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- DMU designed headscarf and shawl for The Queen
- Innovative dome encourages young people to explore art
- Creative Leicestershire March ebulletin
- East <b>Midlands fashion</b> firms target Japanese fanbase
- Teen artists create mural
- Young poet seeks inspiration from Olympic champ
- Jeweller Alison Hand talks to Mark Shaw
- City set to play host to world's young artists
- Lastest <b>music</b> heroes unveiled on the <b>Coventry Music</b> Wall of Fame
- Rustie, Lone, Dam Funk to play Dollop
- Student boat chosen for Queen's Diamond Jubilee
- Busker to beauty queen ... Miss England contestant Lena Walker
- Dancing to success
- Council paper scaled back to quarterly mag
- Auditions for stage show
- Planning, Dependability, Execution
| DMU designed headscarf and shawl for The Queen Posted: 28 Mar 2012 01:00 AM PDT 28th Mar 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ The Queen has been given a unique headscarf and shawl with fabric dyed and printed specifically for her visit to De Montfort University (DMU) at the start of the Jubilee tour of the UK earlier this mo... | ||
| Innovative dome encourages young people to explore art Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:00 AM PDT 28th Mar 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ An innovative dome that encourages young people to think about art in different ways and gives them a virtual experience of visiting art galleries has launched a stereoscopic 3D mode in Nottingham. Th... | ||
| Creative Leicestershire March ebulletin Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:12 AM PDT Creative Leicestershire March ebulletin See the March edition of the ebulletin for lots of information and opportunities relevant to people working in arts, design and media.This months edition includes:
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| East <b>Midlands fashion</b> firms target Japanese fanbase Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:56 PM PDT Two East Midlands fashion firms have started designing clothes specifically for their growing customer bases in Japan. Nottingham-based Paul Smith, which says 40% of its worldwide sales are in Japan, has launched a new range of womenswear featuring 3D ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Young poet seeks inspiration from Olympic champ Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:40 PM PDT "I have already been published in anthologies by the University of Nottingham and in a pamphlet by Oxford University, but I think this project can only make me a better poet. "I will have to work with so many other people, and somehow we will put ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jeweller Alison Hand talks to Mark Shaw Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:40 PM PDT What crafts do you specialise in and why do you think they have become so popular? Jewellery business: Alison Hand at her studio in Noel Street, Hyson Green. "I make exclusive jewellery and hand bags which is an antidote to the goods available on the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| City set to play host to world's young artists Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:39 PM PDT The artists, all aged between 18 and 30, work across every art form and will bring their work to Nottingham for a ten-day festival at 30 venues and art spaces from September 7. Silke Pillinger, director of the event, said: "The most exciting artistic ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lastest <b>music</b> heroes unveiled on the <b>Coventry Music</b> Wall of Fame Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:27 PM PDT by Cara Simpson, Coventry Telegraph THE names of four Coventry music stars have been immortalised on the city's musical Wall of Fame. The Specials guitarist Roddy 'Radiation' Byers, ex-Selecter bass-man Charley Anderson and Coventry songwriting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rustie, Lone, Dam Funk to play Dollop Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:25 PM PDT The Nottingham-born party has maintained a steady presence in the capital since 2007, dealing mostly in and around the genre now known as bass music. Like countless other London promoters they've consistently utilized a selection of venues for their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Student boat chosen for Queen's Diamond Jubilee Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:23 PM PDT
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| Busker to beauty queen ... Miss England contestant Lena Walker Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:21 PM PDT
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| Council paper scaled back to quarterly mag Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:19 PM PDT Lincolnshire County Council's County News publication has been scaled back to a quarterly magazine in a bid to save money. The 24-page magazine replaces the newsprint publication which is mailed to most Lincolnshire households. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Posted: 27 Mar 2012 03:03 PM PDT The Ambassador Theatre Group is giving young children throughout the country the chance to star in an acclaimed production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's lavish musical South Pacfic, currently on a nationwide tour and due to visit the Theatre Royal, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Planning, Dependability, Execution Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:57 AM PDT Why is it that anything with creative foundations often automatically conjures up images of scatterbrained clumsiness, clutter and disorganisation by well-intentioned onlookers? While this is true of a lot of great artists in history, we know as professionals operating at many levels that we can't afford to neglect left brain thinking just because of our creative tendancies- particularly if we want to sustain our output and effectiveness. Many people have a message to be heard and they call on people like us to steward that message and help them deliver it with clarity and the highest fidelity we can. The most challenging thing is that we have to do this with Most often, its not enough that we hope our work will come together when the time comes. If we're doing the work as a hobby or pass-time then we are exempt from this responsibility but if we're above that threshold, I thinks its fair to say that we have to be certain of our end result if people are depending on us. Our right to work here is only given to us if we can deliver- on time and according to spec. Creating strong processes in planning and pre-production allows for a smooth time during performance or execution. We could be tempted not to plan effectively because we know so many mishaps could occur along the way and so decicide not to make a plan robust enough or even worse, not to plan at all. The fact is that we can never change this truth and I've found that it's always worth allowing for scope creep. Over-engineering a plan to also include multiple fail-safes- like plans 'B', C, D and E! The beauty of planning is that we can take the structure of one plan and overlay it over a similar project in the future. Doing this, we become more and more efficient and we begin to be able to focus on quality and audience experience. In the height of the festival season there will be many of us as sound engineers that will be employed only for this task in order to free the rest of us up to operate. In a four man crew, stage systems engineers (sometimes called 'patch' engineers) are responsible for planning the paths that each instrument will take before they get to the speakers. They consolidate information for every band and prepare for any eventuality.
I've noticed that a marked difference between someone who is just starting out in their craft and someone who is has some level of establishment at serving their audience is the ability to execute. With firm plans in place and an attitude of responsilty to our audience we can decide to deliver no matter what obstacle we come across. Every good blueprint or idea also still needs to be executed well. While it's true that there is so much great art worth spreading, we still live in a world of time, expectations and deadlines. If the people we serve love the work we have done on our most recent project, the reality is that we need the ability and the means to do it all over again; and so we do- with pleasure… *** About Aston: Website: www.astonfearon.co.uk [Photography: © Aston Fearon 2011 & © Clare Richards Photography 2010] Are you interested in becoming a CreativeNottingham Guest Blogger? Here's how. |
subtlety and finesse. We also have to be able to successfully duplicate our work many times over the course of a week or month at will and on demand. Because of this we know inherently that we can't leave our work to chance; justifying our actions because our field is deemed creative.
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