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Barnaby Art Market Open Call for Proposals
Open invitation for artists, collectives, studio group and zine makers to take part in our upcoming Art Market on Sunday 20th June at the Barnaby Macclesfield Festival 2010. The Art Market will be situated in the grounds of St Michaels' Church in the centre of Macclesfield, Cheshire, and will be in the main hub of Barnaby Festival activity. This unique context provides us with rich pickings to work site-responsively and we have invited you to come and set up stall in this context.
The pitch fee is £10 per stall, payable on the day.
http://www.barnabyfestival.org.uk/
http://www.stmichaels-macclesfield.com/
Contents May Vary's Art Market follows on from the successful ANTIFREEZE in CAM's Trade City exhibition in July 2009. ANTIFREEZE was an exhibition about the high-end art market delivered within the format of low-end trade. It is the grass-roots answer to hugely commercial art fairs allowing independent and non-commercial practitioners to explore ideas of value, exchange and independence with artists and artist-led organisations responding to the physical, social, economical, geographical and literal situation.
http://www.contentsmayvary.org/ANTIFREEZE09.html
http://antifreeze2009.blogspot.com/
http://www.contemporaryartmanchester.org/
Unlike ANTIFREEZE, cars cannot be driven onto the site and although loading will be possible, parking will need to be sought elsewhere. We will be able to access a number of lightweight folding trestle tables but recommend you bring your own which suits your needs. Please let us know if you require a table providing. No other assistance is
provided. Please also be aware it is an outdoor site and although it should be lovely and sunny in mid June, back-up coverings and wind-proof weightings are recommended.
If you would like a stall in this Art Market, please send us the following details to c-m-v(AT)hotmail(DOT)co(DOT)uk:
- Participating artist(s) and group name(s) as applicable
- Title(s) of work(s)
- Description(s) of work(s)
- Artist/group short statement/biography
- Artist/group website
- High resolution image for press/publicity
- Contact email
- Contact telephone number
Deadline: Monday 24th May2010
Alice Bradshaw - Blown Light Bulbs - opening Wednesday 28th April @ PEEP! Wakefield
Alice Bradshaw - Blown Light Bulbs
PEEP!
Ridings Shopping Centre
Kirkgate, Wakefield
28th April - 23rd June 2010
Opening Wednesday 28th April, 5-9pm, drinks at Fernandes Brewery Tap & Bier Keller http://www.ossett-brewery.co.uk/fernandes_insert.html
Wakefield Artwalk: Wednesday 26th May 2010, 5-9pm http://www.artwalk.org.uk/
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Helium is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert gas. The name is derived from the Greek Helios meaning sun. Most helium was formed during the Big Bang as a result of nuclear fusion of hydrogen. Except for hydrogen, helium is the most abundant element found in the universe and constitutes 10% of all matter.
The word vacuum is derived from the Latin term for empty, but in reality, no volume of space can ever be perfectly empty. A perfect vacuum with a gaseous pressure of absolute zero is a philosophical concept never observed in practice. The first everyday use a the vacuum was the incandescent light bulb which contains a partial vacuum.
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Alice Bradshaw works with a wide range of media and processes involving the manipulation of everyday objects and materials. Mass-produced, anonymous objects are often rendered dysfunctional caricatures of themselves, addressing concepts of purpose and futility. Alice creates or accentuates subtleties, blurring distinctions between the absurd and the mundane, with the notion that the environment the work exists in becomes integral to the work itself.
Alice is based in Halifax (UK) has exhibited prolifically in the North of the UK and internationally including at several film festivals. Recent exhibitions and festivals include Repurposes at the Baron and Ellin Gordon Galleries in Virginia (US), The Big M / AND Festival in Preston, Short Cuts Film Festival at the University of Leeds, Cabinet of Curiosities, 13th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair, at the University of Leeds, Contents May Vary at NoiseLab in Manchester and Contents May Vary at Red Gallery in Hull.
Alice is co-founding member of Manchester based artist collective Contents May Vary, co-founding curator of Fundada Artists' Film Festival and she also co-directed Temporary Art Space in Halifax in 2009.
http://www.alicebradshaw.co.uk/
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If you would like to exhibit with PEEP! email bob.milner@yahoo.co.uk
Impressions Gallery Artist Reception and Book Signing: Max Kandhola
Tuesday 27 April 2010, 6pm to 8pm
Join us for an artist reception and book signing with British Indian photographer Max Kandhola on the occasion of his exhibition Flatland: A Landscape of Punjab.
Flatland explores memory, migration and Sikh diaspora through large-scale colour photographs of Punjab's many rivers and uncharted villages.
Bring a friend, relax and enjoy a free glass of wine or juice.
Free event.
Drop in.
The exhibition Flatland: A Landscape of Punjab continues until Sunday 20 April June, click here to find out more.
Impressions Gallery
Centenary Square
Bradford
BD1 1SD
Telephone: 08450 515 882
Fax: 01274 734 635
Email: enquiries@impressions-gallery.com
Website: www.impressions-gallery.com
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Studio Development Manager needed for Westgate Studios, Wakefield
STUDIO DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - Westgate Studios
Closing Date: 5pm, Tuesday 4th May 2010
Location: West Yorkshire
Salary £23,000 per annum. Flexible terms between a full and part time contract
About us
Situated two minutes walk from Wakefield Westgate Railway Station, and located in the heart of the city's newly designed cultural quarter, Westgate Studios is one of the main artist studio providers in the Wakefield District. Over its 17-year period the Company has also hosted numerous exhibitions, workshops and international residencies.
Accommodating 24 studios and a Project Space within a prominent heritage building, the Company aims to provide the right environment for artists to create and display their work.
Westgate Studios also manage Wakefield's Artwalk: an audience development scheme that co-ordinates bi-monthly evenings of synchronized exhibition openings through a growing number of city centre venues.
Westgate Studios is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee and strives to be an equal opportunity organisation.
About the role
The principal responsibility of this post is to develop Westgate Studios as one of the city's leading providers of affordable workspace for artists and creative businesses, as well as to build on the success and influence of its exhibitions and events programme. You will strengthen partnerships with artists, agencies and organisations within the broad cultural sector and create opportunities for public access to the arts through open studio events, exhibitions and workshops. You will also develop a fundraising strategy that will work towards the sustainability and future development of the organization.
About you
This role demands a combination of business acumen, interpersonal skills and practical abilities alongside an awareness of the arts sector. You will be educated to degree level or have an equivalent professional qualification in a relevant subject area.
The terms of this post are flexible with the option of working either full time or part time. More information about Westgate Studios can be found at www.westgatestudios.net
How to apply
For an application pack please contact Sophie Simpson via e-mail at info@westgatestudios.net, entering Studio Development Manager in the subject text box.
Take the mic at the Delius!
A mic, a stand and an audience - the rest is up to you...
Bradford's Delius Arts and Cultural Centre is to host a string of evenings giving the opportunity to quite literally take the mic!
Artists including poets, musicians, speakers, comedians and performers of any variety are urged to come forward for slots at the new city centre venue which is launching its very own regular Open Mic night which will take place on the second Thursday of every month.
It will launch on Thursday 13th May at 8pm when a complemtary Pie (vegetarian option available) & Pea supper will be provided.
If interested in playing or just coming along, please contact Samuel Collier who will be co-ordinating Open Mic at the Delius on 07966 526220 or samuelcollier@gmx.us
