YOU ARE ALL INVITED ALONG

COLD WAR ! Preview Friday 5th December

"Oldknows studio group – one of the oldest artist studio groups in the Oldknows factory building is presenting a Cold War show to celebrate group’s cultural diversity and to exchange memories of the past.
Yelena Popova coordinator of the Actual Wall space said:
‘We conceived the Actual Wall as a space for debate, proposition and collaboration. The theme of the show was not chosen for any political reason, we felt would be good to share our personal memories from the period we all lived through.’
Work from OK studio artists and associates explore the rich theme of the Cold War from all angles offering plenty of opportunities for nostalgia and humour. The opening night will be sparkled with Simon Withers’s sonic interventions and live performances by Alison Garner, Simon Raven and Yelena Popova. Depicting the Cold War space race, Yelena’s Russian rocket will be launched to the ‘red planet’ Mars !
Also you can download an online copy of the OK Press (OK studio's funzine from http://www.sendspace.com/file/hs91dm ) "
Oldknows Studio Group
3rd floor
Oldknows Factory
St Ann’s Hill Road
Nottingham NG3 4DB
Preview: Friday 5th December 2008

INVITE TO BOOK LAUNCH

A Book Launch Event

You are invited to an event to launch the book

Soul Food, and Music: Research and Innovation for Creative Business

by Kim Errington, Neil Maycroft and Jim Shorthose

The details are as follows,

When 6 - 8pm on Wednesday, December 17th

Where Eternal Spirits Showrooms
1 -2 St. Peters Church Walk
Nottingham

How With a friend if you want

Also…

We gave Fish, Horses and Other Animals away for free to Nottingham Creative Network members. This time we have had to raise some extra money for the costs of design and print. And we have a plan to publish book 3 in the series. So we will be selling Soul Food, and Music for £10 per copy (which is cost price).

All money from such sales will go into the pot to cover the design and print costs of book 3, which we are half way through writing, and is called The Expansion of Care: Ethical Creativity and Business

So bring some money

Networking We will then be going back to Broadway for drinks and further discussion

So that we can keep an eye on the numbers of people to expect, could you let us know if you want to come, by emailing Sadaf on sadaf.amjad@ntu.ac.uk

MA Graphic Design - trip to London

Arena Festival of Contemporary Art 8th November

Dear Steering Committee
We are nearing the end of the road. The Long and Winding Road has been invited to make one more pit stop. Next weekend, the car will be towed to Leicester for a special guest appearance at the ARENA Festival.
ARENA Festival of Contemporary ArtSaturday 8 November 20081pm - 3pm / 5pm - 7pmPhoenix Arts, LeicesterParked on the plaza outside Phoenix Arts, I invite passengers to join me in the car for a travel sweet and a one-to-one road story. The film of the journey so far is on show in the venue as part of the ARENA Festival.
For Mirror-Signal-Manoeuvre style reflections on the journey and images of the car at The Basement please go to www.acarhistory.blogspot.com. Safe driving Steering Committee. See you on The Long and Winding Road.
All bestMichaelDriver

Broadway Lecture 31st October

Fine Art at NTU presents
The Live Lecture at the Broadway Cinema and Media Centre
Anna Dumitriu
31 October, 2008


Anna Dumitriu will explain her approach to transdisciplinary art practice, what working collaboratively means to her, why she ‘talks’ to bacteria and why unnecessary research is so important. As Einstein said: “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Anna’s highly experimental work is involved with the nature of trans-disciplinary practice-based research. She has collaborated with scientists on at least 10 major projects over the past eleven years and often tends to go very deeply into her chosen area of research.


Please be seated @ 11am sharp – late comers will not be admitted
First come first served basis
@
Broadway Cinema
14 – 18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL

