Venture Arts Open Book Exhibition is taking place at the following venues:
For more information see the attached press release: Venture Arts Press Release
Rhiannon Hunter | Productofboy | Ima-Abasi Okon | Taneesha Ahmed & Alex Moore | Renee Rhodes | Fivethreefive Project | Branka Vidovic-Butler | Lynne Heller | Ryan Campbell | Edwyn Butler | John Leyland & Annette Cookson
12 February – 11 April 2010 (Public preview: 11 February, 6-9pm)
Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester, www.nexusartcafe.com
Neck of the Woods is a group exhibition investigating artists’ responses into the concept of community and how this is evolving. Artists and practitioners join from throughout the UK and Internationally to challenge the audience’s preconceptions of community and how this can be explored within their own personal artistic practice.
Highlights of the exhibition include the work of Canadian artist, Lynne Heller. Within the online community of ‘Second Life’, Heller and her intrepid avatar, Nar Duell, will ‘wear’ an alternative avatar costume, a ‘walking’ snow globe. Whilst exploring her own virtual community she will also be available for online web-chats with visitors to the café.
Manchester-based artist Taneesha Ahmed collaborating with Alex Moore present their alternative community, The Denmasons, a secret society enticing viewers into a Denmasonic life-style. Whether you’re young or not so young you’ll remember those Sunday afternoons building a Den in the back garden – this is the moment to re-live those memories…
Neck of the Woods launches on Thursday 11 February with a public preview (6-9pm) including a live performance from Manchester-based Edwyn Butler replicating an old-fashioned Country and Western knees-up around the piano. Alongside this John Leyland and Annette Cookson will be collaborating on a one-off performance of works inspired by the exhibition.
Neck of the Woods is an exhibition curated by up and coming Blank Media Collective at Nexus Art Café opening with a public preview on 11 February (6-9pm) until 11 April. Find Out More on www.blankmediacollective.org/neckofthewoods
Copyright Lee Deaville & Richard Turner
Adam Booth | Lee Deaville & Richard Turner
24 February – 10 April 2010 (Public preview: 24 February, 5-11pm)
greenroom, Manchester, www.greenroomarts.org
Seeing and Being Seen is a collection of new photographic works by Adam Booth and collaborators Lee Deaville & Richard Turner curated by Blank Media Collective. A common theme between Booth’s and Deaville & Turner’s works are the way in which they replicate the cinematic within beautifully lit and framed photographic images. Their works compliment each other through their exploration of traditional genres of landscape (Adam Booth) and portraiture (Lee Deaville & Richard Turner). Seeing and Being Seen highlights the photographic works by these three exciting up-and-coming practitioners selected from Blank Media Collective’s online Artist’s Portfolios.
Seeing and Being Seen is an exhibition curated by up and coming Blank Media Collective at greenroom, Manchester, opening with a public preview on 24 February (5-11pm) until 10 April. Find Out More at www.blankmediacollective.org/seeingandbeingseen
Monday:
6pm-7pm Street, Beginners with Natalie
6pm-7pm Contemporary, Beginners with Anthony – Starts 8th Feb
6pm-7pm Commercial Jazz, Intermediate with Red Ice – Starts 8th March
8pm-9pm Contemporary, Intermediate with Anthony – Starts 8th Feb
8pm-9pm Wacking/Vogueing, All Levels with Nina – Starts 15th Feb
Tuesday:
6pm-7pm Lion Dance, All Levels with Michael
8pm-9pm Latin, Advanced with Jen
8pm-9pm Street Jazz, Beginners with Debbie, £4(Jan/Feb Offer)
Wednesday:
12.30pm-1.30pm Ballroom/Latin, Advanced with Jen
1.30pm-2.30pm Street & Hip Hop, All Levels with JV
7pm-8pm Street, Beginners with Natalie
7pm-8pm Street, Intermediate with Jaxx
7pm-8pm Lindy Hop, Beginners with Mike and Kate
8pm-9pm Pop Jazz, Beginners with Noosh, £4 (Jan/Feb Offer)
8pm-9pm Lindy Hop, Intermediate with Mike and Kate
Thursday:
6.30pm-8pm Hip Hop, Advanced with Laura, £7
8pm-9pm Pop Jazz, Intermediate with Noosh, £4 (Jan/Feb Offer)
Friday:
5pm-6pm Under 12’s Street, Under 12s with Keshia – Starts 5th Feb
Saturday:
2pm-3pm Street, Beginners with Alex + Rowan – Starts 6th Feb
3pm-4pm Street, Intermediate with Alex + Rowan – Starts 6th Feb
Sunday:
1pm-2pm Street, All Levels with Ess
Don’t forget to check out the Sunshine Studios website to view our timetable.
