Arts News

VIBE MACHINE play 'ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER' Art Opening at Core Arts
Live music/cutting edge art in Hackney...
Finest live funk n groove conscious hiphop from the Vibe Machine - a cockney rapper fronts a more energised Monkey Mark - favourites of Love Box, Glastonbury, The Secret Garden Party & Small World Festivals drop in to Hackney for a one off special to soundtrack Core Arts latest art exhibition project..

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER - 101 SMALL CANVASES
An exhibition of vibrant and inventive paintings produced by members, staff and volunteers at Core Arts. Single and multi panelled canvases, all of one uniform size, present the activity of painting as an investigative, open-ended and compulsive process. Enigmatic portraits, organic abstraction and lurid cityscapes abound...

THURSDAY 2ND FEBRUARY PRIVATE VIEW 6-8.30M PM

LIVE MUSIC 8.30- 11PM with live DJ's hosted by DGO RANKS NO.1, plus special guests MC's, bands, poets & the legendary Core AllStars
VIBE MACHINE ONSTAGE 10PM

FREE ADMISSION. LICENCED BAR. PROPER COMMUNITY VIBE.
Core Arts is unique Arts & Culture Centre, live music venue in the heart of Hackney. Promoting positive mental health.

BRITAINS GOT ARTIST'S COMPETITION

Britain's Got Artists is working with established online gallery: www.uk-artworks.co.uk to launch this new painting competition. Open from 1st January 2012 - 31st May 2012. All submitted images will be uploaded to the gallery where the public will vote for their favourite. The top 50 applicants will be invited to bring their work to a lavish hotel event, where judges will make the final decision.

All top 50 automatically win a free place in uk-artworks.co.uk gallery and an exhibition at Leeds Central Art Library, main exhibition space for one month.

For more information, call: 01484520151 / 07521336981,
email: alison@britainsgotartists.com
visit: www.britainsgotartists.com10% of all proceeds go to Mind Charity.
Entry fee: £3.50 per image (submit as many images as you wish – paintings only). 1
ARTS & SOCIAL NETWORK (ASN) NOVEMBER EVENT AT THE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

Pleased that everyone had a good time there's no telling what can be accomplished when you put a bright shiny new facilitator into the mix so a really big thank you to Angela for making it the very best experience for all concerned.. When I spoke to her on the phone I knew it she was going to do the business… yes, no?

Now then, November is already upon us and I've had a really good offer from Fatima and our ol’ mate Danny "the Hat in the Cravat" Lehan (who hosted our John Stezager experience back in March) at the Whitechapel Gallery to get out the very best bits of his creative repertoire and construct a special two hour (inter-)activity around their current roster of exhibits..

First up is the contemporary Polish Painter & all round wunderkinder Wilhelm Sisal, I won’t waste anymore words here as this guy (see below) takes you a lot deeper into the eye of Sisal’s hurricane than I ever could…

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/wilhelm-sasnal

Also on show is a colour coded Richard of Yorkish curational jamboree bag of work, selected by Cornelia Parker (who stands tall on the oft male coded podium of 20th conceptualism)

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/government-art-collection-selected-by-cornelia-parker-richard-of-york-gave-battle-in-vain

As with March's tour Daniel is going to let us have another post show creato-fest in the studio on the 3rd floor, no presha if you don’t feel the urge there’s plenty of books and magazines up there to browse and I personally found it really memorable because of the incredible views over London from those BIG BIG windows... And then it will be back down to their newly refurbished café-bar for some art socialising and some eating and drinking if you fancy a refuel...

All of this will happen on Tues 29th Nov from the 12:45 meet up for a 1pm start...
Get your RSVP's in there is a 20 people limit so we can have a slightly bigger group this month...

As always...hope to see you there.

We need YOU to support our fundraising event.

Don't miss out on our PD short film screening on Thursday 10th November - visit http://www.emergenceplus.org.uk/october-2011.html

Best, Andy Brooker - ASN Programme Manager

Tel: 0208 233 2854
jo@emergenceplus.org.uk
www.emergenceplus.org.uk

COOL TAN ARTS - WOMEN-ONLY WORKSHOPS

FREE WOMEN’S POETRY Thursdays 2.25 - 4.25pm

Come and join this new, fun and friendly class, whether you are a published poet or never scribbled a line, learn to appreciate poetry, and produce your own creative writing in a safe and supportive environment.