Glug

ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BY A PANEL
INCLUDING:
VAUGHAN OLIVER (V-23)
PHIL STUART (PRELOADED)
ADAM JENNS (MAINFRAME)
MICHAEL C PLACE (BUILD)
JON BURGERMAN
LAURA JORDAN BAMBACH (GLUE)
GINA LOVETT (DESIGN WEEK)
GUY FEATHERSTONE
(WEIDEN & KENNEDY)
HELEN BAYNES (NET A PORTER)
IAN HAMBLETON (STUDIO OUTPUT)
NICK CLEMENT (MADE STUDIO)
THE RULES:
THE ONLY LIMITATIONS ARE THAT IT NEEDS
TO BE RELATIVELY EASY TO DISPLAY AND
ALSO JUDGE.
ALL ENTRIES WILL NEED TO BE EITHER
SENT VIA EMAIL, VIA FTP OR BY POST. IF
YOU’RE CREATING AN OBJECT, ITEM OR
INSTALLATION PLEASE DON’T THROW IT
AWAY AS WE MAY WISH TO DISPLAY THIS
ON THE NIGHT.
PLEASE SEND ENTRIES NO LATER THAN
MONDAY 1ST OF DECEMBER TO:
‘ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...’
STUDIO OUTPUT; LONDON
109 BLACK BULL YARD
24-28 HATTON WALL
LONDON EC1N 8JH
OR EMAIL GLUGLONDON@GMAIL.COM
USING THE SUBJECT: ALL I WANT FOR
CHRISTMAS IS...
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE ALL
CONTACT DETAILS AND SUPPORTING
INFORMATION YOU THINK WE MIGHT
REQUIRE TO JUDGE THE WORK.
PLEASE ALSO MAKE SURE YOU’RE
AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER
HOW TO BUY TICKETS:
TICKETS FOR THE EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED
VIA OUR WEBSITE WWW.GLUGLONDON.COM.
TICKETS ARE PRICED AT £5 BUT YOU’LL
RECEIVE A FREE DRINK ON ENTRY.
TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER
FURTHER INFORMATION, QUESTIONS AND QUERIES:
IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
EVENT, THE BRIEF OR THE RESTRICTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL
GLUGLONDON@GMAIL.COM
THANKS IAN & NICK

Loughborough School of Art event 29th October

The Loughborough School of Art Contemporary Art and Theory Research Group has invited various artists, curators, cultural activists and provocateurs to present a talk, lead a discussion, make a performance or create an event with a view to instigating and generating critical debate and experimental forms of practice.The first talk/event is Wednesday 29th October, 2008 – Pil and Galia Kollectiv ...from 2.00pm - 4.00pm in the Fine Art Studios Gallery SpaceIf your own practice or studies specifically involves performance or film you might be interested in this first event. Pil and Galia Kollectiv are London based artists, writers and curators who work primarily with film, video and performance. They explore choreographed movement and theatrical ritual, drawing on a range of art movements and ideas from Bauhaus to punk. They recently curated The Institute of Psychoplasmics at the Pump House Gallery in London and performed No Haus Like Bau at the fifth Berlin Biennale. They were also recipients in 2007 of the London Artists’ Film and Video Award. Other projects include Asparagus: A Horticultural Ballet at The Showroom, London and the Biennale de Montreal (2007). They have a show opening at S1 in Sheffield on Friday 10th October - see www.kollectiv.co.uk and http://www.s1artspace.org/homepage.htm From 2.00pm - 4.00pm in the Fine Art Studios Gallery SpaceGillian WhiteleyContemporary Art and Theory Research GroupOther events will be...more info coming shortly but see CAT website belowWednesday 26th November, 2008 – Heath Bunting Wednesday 4th March, 2009 – Sally O’Reilly Wednesday 25th March, 2009 – Holly Crawford see http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/mainpages/Research/staff%20groups/provoking.htm r work is

Event on 29th October

Fresh - Future short film festival

Glug event - text 24th Oct

WE’RE PUTTING TOGETHER A SPECIAL ‘BIG CHRISTMAS GLUG’ ON THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2008. FOR THIS ONE OFF (TICKET ONLY) EVENT WE’RE ASKING DESIGNERS AND CREATIVES FROM ALL TYPES OF DISCIPLINES TO RESPOND TO THIS STATEMENT:
‘ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...’
ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BY A PANEL INCLUDING:
VAUGHAN OLIVER (V-23) PHIL STUART (PRELOADED) ADAM JENNS (MAINFRAME) MICHAEL C PLACE (BUILD) JON BURGERMAN LAURA JORDAN BAMBACH (GLUE) GINA LOVETT (DESIGN WEEK) GUY FEATHERSTONE (WEIDEN & KENNEDY) HELEN BAYNES (NET A PORTER) IAN HAMBLETON (STUDIO OUTPUT) NICK CLEMENT (MADE STUDIO)

RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT, SO YOU’LL HAVE TO COME ALONG TO SEE WHETHER YOUR WORK HAS MADE THE FINAL CUT. THE TOP 10 FINALISTS WORK WILL BE DISPLAYED AT THE EVENT AND WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE TOP 3 ON THE NIGHT. FINALISTS WILL THEN BE ASKED TO CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING PRIZES:
SIGNED FRAMED ‘PIXIES’ PRINT BY VAUGHAN OLIVER SIGNED FRAMED ‘BUILD’ PRINT BY MICHAEL C PLACE INTERNSHIP AT EITHER STUDIO OUTPUT OR MAINFRAME JON BURGERMAN HEROES OF BURGERTOWN MINI FIGURES 3 COURSE EVENING MEAL FOR 2 AT BLUU MOORGATE INCLUDING BOTTLE OF HOUSE WINE A YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO DESIGN WEEK
PLUS FURTHER PRIZES TO BE ANNOUNCED..
WE’RE LOOKING FOR ALL TYPES OF CREATIVES TO TAKE PART. FASHION DESIGNERS, GRAPHIC DESIGNERS INCLUDING WEB, PRINT AND MOVING IMAGE, ART DIRECTORS, FILM MAKERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS. THE BRIEF IS MEANT TO BE VERY OPEN ENDED SO PLEASE HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT.
THE RULES:
THE ONLY LIMITATIONS ARE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE RELATIVELY EASY TO DISPLAY AND ALSO JUDGE.
ALL ENTRIES WILL NEED TO BE EITHER SENT VIA EMAIL, VIA FTP OR BY POST. IF YOU’RE CREATING AN OBJECT, ITEM OR INSTALLATION PLEASE DON’T THROW IT AWAY AS WE MAY WISH TO DISPLAY THIS ON THE NIGHT.
PLEASE SEND ENTRIES NO LATER THAN MONDAY 1ST OF DECEMBER TO:
‘ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...’ STUDIO OUTPUT; LONDON 109 BLACK BULL YARD 24-28 HATTON WALL LONDON EC1N 8JH
OR EMAIL GLUGLONDON@GMAIL.COM USING THE SUBJECT: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE ALL CONTACT DETAILS AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION YOU THINK WE MIGHT REQUIRE TO JUDGE THE WORK.
PLEASE ALSO MAKE SURE YOU’RE AVAILABLE ON THURSDAY 11TH DECEMBER
HOW TO BUY TICKETS:
TICKETS FOR THE EVENT CAN BE PURCHASED VIA OUR WEBSITE WWW.GLUGLONDON.COM. TICKETS ARE PRICED AT £5 BUT YOU’LL RECEIVE A FREE DRINK ON ENTRY.
TICKETS GO ON SALE FROM THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER
FURTHER INFORMATION, QUESTIONS AND QUERIES:
IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT, THE BRIEF OR THE RESTRICTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL
GLUGLONDON@GMAIL.COM
THANKS IAN & NICK

New Arts Exchange Event

Glug Competition

Broadway Lecture 24th October

Fine Art at NTU presentsThe Live Lecture at the Broadway Cinema and Media CentreAnge Taggart 24 October, 2008 Founder of the website 'My Dads Strip Club', Ange Taggart is known for her collaborations creating hybrid live art actions, quirky videos and delivering performances. She has utilised her demographic to successfully carry out un-authorised, issue-based interventions, Tescos, Starbucks, Virgin and Coke have all been subjected to her creativity. She's fucked coke machines, interrogated shoppers, bought everything and returned it, telling stores why their products are crap. Coming from Nottingham UK she's taken a fresh look at the shopping experience and invested it with all the thrills you get as a shoplifter, but this time its legal. Image: Coke Fuck Please be seated @ 11am sharp – late comers will not be admittedFirst come first served basis@Broadway Cinema14 – 18 Broad StreetNottinghamNG1 3AL

Backlit Grand Opening Event

Backlit Grand OpeningEvent DetailsTime: October 17, 2008 at 7pmLocation: BacklitStreet: Dakeyne St, SneintonCity/Town: NottinghamWebsite or Map: http://www.backlit.org.ukContact Info: 07702828123Event Type: Exhibition, OpeningOrganized By: BacklitLatest Activity: 1 day agoEvent DescriptionBacklit are proud to present the grand opening of the gallery, studios and project space and host Annexinema.Exhibition featuring DAN TOMBS, performance by SIMON RAVEN and DEFUNCT, a project curated by TOM DUGGAN and ALIA PATHAN.

Useful links: -
Next We Change Earth - http://www.thenewartexchange.org.uk/exhibitions/nextwechangetheearth.php

Hetain Patel - http://www.hetainpatel.com/

Keith Piper - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Piper_(artist)

Cultivate @ NTU

Rhubarb-Rhubarb is pleased to announce the second Cultivate. Held in conjunction with Nottingham Trent University on the 21st and 22nd November 2008. Cultivate has been designed for graduates or students in their final year of a specialist photography course. The aim is to bring insightful and up to the moment information about the current photography industry. We have sourced some of Britain’s best curators, agents and freelance photographers to present a series of seminars and one to one portfolio sessions. Bookings are now open. Please go to www.rhubarb-rhubarb.net for more information and bookings. Places are limited, so it’s a first come first served basis. Please feel free to pass on this mail.

