Once Upon a Time....2014

ART SANCTUARY - Station 14; 'The Enchanted Garden' - ART AND NATURE-NATURE AND ART-IN DIALOGUE

ART INSPIRED BY AND/OR IN DIALOGUE WITH NATURE - INSPIREE PAR LA NATURE ET/OU EN DIALOGUE AVEC ELLE - KUNST GEÏNSPIREERD DOOR EN/OF IN DIALOOG MET DE NATUUR
- Encounters, Exchanges, and Creative Collaborations -
ADDRESS: Rue du Tilleul 22, (S.J.G.) Jodoigne, B-1370 Belgium - Teleph. +32 (0) 10 81 06 14 - GSM: +32 (0) 474.285.130 GSM(2) +32 (0) 493.628.540
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 13:00 - 20:00 - WELCOME TO THE NEW SEASON - BIENVENUE - WELKOM!

Email: ArtSanctuary@live.com

Monday, 14 April 2014

Once Upon a Time....2014

This year’s exhibition invites the visitor on a journey of

myths and legends, stories and tales;

Art, pondering and wondering - imaginative, inquisitive – personas and personifications, places and names; remembered, retraced, recoding again; the puzzle and mystery,

of human existence.

This year’s exhibition invites the visitor on a journey of myths and legends, mysteries and wonders; An avenue of cherries, winding trails, deep ponds and secret forest rooms, chapels and a labyrinth, threads of destiny, goddesses and sleeping beauties…

('With an Umbrella' - Alexandr Agafonov, Ukraine)

“without images [...]

there is no mythology"

(Joseph Campbell)

ARTISTS represented 2014:

Alexandr Agafonov (Ukraine)

Walter Bailey (UK)

Maria Bemelmans (NL)

Nicky Bendix (DK)

Marie Biesmans (B)

Lebuïn d’Haese (B)

Jean de la Kerthulle (B)

Veerle De Ridder (B)

Giséle Derop (B)

Laura Frennet (B/F)

Giovanni Gelmi (B/I)

Marcel Haccuria (B)

Luc Leroy (B)

Luk Luts (B)

Roos Mannaerts (NL)

Roland Menten (B)

Joshua Pennings (NL)

Will Schropp (NL)

Romeeo Sr. Vangoethemd (B)

Michel Vranckx (B)

Shirley Weiffenbach (NL)

Tone Aanderaa (N/B)

WELCOME JUNE 27th - AUGUST 3rd, 2014

A Poet's Impression

Le jardin Enchanté
Un soir d’été
C’est magique
Bercée par la musique

Elle s’imprègne de beauté
Où des êtres sculptés
Rappellent son enfance
Sans turbulence
Où les rêves sans ailes
Ne se sont pas envolés
Sa liberté étouffée

Mais ils sont toujours là
Plus tournés vers les arts

Au détour d’un chemin
Dans un recoin
Une surprise
De son Enfant Intérieur
Une surprise
D’Elle sans zèle
Avec des ailes d’Elfe

La voilà … Femme
Avec toute son âme
Dans la lumière crépusculaire
D’un soir baigné d’air

Avec toute
mon amitié
Marianne
Schouters

ABOUT ART SANCTUARY

Art Sanctuary is a result – and a happy consequence – of the encounter and meeting between Norwegian artist Tone Aanderaa, www.tone-aanderaa.com www.toneaanderaa.blogspot.com and Ignace Clarysse, Belgian, IT expert, project manager and content-builder www.ignace-clarysse.com/

In 2009 Art Sanctuary arranged 'The Belgian-Norwegian Collaboration'; 12 artists from Norway, The Netherlands, and Belgium, meeting in 2 large exhibitions at HARDANGER FOLKEMUSEUM and HARDANGER KULTURGALLERI
(see also Catalogue for the exhibitions)

In 2010 Art Sanctuary published two collections of poems by Tone Aanderaa;
'PUST; Fugler Puster Annerledes' ('BREATH; Birds Breathe Differently') and 'Poe-etiske voggesanger – epistler fra et mørkt fastland' ('Poe-Ethical Lullabies – Epistles From a Dark Mainland'

In 2010 Art Sanctuary also hosted The Encounter between Tone Aanderaa and musician Nicky Bendix http://www.nickybendix.com/; a collaboration with paintings/art and music evolving together.
(Please see VIDEOS of this collaboration)

- And in 2011 Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden' OFFICIALLY OPENED;
20 artists from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Norway and Denmark, exhibiting in a large and beautiful garden, and inside the old train station house of Station 14, Ste-Marie-Geest, Jodoigne, Belgium.
See videos of the preparations, the vernissage - and of course the exhibition.

In 2012 Art Sanctuary again opened its gates (June 29 - August 5): 'The Enchanted Garden' had a Theme: 'Dance' -

33 specially invited international artists

+ performances and concerts

The garden also had a special added feature this year: A new large Labyrinth, with art works exhibited in unexpected ways:)

In 2013 Art Sanctuary again opened its gates (June 28 - August 4): 'The Enchanted Garden' theme was 'C'est le rêve' ('It is That Dream'.

21 specially invited international artists and concert by Nicky Bendix.

The book 'Art Sanctuary - The Enchanted Garden - SEASONS' was published, as well as 'Liminal Dream - A Painted Vision', a book of paintings by Tone Aanderaa.

In 2014 the theme of 'The Enchanted Garden' was 'Myths and Legends, Stories and Tales' ; To experience some of the Magic, see Video and page back in the blog archive!

'The Enchanted Garden' evolved into an annual International Art Exhibition - in a large and natural beautiful garden; including a forest, brooks and ponds, a wishing-well, a labyrinth, and much more - filled with wildlife and beautiful art. In 2023 Art Sanctuary celebrates The Enchanted Garden's Tenth Edition!

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN 2019

ART SANCTUARY - Station 14; 'The Enchanted Garden' - ART AND NATURE-NATURE AND ART-IN DIALOGUE

Monday, 14 April 2014

Once Upon a Time....2014

This year’s exhibition invites the visitor on a journey of

myths and legends, stories and tales;

of human existence.

WELCOME JUNE 27th - AUGUST 3rd, 2014