We look forward to seeing you at the studio.
enquiries@sunshine-studios.co.uk
www.sunshine-studios.co.uk
03330 883328
Wed 10 March, 1-6pm
Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ
This event’s for you if you’re a Manchester-based artist in the early
stages of your music career.
Whether you are (or want to be) a musician, band member, workshop
leader, producer, independent record company, music student etc etc…
this is for you.
So if you’re interested in getting hooked into networks, talking to
other people in the business, finding out about opportunities & events
that are available to you… come on down!
It will be a very informal day. Drop in at any time, stay all day or
just pay a flying visit.
It’s completely FREE to attend!
Music organisations attending include:
To book visit http://music-networking.eventbrite.com
Date: Tue 16 March 2010
Times: 9.30am-4.30pm
Venue: Whitworth Art Gallery
For: Cultural educators and children & young people’s sector professionals
Event description: This conference will support the understanding of the Find Your Talent programme and offer delegates a chance to explore the role of the cultural sector in delivering positive activities for children and young people.
To reserve a place, please download & complete the booking form on the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) website and email it to: cpd@mla.gov.uk
For general enquiries, contact Justine.Reilly@mla.gov.uk / 07554 439 596.
Advice Surgeries to support & develop multi-agency working within the region will take place in early 2010. Places limited. To enquire about these surgeries and about further opportunities in 2010-11, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk
PLEASE NOTE: BOOKINGS THROUGH THE MLA ARE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO CULTURAL EDUCATORS AND CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S SECTOR PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITHIN THE NORTH WEST REGION.
If you need any help completing your booking form, contact cpd@mla.gov.uk or 0121 345 7350.
Tue 23 March 2010
10am-3.30pm
Venue: Royal Exchange Theatre
Beginning with the simple question, “What If?”, drama can take children and young people on a journey of discovery. What if I was a refugee? What if I went to that school? What if I didn’t have any friends? What if everyone looked at me with suspicion?
Drama can enable us to create fictional characters and put them in fictional situations which reflect real people in the real world, without leaving the safety of the classroom. To give someone a name and a voice, in other words to humanize ‘the other’ can dramatically affect the way we see them.
Using some of these ideas as a starting point, this workshop will use
practical, accessible drama-based approaches to explore issues around
identity and diversity, and is suitable for everyone working with both young people and adults.
Cost: £50 (teachers & practitioners) / £30 student teachers
Book at Royal Exchange Box Office: 0161 833 9833
More information from Exchange Education: call Amanda on 0161 615 6720
Restoring the Balance: The effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing
Voluntary Arts England is presenting a free, one-day national conference on Tue 30 March, 10am-4pm at FACT, Liverpool
The conference, part of the Up For Arts project, has been designed to celebrate and recognise projects, schemes and organisations that reach out to disadvantaged communities using arts/crafts as a vehicle for increasing levels of informal learning, health and wellbeing.
Throughout the day BBC 24’s Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid will chair discussions which will explore the major social, health, economical and environmental benefits in developing opportunities for and participation in arts and cultural activities.
Keynote speakers will be given a platform to share creative ideas and best practice and will highlight exemplar projects such as:
The conference will be thought provoking and inspiring combining insightful keynote presentations and panel discussions with practical workshops, led by some of the most influential figures from across the health, local authority and voluntary arts sector.
The conference is free, but places are limited. To find out more and to book a place, visit http://restoringthebalance.eventbrite.com
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