Fine Art lecture at the Broadway Cinema

Fine Art at NTU presents
The Live Lecture at the Broadway Cinema and Media Centre
Alex Farquharson
17 October, 2008

Alex Farquharson, Director of Nottingham Contemporary, will speak on the subject of making exhibitions. To illustrate this he will discuss two recent exhibition he curated, ‘If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson, an Art Exhibition’ at Tate St Ives and CAPC Bordeaux, and ‘Le Voyage Interieur’ at Espace Electra in Paris.
Please be seated @ 11am sharp – late comers will not be admitted
First come first served basis
@
Broadway Cinema
14 – 18 Broad Street
Nottingham
NG1 3AL

Graphic design visiting speaker Bruce Ingman Illustrator Writer Educator Wednesday 15 October 2008 Djanogly Lecture Theatre Nottingham Trent University Bruce writes and illustrates children's books. He is a graduate of Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham (now Nottingham Trent University) and the Royal College of Art. His work is recognised internationally, has won many awards in the field of children's book publishing, and has been reviewed in the international press in the UK and USA, such as the Times Literary Supplement and the New York Times

T: 0115 924 8630
E: event@thenewartexchange.org.uk
W: www.thenewartexchange.org.uk
W: www.myspace.com/new_art_exchange
39-41 Gregory Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 6BE
Registered Charity No: 1121755

An Investigation by John Newling

Make a piano in Spain
‘What do you do to make yourself feel better?’
An Investigation by John Newling
‘Out loud’
Saturday 18th of October
Installation
15th of October to 14th of November
At Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London
On the 6th through 10th of May 2008 Nicola Martin, Kerry Howarth and John Newling met 500 people between Euston and St Pancras stations. From each of them they collected a written response to the question, ‘What do you do to make yourself feel better?’ The response was overwhelming, giving the project a narrative that was both revealing and moving. ‘Make a piano in Spain’ is a project by artist John Newling that investigates and transforms these responses.
The project comprises a list of 50 situations constructed from the material (presented in the large wall-based work), a public reading ‘Out loud’ of all 500 accounts, and a book that demonstrates the investigations and transformations that Newling pursued.
Treating the text as material subject to changes in meaning and form, Newling trawled through the 500 responses, isolating all the references to actions, places and objects. As blocks of text the collected stream of events, sites and materials seemed akin to a chant of what we do, where we go, and which objects we prefer to use to restore our sense of self. Common references were gathered from the texts as a numeric order of frequency and, subsequently, calculated as percentages of occurrence.
This data provided the lists from which Newling compiled the top 50 actions, places and objects. The lists in turn became the material from which he constructed the 50 imagined ‘situations.’ They emerge from a diagnostic process that distilled the responses, while simultaneously forming a text that possesses its own autonomy. Newling explains: “Each situation becomes a potential event that makes for a very human kind of medicine; both a cartography of us and a conceivable territory to experience. They represent a programme of possibilities and a series of dramas made possible through the generous engagement of 500 people…”
Help yourself to a copy of ‘Make a piano in Spain’
The first 500 copies of the publication are free to people visiting Wellcome Collection. These gifts repay the generosity of the original 500 instances of public engagement, now reflected in the citations, investigations and transformations that constitute the project ‘Make a piano in Spain.’
For further information visit:www.john-newling.comwww.wellcomecollection.org

Saatchi Gallery invitation

Dear Art Student,
The Saatchi Gallery would like to invite you to join Saatchi Online Student Artists – the world’s largest free online Student Art gallery www.saatchigallery.com/stuart
Following the success of Saatchi Online – our online exhibition space for professional artists with over 110,000 registered artists - we have launched this new section of the site dedicated to Art Students from around the world.
The Saatchi Student Artists site, which already has profiles of 35,000 art students from around the world, allows each individual to have their own page to display their work. The aim is provide a free forum for you to showcase your art and make connections with other students, dealers, curators and collectors from around the world.
Registering for and using the site is a free service, with no costs involved at all.
We have heard numerous success stories from students who have been invited to exhibit at international exhibitions and art fairs and who have been approached through the site by collectors from around the world interested in their work. We have also received international acclaim from the world’s press who have featured the work from our Saatchi Online Student Artists artists in a number of press articles.
Saatchi Online Student Opportunities
Each year we run a competition for students graduating from UK colleges entitled New Sensations http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/4ns/ . The four finalists from this competition are given £1000 to produce a piece of work in response to the theme. These four finalists also featured in a series of 3 minute documentaries broadcast on the Saatchi Gallery website and on Channel 4 in the UK in October. The overall winner of the competition receives £3000 to fund her artistic career. Last year the 20 shortlisted artists were invited to exhibit at the Truman Brewery (Brick lane, London) in a show that coincided with this year’s Frieze art fair. As a direct result of this competition Marcus Lanyon’s and Mark Melvin’s pieces were acquired by the Zabludowicz Collection and Mie Olise Kjaergaard sold her work to a private collector and has been offered her first solo show in London next March at the Alexia Goethe Gallery.

