Creative Midlands South

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• Jim Hobbs / Rie Nakajima: Black Sun
• Mini Makers
• Mini Makers
• Call for Board Members - Artworks MK
• COMEDY NIGHT - Crauford Arms.
• Nine Black Alps at the Crauford Arms
• Choral Christmas at The Chrysalis- 22nd December
• GLAM ROCK NEW YEARS EVE- Crauford Arms

Jim Hobbs / Rie Nakajima: Black Sun Posted: 20 Nov 2012 07:57 AM PST Thursday 14.2.2013 Thursday Scratch Nights Black Sun is the first collaborative project between Jim Hobbs and Rie Nakajima. Despite having two separate and distinct artistic practices, the two have come together to experiment with the potential interactions between each other's work in sound, moving image, and space. As a point of departure, the work utilizes Hobbs' 16mm black and white film, where the work's visual imagery directs a pensive and concentrated gaze at the sun itself, forming a type of melancholic and abstract environment. The notion of staring at the sun has been linked throughout history with ideas of insanity, mortality, and depression - from clinical notes on psychiatric patients to fictional and mythological characters - this act describes the desire to overcome rational thinking and lose one's self in the sun. Here, the film takes this act/action literally, capturing the sun's strength and enigmatic beauty as it burns its image onto the film. Shot in various locations where the sun plays a dominate role in the landscape (including Death Valley and the Virgin Islands), the film's imagery moves away from the portrayl of a locational identity, and replaces "place" with a psychological state created by the sun and its effects. Rie Nakajima considers sculpture as an experience. For this collaboration, in response to Hobbs' film, Nakajima has created a work with dense, physical sound which uses an underlying, tonal track composed on a reed organ. The work express a physical and audial landscape, when paired with the Hobbs' 16mm film installation, creates a situation that induces one to float between consciousness and sub-consciousness. For the work presented at Milton Kynes, Nakajima will include an aspect of performance, where she will orchestrate a variety of objects and kinetics. In doing so, the space between image, sound and object is constantly collapsing and reforming, creating new boundaries as the work inhabits and shifts the environment in which it is set.

Mini Makers Posted: 18 Dec 2012 08:34 AM PST Saturday 5.1.2013 Children & Families Saturday 5 January Embroidery & Patchwork with textile artist Katie Lewis Explore embroidery through text and line using fabric design, printing  and stitching.  A variety of squares will be produced using different techniques and then joined to make a collaborative patchwork.  Stitching may be tricky for small hands, therefore extra parental guidance may be required.

Mini Makers Posted: 08 Nov 2012 04:59 AM PST Saturday 22.12.2012 Children & Families Mini Makers Festive Fabric Bags with Catherine Mantle Saturday 22 December/ 1 - 3pm / Free Suitable for children aged 4+ Come along and enjoy the opportunity to make a small fabric gift bag inspired by festive imagery and our Hemmed In exhibition.  Explore experimental painting and stencilling, combined with drawings, text and transfer techniques to create little gems for the festive season.

Call for Board Members - Artworks MK Posted: 18 Dec 2012 04:35 AM PST Artworks MK is an independent arts and education charity established in 1974.  It offers creative workshops, artists’ studios and a gallery space in Milton Keynes, promoting participation, exploration and learning through courses, exhibitions and events. Artworks MK’s main site is located two miles from central Milton Keynes, set within the impressive grounds of Great Linford Manor beside the Grand Union Canal. It includes a gallery, set in a 17th-century barn, studio space for six creative practitioners housed in historic almshouses, a school house, creative work spaces located within two pavilions and specialist workshop facilities including ceramics, silversmithing and woodwork. The organisation’s second site, Galley Hill, comprises a number of artists’ studios. Artworks MK has recently embarked on an important and exciting period of change beginning with the appointment of a new director. Artworks MK’s new and expanding programme reflects an ambition to become a vital resource for the local community as well as establishing a nation-wide reputation within the craft and design sectors. Managed by a board of Trustees, Artworks MK is now seeking to recruit new members to join the Board. The role is voluntary and unpaid, involving a minimum of four Board meetings per year.   We are keen to recruit those with particular skills and experience in the following areas:            Communications          Fundraising          Education          Human Resources/Employment Law          Cultural Sector          Visitor Sector   If you would like to express an interest in joining the Artworks MK Board, please email trustees@artworks-mk.co.uk to request a copy of our application pack along with an equal opportunities monitoring form. Deadline for expressions of interest: Friday 1st February 2013 If you would like an informal conversation about the role and our organisation, please call 01908 608108 to arrange an appointment.

