Creative Midlands East

Creative Midlands East

Photography students show their talent at the Fashion Show

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:55 AM PDT

[photo credit: Hannah Wilson]

Final year students Daniella Farrow and Hannah Wilson, from BA (Hons) Contemporary Lens Media, were both chosen last week to photograph the Fashion show which took place in the Architecture building.  Daniella and Hannah have previously done photo shoots at both Graduate Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, so both were ideally qualified to shoot our Fashion Show.

Hannah's portfolio is increasingly moving towards page layout and design as she makes plans for a career in publishing, focusing on Fashion and Beauty.  Her portfolio can be viewed on her website.

Daniella has a broad and compelling portfolio which showcases the natural talent and passion she has for all her photographic work.  She has a diverse range of fashion clients in her portfolio, which can also be viewed on her website.

Here is a selection of their work taken on Friday.

[photo credit: Hannah Wilson]

[photo credit Daniella Farrow]

[photo credit: Daniella Farrow]

[photo credit: Hannah Wilson]

[photo credit: Daniella Farrow]

[photo credit: Hannah Wilson]

[photo credit: Daniella Farrow]

[photo credit: Hannah Wilson]

[photo credit: Daniella Farrow]

[photo credit: Daniella Farrow]

[photo credit: Hannah Wilson]

[photo credit: Daniella Farrow]
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June 17, 2013

Posted: 29 May 2013 07:22 PM PDT

June 17, 2013 SCOTTSDALE GALLERY MENTORSHIP AND SOLO SHOW A Scottsdale galley owner & best-selling author is selecting one lucky artist to take from starving to successful through a 1+ year transformative mentorship and solo show. All artists who apply benefit by attending...

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Creative Midlands West

Creative Midlands West

The Jerwood Choreographic Research Project

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:35 PM PDT

The Jerwood Choreographic Research Project
A National Dance Network initiative, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and delivered by DanceXchange.

The Jerwood Choreographic Research Project (JCRP) is an innovative new investment model for open-ended research in choreographic practice across all artforms. Bringing together a range of investors from across the cultural sector along with funding from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation to create an investment pot of over £120,000, the project is now inviting research proposals from artists and creatives from any artform, who consider their work to be choreographic.

Deadline for applications is 29 July 2013. For more information visit www.dancexchange.org.uk/jcrp

 

£15 tickets for the hilarious A Mad World My Masters

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:34 PM PDT

 

The Flamingo Club opens and you're invited

The glamour, style and music of the famous Flamingo Jazz Club comes to Stratford-upon-Avon from 6 June with A Mad World My Masters.

Transport yourself to 1950s Soho as Thomas Middleton's hilarious comedy opens in the Swan Theatre.

Watch Sean Foley interview

Directed by Sean Foley (The Ladykillers, West End) this outrageously wicked comedy sees troubled bachelor Dick Follywit turn into a conman to fool his rich uncle and make a quick buck.

£15 tickets available for A Mad World My Masters

A limited number of £15 tickets are available to book online for A Mad World My Masters on 6,10,11 & 12 June in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Characters such as Mrs. Littledick, Penitent Brothel and Truly Kidman ensure this is one evening at the theatre that will have you laughing your socks off.

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New classes from RoguePlay Theatre- starting 5th June

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:32 PM PDT

We have lots of new weekly classes for you to choose from which start on the 5th June. These include a new shorter combined Aerial Silks and Static Trapeze class, a Capoeira class and a Contemporary Dance class. We are also starting up Open Space sessions, these are for people who have been to some classes or workshops and want to practice what they have learnt in our studio. The open space sessions are monitored by a facilitator to ensure safety but are not delivered as an instructional workshop.

Dates times and prices:

Tuesdays 5.30pm-7pm : Aerial: Beginners & Intermediate for Static Trapeze and Aerial Silks. Class led by Kim Charnock £10

Wednesdays 6pm-7.30pm: Contemporary Dance: Beginners & Intermediate. Class led by Anna Simpson £6

Wednesdays 7.30pm-9pm: Capoeira: Beginners and Advanced. Brazilian Martial Art. Class led by Israel Costa £6

Saturdays 3.30pm-5.30pm: Open Space.

To book your place on any of the courses just send an email to info@rogueplay.co.uk or call 07746 327284​ confirming your attendance and you can pay on the day of the class! All classes are held at Unit 8, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5RT

Birmingham Playwrights to perform first public show in 23 years

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:29 PM PDT

For the 23rd consecutive year, students from the Masters Playwriting Studies course at the University of Birmingham are presenting extracts from their final project plays in the annual Playwrights' Workshop, and for the first time ever they will be taking them outside the University to perform in a working theatre!

Following the success of their show 10×10:the Journey Home at The Old Joint Stock Theatre back in March, the ten playwrights of 2013 are now serving up more bite-sized theatre – this time in the form of twenty-minute extracts from plays they have worked on throughout the year-long course.