More details about this year’s competition can be found at http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/4ns/.
Our aim for this year is to continue to give our student artists similar opportunities internationally with opportunities to take part in group exhibitions and Art Fairs around the world. Upcoming events include SCOPE Art Fairs, Concrete and Glass as well as opportunities to exhibit at the new gallery and other events outside the UK.
By registering with Saatchi Online Student Artists are also able to enter our SHOWDOWN section of the site, where artists can upload their work for viewers to vote on. The overall winner of the Showdown receives £1000 prize money and the runner up £750 and the winning works will go on display when the new Saatchi Gallery opens October 9th in Chelsea, London. A new round of SHOWDOWN is about to start if you wish to enter.
We hope that the Saatchi Online Student Artists site will enable you to network with other students from around the world, to share your inspiration and ideas, thus strengthening your work during your time at college. We also hope it will provide a unique method of networking with those outside your college to help unite young artists as they venture into the professional art world.
You can also keep up to date with news and reviews of exhibitions from around the world featured in our online Magazine and view the collections of the world’s leading galleries and museums. The viewers of the site are also encouraged to contribute their own views and reports to our blog and every week we publish a new essay from a leading art critic or artist. Saatchi Online members can also share their essays and read others in our visitors’ essays section. Over 3000 of the world’s leading art colleges are also represented on the site with details of their courses and showcases of their students’ artwork.
You can include up to 50 images in your portfolio and add information about your interests, favourites and hobbies and images of Art work’s you like. You can also choose your privacy setting on the site allowing your profile to be viewed by everyone or only by your friends or those from your university / college or city. You also decide how much of your page people can see; ranging from just your work, to your whole profile. The link to the site is http://www.saatchigallery.com/stuart and is now ready for you to start uploading your work, videos, photos, images etc by registering here http://www.saatchigallery.com/stuart/register
We have also recently confirmed that there will be a permanent space in our new gallery located in Chelsea, London dedicated to showing the work of art students on Saatchi Online Student Artists.
The Saatchi Gallery site now receives over 60 million hits a day and our Saatchi Online gallery has received worldwide press coverage including the New York Times, the Independent and The Sunday Times. Links to the stories can be found on the Stuart page or here:
http://www.saatchigallery.com/current/newyork_times.htm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2517822,00.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2027070.ece

We look forward to seeing your work online.
Best wishes,
Alice
The Saatchi Gallery
alice@saatchigallery.com
Saatchi Online Student Artists – Student art, photos, profiles videos etc
http://www.saatchigallery.com/stuart

Michael Pinchbeck - more events

Dear Steering Committee
As it nears the end of its four-year journey, The Long and Winding Road has been invited to take more unexpected slip roads. Next weekend, the car will be towed to Brighton for two performance pit stops in one day.The Basement, BrightonSaturday 11 October 2008Jubilee Square 2pm - 5pmThe Basement 8pm - 11pmParked in Jubilee Square in the afternoon, I offer passengers a travel sweet and invite them to join me for a car history. In the evening, the car is relocated to its natural habitat - spotlit on a stretch of wasteland surrounded by graffiti. The film of the journey so far is shown on screens around the venue as part of The Supper Club.
Watch this space for news of a forthcoming pit stop at ARENA Festival of Contemporary Art in Leicester. For Mirror-Signal-Manoeuvre style reflections on the journey and images of the car at The Public please go to www.acarhistory.blogspot.com. Safe driving Steering Committee. See you on The Long and Winding Road.All bestMichaelDriver

Department of Cultural Studies

Autumn Term Critical Theory Seminar Series 2008

Wednesdays ¨ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Room B40, Trent Building

1 October
Slow Motion Suicide: Paul Virilio & The Aesthetics of Disappearance
Dr. John Armitage, University of Northumbria

15 October
Deleuze Inspirations: Lawarence, Artaud and Freud
Prof. Ian Buchanan, Cardiff University

29 October
Theology of Money
Prof. Philip Goodchild, University of Nottingham

12 November
A Critical Theory of Tiny Frozen Worlds - or Gazing at Snow Globes
Prof. Esther Leslie, Birkbeck, University of London,

26 November
Counterfeit Capital: Poetic Labor and Revolutionary Irony
Dr Jennifer Bajorek, Goldsmiths, University of London