COMEDY NIGHT - Crauford Arms. Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:39 AM PST Tuesday 18 December 2012 COMEDY NIGHT shaggers 2012! Biography   SEE THE XMAS COMEDY NIGHT SHAGGERS 2012! ONLY £5 ENTRY.... Paul Revil Sameena Zehra Jason Patterson Robyn Perkins   ...bring a spare pair of pants because.. youll definately need them!  

Nine Black Alps at the Crauford Arms Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:46 AM PST Nine Black Alps + Final Clearance + Rusty G's Friday 21 December 2012 Nine Black Alps Biography   Nine Black Alps are a post-grunge/indie rock quartet from Manchester, England, named after a line in a Sylvia Plath poem and fronted by Sam Forrest. From their inception in late 2003, the band’s energetic live performances earned them a hardcore fanbase after playing for only a few months on the Manchester music scene. In 2004 the band were signed to Island Records and spent the year touring the UK and recording their first studio album with producer Rob Schnapf in Los Angeles. In 2005 Nine Black Alps toured the UK extensively, promoting the release of their debut album, Everything Is on 13th June 2005. Their first U.S. single was Cosmopolitan; their album Everything Is was released in America on February 28, 2006. The band’s second album, again recorded in LA with producer Dave Sardy Love/Hate, was released on 29 October 2007 and heralded a split with Island Records shortly thereafter. However, Nine Black Alps went on to self-finance and record their third full-length album with producer Dave Eringa, entitled ‘Locked Out from the Inside’. Only available as a download from the band’s own website - http://www.nineblackalps.com, the album was a return to the louder, heavier sounds of the first record. Nine Black Alps, after a hiatus of almost 2 years, have been back in the studio as a 3-piece recording tracks for a fourth album, with a possible release in 2012.

Choral Christmas at The Chrysalis- 22nd December Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:17 AM PST About Choral Christmas at The Chrysalis...   Polymnia have prepared an entrancing and uplifting programme of Christmas choral music and carols. Directed by renowned local musician John Byron, and expertly accompanied on the piano by Anna le Hair, this choir will bring to you the true spirit of Christmas. The programme includes traditional and ever popular carols, alongside exciting choral curiosities by Lauridsen, Warlock and Bax. Polymnia...   Polymnia is a local chamber choir of twenty-one voices which was formed in 2006, and is named after the Greek muse of sacred song. It performs a very wide variety of music to a high standard, and is rapidly establishing itself as one of the best small choirs in the Milton Keynes area.       The Chrysalis uses TicketSource as its box office handling agent. All ticket purchases must be made through TicketSource.   To book online: click here.   To book by phone: call 0844 8700 887 (9am-7pm Mondays to Fridays; 9am-5pm Saturdays). Please note that this number is for booking tickets only. Local rates apply from a BT landline, other networks may vary. For all other enquiries, call The Chrysalis' office on 01908 235505.   A booking fee of £1.50 is charged with every transaction on both online and telephone bookings. If you do not wish to pay this, visit the theatre in person to book. You can choose to have your tickets posted, or you can print them out at home and bring them with you on the day of the event.   Saturday 22 December 7.30pm All tickets: £12.00

GLAM ROCK NEW YEARS EVE- Crauford Arms Posted: 18 Dec 2012 03:42 AM PST GLAM ROCK NEW YEARS EVE Monday 31 December 2012 GLAM ROCK NEW YEARS EVE Biography   This new years Eve the Craufurd Arms are showcasing a GLAM ROCK SPECIAL NIGHT.... Need to BOOK for this to avoid disappointment FEAT. Maurice Shardon & the Cock Rockers AND... BITE dj's Maurice Shardon & the Cock Rockers; If you take members from local bands Seethe, Seven 100th Unicorn and the Atrocity Exhibit, and put some make up, glitter and Lycra on them, and get them to play all the greatest glam and 80's rock n roll hits and you have Maurice shardon & the cock rockers! BITE DJ'S will be keeping the music flowing all night until the early hours... WE WANNA GIVE YOU 2013 WITH A PROPER BANG! Tickets only £5 (£10 on the door) BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW FANCY DRESS (optional) 8pm-4am.

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