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Exploring Documentary Photography
Saturday 3 December 2011
1pm – 4pm
This is a discussion based workshop inspired by the current exhibition This is Not a House, by Edgar Martins at The New Art Gallery Walsall.
If you have an interest in photography both taking your own photographs and in discussing photographic styles and would like to meet like minded photographers within the region please book a free place and come along, its ideal for new photographers and seasoned pros.
This event will include a practical demonstration of how to use a 5 x 4 camera and the considerations needed for this; planning a photography project and the importance of this to continue your own personal development; and looking at the type of photography genre that you might usually expect to see on a degree level photography course.
The session will also be looking forward to a future exhibition at The New Art Gallery Walsall by photographer Martin Parr. The session is led by Malcolm Brice, professional art & commercial photographer who has taught at Nottingham Trent University for the past two years.
To book a free place (places limited) please call gallery reception on 01922 654400
Caldmore Village Festival 2011
A multicultural festival right in the heart of Walsall’s community.
The first Caldmore Village Festival was held on 29th-31st May 2010 to an incredibly positive local response. The 10,000 people who attended over the three days of the festival experienced a colourful multicultural kaliedescope of music and dance performances, Asian sports events and carnival and music workshops.
This year’s Festival promises to be even bigger and better. On the 22nd of May we are holding a sports Mela on Walsall Rugby Club which will include such traditional Asian sports as Kibaddi, Stone Lifting and Beeni (arm wrestling) along with some of the more traditional British field and pub events as tug-of-war and darts. The following weekend (28th to the 30th of May) the bank holiday, we have three days of performance and participatory arts taking place on the playing field of Caldmore Primary School. The Saturday will kick off with the Caldmore Village Festival 6-a-side football challenge, along with the Caldmore Primary school’s fate. Attention will then shift to the spectacular main stage with its stunning sound system which will play host to an array of stunning multicultural acts, from Bollywood to Bhangra, from Memphis blues to jumping jive. Coupled with these three days of amazing music and dance, there will be a range of arts workshops for all ages on the main field culminating in the carnival procession on the Monday afternoon. The Festival will be topped off on Monday Evening by some of the country’s finest Asian music acts.
Festival Background
Caldmore is a multicultural area on the edge of Walsall town Centre. For many years it has been the natural home of Walsall’s artists and artisans from many cultures around the world, but it is also one of the most economically deprived neighbourhoods in Walsall.
The Festival committee has involved a wide number of community groups in planning for the festival and local groups are pledging to organise a range of community cultural events leading up to the festival weekend and during the weekend itself. Additional projects have included regular community clean ups, combined music and food events called ‘ A Taste of Caldmore’ and the group has just taken over responsibility for a community garden in the heart of Caldmore.
Want to get involved?
If you are able to volunteer during the festival this year, we would love to hear from you. We still need people who can help out with stewarding on the days of the festival, so if you have a few hours to spare on the days of the festival please get in touch, its great fun to be part of the team.
Contact:
Glen Buglass. Email: buglassg@walsall.gov.uk. Phone: 01922 653114
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caldmore-Village-Festival/219826418030611
The Garret Garman Appreciation Society Birthday Picnic
Saturday 14 May 2011
12pm – 4pm
Kathleen Garman is easily describable as the patron saint of Art in Walsall. Thanks to the donation of the Garman Ryan Collection in collaboration with Sally Ryan, she forged a solid link between the town and contemporary art that still endures, and which guarantees the place of art in the area. This May would have seen her 110th birthday.
The Garret Garman Appreciation Society (G.G.A.S.) in honour of Kathleen, are planning the ultimate flickermob to celebrate this event – as The Garret is a collective of artists based in and around Walsall many of our first experiences of contemporary art were in either the E.M. Flint Gallery or The New Art Gallery Walsall. So, we plan to celebrate the life and largesse of the woman who made this collection possible in a fitting manner, by re-creating one of her legendary picnics. Every aspect will be used to pay homage to this Grand Dame of the Arts – from costume to the hamper contents!
We’ll be assembling on the gallery’s terrace at 12 noon and indulging in a variety of artistic and picnicking practices. Then at 3pm we’ll be cutting a birthday cake, toasting Kathleen, and reading out birthday messages. As part of our celebrations we would like to invite you to send Kathleen (or any other special person in your life) a birthday telegram which will not only be read out at the flickernic but displayed online and preserved in a book made by the members of the garret. We also want you to share your first memories of art with us, whether at a gallery, on the street or at a performance, and you can do this in a number of ways:
Post a comment on the GGAS Birthday Telegrams page: http://the-garret.org/birthday-telegrams
Email your message to telegram@the-garret.org
Post your message to the G.G.A.S. Facebook Event wall: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=155610497836092
This event has been inspired by the Epstein Archive and the ongoing Bob and Roberta Smith residency, and we intend to use this opportunity to discuss this legendary Lady and the impact she has had on all our lives, and also to draw attention to this extraordinary resource.
