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Sura Medura at Summerhall

An exciting new Sura Medura exhibition at Summerhall

3 Aug – 24 September

Presenting the work of nineteen European artists who have been resident at Sura Medura since 2006 including a focus on Insitu artists. The programme includes performances, installations, video and visual arts.

Featured artists:

Stephen Hurrel, Sita Pieraccini, Maria McCavana, Nichola Scrutton, Natasha Russell, Hannah Brackston, Ross Whyte, Lewis Sherlock, Kit Mead, Elisabeth Wildling, Sumit Sarkar, Matteo Lanfranchi, Steffi Oettl, Samson Ogiamein, Juri Cainero, John Rogers, Martin Janicek, Adrian Schvarzstein, Zoe Katsilerou, Chandraguptha Thenuwara.

Private View

You are invited to join us for a Private View on Wednesday 2nd August from 6pm – 9pm. There will be live performance, a first look at the exhibition, and the opportunity to meet many of the artists.

To join us for the Private view, please email us at info@uzarts.com

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Eagle House: 2nd Anniversary Party

UZ Arts director, Neil Butler, has just returned from his time in Sri Lanka visiting Kit and the Sura Medura Centre, the Sunbeach Hotel and Eagle House, the new home of the art classes set up in Hikkaduwa after the tsunami of 2004. The “Hikkaduwa Area Relief Fund” created Chandrasevana, an initiative that originally helped locals rebuild fishing boats and businesses, supporting the community and then went on to open the Chandrasevana Creation Centre that provided arts classes for children.

Eddi and Mangalika at Eagle House
Eddi and Mangalika at Eagle House

 

When the centre needed to move premises, it was housed in Sura Medura for a while but then found its permanent home in Eagle House with lead volunteer Eddi Piper steering the helm. They celebrated their 2nd anniversary at Eagle House recently with a day of creative fun and games with art workshops and  “Bat the Rat”. No animals were harmed in the making of this party!

 

Maria McCavana with children's art classes
Maria McCavana with children’s art classes

 

Artist in residence Kit Mead getting to grips with "Bat the Rat".
Artist in residence Kit Mead getting to grips with “Bat the Rat”