Brecks Yard
The Brecks Yard project explores new ideas and different ways of thinking about and looking at objects and artifacts alongside established genres eg. Minimalism, Modernism, Ethnology and Abstract & Figurative form. I have deployed art and artefacts from my collections of World Textiles, World Arts, Painting, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture, Ceramics and Furniture. These items have originated from Europe, Africa and Asia.
Brecks Yard, inspired by Jim Ede of Kettles Yard, provides an inclusive aesthetically informed habitat and living space. The building is open plan and divided into zones/areas corresponding to domestic uses. It is an architecturally neutral space free of an externally imposed style, (eg Victorian, Georgian) yet with roots in a more timeless dimension, with interior spaces receptive to the introduction of unfamiliar aesthetics.
I welcome your response to Brecks Yard.
Ian Chance
IAN CHANCE
Ian studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. Early in his career he discovered and restored Wingfield College, a lost Suffolk Mediaeval College founded 1362, - featured in Simon Jenkins ‘England’s 1000 best Houses’ here he began championing the use of heritage settings for performing Arts. As Arts Director and Producer of Wingfield Arts and Music (WAAM) Ian presented programmes of international quality across the East of England, raising £3m in Sponsorship and Awards. This included projects with Sainsburys, Barclays, Shell, Peat Marwick and others on over 30 Arts & Business Awards with UK companies, including the Financial Times Award for ‘Best UK Arts Sponsorship’. Further support from Arts Council England, Heritage Lotteries, the European Union and seven East Anglian Local Authorities enabled collaborations in Arts, Education and Cultural Tourism including partnerships with the Pablo Casals Festival, France and Barcelona based Adogi.
Ian pioneered the concept of Creative Entrepreneurship introducing its first UK Master’s Degree at the University of East Anglia, mentoring UK Post Grad Fine Art students and as a Visiting Tutor at The Academy of Performing Arts Hong Kong.
He has directed, produced, curated and commissioned over a thousand events including Performing Arts, Music, Literature, Visual Arts Exhibitions with associated Educational programmes for schools. In all, employing 4000 Artists from 45 countries.
Ian was twice nominated a ‘Creative Briton’ in the Financial Times/Prudential Awards in 1998 and 2000. He is a former Trustee of Dance East and former Artistic Director at Farley Arts Trust.
Ian is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and was appointed an Honorary Associate Professor at University East Anglia in 2023.