CHANCE TO TAKE PART IN A NEW DANCE FILM PROJECT IN WALSALL
Sampad south asian arts is looking for dance lovers across the Black County to take part in an exciting new digital dance project.
Coming to The New Art Gallery Walsall on Sunday 27 March, the project sampad dance dub, will see the gallery filled with over 100 people who will be filmed dancing to a lively track.
The short film, created in just one take, will be available on YouTube and shown at various screenings and public events in the West Midlands.
sampad is looking for participants from the local area aged 12 and over, of any ability and any dance style. You can join in as an individual or a group (max 5 per group), and need to be available from 11am-3pm on the day.
Piali Ray, director of sampad said: ‘We’re really excited to be bringing sampad dance dub to Walsall – this is a brand new project, so you have the chance to be part of something that has never been done before!
‘The idea for the film is inspired by the popular ‘Lip-dub’ films on YouTube, where people line a building and mime to a popular song. We’re applying this to dance, to get lots of people moving and trying something different. In three and half minutes we want to create a mosaic of movement, vibrancy and colours around the gallery, with lots of different people and different styles.
‘So whether you’re into Bollywood, salsa or street dance, or have never danced before, if you would like to have a go, we want to hear from you!’
To apply for a place in sampad dance dub, send your name(s) and age(s) to Kavita Walia at kavita@sampad.org.uk, by Monday 7 March.
sampad dance dub is part of Arts Nation West Midlands.
Arts Nation is a national initiative funded by Arts Council England, looking at innovative ways of engaging arts audiences. Projects will be taking place across the country between October 2010 and September 2011 and will focus on developing best practice for arts organisations looking to provide a first step into the arts for audiences. Case studies and legacy materials will be collated and shared with the sector via the Arts Council England website (www.artscouncil.org.uk).
A busy Saturday with: Sean Burn Outside IN Open Studio Event and Live Performance and Bob and Roberta Smith In Conversation with Bobby Baker
Do not miss!
Saturday 26 February 2011
Free – all welcome
The grand finale of Sean Burn’s yearlong residency will take place on Saturday 26 February 2011.
Sean will be opening the door to the Artists’ Studio (located on Floor 1 of The New Art Gallery Walsall) and inviting everyone in to see his new work.
The Open Studio event will take place from 12 – 2pm and visitors are welcome to pop in at anytime for an informal chat, a cup of tea and an
insight into the ‘life of the mind’ of an artist.
The Open Studio event will be followed by a new, live performance by Sean Burn at 3.30pm. Thedurational performance titled Cracking Up, continues Sean’s explorations into language, visual puns and his own of experiences of living with mental illness.
Newcastle-based artist Sean Burn has been working with the gallery over the last year to develop his interest in reclaiming the ‘languages of lunacy’. During this time, he has also produced various interventions in and around the building. Last autumn, for example, visitors were invited to ‘lose their marbles’ in a game with the artist.
The residency is part of Outside IN; a region-wide programme designed to increase the number of Disabled and Deaf artists working in partnership with mainstream galleries. Outside IN has been designed and is coordinated by DASH who are working in partnership with Oriel Davies Gallery in Mid-Wales, The New Art Gallery Walsall and Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
Sean Burn’s work is also featured in the gallery’s current exhibition The Life of the Mind: Love, Sorrow and Obsession, curated by Bob and Roberta Smith (until 20 March 2011). The ‘Smith’s’ describe Sean’s work as follows: Sean Burn is interested in writing and how the written word can become an iconic image that reflects forceful emotion.
Work by artist Bobby Baker also features in The Life of the Mind. Sean Burn and Bobby Baker hosted an ‘In Conversation’ event last year to celebrate the launch of Outside IN. Together they discussed art, life and the footwear choices of mental health professionals whilst baking a cake!
On Saturday 26 February Bobby Baker will also return to The New Art Gallery Walsall to lead a tour of the exhibition with Bob and Roberta Smith. This event will also take place at 2pm and will complement Sean’s Open Studio event and live performance.
http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/event/in-conversationthe-life-of-the-mind
The day promises to be thought provoking, sociable and fun – and a fantastic way to celebrate the success of Sean’s residency and all he has brought to the gallery.