The MRes Playwriting Studies course is Britain's leading programme dedicated to the craft of the dramatist. It was founded by internationally renowned playwright Professor David Edgar and is now convened by professional playwright Fraser Grace. Alumni from the programme have embarked on successful careers in theatre, television and radio, and include word-renowned playwright Sarah Kane. Course convenor Grace is delighted with this year's program, "Our directors this year are all top people; Gwenda Hughes, Adam Ledger and Di Sherlock have pulled together a crack team of professional actors from near and far to perform rehearsed readings of some really exciting plays."

See the Workshop on Saturday 1st June at Old Joint Stock Theatre, Temple Row West, Birmingham. Tickets are just £5 and allow audience members to see as many of the plays as they want throughout the day. Tickets can be purchased online at www.oldjointstocktheatre.co.uk or via the Box Office on 0121 200 0946.

Playwrights' Workshop 2013 is supported by University of Birmingham; the Department of Drama & Theatre Arts; Circles of Influence and the Old Joint Stock Theatre.

Theatre Exchange: Call for actors, writers and directors

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:28 PM PDT

Want to take part in June?

We're looking for writers, actors and directors for the rehearsed readings.
Please click on the relevant link or go to our website.

Application/submission deadline:  
Writers: Sunday 9th June 6pm.
Actors and Directors: Monday 10th June 12pm.

What's it all about?  watch our promo to find out.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Aimee, Tim and the Theatre Exchange team.

P.S.  there's still a few places remaining on the voice workshop with Simon Ratcliffe (BSA, RSC). Monday 3rd June 6.30pm-8.30pm, £12.  Book a place

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Posted: 30 May 2013 09:12 AM PDT


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Juneau Projects - TPWM Worcester Residency

Posted: 30 May 2013 06:17 AM PDT

Last week Juneau Projects launched Blackbird in Infospace, the outcome of their Turning Point West Midlands residency in Worcester produced by Fine Art at the University of Worcester, in partnership with Movement Gallery and Worcester City Art Gallery. The night featured a performance from the artist duo as well as the opening of an exhibition at Movement Gallery.

As part of their residency Juneau Projects have produced an album of tracks developed in response to the city which can be downloaded from 'shrines' - USB download points across Worcester. A sampler of the tracks can be found here.

The download points will be located across Worcester until Saturday 22 June. The exhibition at Movement continues until Saturday 20 July. More information on the residency can be found here.

 

Latest Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin published

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:57 AM PDT

The latest Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin has been published. Click to find out all about  the latest opportunities and events for artists within the region and further afield... ISSUE 62.

The next issue will be published on Thursday 20 June 2013.
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Creative Midlands East

Creative Midlands East

Smart Moves at Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln

Posted: 29 May 2013 04:44 AM PDT


SMART MOVES is a group exhibition, which opens today, of new art works by contemporary practitioners from UKand Europe, who work across a range of media.

 [Katie Smith]

[ MA Fine Art graduate Roy Pearce]


Curated by Philip Eastwood, senior lecturer within the School of Art and Design, participants are: Felicity Shum, Roy Pearce, Katie Smith, Marta Boan, and Philip Eastwood.


 [Phil Eastwood]

Spanish artist and designer Marta Boan is currently Artist in Residence also in the School of Artand Design, specifically within BA (Hons) Jewellery and Object, thanks to the AA2A scheme and is working on her Useful project: jewels with an added function or functional portable objects to put on as jewellery. She is searching for a clear and basic aesthetic as well as maximum simplicity to formalize her pieces. Marta is working on making something useful for daily life that is both a beautiful decorative jewel to wear as well as a tool that can be used. 

[Marta Boan]

The enormous benefit that having a resident professional in our Jewellery workshops has been evident since Marta first joined us. Students are able to witness first hand how live projects develop to a deadline, how to manage external suppliers and, importantly, they seamlessly absorb specialist knowledge from her just by sharing our many workshops. 

Marta has wasted no time in accessing most of the Art and Design departments to complete her Useful project, mainly Fine Art and Fashion but she has also been known to knock on the door of the School of Science for help. It has been immeasurably rewarding to have Marta working amongst the Jewellery & Object team. 
"Somehow I try to work with what has always been there, to take it and make it in a different way. My way." (Marta Boan) 

You can see Marta's work, as well as those by the above mentioned artists at the Sam Scorer Gallery, Drury Lane, Lincoln, LN1 3BNfrom 29 May to 8 June, open daily 10 am - 4 pm.
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Creative Midlands Articles General

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Got a question you want to put to our Director, Libraries, Brian Ashley? Join ou...

Posted: 30 May 2013 02:09 AM PDT

Got a question you want to put to our Director, Libraries, Brian Ashley? Join our live chat with him on Wednesday 5 June. Read more:...

