Tuesday, 27 April 2010
LIVE DRAWING BY MIRREN
This is the video of Mirren drawing at the Jam Factory as a part of the Woman’s Festival Exhibition . Soundtrack-The Horrors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ZAJEsWwbQ
THE ART BOOK/CALLING ALL ARTISTS!!
The purpose of the art book is to support and promote artists living and working in the Oxford and Oxfordshire area, allowing professional and semi-professional practitioners to display their Work in a publication with high production values
Our goal is to offer newest, sometimes most challenging work from across the region, and to expand the public perception of art, with the prospect to launch the careers of promising young artists.
By no means exhaustive, this selection will reflect a spectrum of current work carefully selected to showcase art and artists in Oxfordshire, with a fresh and original approach to Art.
Each artist will be represented by a colour image of a typical work (Half page, full page, double page) accompanied by text to illuminate the artist and its practice.
This Art publication will provide a fresh and original approach to Art, a unique visual source book, as well as a celebration of the rich and multi-faceted range of visual art culture in Oxford and Oxfordshire.
Patrick Messaoudi
Art & Events Director
Think Locally Productions
PRESS RELEASE FOR GRASSROOTS & GLASS CEILINGS EXHIBITION
Oxford International Women’s Festival in association with Oxford Pride presents
“Grassroots & Glass Ceilings”
a diverse art exhibition celebrating work by local and international women artists inspired by the 2010 Festival theme of ‘Grassroots and Glass Ceilings’. This group show includes wall art, sculpture, performance, video and poetry.
Afroditi Aparti
Emmie van Biervliet
Georgina Jestico
Linda Wride
Madi Acharya-Baskerville
Mirren Kessling
Nia Walling
Sherrey Tysom
Susan Moxley
Tabitha Millett
Tina Calloway
Poet Lizzie McHale will MC the Launch with performance by Lydia Faith
For more information about the festival and artists visit www.oxfordwomen.co.uk and www.oxfordpride.org.uk
Festival Launch & Opening Performance Event: Sunday 28th February 7.30-9.30pm
Exhibition: Sun 28 FEBRUARY – Mon 21 MARCH open everyday 10am-10pm @ Jam Factory
“Grassroots & Glass Ceilings”
a diverse art exhibition celebrating work by local and international women artists inspired by the 2010 Festival theme of ‘Grassroots and Glass Ceilings’. This group show includes wall art, sculpture, performance, video and poetry.
Afroditi Aparti
Emmie van Biervliet
Georgina Jestico
Linda Wride
Madi Acharya-Baskerville
Mirren Kessling
Nia Walling
Sherrey Tysom
Susan Moxley
Tabitha Millett
Tina Calloway
Poet Lizzie McHale will MC the Launch with performance by Lydia Faith
For more information about the festival and artists visit www.oxfordwomen.co.uk and www.oxfordpride.org.uk
Festival Launch & Opening Performance Event: Sunday 28th February 7.30-9.30pm
Exhibition: Sun 28 FEBRUARY – Mon 21 MARCH open everyday 10am-10pm @ Jam Factory
FIVE STAR SHOW
The Creative Collective Exhibition has been a huge success and has received a five star review in this weeks copy of the Oxford Times. To read it online click … http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/search/?search=CREATIVE+COLLECTIVE
About Pete Ross
“Since 2005 my painting has been autobiographical and relate to growing up in South Wales in the 1950/60’s, this current work is in galleries in Brecon and Cardiff and I have a major exhibition at the Riverfront Arts complex in Newport in the Summer 2010.