MA Graduation Show 2008: Kingston Uni faculty of Art

Thursday 30 October 2008 to Sunday 2 November 2008 (4 days) Opening Time: 11am-6pm Venue : the.gallery@oxo & Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, South Bank, London, SE1 9PH Admission : Admission free
http://www.coinstreet.org/event_detail.aspx?eid=f590bd6b-d2fb-4100-9ca0-5f16
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Frieze art fair is on 16-19 October 2008 http://www.friezeartfair.com/
Chelsea MA Degree Show 2008, 18 - 21 September 2008 MA courses in Fine Art, Textiles, Critical Writing and Curatorial Practice, Graphic Design as well as Interior and Spatial Design.
Thursday 18 September 2008, 10am - 8pm
Friday 19 September 2008 10am - 5pm
Saturday 20 September 2008, 10am - 4pm
Sunday 21 September 2008, 10am - 4pm
Private View: Wednesday 17 September, 6pm - 9pm (please contact the College for further details).
http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/summer-shows.htm

MA graduate winner - Ruchi Goyal

September 2008 – RUGMARK ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ITS FIRST ETHICAL RUG DESIGN COMPETITION.

RugMark UK has announced the winners of its ethical rug design competition. This is the first year for the competition, which aims to raise awareness about the ethics of rug manufacturing amongst design students and interior designers.

The competition was open to students registered at universities in the UK and Ireland, and was won by Ruchi Goyal, an MA student at Nottingham Trent University. Her prize was a trip to Kathmandu to see her rug being hand knotted by skilled artisans.

"The best thing about my trip to Kathmandu was when I entered the workshop and saw my rug on the loom" says Ruchi aged 27

"The most important and wonderful thing that RugMark does is to take children out of the rug factories and give them the safe and healthy environment that a child needs. It helps them with their schooling and development when their families can't afford it."

see http://www.rugmark.org.uk/

Broadway Cinema, Thursday 25th September, 18.30-19.45

Event: ICO Essentials: PLAY "advised cert 15 1hr 16mins"
Host: Digital Broadway

From the ICO website:
"Play honours the irreverent, impudent, subversive and fun in artists’ film. Ranging from Dada to Postmodernism this programme is a playground for unconventional ideas and approaches, with work that mocks and parodies a cinema that takes itself seriously for all the wrong reasons. These playful works cast aside pretensions and freely celebrate life and art in all its forms.

"The programme features celebrated work ranging from pioneering dada short Filmstudie by Hans Richter, John Smith's irreverent linguistic conundrum Associations and George Kuchar's camp classic Hold Me While I'm Naked."

Programme:

Filmstudie
Hans Richter
Germany, 1926

Ent’racte
René Clair
France, 1924

Associations
John Smith
UK, 1975

Hold Me While I'm Naked
George Kuchar
USA, 1966

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Martin Arnold
Austria, 1998

Little Stabs At Happiness
Ken Jacobs
USA, 1963

Sacrificial Mutilation And Death In Modern Art
Dinos Chapman, Jake Chapman
UK, 1999

It's hosted by Digital Broadway, here's a link to the event page:
http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=34313402500

Gold-Soundz - Private View

I'd like to invite you to the opening of Gold-Soundz on Saturday the 27 of September from 1 till 3pm, at Southwell Artspace.

Gold-Soundz is an exhibition inspired by music, especially music played with guitars often quite loudly. Drawings, paintings, sculpture, videos, print, books, music and sound installations all combine to create an engaging and thought provoking exhibition.

The idea being not to promote a literal representation of music, but a more lyrical and humorous approach, where music and sound become part of the inspiration to the artistic process, founded on the joy and appreciation of music.

Curated by Geoff Diego Litherland, Gold Soundz runs from Saturday 27 September to 1 November. All welcome to the Opening event on Saturday 27 September 1pm to 3pm.

http://www.southwellartspace.com/index.php/exhibitions/future/gold_soundz/

Southwell Artspace
48 Westgate, Southwell
Nottinghamshire NG25 OJX
Tel: 01636 814 421

Opening Times
Weds - Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 11am – 3pm
Closed Bank Holidays and Easter Saturday

Michael Pinchbeck - ex MA student

culturgen

Michael Pinchbeck
Michael Pinchbeck has invited you to the event 'Hatch - Wish You Were Here' on culturgen!
Hello allI thought you might be interested in Hatch - Wish You Were Here at Hotel Deux on Tuesday 26 August at 7.30pm.All bestMichael

