy preparing
for her open studio in June and has been creating some new experimental
flower images with chrysanthemums. |
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March 2006
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www.spice.co.uk have teamed up with Liz to produce t-shirts,
linen bags, mousemats and wheelie bin stickers depicting her flowers.
All can be bought online using a credit card. Liz was originally drawn
to the site by their linen bags which she feels are an excellent idea. |
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February 2006
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| Liz secures the domain
name
www.lizgarnett.com for her website and
starts work on getting some new products for her range of flower
portraits. These will be available at her open studio in June.
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January 2006
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| Liz starts preparing
for the AVA Journey exhibition in May at The Horsebridge Centre in
Whitstable. |
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December 2005
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| Liz designs and
photographs her image for this year's Christmas card and work gets
underway for the publicity of South East Open Studios 2006. |
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November 2005
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| Liz joins fellow Salon
67 members in a group exhibition "Presenting Salon 67" at the Tiger Inn
in Stowting. Liz is displaying her new flower portraits of Dahlias.
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October 2005
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| Liz joins fellow Salon
67 members in a group exhibition Colours II at The Marlowe theatre in
Canterbury. The group is also working on new works for an exhibition at
The Tiger Inn in Stowting in November. |
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September 2005
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| Liz launches her first
solo exhibition in five years entitled "Flowers" at the Kings Head in
Wye. The private view coincides with a wine tasting. The exhibition
runs until Tuesday 15 November.
Liz joins fellow Salon
67 members in an exhibition Beach II at The Woodman in Sevenoaks.
The exhibition runs for a month with a private view on Thursday 20
October.
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August 2005
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| Liz will be sitting in
at the Wearable Art exhibition at The West End House Gallery in Smarden
on Sunday 21 August.
Liz continues to sell
work to contacts made at South East Open Studios.
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July 2005
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| Liz has been
interviewed for a feature in September's Kent Life.
Liz has been offered
the first exhibition space at a new gallery restaurant in Wye. Liz
will be exhibiting her series of flowers at The Kings Head, Church
Street, Wye near Ashford between 14 September and 15 November 2005.
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June 2005
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| South East Open
Studios starts mid June and Liz Garnett will be opening her studio for
three weekends. The open studios event gives visitors the chance to
meet Liz view past and current work as well as work in progress. It is
an opportunity to find out more about art photography; film formats;
media etc. The last weekend Liz will be open is 25/26 June.
Liz has had work
accepted into the Picture This 2 exhibition at the Sassoon Gallery,
Folkestone. This exhibition features work by Kent artists and runs
until Sunday 24 July 2005.
The Hackney Museum
Summer Salon With A Twist exhibition has been extended to 9 July due to
it's great success and the enthusiastic response it has received from
the public
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May 2005
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| Liz has had three emulsion lift
photographs accepted for the Summer Salon: With a Twist exhibition at
Hackney Museum which runs until 24 June 2005.
On Saturday 21st Liz joined Ashford
Visual Artists at the Bandstand in the centre of Ashford to promote
Ashford's professional artists.
Liz has added another design to her
limited edition mugs.
Liz prepares for opening her studio as
part of South East Open Studios (June) by adding to the services she
offers. These include: placemats, screens, wallpaper, lamps, tiles
etc. These will all be to order and, of course, limited editions.
Liz has taken down her work for the
Salon 67 exhibition at The Tiger Inn in Stowting. The group will
be back at The Tiger in November for three months. Numerous other
exhibitions are in the pipeline.
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April 2005
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| Liz launches her 2005 limited edition
mug. Each mug is signed and is from an edition of 75. |
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