BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:726@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160430T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160430T150000 DTSTAMP:20160427T034509Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/st-helens-platform-open-studios- day/ SUMMARY:: St Helens: Platform Open Studios Day DESCRIPTION:Open Studios Saturday 30 April 2016\, 11.00 - 15.00\nPlatform S tudios\, St Helens\n\nClaire Weetman:\nI'll be opening my studio to the pu blic a week on Saturday along with the four other artists who work there. It will be a great opportunity to see what artists are working on as we'll have a programme of demonstrations\, talks and activities to take part in during the day. I'll be inviting visitors to help me create a short exper imental film as part of my development of an ambitious new work called Maz e of Displacement. In return for your assistance\, I'll give you a limited edition postcard artwork to take away with you.\n\nMaze of Displacement w ill be a maze whose walls are made of people creating emotive gestures wit h their hands and bodies\; whose walls and passageways shift\, open and cl ose for people and audiences to explore and experience. I plan to work alo ngside people\, groups and communities who have experience of displacement \, and collaboratively with a performer/ dancer/ choreographer who will ch allenge my artistic approach and bring high quality\, performative element s &\; viewpoints to the artwork. A developmental stage of Maze of Displ acement is being funded through a Heart of Glass Prototype Project - a pro gramme of small and ambitious art projects produced by artists and communi ties in St Helens\, supported through Arts Council England's Creative Peop le and Places programme. Read more about my plans for this work here\n\nTh ere'll be the opportunity to buy original artworks from the artists at the studios and we've put together a programme of activities to take part in to understand more about the work that the artists at Platform Studios mak e.\n\nPlatform Open Studios \, 1st Floor\, St Mary’s Market\, St Helens WA10 1AG\nSaturday 30th April\, 11am - 3pm\nDrop in any time or visit one of our activities\n\n11am:\nJoin Jacqui Priestley in her studio to learn h ow to monoprint. Use inks\, rollers and other tools to make an expressive artwork that you can take home with you.\n\n11.45am:\nPainter Karen Thomps on has spent the past 6 months working at Platform Studios as one of our G raduate Bursary Artists. Karen will demonstrate her working processes usin g a variety of painting supports and mixed media\, which she has used in h er work produced during the bursary period.\n\n12.30pm:\nClaire Weetman is in the process of developing an artwork where the walls of a maze will be formed by 3000 humans. Come and help Claire create a short experimental f ilm towards this project and receive a limited edition postcard in exchang e for your time.\n\n1.15pm:\nIsobel Wood\, who works with photography\, ha s spent the past 6 months working at Platform Studios as one of our Gradua te Bursary Artists. Isobel will talk about the work that she has produced in that period along with some of her working processes.\n\n2pm: Photograp her Angela Wilkinson will be joined in her studio by colleague Josie Matle y. They will be offering the chance to experience a portrait photography s hoot throughout the day\, join them at 2pm to learn about their work in mo re detail.\n\nIf you're coming to St Helens to visit our open studios\, th en you might also like to visit these other arts events:\n\nSt Helens Coll ege Degree Show\nFinal Year Students showcase their work. Opens 30th April in Gallery One at the World of Glass\n\nSt Helens Goes Pop!\nAn exhibitio n of new work by artist Drunk Wolf. Opens 30th April in the Godfrey Pilkin gton Gallery at The World of Glass\n\nNew creative shopping experiences\nV isit the newly opened Phoenix Apparel Vintage shop for vintage and customi sed fashions &\; The Secret Garden Studio for handmade &\; upcycled gifts at Theatre Buildings\, 8 Corporation Street\n\nFamily Art Club Mural s\nPop into the Saturday Market in St Mary's Market for a look at the mura ls created by our 13-19 group and by families during April.\n\nCoffee Stop Gallery\nSee more work by our Graduate Bursary Artists Karen Thompson &am p\; Isobel Wood on the walls of the Coffee Stop Cafe in St Mary’s Market \n\nCultural Hubs\nCatch a Saturday afternoon Theatre Show at St Helens Ce ntral Library: Mikron Theatre Co - Canary Girls\, a tale of two sisters we ll and truly at war. Saturday\, 30 April 2016 from 13:00 to 16:00\nTickets £3-£6 from\nhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mikron-theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/04/unnamed-2-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR