Creative Midlands South

Creative Midlands South

Graduate studio and mentoring scheme @ Artworks MK

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:11 AM PDT


Artworks MK is offering a twelve month studio space at our Great Linford site to a recent graduate. This opportunity is open to practitioners who have graduated in the last two years and who have lived in the unitary authority of Milton Keynes for at least the last twelve months or who previously lived in the unitary authority of Milton Keynes for a minimum of 5 year


 


The studio will be available for twelve months with access to our onsite resources and mentoring by Artworks MK’s creative team.             


 


To apply, please submit an outline of your practice (max. 500 words, up to 5 images) along with your CV to info@artworks-mk.co.uk 


 


Deadline for application is 5pm, Friday 2 November 2012


 


This scheme is kindly supported by MK Community Foundation

Jam Night @ Kiln Farm Club

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:25 AM PDT


We're putting Tuesdays on the map with our Jam Night sessions. Musicians from all over the city gather to perform one-off musical sets. Bring your sticks / guitar and play! Bring your band or join the house band.

Or like most, just come to listen and neck a few!








  • 20:00 until 00:00







Keller Close, (off Tilers Road) Kiln Farm, MK113LL Milton Keynes

Davie Hunt: Combobulators - A Micro Exhibition Experiment

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:22 AM PDT


DAVIE HUNT
COMBOBULATORS
A MICRO EXHIBITION EXPERIMENT

The thought or feeling of the now, only ever becomes mature in its persistence and the realization of the vastness in ones own insignificance.

My work primarily responds to the natural landscape such as woodland environments, but also to technology and its implications upon painting. Placing these subjects together as counterparts, a symbiotic relationship is sought, in order to explore contemporary notions of landscape painting, whilst maintaining a dialogue with art historical discourses of painting.
    
Making pictures with paint on a substrate harks back to centuries of painting and its history, while making pictures with pixels on a computer screen is a relatively new concept, with only a few decades of art historical substance.  Painting’s malleable, analogous processes conducted through the act of painting, lends the artist a sense of intimacy and physical connection in a way that is seemingly diluted by computer art’s electronic, digital processes conducted through the operation of human machine interfaces commonly known as keyboard, mouse or touch-screen. 

By interlacing ideas of landscape painting with ideas of digital imaging, I am trying to create mechanisms which convey aesthetic tensions between
arboreal environments and the urban sprawl, where the asymmetry of natural landscape forms contend with the linear forms of the man-made.
Whether my work is made with analogous or electronic processes, sensitive or aggressive gestures, it is always exploring for understanding and
rationalization of painting in the light of digital reproduction.

1ST OCTOBER - 9TH NOVEMBER 2012
MILTON KEYNES CENTRAL LIBRARY
CENTRAL MILTON KEYNES


Part of AGMK's 'Hang the Art' Project

Bob Dylan Night

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:28 AM PDT

Secklow Sounds - Art-iculate Radio Show this Friday 19th of Oct

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:04 AM PDT


This Friday's show is presented by Rosemary Hill who will be interviewing local author Tony Drury, Colin Barrett & Tom Pratt - both video and film makers as is Rosemary Hill.


There should be a debate going about how video making has changed over the years. Colin and Rosemary are older film makers and Tom is young and just starting out.


Make sure you tune in from 10am to Midday on www.secklowsounds.org or download the app to your smartphone.


The Art-Iculate radio show is brought to you by Arts Gateway MK.


Listen to previous shows here: http://www.secklowsounds.org/repeats/art-iculate


 


 

Mini Makers at MK Gallery

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:57 AM PDT


 


Mini Makers


Watercolour Challenge with Polly Brannan


Saturday 20 October / 1 - 3pm / Free


Suitable for children aged 4+


 


October’s Mini Makers are all part of Polly Brannan’s Project Space exhibitionwhich asks us all to take a closer look at Milton Keynes and the spaces we inhabit.


 


With watercolour brushes at the ready, join us for an afternoon of painting over a pot of fresh (locally grown) peppermint tea. Polly invites you to look a little differently at the area you live in and test your hand at a range of short or skilled challenges. No previous painting experience necessary!


 

David Bowie Night

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:32 AM PDT


Dave Wilkinson and Steve Hills will be The Spiders from Mars, along with guest musicians and singers (including that excellent Sharon Watson). All your Bowie favourites and probably some you're not keen on. Free entry. Phone 01908 567082.


 


 





49 High Street, Stony Stratford, MK11 1AA Milton Keynes

ScalaFilmClub: the Kid With A Bike

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:35 AM PDT










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    The Cock Hotel, Stony STratford










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    The next showing of the Stony Scala Film Club is on Sunday 21st October at the usual time.
    Doors open at 6.30pm and the showing begins at 7pm.
    The bar will be open, ice-creams available if booked before 7pm and teas and coffees are on offer at the interval.
    Tickets are on sale now at The Cock Hotel or can be reserved be emailing stonyscalafilm@aol.com, and paid for on the night. (£5 and £3 concessions)
    We hope to see you there.


