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From: PRESS RELEASE Category: Press Release Date: 02 June 2009 Time: 08:45 AM Review: Press release Monday 1 June 2009 Contact: Jenny Peterson, Press & Communications Officer, RIBA South East, 01892 515878 See artists’ visions of architecture in Brabourne Lees, during the south east Festival of Architecture Three artists with contrasting views of architecture will be opening their studios in Brabourne Lees during the south east Festival of Architecture. The Festival is co-ordinated by RIBA South East (which has offices in Tunbridge Wells) and the Solent Centre for Architecture + Design, across the south east from 20 May to 28 June. Full details of the Festival are on www.festivalofarchitecture.org . Photographer Liz Garnett will display architectural photographs in her studio at 6 Mountbatten Way. Liz, who has exhibited her photography all over Europe for the past 14 years, will be on hand to talk about the advantages of the large format camera in architectural photography. For opening times contact 01303 812678. Sue Chapman, at 39 Prospect Way is also a photographer, who specialises in manipulating images using Photoshop. Her studio will feature photographs of buildings and artworks in varying styles and media. You will also be able to buy greetings cards and jewellery. For opening times contact 0845 0030060. For something completely different, visit Mike Tremblay’s studio at Oylers Folly, Pound Lane. ‘Escape the thatched cottage and tidy garden and enter the messy world of your imagination’ says Mike, who will display his abstract paintings of buildings. For opening times contact 01303 813499. These open studios in Brabourne Lees are just a few of the 90 events during the south east Festival of Architecture which, with the theme ‘Better Places, Better Spaces’, is taking place across the south east. Most are free of charge. The Festival coincides with Architect in the House, the popular scheme that that lets homeowners get expert advice from an RIBA Chartered Architect in exchange for a donation to Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity. Visit www.festivalofarchitecture.org for the latest details of what’s happening during the south east Festival of Architecture.