Time: August 26, 2008 at 7:30pmLocation: Hotel DeuxOrganized By: Hatch
Event Description:Hotel Deuxoff Sherwood Rise, NottinghamTuesday 26 August 20087.30pm – lateFREENottingham’s newest platform for live art is checking into Hotel Deux for another evening of the most exciting, intriguing and curious performance-y work in town. Hatch invites you to Wish You Were Here as 16 artists respond to notions of absence, longing and nostalgia for the Great British Holiday.Hotel Deux hosts a human menagerie of weird and wonderful characters for one night only. A live artist becomes a beach on the patio. A cardboard ice cream van becomes a Punch and Judy Show. A one-woman-band plays a piano with a fork attached to her head. Hello Friends spend the night in the dining room dressing the part. The Lone Diner sits at a table for one and sings a sad, sad song. Mable’s Husbands are the hotel’s house band playing a sleazy finale of arthouse electro. All these and more Wish You Were Here.Artists:Gareth TaylorTowns Into CitiesPearl SmithGlenn SimpsonHannah StoneMegan TaitRachel ParryHello Friends TheatreSophie ClarkeKatie Brosnan & Adam GoodgeMelinda Deathgoth & Darla July DaygwarMable’s HusbandsWarning: Hatch contains nudity
See more details and RSVP on culturgen:http://culturgen.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2160763%3AEvent%3A2002&xgi=cnzrySW

NCAN - Event

NCAN c/o 8 Hedley Villas, Nottingham NG7 7BN
p r e s s r e l e a s e
Despite a complete absence of funding this year, cash-strapped NCAN (Nottingham Contemporary Artists’ Network) will be going ahead with its annual Open Festival of Contemporary Art. Like last year, the festival will span the whole of October. In addition to three weekends of open studios (in Nottingham and also in Southwell and Long Eaton), there will be educational and social events including ‘big draw’ workshop at Oldknows Studio (on 25th), the ‘Stuff of Life’ arts and community festival (with art on the railings, live art, poetry and music) in Sherwood Rise (on 11th) and an exhibition of work produced by Nottingham based artists at The Yard Galley in Wollaton Park (from 24th). Events confirmed (so far):
Saturday 4th October, 11.00 am -5.00 pm, Open Studios at Oldknows Building, St Ann’s (and other studio venues to be confirmed), Nottingham
Sunday 5th October, 11.00 am - 4.00 pm, Open Studios at Oldknows Building
Sunday 5th October, 3.30 - 4.00 pm, Cafe Con Brio performance at Oldknows Studio Group (Oldknows Building)
Saturday 11th October, Stuff of Life Festival, Hedley Villas Park, Sherwood Rise (Art-on-the-Railings, art & craft stalls, live art, music, poetry, bread and food) (wear white, if you want to be a living sculpture!) 12.00-4.00 pm
Saturday 18th October, Southwell Open Studios 11.00 am - 4.00 pm (venues to be confirmed)
Thursday 23rd October, Preview of (NCAN) exhibition (curated by S&T Arts) at Yard Gallery, Wollaton Park, 6.00-8.30 (2BC)
Friday 25th October, Launch of HMS OPEN (and new exhibition), 6.30 – 9.00 pm
Saturday 25th October, Open Studios at HMS (and other studios) in Long Eaton
Saturday 25th October, (Big) Drawing on the Past collaborative drawing workshop with Chris Lewis-Jones (part of the Big Draw Festival) at Oldknows Studio, 10.30 am – 3.30 pm. £10 adults (£2.50 under 16)
Sunday 26th October, Open Studios at HMS (and other studios) in Long EatonFor further info contact:Chris Lewis-Jones lewjones21@hotmail.com (0115) 978 5671mobile: 0787 798 9213

Michael Pinchbeck - ex MA student - THE PUBLIC

Dear Steering Committee
The Long and Winding Road has been invited to The Public in West Bromwich next weekend as part of its opening programme of events. This is the penultimate pit stop on the journey and the first time the car has been parked inside a gallery space.The PublicThe AtriumSaturday 16 August / Sunday 17 August10am - 1pm / 2pm - 5pmParked in The Atrium, I offer passengers a travel sweet and invite them to join me for a car history. The film of the journey so far is shown on screens around the building. Admission will be on a first-come-first-served basis.
Watch this space for project updates and your invitation to the end of the road in Liverpool in December. For Mirror-Signal-Manoeuvre style reflections on the journey and images of the last pit stop in Manchester please go to http://www.acarhistory.blogspot.com/. Safe driving Steering Committee. See you on The Long and Winding Road.All bestMichaelDriver--------------------The Long and Winding Road is a four year live art project by Michael Pinchbeck. For more information about the artist and his work please go to http://www.michaelpinchbeck.co.uk/To unsubscribe from these updates please reply to this message with 'Emergency Stop' in the Subject field. Thank you for your support.

