The PS Mirabel, Shelf Life open runs until 24th October at Mirabel Studios, 14/20 Mirabel Street, Manchester. M3 1PJ
It features Live Art Local artist, Karol Kochanowski and many other talented artists.
This exhibition space is open on Saturdays between 11-5pm and at other times by arrangement
To find out more about this exhibition and more about PS Mirable please visit http://psmirabel.co.uk/Current%20Exhibition.html
10 Days Winchester 2015 — Chalk is a celebration of the arts that takes place in England’s historic capital every 2 years. We were lucky enough to visit during its opening weekend.
The principle is simple:
We strive to link all sections of the community through
exhibitions and other participatory events. 10 days has a
core commitment to the visual arts and welcomes
participation from all forms of practice. We embrace
collaboration, interdisciplinary practices and
multiculturalism, and foster partnership between
business, education, local government and other sectors.
http://www.10dayswinchester.org/
There is so much happening between 10th October until 7th November and most of it is FREE (yes I know that’s longer than 10 days) ! Highlights include live art in multiple venues, this includes performances, drawing and more.
The variety of things happening over the festivities spans all artistic disciplines. There are one off events and longer running exhibitions in venues such as The Winchester Gallery and Winchester Discovery Centre
To find out more about this brilliant arts event that engages the entire community please visit http://www.10dayswinchester.org/
The Surveillance Exhibition at Cafe Ethos Fareham will run from Monday 12th October until 12th December. Live Art Local artists William Phillips, Ailsa Brims and Live Art Local Director, Beth Davis-Hofbauer will be exhibiting pieces that explore the concept.
Ailsa Brims
William Phillips
This exhibition looks at the concept of surveillance, we’ve all had that feeling that we are being watched and with a plethora of cameras out there we are probably being secretly recorded; but who is watching us and what and who are we watching?
Beth Davis-Hofbauer
Pieces from the exhibition are available to purchase.
The exhibition is open every day except Sunday
On Wednesday 14th October crime writer Fergus McNeill will visit Fareham to give a talk at Fareham Library about his work.
Crime writer Fergus McNeill is the author of the Detective Harland series (you can find out more via wikipedia ). He is published by Hodder & Stoughton one of the largest publishers in the UK
7pm
Tickets: £3
Join us this Saturday in Fareham for Fun Palaces weekend. This is a great International event aimed at getting everyone involved in arts and science. The motto, “Everyone an Artist, Everyone a Scientist” is at the forefront of each event taking place around the world.
Fareham Fun Palace is the only event happening in this part of Hampshire and we are very proud to be a part of such a great thing…. afterall the arts and sciences are dependent on one another (despite what the current Government believes). It is that creative spark that creates new ideas, ways of doing things, makes beautiful images, ground breaking computer animation and ultimately, changes the world.
The whole idea behind Fun Palaces is to break down the barriers to arts and sciences, so that science isn’t so scary and art isn’t held up as something only a certain few can do. You do not need to know the theory of relativity or the rule of thirds, each of us, everyone is capable to great creativity.
We believe it is important to harness in children and young people this desire to learn and to create. We want everyone to have the same feeling of awe as children do, this is why our fun palace in Fareham is aimed at families with children between 2 and 13.
We open on Saturday 3rd October at 11am and then for the next 4 hours you are welcome to drop in and get creative. For four hours we will be running fun and educational activities tied to the science of crystals: how they are formed; how to grow your own at home and we’ll also be making fake geodes. There are other activities to get involved in too.
All you have to do is turn up at Sticks (opposites Millets in Fareham Shopping Centre) from 11am on Saturday and join in. The whole thing is free but we do welcome donations.
We look forward to meeting you!
We have recently had word from one of our artist members about a brilliant exhibition opening in the next couple of months in Basingstoke.
The Basingstoke Project is an active, reactive, artistic response to the people, places, buildings and character of Basingstoke,described as a project to inspire and surprise, it is the brainchild of Artikinesis, a recently formed group of artists based around Basingstoke and Deane.
You can visit this exhibition of new artworks at Proteus Creation Space in Basingstoke from mid November.
Running from 16 – 26 November, the exhibition is open to the public from 10 am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday. All are welcome and entry is free.
To find our more about Artikinesis visit http://www.artikinesis.org.uk
or Email: artikinesis@artikinesis.org.uk
FREE ENTRY
16/11/2015 – 26/11/2015
10am – 5pm Monday – Saturday
Wednesday 28th October see’s Rupert Matthews – The History Man visit Fareham Library to discuss The Ghosts of Hampshire. Tickets are £4 and can be purchased via the library or online. As with all events at the library this starts at 7pm.
On Wednesday 25th November Charlie Read will lead an evening looking at
The Life and Times of George Formby
This is your chance to hear the life story of the famous British entertainer – plus a sing along to his well known songs
7pm
Tickets: £3
Created in Portsmouth is an Open studios Style Art Trail based in Portsmouth and running from 16-18th October generally between 10am and 5pm although times do vary between venues. Trail guides will be available from the beginning of October.
This takes place throughout the island of Portsmouth, currently mainly in the south but the brilliant team behind it are keen to make it even bigger!
It is FREE to visit these great exhibitions and studio spaces
To find out more visit http://www.createdinportsmouth.co.uk
or email: lucillescott@littleduckforge.co.uk
Today I had the pleasure of visiting the provoking the feeling exhibition at University of Portsmouth’s Eldon Building.
This is the final show of Katerina Kazantzis’ MA Fine Art and it is well worth a visit. Upon arrival you are led through a warren of small corridors by a woman dressed as a rabbit and asked to interact with an array of pieces.
The first stop is a wall of odd shoes (in more ways than one). Here you are asked to try on the shoes and then keep them on as you walk around the exhibit. At other times you are asked to try on invisile clothing; eat magic beans and even a film all about religious ceremonies and the magic that is invoked in many of these traditional ceremonies in the same way, the fairytales you have just inhabited invoke the idea of magic and mystery to tell a story. The final piece is entitled “Believe” and asks you to believe in something more than yourself, its slow pulsating light acting as a type of hypnotic call to action.
My favourite part of the exhibition is definitely the mirror and projection wall in which you are literally in the middle of a piece and stood along from other versions of yourself.
This exhibition is upstairs in the Eldon building’s Fine Art Studio and runs from 6-8pm for the next two nights and from 4:30pm on Friday 18th September.
This is most definitely a family friendly exhibition.
HMS: Hear my Story. Join the team at Waterlooville Library on Thursday 17th September as they explore and discover how life has changed in the Royal Navy over the last 100 years with stories, archives and documents from The National Museum of the Royal Navy
This event begins at 7.30pm and tickets (bookable in advance) are only £2
