Brighton Art Fair and The Hove Civic Society

Brighton Art Fair takes place between 28 - 30 September, 2007 at Brighton’s Corn Exchange and showcases affordable artwork mostly between £50 and £1500. Artists are carefully selected from over 300 applications received each year to showcase orginal and innovative artwork across a wide mix of media and styles.

The Hove Civic Society was formed over 40 years ago in response to a boom in building in the sixties. Its aim was to protect the conservation areas, to ensure high standards of architecture and town planning and to encourage the public's interest in the urban environment. It maintains that aim to the present day by monitoring planning applications, working with other conservation societies, by representation on the Conservation Advisory Group and liaison with the Civic Trust.

The Hove Civic Society is offering a £500 prize for:

"An original piece of artwork focussing on the urban environment"

The work will be judged on artistic merit and subject matter. This should comprise any architectural theme or detail, or any reference to design or planning in the urban landscape. The society's aim in offering this award is to increase the public's appreciation of these factors in their everyday surroundings. The Hove Civic Society would expect to use the winning image for publicity purposes.


The work can be in any medium approved for display at the Brighton Art Fair and must be on show at the event.


The prize will awarded by a panel comprising a guest judge, John Small, President of the City's Conservation Advisory Group. The other judges are Lesley Clarke, Chairman of the Hove Civic Society and Decorative and Fine Arts Society Church Recorder and Sarah Young of the Brighton Art Fair.

The prize will be judged and presented at the Brighton Art Fair Private View on Thursday 27th September.




Monday, 24 September 2007

Hebe Vernon-Morris


One of Them is Special, Etching

One's Dreams can be Kingdoms if One Wants Them to Be, Soft Woodcut

Corner House, Linocut

My work depicts buildings and houses, largely imaginary but entirely influenced by the multitude of architectural details I see around me in the urban environments I have lived within and travelled to. The buildings reflect the input man has on the structures of the past and present and acknowledge the character man is able to impart on the urban environment through the style, detail and aesthetic used.
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