MA Structure

The MA programmes at this University are structured around two modules which represent the three phases of the MA award: the Postgraduate Certificate, the Postgraduate Diploma and the Master of Arts.

Module 1: Research and Context (60 credits)

Postgraduate Certificate phase

This module aims to help students develop the generic skills and knowledge that the arts professions and the fields of higher research demand.

It provides students with;

• Opportunities to engage with broader postgraduate educational experiences.

• Exploration of themes that are generic to the world of the creative industries.

• Lectures, seminars and workshops, emphasizing the importance of research, and the skills required to succeed in higher study in the arts,

• An introduction to the standards required for a Masters degree.

• Individual development opportunities through the allocation of a personal supervisor to every student.

Supervisors work with students during this first module to help them produce their own learning agreement, to set down the working relationship between supervisor and student. It allows for the student to think seriously about their project and all the resources that will be required to achieve their aims.

During this first module, lectures are delivered to the whole MA group by expert staff and visiting practitioners and theorists from the worlds of the arts, media and business. Subject area groups also meet in subject-based workshops and individual tutorials. Specialists and experts in each subject area come to work with students in order to maintain a strong sense of each different discipline that the school provides for.

All students receive special workshops to support writing activities required for the MA, and overseas students are able to attend special language support sessions focusing on the kind of terminology and specialist language used in the art and design subject area.

Module 2: Project Realisation and Presentation (120 credits)

Postgraduate Diploma phase

The second module allows the student to begin to refine and focus on their project through subject specialist-based study, driven through individual activities and tutorials and subject specialist lectures and seminars.

Evening events allow students to appreciate the importance of high level presentation skills, and there is also a study visit during this phase. Last year, students visited New York to attend a series of exhibitions, trade and cultural events. The year before, they visited Antwerp and Paris.

Overseas students who require language support can continue to attend special classes aimed at helping develop writing and verbal presentation skills to standards required for the award.

MA phase

The Masters phase allows students to work independently on the final stretch of their MA project. Individual tutorials support students, and are intended to help students keep on track with their project and focus on the standards required to achieve the Masters award. Students work toward their final assessment, but also produce examples of their work for the MA Exposition, a public opening intended to celebrate the work and successes of our students throughout the previous year.

MA by Registered Project or Thesis:
A course tailored specifically to your area of individual interest.

All our courses are centred around you, the student, and based on a project proposal and learning agreement which are developed in consultation with your project supervisor.

Profile: Steve O’Brien

Steve has more than 15 years commercial experience in information design, advertising and publishing. He has an in depth knowledge of communicating spirituality having had responsibility for all visual communication at an internationally known Christian publishing house. He continues to explore an interest in semiotics through his freelance practice.

Tel: 0115 - 961 4162

Profile: Peter Lester

Peter has taught graphics, photography and typography at a number of institutions since 1988. His professional background comprises experience as a magazine editor, photographer and print based graphic designer. For the last 17 years, he has also been a publishing consultant to the Polaroid Corporation.

Office: Bon. Room 330
Tel: 0115-848-8269

Profile: Stuart Hodges

Stuart has over 20 years experience in branding and brand packaging design for regional, national, and international brands for many different European markets. He has worked as Design Director for design consultancies and advertising agencies in London, Brussels, Zagreb and Moscow. His current research interests include the study of national identity and nation branding in Croatia, former Yugoslavia.

Office: Bon. Room 326
Tel: 0115-848-8270

Profile: Jon Hamilton

Jon has worked in the Creative Industries in London for 16 years, working in Advertising, Design, Multimedia, Motion Graphics, Film and Music Video. In 90s was a leading Illustrator at the forefront of 3D Montage/Photography. Jon is currently focusing on projects that incorporate the relationship between Visuals and Music, from Music Video Direction, Interactive spaces and large scale Projection to VJ-ing.

Office: Bon. Room 329
Tel: 0115-848-8261

Profile: Rob Harland

Robert's key interest is in the 'integrative and integrating' activity of graphic design practice and his research focuses on the impact the discipline has in the built environment. As a practitioner and educator, he has 20 years experience at a local, national and international level, and ran his own studio in London between 1991-2001.

Office: Bon. Room 326
Tel: 0115-848-8266

Profile: Neal Creswell

Neal trained in Graphic Design, specialising in illustration. His current practise runs parallel to his role as an educator. Having lived and worked in North America for five years, Neal's portfolio has a truly international flavour, including work for high profile clients across all fields of design. He is currently focusing on a return to more traditional print methods.


ROOM: Bon. Room 329
TEL: 0115-848-8264