Three LSA Members, Linda Sharman, George Sfougaras and Andrew Jackson, were awarded prizes from sponsors at the Open 33, The People's Exhibition, showcasing contemporary artwork and craft by both local and regional artists. The exhibition features over 400 paintings, sculptures, textiles, prints and photographs, from beginners to professional artists, at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery at 53 New Walk Leicester and continues to 20th January 2023.
More about the exhibition here
Andrew Jackson, Artist & Model (Egon Schiele and Wally Neuzil)
LSA Member Andrew Jackson won a prize for Artist and Model (Egon Schiele and Wally Neuzil), - Phoenix prize of cinema tickets
Linda Sharman, Chinatown
LSA Member Linda Sharman won an Art House Cash Prize for her painting Chinatown
George Sfougaras, Ruins
LSA Member George Sfougaras won an LCB Exhibition Opportunity with his work Ruins. "This work represents the trauma of losing one's home as a result of war," says George Sfougaras. The work was created around one of his poems with the same title -
I will always return to the ruins. This is my place of worship.
I enter in silence. I move slowly to the epicentre, where the mystery takes place.
There, I am in communion with my sadness but also... hope.
I listen to the sermon as the buildings collapse.
I bow my head as the shards of memories are hurled toward me.
I receive the host as images are rekindled.
Blinding light surrounds me as candle flames
Sway in their stands. I exit.
- George Sfougaras, from 'Ruins'