Workshops start 3rd Week of October 2011, but you can join after this date. You are guaranteed 10 weeks of workshops with a chance to stay on for longer if we have spaces.

To sign up for workshops. You must sign up before you can join.

Please ring Clara at CoolTan on:
0207 701 2696
or email clara@cooltanarts.org.uk

MENTAL FIGHT CLUB...

...does very occasional listings of interesting, arts events related to our own sphere of interest and activites. Check these out.....

Blake! Tomorrow, 12 pm, start Tate Modern, finish 4 pm at Bunhill Fields.
Join CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle, a free guided cultural walk around Southwark, promoting mental health and physical wellbeing, using art, humour and history and de-stigmatising mental distress.

This walk focuses on William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker (1757 – 1827). Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. During the walk, we will explore themes of Poetry, Art, The City of London, Blake’s influence on artists, Religion, Politics, Revolutionaries, Abolition, Riots and Mental Health, not to mention Non-Conformism!
 
Brockley! Well Lee actually but it doesn't alliterate with Blake: All weekend: 11 - 5 pm, The Lee Centre, 1 Aislibie Road, Lee, SE12 8QH1 Swansong Exhbition, by Network Arts, an arts and crafts project run by South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust for people living in Lewisham with mental health support needs, offering workshops and training in mosaicing, picture framing,woodcutting, screen priting, creative writing, bead and jewellry making and much more. Under threat of closure, so might be your last chance to see...
 
Blake Again! The Bible of Hell? celebrates Blake's birthday and the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, the Society is holding a conversation between Philip Pullman and Chris Rowland. Professor Rowland's latest book is 'Blake and the Bible', while Pullman's recent stories include 'The Good Man Jesus And The Scoundrel Christ'. The discussion will be chaired by Lucy Winkett, the Rector of St James's Church - where Blake was baptised. 7.30 pm Wednesday 30 November 2011 St James's Church, 197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL No booking - Tickets only available at the door - £10 each - Free for members of the Society

And finally, if you want to explore your own Poetic Genius, and you happen to be female: see attached flyer launching new series of women's poetry workshops at Cooltan Arts on the Walworth Road. See flyer attached.
 
Hope all goes well with you. Caritas Abundat.
 
Sarah & Thomas Tobias

'Our Business is To Create'

THE OTHER SIDE GALLERY - TRUSTEES MEETING 19TH JULY 2011

Member Artist's are invited to come and catch up on what's happening with The Other Side Gallery and meet the new trustees who would very much like to meet with some or all of us.

Tuesday 19th July at Isledon Road Centre from 6-7.30pm.

CALLING ALL MARGINALISED ARTISTS - GET YOUR WORK ONLINE!!

Would you like an online presence?
Would you like to write about your work?
Do you want your friends and people in the artworld to see your art?

Send us your work and we will help you create your own online gallery

Email: outsidein@pallant.org.uk
Phone: 07735568531

BETHELM GALLERY EXHIBITION - ART FROM EPHEMERA

Opening: 22nd June, 3 - 6pm
Exhibition: 23rd June - 22nd July
Wednesday - Friday 11am - 6pm

You are invited to a joint exhibition between the Bethlem Art Studio and Bethlem Archives and Museum. This exhibition combines artists’ use of the everyday and ‘throwaway’ in their art with items selected from the Museum’s collection of ephemera.

Includes artwork by Phil Baird, Jane Fradgley, Sue, Terence Wilde, Katy Phillips, Peter, James Tanner, Sebastian Jones, and Sue Morgan.

Museum & Gallery open Saturday 2nd July, 12 am - 5 pm for The Bethlem Royal Hospital annual Sunfayre event - including live music, stalls, entertainment, refreshments, walks, sun & fun.

Free Entry - All Welcome!

Bethlem Royal Hospital | Monks Orchard Road | Beckenham | Kent | BR3 3BX
Travel: Nearest British Rail: Eden Park / East Croydon
Contact: Beth Elliott, Gallery Co-ordinator, 020 3228 4835
Email: thebethlemgallery@gmail.com
Website: www.bethlemgallery.com

OUTSIDE IN LAUNCH NEW WEBSITE - July 21st 2012

The launch for Outside In 2012 is less than three weeks away. We will be launching on July 21st and submissions of work will be open on July 22nd. The launch will mark the new website, revamped so that artists can create their own online gallery. Here at Outside In we are looking forward to entries coming in for the 2012 exhibition and also seeing new artists profiles.

PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY 28th June 2011 – 7th August 2011

Nick Blinko, outsider artist has an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

Outsider artist Nick Blinko has a loyal underground following as both an artist and lead singer of seminal early punk band Rudimentary Peni. This one-man exhibition offers a unique opportunity for the public to experience and enjoy his beautifully intense works of art.

He has a loyal underground following as both an artist and lead singer of seminal early punk band Rudimentary Peni. Diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder, he creates beautifully intense works of art both for exhibition and for his band's albums.

Pallant House Gallery
www.pallant.org.uk

CORE ARTS: A DAY ON THE BEACH SATURDAY 25th JUNE

Have a go at beach volleyball, play a game of petanque (french bowls), or just chill out with some lovely food from the barbeque and listen to some live music NUBREEZE, a fantastic 8 piece reggae band, and djs will be playing throughout the afternoon.

Just 20 minutes from Homerton, 2 stops to Stratford then 2 stops on the Jubilee Line to Canning Town. The temporary beach is directly opposite the station behind a pink and green building called The Place.

Come and join us on Saturday 25th June,
2-5pm, for an afternoon beach party
in sunny Canning Town!

TATE MODERN - FILM SCREENING & DEBATE ON OUTSIDER ART

'Thou Art' a film about community art practice
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
Friday 10th June 14.30 - 16.00

The event will start with a screening of “Thou Art” – a research and development film project exploring community-based art practice and its links to well-being and progression opportunities in the lives of mental health service users.

A panel discussion will follow debating the status of Outsider Art in the age of mass media with opportunity for audience discussion.

The panel will include Art historian Roger Cardinal and Professor Colin Rhodes with artists who will take questions from the audience. They will explore current issues including the blurred boundaries and ‘marginalised ‘versus ‘Outsider’ artists.
 
The event is organised in partnership with The Other Side Gallery, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust and Community Learning at Tate Modern.

Tickets £5, no concessions
Booking and information
Visit www.tate.org.uk/modern
Call 0207 887 8888
Email visiting.modern@tate.org.uk
Minicom 0207 887 8687
Bankside, London SE1 9TG

EMERGENCE - Arts & Social Network Event 9th June 2011
 
Here is the new flyer for June’s ASN. This time we will be heading over to South Ken for a curatorial tour of the new “Cult of Beauty” Exhibition at the V&A.
 
This recently opened exhibition, looks at the aesthetic movement from 1860 – 1900... It has managed to pull in everything from painting to furniture / graphic design and interiors. These are the kind of exhibitions the V&A really excels at and should be another really interesting event.
 
Here is a short video about the show with the V&A’s very own dandy, Stephen Calloway waxing lyrical about the aesthetes.
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/artvideo/8414498/The-Cult-of-Beauty-at-the-VandA-curator-interview.html
 
and all you need in way of details from the V&A site here
 
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/cult-of-beauty/
 
Obviously we will be going for coffee afterwards in their incredible William Morris inspired Café…
 
Hope to see you all there

LE REVE DE NEWTON / UP-STREAM SHOWCASE

Tuesday 24th May 3pm – 6pm,
Wednesday 25th May 10am – 6pm
Thursday 26th May 10am – 6pm

Noblesse Room, Thistle Hotel
Thistle Hotel Brighton
Kings Road
Brighton

Free entry

Le Rêve de Newton is Juan delGado’s poetic reflection on ageing, vulnerability and the changing landscape as well as an exploration of the politics of sport and the body.

Since 1996, principally in photography and video, delGado’s work has explored urban territory, focusing on the physical and psychological impact it has upon us. Focusing on the traumatic experience the city affects in the individual such as violence, displacement and alienation, delGado has developed an extensive body of work that includes The Wounded Image (1997 – 2003), a photographic series that questions how we relate to issues such as trauma, homophobia, misogyny and child abuse. He has also produced several works such as Don’t Look Under the Bed (2001), Who Are You Entertaining to? (2002) and Suspended Reverie (2006) in which he continues his enquiry into trauma and dislocation.

Juan's events: The Flickering Darkness & Le Reve de Newton

http://www.juandelgado.net/
(see you there...)

THE OTHER SIDE GALLERY NOMINATED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD

http://www.radar.org.uk/awards-2010/awards-nominations.aspx

JUAN delGADO

You are warmly invited to the première of 'The Flickering Darkness"
22-24 October 2010
Hanbury Hall
22 Hanbury Street
London
E1 6Q
____________________________________
A 3-channel environmental installation

"Since 1996, delGado’s work has explored urban territory, focusing on the physical and psychological impact it has upon us. Focusing on the traumatic experience the city affects in the individual such as violence, displacement and alienation, delGado has developed a body of work that includes The Wounded Image (1997 – 2003), a photographic series that question how we relate to issues such as trauma, homophobia, misogyny & child abuse. He has also produced several works such as Don’t Look Under the Bed (2001), Who Are You Entertaining to? (2002) and Suspended Reverie ( 2006) in which he continues his enquiry into trauma & dislocation.

Observing and interpreting the social mutations of the city environment, delGado aimed to explore Bogotá neighbourhoods, focusing on those so-called no-go places that somehow stand out as a consequence of the briskness of economic and social change as well as its sometimes harrowing human costs. Trauma itself is a concept that can appropriately bridge the gap between the individual and the surrounding society in understanding the impact of conflict and displacement; trauma threatens the individual’s sense of self and the predictability of the world. Consequently, basic beliefs in trust, confidence and connectedness with other people are undermined.

In his research, delGado took into account what sociologist and philosopher Henri Lefebvre said: “thinking about the city is to hold and maintain its conflictual aspects of urban and suburban life: constraints and possibilities, peacefulness and violence, meetings and solitude, gatherings and separation, the trivial and the poetic, brutal functionalism and surprising improvisation.” His project reflects on the idea of belonging, to the need we all have for positioning, for locating ourselves in an environment; in other words, in a context that makes sense to us. His departing point took on a terrain of reflections on several issues: how time has passed by, how the place was recorded in history, what contradictions appear in the territory, the perception of the landscape as an entity loaded with meaning, the relationship between landscape and power, between landscape and memory".

Paula Silva, British Council (Colombia)

more info: http://fluctuatingfragments.blogspot.com/
Preview: http://www.vimeo.com/4601573

3 screen - audio/video installation
Running time: 13':32" (looped)

JANE CHANDLER PENDEENIES GARDEN PAINTINGS & PRINTS
1 October - 11 November 2010

Admission by appointment call 020 8533 3500
Opening times: Tuesday - Friday 11am-4pm

Core Arts,
1 St Barnabas Terrace,
London
E9 6DJ

Exhibition: 1 October - 11 November
Private view:Friday 1 October 2010, 5-7pm
Followed by Core Sounds plus special guests 7-10pm

Buses: 236, 242, 276, 308, 394, W15

ART OF RECOVERY EXHIBITION - 29th October, 2010 - 17th November, 2010

Ceramics, Tiffany style glass, paintings and drawings are on view and for sale. Artist's include, Maureen Oliver, Chris Barchard, Sophie Jongman, and Jon Exell of National Perceptions Forum.

All work has been produced by people who have experienced emotional problems and who find art a therpeutic outlet through art...

Drinks, refreshments, live classical music performance from Nina Rideout - guitarist and musician and member of National Perceptions Forum on 30th October, 2010.

Chatham Nucleus Arts Centre,
727 High Street,
Chatham,
Kent
(down from In-shops, opposite Iceland).

OCTOBER RAW POETRY WORKSHOP & OPEN MIC IS NIGH!

Come listen, create, perform
@ Central Station
37 Wharfdale Road
Kings Cross
London N1 9SD
Poetry Workshop 7.30pm
(see this month's theme further down)

Prebooked open mic 9pm
(to secure a slot or for more information: mail rawpoetry@rocketmail.com)

Final date to be included in the advertised line-up is Oct the 1st and will then be shown on www.myspace.com/rawpoetry(this, for now, is the offricial site) CT.

RAW mics are packed with great and original performers of the spoken & sung word.

“An as fantastic as eclectic mix of styles, ages, sexes and cultural backgrounds makes RAW an inspiring setting for networking, developing self and enjoyment in an unbiassed, unprejudiced and pressure free zone! “

At RAW mics, the audience give GEMS/votes to the acts. Those are counted at two successive events and four acts are awarded a 30/40 minute set at a different venue.

This is a great chance to showcase or/and do a longer – perhaps more fulfilling – gig.

The 4th of October is the second of those successive events and these are the four top GEMS so far (in no particular order):

Louise Larchbourne – poetess/voice artist

David Kerrigan – singer/songwriter/guitarist

Panama Dave – songwriter/guitarist

Alex Etchart – singer/songwriter/guitarist

But anything can happen...

