Arts news

Adrian Henri retrospective

20/06/2005

By kind permission of Catherine Marcangeli and supported by Editions Contemporary Arts Ltd The Cornerstone Gallery Liverpool, is pleased to invite you to the Private View of an Adrian Henri retrospective on Thursday 23rd June 2005, 6-8pm.

Adrian Henri was born in Birkenhead, grew up in Rhyl and went on to study Fine Art at Newcastle University under Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton, settling in Liverpool in 1957. A former fairground worker, teacher, scenic artist and college lecturer, he went freelance in 1967, and led the poetry/rock group Liverpool Scene from 1967 to 1970. His career encompassed painting, poetry, performance, song-writing as well as a playwright up until his death in 2000.

In an obituary for the Guardian in December 2000, Mike Evans described Adrian as a "Prolific painter and poet famed for communicating the delights of popular culture."

The exhibition brings together Adrian's interests, fascinations and loves over the last forty years. It is a collection of better-known works, together with some drawings and prints which have never been shown before.

Adrian Henri's retrospective can be viewed at The Cornerstone Gallery from 24th June to 15th July 2005, Monday to Friday, between 10am - 4pm. For directions of how to get to the gallery please visit www.hope.ac.uk/gettingtohope/hopeateverton
For further information please contact the Gallery.
Tel: 0151 2913997
Email: thecornerstonegallery@hope.ac.uk

The Cornerstone Gallery
Liverpool Hope University College
Hope at Everton
1, Haigh Street
Liverpool, L3 8QB

Marginalised artists- This Way Up

20/06/2005

The Other Side Gallery has been on line for over a year, now it's getting physical. Our first physical exhibition will be at The Byam Shaw School of Art Concourse Gallery from July 12th till July 17th. Funded by the Arts Council.

Vanessa Feltz will be opening the show at the Opening Night on the 12th from 5.30pm - 8.30pm

This selection of work is from The Other Side Gallery's ever growing collection of outsider artists, gathered from mental health day centres, homeless people's projects, disability art groups - in short artists that are on the fringes, marginalised or simply outside the mainstream art scene, or in fact mainstream society. The work shown has a high aesthetic content, with integrity and passion that bypass the fashions of the day.

In addition to the exhibition there will be a slide/sound installation in collaboration with Life and Living programme on Resonance Radio. This is a chance for the public to hear interviews with the artists talking about their life stories, experiences and motivations behind their artwork and to see the online exhibition. This is sure to be a gutsy and innovative show, so come and be moved and inspired -

THIS WAY UP at Byam Shaw School of Art Concourse Gallery, 2 Elthorne Road, Archway, London, N19 4AG
July 12th Opening Night with Vanessa Feltz and live music 5.30 -8.30 pm July 13th -17th. Wednesday - Friday 10am-4pm Sat/Sun 11pm - 5pm.

Sound Lines- Bill Fontana

20/06/2005

SOUND LINES - BILL FONTANA
21 June - 20 August; daily 7am-10pm; free
Dark Neville Street (Dark Arches), Leeds, LS1 4BR

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Using live audio feeds from Leeds City Station and the River Aire, US artist Bill Fontana will create a large scale sound installation turning the historic Dark Arches into an immense musical instrument. A series of overhead microphones installed within the structure of the train station will pick up the bustle of platform activity, whilst sensors fixed directly onto rail tracks will listen to the vibrations of trains arriving and departing. Beneath the station, underwater microphones will listen to the River Aire as it flows through the architecture of the railway arches.

'Sound Lines' attempts to capture these continually changing layers of energy as they arrive, depart, and flow through the city.
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Commissioned by MAAP and Lumen
Presented as part of Architecture Week 2005 http://www.lumen.org.uk/soundlines

Supported by Arts & Business New Partners Scheme, Arts Council England, Isis, Leeds City Council, Spacia and Network Rail.
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San Francisco based Bill Fontana is known internationally for his experimental work with sound. Using urban and natural environments as a living source of musical information he radically transforms the meaning of public space. His extensive body of work includes temporary and permanent installations in New York, Paris, Vienna and London.

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Cutting it in Manchester!

20/06/2005



ELLIPSIS… a compilation of emerging artists, is a new innovative photographic exhibition hosted at the location for the BBC’s new series of ‘Cutting It’.
You are invited to attend the opening on Friday 24th June from 6pm where there will be free food and drinks.

ELLIPSIS… features a blend of photography, short films and installation, pushing the boundaries of perception in genres as far apart as documentary and experimental art.

You will find the exhibition in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, on the corner of Red Lion Street and Turner Street.

Each piece of work will be available for purchase and the artists will be on hand to talk about their work and ideas.

Following the opening, the gallery will be open 11am-6pm from Saturday 25th June until Saturday 2nd July for further viewing.

For further information please feel free to contact
Robina Llewellyn on 07900 580 307 or
Liz Kearsley on 07814 047 175

DigitalShift2

18/06/2005

Artquest, in partnership with b3 Media present DigitalShift2, a series of 8 one-day, new media workshops for visual artists who wish to develop their practice through exploring new technology. Workshops include Web Design, Final Cut Pro and DVD Authoring.