The work in this exhibition falls mainly into 3 categories. Portraits, Couples and Conflicts. The work from these themes started with the large heads in 1993 and developed into couples and later into conflict pictures until 2005. The portrait and couple paintings are straightforward interpretations from photographs which were chosen for various reasons. Some are well known people, some are not, but all have physical characteristics which appeal to me. The conflict pictures are more complex are better explained face to face, though in simple terms they convey a misunderstanding and conditioning of conflicts by us, the observers.” Pete Ross
The work in this exhibition falls mainly into 3 categories. Portraits, Couples and Conflicts. The work from these themes started with the large heads in 1993 and developed into couples and later into conflict pictures until 2005. The portrait and couple paintings are straightforward interpretations from photographs which were chosen for various reasons. Some are well known people, some are not, but all have physical characteristics which appeal to me. The conflict pictures are more complex are better explained face to face, though in simple terms they convey a misunderstanding and conditioning of conflicts by us, the observers.” Pete Ross
Press release for Eleven exhibition
Eleven is the first exhibition by Oxford based Creative Collective, showcasing work by 11 up and coming young artists from across the county.
All 11 artists are aged between 18 and 20 and currently study art-based subjects at universities around the country, four of which are current students on the art foundation course at Oxford Brookes University.
The exhibition stretches across all mediums and included in the exhibition are illustrators Lara Hawthorne and Rachel Hardwick; fine artists Joe Carter, Anna Munday, Henry Franks and James Lomax, photographers Rishi Mullett-Sadones, Kenz Leverne and Jamie Clark; designers Zoe Regoczy and Rossie Edenbrow. On the preview evening former fine art student from Oxford Brookes Lauren O’Day will be providing a live performance piece from 9pm onwards.
Alison Honour, course leader of the Art & Design Foundation and Head of Arts at Oxford Brookes commented, “These young artists should be commended for the ambition and determination required in organising and creating work for an exhibition which will provide them with the valuable experience of exhibiting as professional practicing artists.”
Creative Collective are keen to support local artists that show enthusiasm, passion and commitment that is reflected within the work they produce. Rishi Mullett-Sadones of Creative Collective comments: “The original idea to do this came to me back in March last year, realising there are very few opportunities to exhibit work in a professional environment inside the city unless you are either a professional or post-graduate artist. Being a photographer myself, I wanted to solve this problem giving likeminded individuals the opportunity to promote their work at an early stage in their careers, while highlighting the fresh innovative talent being produced in Oxfordshire.”
With no set theme, young artists were simply invited through the Facebook groups to submit pieces of work that represented their own views or style. Giving them complete freedom to express themselves as artists and what they have produced is a real testament to the brimming creative talent that exists here in Oxfordshire.
All 11 artists are aged between 18 and 20 and currently study art-based subjects at universities around the country, four of which are current students on the art foundation course at Oxford Brookes University.
The exhibition stretches across all mediums and included in the exhibition are illustrators Lara Hawthorne and Rachel Hardwick; fine artists Joe Carter, Anna Munday, Henry Franks and James Lomax, photographers Rishi Mullett-Sadones, Kenz Leverne and Jamie Clark; designers Zoe Regoczy and Rossie Edenbrow. On the preview evening former fine art student from Oxford Brookes Lauren O’Day will be providing a live performance piece from 9pm onwards.
Alison Honour, course leader of the Art & Design Foundation and Head of Arts at Oxford Brookes commented, “These young artists should be commended for the ambition and determination required in organising and creating work for an exhibition which will provide them with the valuable experience of exhibiting as professional practicing artists.”
Creative Collective are keen to support local artists that show enthusiasm, passion and commitment that is reflected within the work they produce. Rishi Mullett-Sadones of Creative Collective comments: “The original idea to do this came to me back in March last year, realising there are very few opportunities to exhibit work in a professional environment inside the city unless you are either a professional or post-graduate artist. Being a photographer myself, I wanted to solve this problem giving likeminded individuals the opportunity to promote their work at an early stage in their careers, while highlighting the fresh innovative talent being produced in Oxfordshire.”
With no set theme, young artists were simply invited through the Facebook groups to submit pieces of work that represented their own views or style. Giving them complete freedom to express themselves as artists and what they have produced is a real testament to the brimming creative talent that exists here in Oxfordshire.
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