Women’s Voices – International Women’s Day Centenary
Saturday 12 March 2011
at The New Art Gallery Walsall
12pm– 4pm
International Women’s Day was first declared in 1910 with the first IWD event held in 1911. 2011 sees 100 years of International Women’s Day having been celebrated around the world. Widespread increased activity is anticipated globally honouring 100 years of International Women’s Day to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women and Walsall could not be the exception!
The New Art Gallery Walsall will once again be hosting a free for all, special event that will include stalls and performers celebrating the International Women’s Day Centenary as part of the We are Walsall programme of events that help people understand each other better.
Performers will include local women from different nationalities, two choirs, singers, dancers, and the event will also feature a visiting women’s co-operative from Kabul who will be selling arts and crafts.
Other stalls will include health checks, mendhi henna hand patterns, African arts, Asian sewing and much more. There will also be a poetry workshop and a pampering room hosted by From Outside to Involvement, a local project working with migrants.
Holding the event together with her warmth and humour will be Mrs Barbara Nice, the region’s most famous comedienne, with her hilarious, no-nonsense brand of comedy.
Come down to the gallery for a fun time celebrating how women from all over the world are part of Walsall, and join us at 2pm in holding hands in solidarity with women who are standing up for their rights all over the world.
The event has been organised by the Creative Development Team and supported by The New Art Gallery Walsall.
Free, everyone welcome!
We are Walsall: events and activities that bring people together and help different people in Walsall understand each other better.
Turning Point conference video
On Monday 8 November 2010, more than 70 visual arts professionals, artists and curators gathered at The New Art Gallery Walsall to celebrate the strengths of the visual arts in the West Midlands and debate the priorities and challenges for the future following the government’s recent budget cut announcements.
West Midlands enjoy a thriving, vibrant, highly active and promising visual arts scene with many galleries, public or private, showcasing the best of modern and contemporary art in the region and artists, artist-led organisations and collectives creating work of high standard that represent the region nationally and abroad and contribute towards its creative industries. The aim of the event was to find ways of strengthening the visual arts in the region, advocate for the significance of the sector in the cultural, social and economic life of the region by working in partnership in order to maximise resources and foster further creativity.
Voice Your Vision is a Turning Point West Midlands event. Turning Point is a national network set up to deliver a shared vision for growth in the visual arts and is supported by Arts Council England. This event was part of developing a strategy for the visual arts in the West Midlands.
For the feedback notes from the day go to http://www.tpwestmidlands.org.uk
The TPWM network will be developing some of the priorities identified.
TPWM is putting in place an Artists Opportunities Bulletin on its website – at http://www.tpwestmidlands.org.uk/opportunities.
It will list Funding, Commissions, Calls for Work, Courses & Workshops, Job, Residency and Internship opportunities that people tell us about.
To subscribe to the Bulletin or submit details of an opportunity, please email: artistsnews&opportunitiestpwm@bcu.ac.uk
Voice Your Vision – Turning Point
On Monday 8 November 2010, more than 70 visual arts professionals, artists and curators gathered at The New Art Gallery Walsall to celebrate the strengths of the visual arts in the West Midlands and debate the priorities and challenges for the future following the government’s recent budget cut announcements.
West Midlands enjoy a thriving, vibrant, highly active and promising visual arts scene with many galleries, public or private, showcasing the best of modern and contemporary art in the region and artists, artist-led organisations and collectives creating work of high standard that represent the region nationally and abroad and contribute towards its creative industries. The aim of the event was to find ways of strengthening the visual arts in the region, advocate for the significance of the sector in the cultural, social and economic life of the region by working in partnership in order to maximise resources and foster further creativity.
Voice Your Vision is a Turning Point West Midlands event. Turning Point is a national network set up to deliver a shared vision for growth in the visual arts and is supported by Arts Council England. This event was part of developing a strategy for the visual arts in the West Midlands.
For the feedback notes from the day go to http://www.tpwestmidlands.org.uk
The TPWM network will be developing some of the priorities identified.
TPWM is putting in place an Artists Opportunities Bulletin on its website – at http://www.tpwestmidlands.org.uk/opportunities.
It will list Funding, Commissions, Calls for Work, Courses & Workshops, Job, Residency and Internship opportunities that people tell us about.
To subscribe to the Bulletin or submit details of an opportunity, please email: artistsnews&opportunitiestpwm@bcu.ac.uk
Images by Ming de Nasty.
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