    The film is the highly recommended and award-winning The Kid With A Bike ( Winner Grand Prix Cannes Film Festival, Nominee for the Best Foreign Film, Golden Globes, Winner European Film Awards, Best Screen play)
    Directed by Jean-Pierre And Luc Dardenne ( Cert 12A)

    Critics in this country praised the film highly.

Billy Lockett * Elle Watson @ the Watershed, MK

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:38 AM PDT










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    The Watershed, Milton Keynes










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    		INDIEscreet & Underpass Promotions presents:

    BILLY LOCKETT
    www.myspace.com/billylockett1

    Having played his way from the basement to the studio, whilst captivating fans from YouTube to shows up and down the country, it’s no surprise that Billy’s been attracting attention from some of the biggest names in the industry. With the backing of Walden alongside working with top producers, his flair for piano and guitar has landed him a distinctive style, aided by a soulful voice, charming lyrics and enough allure to leave crowds muttering choruses into the night... and you thought Northampton only made good shoes?...

    ELLE WATSON
    www.ellewatson.com/

    Support TBC

    Tickets are £5 and on sale now!

A Night at the Musicals....

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:40 AM PDT


24 October at 19:30 until 26 October at 22:30


Company MK is 20!!
Sit back, relax and let Company MK take you on a journey through some of the best musicals around. From Les Miserables to Me and My Girl, from Chicago to Sweet Charity, you’ll hear a great selection of musical hits!
Over the past 20 years, Company MK has been producing top quality shows – this is chance to relive some previous productions and catch a glimpse at the future! Join us for a fabulous night of musical entertainment.

Tickets: £12 adults, £8 15s and under
Visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/companymk
or call 01908 265180


 

Aortas Songwriting Workshop

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:44 AM PDT










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    Milton Keynes










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    		A five-day workshop with a weekend-only option near Milton Keynes featuring song-circles, jamming, recording, co-writing, individual tutorials and talks on melody, harmony, structure, lyric-writing and royalties - exciting! To be updated with more details join the mailing list at www.aortas.org.uk

StonyBreakDown!

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:52 AM PDT


Joiun us for a celebration of Bluegrass and American Old-Timey (stringband and the like) music. Dust off your overalls and brush your tooth! Promises to be more fun than treeing a possum. Five bands lined up! Your heart will be fuller than a Saturday night spittoon. A mere £3 to get in, and the Froggy Mountain Dew will be just one of the delights at the bar. In aid of York House Centre.


 





London Road, Stony Stratford, MK11 1JQ Milton Keynes

Heritage Craft-Inspired Workshops at Artworks MK

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:02 AM PDT




Our Heritage Craft project aims to inspire people of all ages and abilities to learn more about Heritage Craft and to have a go themselves:


 


Bowl Carving 10th November, 10am – 4pm (£45)


Join Buckinghamshire based woodcarver Jeremy Turner for a day in the Artworks MK woodwork studio. Working with a selection of locally sourced woods, this workshop will be an opportunity to carve your own spoon or bowl. 


 


Book Binding 24th November, 10am – 4pm (£45)


This workshop is a great introduction to the traditional craft of bookbinding. Learn how to construct a personal, handmade book with a medieval stitched binding with book-binder Janine Pope.  


 


Introduction to Patch-Work 8th December, 10am – 1pm (£25)


Come to Artworks MK and learn the basic skills of hand patch working. It might be the start of a family heirloom. Learn to hand stitch a piece of patchwork with Sally White in our lovely thatched barn.  





Spaces are limited please call to book: 01908 608 108


www.artworks-mk.co.uk / info@artworks-mk.co.uk


 


Artworks MK, Parklands, Great Linford, Milton Keynes, MK14 5DZ


 


 


 

MK Gallery: English National Ballet

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:35 AM PDT


 


Pop Up Performance: English National Ballet
Thursday 18 October / 6.30pm / Free 


 


English National Ballet pop-up experiences are a collaborative series of unexpected site-specific performances and exhibitions taking over spaces for one day or evening.


 


At MK Gallery, principals of the company Begona Cao and Zdenek Konvalina will perform a new work by English National Ballet Associate, artist George Williamson, inspired by our current exhibition James Welling: The Mind on Fire.


 


English National Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies, which celebrated its 60th year in 2010. The original vision - to take classical ballet of the highest quality to the widest geographical audience, at price everyone can afford - remains the cornerstone of the Company’s philosophy today.


 

Friday Night Films at MK Gallery

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:36 AM PDT


 


Last Year at Marienbad, 1961


Dir. Alan Renais


Cert. U, 1hr 30 mins


 


Friday 19 October / 6.30pm / £5 (concessions £3) 


Free drink for advance bookers


Pre-book on 01908 676 900


 


 


"Be prepared for an experience such as you've never had from watching a film when you sit down to look at Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad, a truly extraordinary French film." New York Times


 


In a huge, old-fashioned luxury hotel a stranger tries to persuade a married woman to run away with him, but it seems she hardly remembers the affair they may have had (or not?) last year at Marienbad. 


 
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