RAW is usually the first Monday of every month at the Central Station bar RAW GEMS is usually the third Monday of every second month at a different location

“It's not how good you are – It is how real you are”

“Give from your heart for your Art”

CT (links further down) holds the workshop upstairs. Please be on time to get the most out of it. (Pens and paper is provided. It's free, but donations are greatly appreciated.)

Each month has a different theme to work from – but sticking to it is not a must. The theme is merely there as a starting point.

October theme go as follows:

Motion
Emotive
Movement
Emotion
Nature

Poetry is full of flowing energy. I would have to search very hard to find a poem that I could describe as 'stagnant' or 'pointless'.

Poetry doesn't always move the reader, but it is still what I would call a pattern of moving word-mass – like, perhaps, the waves of the ocean, the breeze touching the tops of mountains, lava sprouting from the volcano or the mole digging its way through earth. There is strength and life.

Poetry can inspire, give answers, dare to ask questions, be emotive, trigger enthusiasm, solace and, maybe more than anything, give the reader as well as the writer a sense of not being alone - a sense of being heard.

The October workshop theme is all of the above. Think of something that you feel is carrying your thoughts forward – even if the thoughts come from the past or future dreams and wishes.

Feel free to use the five words at the top as a starting point, but don't worry if your words stray. Just let it flow.

If you can: breathe in deeply, hold your breath while counting to seven before exhaling very slowly.

Do this five times or until you feel a hint of weightlessness. A calm breathing and a relaxed body free the thoughts to blow and flow – listen to them and write them down.

LINKS

www.facebook.com/rawpoetry
www.myspace.com/rawpoetry.ct
www.facebook.com/camringel
www.myspace.com/rockyvoodoo
www.myspace.com/whatiatetoday

email: rawpoetry@rocketmail.com

text: 07908 472

ps. The workshop is expanding and an extension is in the pipe-line. Speak to me, CT, if you are interested in more in depth poetry writing.

CREATIVE FUTURE WRITERS...

This is a last call for writers who are, or have been supported by Mental Health Services, who would like to contribute to an anthology of poetry and short life writing.

Writers will receive 2 copies of the anthology, details of last
writing workshops and free entry to the 'Warning: May Contain Nuts'
performance of comedy and poetry by project participants on 10th
October at Brighton Pavilion Theatre.

The project has been running for 9 months and has run a writer's mentoring scheme and collaborated with a number of support groups including Creative Response, Bognor; The Rowans Centre, Worthing; George Williams Supported Housing; and the Hearing Voices project in East Sussex .

Deadline 30th Sept 2010. Maximum 2 x A4. Full details on companyparadiso.co.uk

Please forward this note to others who may be interested.

CORE ARTS POETS ON THE RADIO!

Monday 13 September 8-9pm, Resonance 104.4 fm
 
As part of the ongoing Barmy Park series of events, poets from Core Arts are broadcast live on the Resonance 104.4 FM show 'Clear Spot'.

Guests will be introduced by Nicky Wassal and include: Gary Molloy of Core Arts presenting a selection of Core poetry, Beth Elliot curator of Bethlem gallery and Barmy park organizer Imogen O'Rorke,

The show is also available as a web broadcast.

www.resonancefm.com

www.corearts.co.uk

www.barmypark.wordpress.com
 

BARMY PARK - Exploring Art & Madness

Do we need a little madness to set us free or freedom to be mad? The free arts festival in Bethnal Green Library harks back to the history of the site as a 'private madhouse' between 1727 and 1922. To this day The Green is still known locally as 'Barmy Park'. The exhibition and events set out to explore the links between madness and creativity and the stereotype of the 'mad artist'.

Barmy Park has been curated by artists Imogen O'Rorke and Nicole Wassall in collaboration with Core Arts, a local arts charity which aims to break down the prejudices surrounding mental health.

14 days of art, performance, poetry and madness

For events and times please go to:
11th-25th September 2010
Bethnal Green Library (behind the Green)
http://barmypark.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/hello-world/

ART AND ESCAPE AWARDS, 2010

Aritsts of all disciplines are invited to submit work for condsideration. Cash awards and representation available for selected artists. Deadline 26th June, 2010
Email for full details and an application form, contact Nikki Martin.

info@artandescape.com
www.artandescape.com

LONDON ARTS IN HEALTH FORUM 13th May, 2010

Arts culture and soical space; Can culture make you well? A public discussion to examine whether art can have a positive affect on the health of our society. Includes a discussion that looks at what health benefits cultural spaces may offer and how this may be assessed.