DigitalShift2 aims to equip artists with the hands-on skills and techniques that are the core of new media practice.

The workshops are run by b3 media at their Electric Avenue Studios in Brixton. Participants are expected to have at least basic computer knowledge and are encouraged to bring raw footage/images and works-in-progress.

Workshops run from 11 am - 4 pm.

COST: Single workshop £15; Two workshops £20. No more than two workshops per artist. Cheques to be made payable to 'University of the Arts London.'

DEADLINE: Friday 1st July

For a list of workshops, and information on how to apply, please visit weblink.
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Fusion South East

18/06/2005


Fusion is a major arts and cultural programme taking place in East and South East London throughout 2005, celebrating the breadth and diversity of creativity in each region.

Fusion South East is supporting the programmes of a range of major cultural events in the Boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: Lewisham People's Day, Carnival 365, The Gateside Festival and The Gateside Project, Deptford Design Festival, Deptford X, Black History Month and Eltham Lights Up.

Fusion South East is devised by a consortium of four organisations - the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham, Creative Lewisham Agency and New Cross New Deal for Communities (NDC), and funded via Arts Council England and the Millennium Commission.

For more information visit the weblink or to receive a brochure with full event listing phone 020 8314 8808.
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Call for Submissions; Hackney Artists

15/06/2005



The Hackney Artists are a new collective run by artists that aims to exhibit themselves at a low cost to each artist. We hope to have six exhibitions a year, which is ideally every two months, at a price of £20-30 per artist which includes venue hire, publicity and pv.

If interested please email 3-5 images to hackneyartists@yahoo.co.uk First show to be confirmed for July. And publication for September.

Call 4 Artists

15/06/2005

Applications now being taken for Southwell Artspace, Studios and Gallery, Creative and Business devlopment opportunities. Please visit weblink for further details.
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UNDISCOVERED 2005 ArtFest Exhibition

15/06/2005

Calling all UNDISCOVERED Artists! Are you Inspirational, and Creative? Do you enjoy being part of Artist lead projects that bring Innovative Arts to the UNDISCOVERED Territories? Would you like to be part of the exciting UNDISCOVERED developing arts scene? Well, we’ve got a venue for you! And it only costs £5 for the weekend with marketing provided free of charge. Artists of all media and type are invited to sign up for an affordable exhibition and sale at UNDISCOVERED 2005 Arts fest in Edmonton, London, July 16 and 17. Join fellow Artists in a celebration of creativity with over 45 exhibitor spaces in UNDISCOVERED jewel….The ArtsZone, at Edmonton Green - the area’s largest pedestrian shopping centre. UNDISCOVERED 2005 will offer a showcase and sales venue in the heart of a multicultural residential and shopping community, organised and subsidized by Enfield Arts Partnership and European Regeneration and Development Funds. Forget what you've heard about Edmonton, this is a terrific location and UNDISCOVERED community hungry for Arts. We have several different gallery environments within the Artszone, Dark space, semi darkened, white space and natural light space as we are a modern purpose built facilitiy.We are especially looking for 3 D exhibitions, video/film and installations for our large, open galleries. No commissions charged! · Do you work or volunteer within the community creating and deliver visual Arts projects and would like to showcase your work? · We have spaces devoted to the focus of Community Arts work. · Free business workshops and marketing classes provided prior to the event. · There will be an “UNDISCOVERED 2005 Arts Award” of £500.00 that will be presented by the Enfield Arts Partnership during the event. · There is employment opportunity for experienced Artists to hold master classes within our rolling event program so proposals welcome. Sign up today as spaces are limited. Please email a brief description of work, CV, images of work or proposal for installation. Email undiscovered2005@enfieldartspartnership.org with your full postal contact details and phone numbers or call Tammara or Niambi on 0208-887-9500 ex225 for application detail. CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 01/07/05 Submissions can be submitted in any format but must be accompanied by a: Covering letter Brief description of your work in no more than 250 words CV Submissions by E-mail are preferred (word and PDF format along with jpeg picture attachments). CDR and DVD show reels can be sent to: Tammara Mattingly The ArtsZone, 1st floor Edmonton Greene London N9 0TZ

oh! Art Associate Artist Scheme

15/06/2005

The application deadline for the oh!art Associate Artist Scheme July 05 intake is June 17th 2005.

The Associate Artist Scheme is open to individual artists and small creative organisations from any discipline, in either the first three years of professional development or embarking on a new direction.

Applicants must be based within the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham.

Through the scheme, oh!art works with artists on an individual basis offering bespoke advice and support. Our focus is on creative work, helping to deliver projects or develop ideas and assisting artists to embrace aspects of producing their own work including their company status, organisational structure, marketing, fundraising and administration. The scheme reflects the overall aims of oh!art and Oxford House. For more information, an info sheet and an application form please go to www.oxfordhouse.org.uk

The oh!art Associate Artist Scheme is part of the East London Creative Network, managed by CIDA, the Cultural Industries Development Agency and part funded by the European Social Fund. www.cida.co.uk
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