Monthly Archive for October, 2006

Next Culturepool Event – Nov 12

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 21:47 in 2006. Closed

From CulturePool …
What
John Moores 24. Paintings from the 52 finalists in Britains leading contemporary painting competition.
Initially sponsored by John Moores in 1957, the competition has been held approximately every two years and is now a major part of the Liverpool Biennial.
This years judges were Sir Peter Blake, Tracy Emin, Jason Brooks, Andrea Rose and Ann Bukantas.

When
Sunday 12th November 2006
Meet @ 13.45 in the foyer of the gallery

Where
Walker Art Gallery
William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EL. Please call 0151 478 4199 for directions.

Who
Dr Paul O’Keeffe
Paul O’Keeffe will lead the tour and answer any of our questions about the exhibition. The Walker has also provided us with a room for a discussion after the tour.

How
No need to book for this FREE event
Just turn up at the Walker Art Gallery

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 21:47 in 2006. Closed

‘Africa At The Pictures’ – Starts Nov 9th

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 20:19 in Previews. Closed

Africa at the Pictures 2006

Film season 9-15 November 2006

Africa at the Pictures comes to Liverpool

Students at Liverpool Community College will receive tips and advice from some of Africa’s top film producers and directors as part of Africa at the Pictures.

Between 9-15 November, Greenland Street – Liverpool’s major new venue for contemporary art – will host Africa at the Pictures, an initiative which promotes African film in the UK and Europe.

Africa at the Pictures will screen thirty films, offering a vibrant insight into the culture and politics of Africa. Amongst them is Moolaadé directed by Ousmane Sembene (Senegal), widely recognised as the father of African cinema and Rage, directed by Newton Aduaka, which was the first independent film by a black film-maker to gain a national release in Britain.

Six of Africa’s leading film makers will visit Liverpool to screen their movies at Greenland Street and share their knowledge and skills with young people in the city. Screenings are free and open to all.

Over 100 Media Studies students, all studying cinema as part of their course at Liverpool Community College, will take part in a series of film workshops developed in partnership with arts venue Greenland Street. The students are studying at Liverpool Community College’s Arts Centre and Toxteth TV, the city’s film and media education facility.

During the sessions, film makers from South Africa, Nigeria and Senegal will discuss funding opportunities available to young movie makers, how to take an idea to the screen and the best way to pitch a film idea. Budding directors and producers will also develop their digital camera skills, scriptwriting talents and ability to tell non fiction stories through cinema.

Workshops will be run by Lovinsa Kavuma, a Ugandan-born female filmmaker; Newton Aduaka – one of Africa’s most talented independent film makers, originally from Nigeria; writer and filmmaker Ben Diogaye Beye – a pioneer of Senegalese cinema; female Director Taghred Elsanhouri who captures the conflicts of Sudan – her country of birth – in her films, and director Khalo Matabane who addresses a range of South African issues through his work. (for more info on workshops contact Helen Brierley at Greenland Street E: helenb@afoundation.org.uk T: 0151 706 0600)

For full details of films and screening times visit www.africaatthepictures.co.uk

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 20:19 in Previews. Closed

FrenchMottershead – Club Class at Tate, Nov 11

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 19:48 in Previews. Closed

Club Class – creatively explore your conduct @ Tate Liverpool with FrenchMottershead

Using bad behaviour, clothing, surveillance or body language, and the wholec of Tate Liverpool to play in, you enrol in a micro-class, devise a performance under expert guidance, and explore the possibilities of what might happen when behavioural attitudes are changed.

Saturday 11 November 2006, 13:00-17:00, £10 (£8 conc, £6 members). Refreshments and Biennial ticket included.

For more information go to:
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/eventseducation/musicperform/7484.htm

Supported by Arts Council England.

www.frenchmottershead.com

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 19:48 in Previews. Closed

Manchester Art Show 2006 – Cancelled

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 18:30 in 2006. 1 Comment

It just occurred to me that I hadn’t heard anything from the Manchester Art Show organisers this year. It usually runs the last weekend of October and normally a few Merseyside artists are involved.

Turns out its been cancelled. In June, the previous organisers, Engaging Arts sold the rights to EMO ltd who have decided they need another year to make it work.

More here: http://www.manchesterartshow.co.uk/

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 18:30 in 2006. 1 Comment

DaDafest – Sparkley Volunteers Required

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 16:56 in 2006. Closed

From NWDAF. If you are coming from outside of Liverpool, you will be eligible for travel expenses

It’s Shimmerfest!

Monday 6th November is calling all silver stunners! We will be handing out flyers in Lime Street to promote DaDaFest and this day’s theme is cybershimmer.

Get those metallic outfits out and come and join us! If you have no silver outfit, don’t be put off we can provide accessories and suitable attire! If you would prefer not to dress up, please come along anyway, 300 brochures have gone today, come and help us double the number!

Please come along on Monday at 12 noon to NWDAF, MPAC Building, 1-27 Bridport Street, Liverpool, L3 5QF. 0151 707 1733 0151 706 0365 (minicom)
We’re on the third floor.

Thanks and go glitter!

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 16:56 in 2006. Closed

Final Show at Arena – Thursday Nov 2

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 16:50 in Art Preview. Closed

THIS THURSDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2006!!!

Arena Studios Biennial Show part two.
Private view 18-20.00

Co.he.sion n
n e a r | d i s t a n c e
[BracketTHIS] 3

& selected artists

Live music from
Dead Cowboys
at 20.00 on the top floor.

Arena House
82-84 Duke Street
Liverpool
L1 5AA
www.arena.uk.com
0151 707 9879

Arena Biennial 2006 is funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council England, by the European Regional Development Fund,
the Urban Cultural Programme and the Liverpool Culture Company working together for European Capital of Culture 2008.’

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 16:50 in Art Preview. Closed

‘Making More Sense’ Discussion – Friday Nov 3

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 15:55 in Previews. Closed

Making More Sense – Discussion

13-15.00 Friday 3 November 2006

Picton Reading Room
Central Library
William Brown Street
Liverpool

Liverpool Biennial is a major event in the international arts calendar. It happens for ten weeks every two years, and is on now. Several hundred of the world’s most exciting visual artists are showing their work in over 40 locations across the city, ranging from Tate Liverpool to unexpected temporary locations.

Making More Sense is a new and exciting three-year art project which began in January 2006. A major aim and rationale of the project is to have a lasting legacy in the development of a forum that would set out to assist other brain injured people. This would involve the development of a permanent base with exhibition and workshop facilities, run by and for those with a brain injury. Making More Sense is run as a partnership between Mersey Care Brain Injuries Rehabilitation Centre (BIRC) and artists Steve Rooney and Sue Williams, who are TAG (The Artists Group)

Through an invitation from Chilean artist Mario Navarro, nine of the Making More Sense group have collaborated on Two Rooms, a project for Liverpool Biennial’s International 06 exhibition. For the project each participant was asked to customise a chair to reflect their own biography. The resulting chairs are displayed in the Picton Reading Room as part of Navarro’s installation for International 06 which opened on 16 September and will close on 26 November 2006.

The discussion on Friday 3 November will reflect on the achievements of Making More Sense and to share the participants experiences of working with Liverpool Biennial.

Please ring Sharon Paulger on 0151 7097444 or email sharon@biennial.com to confirm your attendance.

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 15:55 in Previews. Closed

Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 15:15 in 2006. Closed

Always some stunning pictures in this annual show currently at the Natural History Museum until April 29 2007.

From vivid, colourful landscapes to intimate portraits of animal behaviour, the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition offers an extraordinary insight into the beauty, drama and diversity of the natural world.

This year’s exhibition of award-winners, the competition’s twenty-third, showcases the most accomplished and creative images from more than 18,000 submitted by photographers world wide.

I think a subset normally comes to Liverpool later, hope so. Take a look at the online gallery

Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006

Published by ian jackson on October 31, 2006 15:15 in 2006. Closed