With a panel of arts professionals who engage in the arts to create change in their organisations, and those who are aware of how arts have impacted on their health. They pose the question "will this diminish thier role in delivering art for art's sake?"

Tate Modern's Community Programme, Learning at Tate Modern initiviative presented by Sarah Waller of the Kings Fund, and Portugal Prints from Westminister MIND. Introduced by Liz Ellis, Curator of the Community programme Learning Tate Modern, and Damian Hebron, Director, London Arts and Health Forum, chaired by Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre.
('what a mouthful.....!!!!)

Free, but you must book and reserve tickets in advance:
Tate Ticketing Services: 0207 887 8888, open 9.45am - 6.00pm daily.
www.tate.org.uk

ISLINGTON EXHIBITS 25th June, 2010 - 4th July, 2010

Islington Exhibits is an initiative to unlock hidden venues in Islington to give artists and craft persons a space to display their work. It is produced by Rowan Arts in partnership with St. Luke's Centre and Cubitt Education.

The Other Side Gallery invites its members to take part in Islington Exhibits by submitting mounted work which is either one A3 sized piece or two A4 sized pieces. Sorry no frames, canvases or 3D pieces. For more information download the TOSG newsletter. Deadline 4.00pm, 18th June, 2010.

contact: Anita on 079814 53293
admin@theothersidegallery.org
www.islingtonexhibits.com

DRAMATIC MOMENTS 29th April, 2010 - 10th May, 2010
An exhibition celebrating the art and life of Rosemary Salt

Rosemary Salt passed away in February 2009. She was a talented and respected Outsider Artist who left a vast collection of work behind that was produced over many years. On display will be a selection of her paintngs, prints and drawings which represent her strong sense of creativity and artistic freedom.

11.00am - 4.00pm Tuesday - Friday
12.00pm - 5.00pm Sunday

The Lower Gallery
Lauderdale House
Highgate Hill
London, N6 5HG

contact: sarabluerivers@yahoo.co.uk/hannah.blunden@candi.nhs.uk

WWW.WORLDWIDEREVIEW.COM CALL FOR ART REVIEWS

Www.worldwidereview.com would like more people to write art reviews. After 10 years of open submission art and culture reviews they are looking for more writers to take on art criticism and write their own reviews. They seek pithy, funny, honest or silly as you want reviews on all forms of art and culture. All reviews are published. No payment, 'cos there's no budget. Simply the joy of being published. Reviews can be submitted online at:

Contact: Rudi Scholl
rudi@worldwidereview.com
www.worldwidereview.com

CRAFTS COUNCIL LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

The Crafts Council have launched a new website that provides a visual representation of Crafters pledge signatories to date with a 'heat map' of the Uk showing the location of signatories' , along with a 'word cloud' reflecting why Craft Matters. Signatories range from well-known names to people who have been helped through illness by participating in craft activity. Craft Matters launched in 2009 to encourage people to support contemporary craft and say why it matters to them.

www.craftmatters.org.uk

ARTS & SOCIAL NETWORK Thursday 13th May, 2010 6.00pm

The Arts & Social Network is an opportunity for those who identify with the diagnosis of personality disorder to meet at cultural events. It is being organised to give people who may be very isolated an opportunity to make new friends and enjoy the experience of going to a cultural event with a peer group who can appreciate the difficulties of having a personality disorder.

Irving Penn (1917-2009) was one of the great photographers of our time. Focusing specifically on his portraits of major cultural figures of the last seven decades, Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre.
 
The exhibition is brought together from major international collections and includes over 120 silver and platinum prints, many vintage, ranging from his portraits for Vogue magazine in the 1940s to some of his last work. Penn photographed an extraordinary range of sitters from the worlds of literature, music and the visual and performing arts. Among those featured in the exhibition are Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Christian Dior, T.S. Eliot, Duke Ellington, Grace Kelly, Rudolf Nureyev, Al Pacino, Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Harold Pinter.