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Creative Midlands Events

Creative Midlands Events

Society for Renaissance Studies

Posted: 29 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT

Society for Renaissance Studies

6th Biennial Conference - Performative Spaces

13 Jul 14 - 15 Jul 14

University of Southampton


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A new online magazine for children & young people

Posted: 29 May 2013 04:33 AM PDT

Write On! 2013Over the past couple of months we've been planning the launch of a new online project for children and young people in the West Midlands following the ending of Write On! Online in March 2013. After several meetings and many email conversations between me, Jonathan (our Chief Executive), Sam (our website expert) and the writer chosen to work with us on this exciting new project, William Gallagher, we are almost (but not quite!) ready to launch Write On! Magazine!

This online magazine will be published termly, with the first one featuring writing from some members of our creative writing groups for those aged 8-16, the Writing Squads. Future issues will feature writing from other age groups as this first one is just for those aged 12-16, and will be open for submissions from all young people in the West Midlands.

It's been a fascinating experience to develop a new website; from choosing the colours to designing the logo and web banner, choosing what the structure of the site will look like and how it will work, and then after making it look lovely; we had to gather the writing from the young people who wanted to be involved. So far we have 25 pieces ready for publication from young writers from Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Hereford and Rugby with titles including The Seven Dwarves (featuring Snow White), Riches in the Waiting Room, Tolpuddle Martyrs and Old Tree. Each young writer will also receive feedback from William who is the magazine's editor, to help them develop their writing skills.

Write On! MagazineAs the final structure is resolved and we add in all of the content, seeing it all come together is a joy and I really look forward to seeing the finished result in mid-late June.

Look out on our website for more details about this magazine when it is launched. If you know of any children or young people with a passion for creative writing who'd like to submit their writing for inclusion in the magazine, please email me at joanne[at]writingwestmidlands.org to be kept up-to-date with the submission deadlines. You can also join our Young Writers & Schools Mailing List to find out about upcoming opportunities from us and other organisations for young writers in the region.

By Joanne Penn

 
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Creative Midlands South

Creative Midlands South

The Arts and Culture Festival in Campbell Park

Posted: 29 May 2013 07:01 AM PDT

Sunday 11.8.2013
Children & Families

Saturday & Sunday 10 - 11 August / 10.30 - 1pm / Free

The Arts and Culture Festival in Campbell Park

Walking with Giants returns to Milton Keynes this year with giant puppets created by the local community, schools and businesses in collaboration with Festive Road who will be joining the parade alongside giants created by other professional companies from around the UK. The parade has the support of Milton Keynes Council, MK Theatre District, MK Gallery, The MK Community Foundation, TheHub:MK, Community Action MK and the community itself. 

For further information about Festive Road visit www.festiveroad.org or to discuss how to get involved with the carnival email carnival@festiveroad.org.uk

The Arts and Culture Festival in Campbell Park

Posted: 29 May 2013 05:03 AM PDT

Saturday 10.8.2013
Children & Families

Saturday & Sunday 10 - 11 August / 10.30 - 1pm / Free

The Arts and Culture Festival in Campbell Park

Walking with Giants returns to Milton Keynes this year with giant puppets created by the local community, schools and businesses in collaboration with Festive Road who will be joining the parade alongside giants created by other professional companies from around the UK. The parade has the support of Milton Keynes Council, MK Theatre District, MK Gallery, The MK Community Foundation, TheHub:MK, Community Action MK and the community itself. 

For further information about Festive Road visit www.festiveroad.org or to discuss how to get involved with the carnival email carnival@festiveroad.org.uk

Walking with Giants Parade

Posted: 28 May 2013 09:46 AM PDT

Sunday 21.7.2013
Children & Families

Sunday 21 July / 10.30 - 1pm / Free

Walking with Giants Parade

Walking with Giants returns to Milton Keynes this year with giant puppets created by the local community, schools and businesses in collaboration with Festive Road who will be joining the parade alongside giants created by other professional companies from around the UK. The parade has the support of Milton Keynes Council, MK Theatre District, MK Gallery, The MK Community Foundation, TheHub:MK, Community Action MK and the community itself. 

For further information about Festive Road visit www.festiveroad.org or to discuss how to get involved email carnival@festiveroad.org.uk
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Last Chance!

Posted: 29 May 2013 05:42 PM PDT

Creative Surge Vital Practice New Work Very few spots left for this year's Transart MFA and Certificate programs.  This summer in Berlin. Make a collective stop-motion animation in one day, watch Afroeuropean films for another, sit in on 24 talks in the Trans-what? symposium,...

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Nature Poetry Competition 2013

Posted: 29 May 2013 09:04 PM PDT

As well as offering poets the chance to win considerable cash prizes and publication of their poems, the competition will raise money for conservation and poetry. Find out more -- Delivered by Feed43 service

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