Meet at:
The Irving Penn Exhibition
The National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London, WC2H 0HE

Booking is essential for this event as they have limited FREE spaces.
For more information and to RSVP:

07549 882992.
asnpplus@hotmail.com or telephone
www.personalityplus.org.uk

BROKEN MEMORIES OF A LANDSCAPE 15th April - 7th May 2010
An exhibition by Nimo Younis

Mondays - Thursdays, 9.00am - 4.00pm
Fridays, 9.00am - 3.00pm
Manor Gardens Cafe
8 Manor Gardens
London, N7 6LA

0207 561 5253
Contact admin@manorgardenscentre.org

VOICES 1st May - 1st June 2010
An exhibition by Angie Jack

Private view: Friday 14th May, 2010, 6 - 9pm
DJ sets with Sir James and DJ Guille, Catherine Collins, violin

Core Arts would love you to join them for a private view and launch of an exhibition by Angie Jack with drawings, paintings, installations and objects, and an evening of art and music.

Core Arts
1 St Barnabas Terrace
London, E9 6DJ (viewing by appointment only contact: 020 8533 3500)

www.angiejack.com
www.myspace.com/psicobear
www.flickr.com/angiejack
www.corearts.co.uk

Call for Submissions, Frinton Press
London Closes Friday 30 April 2010
Unpaid (Voluntary) Part time Artform: combined arts, dance, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music, theatre, visual arts, Other
Contact: frintonpress@gmail.com

Due to the great success of our 2009 Wrapping Paper Project, Frinton Press are once again calling for submissions to the new and improved 2010 Wrapping Paper Project.

It will be launched in the autumn as a pre-Christmas thing but that doesn't mean your designs should necessarily be Christmassy.

Please send your artwork before 30th April. You can send as many designs as you wish until that date.

The chosen designs will be exhibited in a show in London where the artists will also have the opportunity to sell some of their own artworks.

To get an idea of what happened last Christmas and for the specifics of how to send your designs, plus tips on what exactly we are looking for visit www.frintonpress.blogspot.com

You can also keep up-to-date on project developments with our tweets.
Any further questions feel free to get in touch: frintonpress@gmail.com

Thanks, and bonne chance,

The Frinton Press peeps.

WORTHING MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

In collabloration with CREATIVE FUTURE this special exhibition of paintings show cases contmeporary paintings by talented yet socially excluded Sussex Artist's. to be opened by the Mayor of Worthington!

Includes launch of Creative Future's Anthology 'Life!', and
'Coat Of Blanket Dreams' by Mary O' Dywer
The 'Life' anthology includes a couple of poems by Pauline St. Marie.

Worthing Museum And Art Gallery
Chapel Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11, 1HP
'The Near Far Pool'
27th March - 26th June 2010

Private View Thursday 1st April 2010
2.00pm - 3.00pm

FREE ART WORKSHOP

Rethink are working with Parlimentary Outreach to engage people affected by mental illness with the workd and relevance of Parliment. Mental health service users and carers from Rethink wil be working with international artist Rachel Gadsen in 16 art workshops around the country.

The workshop is free and there are (unfortunately only) 15 places, offered on a first come first serve basis. Members should have recieved an itinerary covering the two workshop days, and an application form, do fill it out and send it in if you are interested, and let them know as soon as possible...

Perceptions members are in invited to an exciting workshop happening at:

Rethink's Head Office
6th and 7th April, 2010
89 Albert Embankment, Lond SE1, 7TP

CREATIVE ISLINGTON

Creative Islington invites you to a networking event to launch out exciting new website to hear of our future plans and opportunites.

After the formal launch we hope you'll be able to stay nad enjoy a glass of wine and a bite to eat with us at the Woodstore.

This will be a great opportunity to network with artists and arts organisations and share your plans and ideas for the future.

We look forward to meeting you...

The Pleasance Theatre 15th March 2010
Carpenters Mews
39 - 41 North Road
Islington
N7 9EF

6.pm for 6.30pm start
6pm - 7.30pm
(followed by informal networking)

THE OTHER SIDE GALLERY WEBSITE LAUNCH AND FUNDRAISER

The Other Side Gallery is launching its new website and will do so along side an auction to raise funds.

We are asking artist members to donate a piece of work for the auction. The funds raised at the event will go towards running costs and future exhibitions.
Anita will try to get in touch with you, however if you have a piece that you would like to donate, please email Anita at: admin@theothersidegallery or phone 07981453293

Candid Arts Gallery 4th March 2010
3 Torrens Street
London
EC1V 1NQ

6pm - 8.30pm

WORLD COMMUNITY ARTS DAY 17th Feb 2010

"ART AS A CATALYST FOR CARING AND SHARING"

Be creative on the day to raise an important issue you believe in and help create a World Festival Society for a day.

All we ask of you on that day is to do an arts project, however small or big on the 17th Feb 2010 or as near to the date as possible.

Be creative about an issue that you believe promotes "caring and sharing". Song, dance, theatre, draw, paint, write, make, poem, photogragh, lecture, walk, tour, talk, art class anyway that you feel you are creative!

It maybe an ongoing project you wish to highlight. It is being creative that is important.
It could be a small or large gathering. Or add an image or sound, etc to an existing website to mark this day. If you can mark the event on your website in the build up to it that would be great too.

We are not asking for money, but your creativity and artistic skills to celebrate this day.
The aim is to create a world festival society for a day. To illustrate how festival and celebration through art can provide answers.

www.communiversity.org.uk

EMERGENCE... 25th January - 4th March 2010
"Discovering The Creative Self"

An inspirational multi diciplinary exhibition of artwork by London artists who identify with the symptoms and issues surrounding Personality Disorder. Visual art, film, sculpture, debates, workshops talks and performances throughout this 5 weeks show.

Our Space Gallery
Together
12 Old Street
London
EC1V 9BE

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
www.personalityplus.org.uk
www.together-uk.org
pplus@hotmail.co.uk
07549 882992

'Bobby Baker's Diary Drawings: Mental illness and me, 1997-2008'

Bobby Baker is one of the most widely acclaimed and popular performance artists working today. She began her diary drawings in 1997 when she became a patient at a day centre. Originally private, they gradually became a way for her to communicate complex thoughts and emotions that are difficult to articulate to her family, friends and professionals.

run: 19th March 2009 - 2nd August 2009

Wellcome Collection 020 7611 2222
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE

'Drayton Park Art Group'
Artist Simone Pereira-Hind will be running an Art Workshop
On the following dates this month:
You are all invited to join. She will see you there. (sorry, ladies service only...)xx

Tuesday 16th June 1:00am - 3:00pm
Wednesday 17th June 1:00am - 3:00pm
Friday 19th June 1:00am - 3:00pm
Tuesday 23rd June 1:00am - 3:00pm
Wednesday 24th June 1:00am - 3:00pm
Thursday 25th June 1:00am - 3:00pm

Women's Mental Health Crisis House and Resource Centre
32 Drayton Park 0207 607 2777
London
N5 1PB

Holloway Arts Festival
www.hollowayartsfestival.co.uk
Holloway Arts Festival, ten days packed with over 40 events celebrating the vibrant and unique cultural life of Holloway and Islington. Themed around Lewis Carroll's calssic book 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland', the festival include creative workshops and a Wonderland-themed carnival as well as music, visual arts, talks cinema, theatre, dance and comedy. This your chance to have fun trying something new and to meet your neighbours!

run: 25th June 2009 - 5th July 2009

Reel Islington Screenings
www.hollowayartsfestival.co.uk/reelislington
Celebrating the best in new film-making talent - much of it springing from Islington itself. Reel Islington Screengins is a film event celebrating and supporting filmmaking in Islington and North London - by inviting professional and amateur filmmakers to show their films, make new films and discuss their experineces.

Screenings: 24th June 2009
  4th July 2009

Workshop: 27th June 2009
Make A Film In A Day

DIVERSE CITY
The Other Side Gallery Group Exhibition of Contemporary Outsider Art 2009

This exhibition takes place at the Candid Arts gallery space, it is an accumulation of art by Contemporary Outsider Artists (working/practicing art) in London.

The Other Side Gallery welcomes this great opportunity to show, tell and explore the diversity and style of an artistic community with a largely untrained eye.

'Naïve', 'simplistic' and 'raw' are terms used in the art world to describe Outsider Art however, the added individualism of this collection of work moves beyond the viewer’s need to categorise.

Working in various media, these artworks are created by artists from a broad and wide ranging background that include the homeless, mental health, learning disabilities and represent in many ways the 'Diverse City' that we live in.

Candid Art's Trust
3 Torrens Street
Angel, Islington
London, EC1V, 1NQ

Opening Night: 12th July 2009
run: 13th July 2009 - 19th July 2009
  11am - 6pm daily

(for further information contact: Anita Jensen - Project Manager admin@theothersidegallery.org)