Welcome to the first of a new fortnightly e-bulletin from West Yorkshire Print Workshop We hope that you will find these bulletins much easier to use than previous mailings from WYPW (apologies for all of the glitches weve been experiencing of late), and we would welcome your feedback please email me at wypwfunding@yahoo.co.uk with any thoughts on the new format. Similarly, please email any items for inclusion (exhibition news, opportunities, equipment for sale etc) with the word BULLETIN in the subject line.
The bulletin will feature upcoming opportunities for WYPW members, plus a round-up of what we have going on at the workshop exhibitions, courses and other events. This first one is a packed edition, as we currently have a lot going on If youd like more in depth information on any of the items featured in the bulletin, please email either myself or the WYPW office info@wypw.org or see the website: www.wypw.org.
Mark Milnes
Development Officer
West Yorkshire Print Workshop 75a Huddersfield Road Mirfield WF14 8AT 01924 497646
Content
1. News
2. Exhibitions and events
3. Artists Talks
4. Courses
5. Opportunities
6. Miscellaneous
1.News
Its fair to say that weve had a good fortnight at the workshop. We found out that our application to the Kirklees Creative Partners Investment Programme has been successful, gaining us invaluable support from the Kirklees Arts and Creative Economy Unit. The investment from the programme will enable us to extend our programme of exhibitions and events and stabilise our staffing situation over the coming three years. The best news that weve had in a long time ...
Also, weve secured around £5000 in funding from the Kirklees Young Peoples Service holiday programme to deliver a range of art and craft activities over the Summer period. The activities are aimed at two age groups: 8 to 12 year olds, and 13 to 19 year olds. Well also be running an outreach activity day at Dewsburys Arena Centre. More news about the programme and how to book will be included in the next bulletin.
We have a new Assistant Technician/Gallery Worker Paul Fox - starting at the workshop next week: a six month post funded by the Future Jobs Fund. Paul will be learning about all things printmaking during his first few weeks, helping out with gallery invigilation and taking part in events and workshops. Were very much looking forward to having him around.
2.Exhibitions and Events
WYPW Gallery, Mirfield
Opening times Tue, Wed & Thurs 10.30am - 6.00pm
Additional opening hours for some exhibitions (see website)
Fri & Sat 10.30 am - 3.00pm
All exhibitions are free admission and most will be accompanied by an artist talk or similar event. Local schools and colleges are welcome to visit the gallery. The exhibitions will also provide the theme for childrens workshops in school holidays.
Open Weekend Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th June 11.00-5.00pm
Please come along and bring friends and families. There will be lots of free drop in art based workshops to get involved in, suitable for all ages. These will include expressive mono-printing, quick prints, screen printing t-shirts and bags, making sock puppets, willow sculptures, decorative clay etc. Full details are available on the website.
If you can help out with face painting, print demonstrations, refreshments, meeting and greeting or in any other way please let Louise know on wypwexhibitions@yahoo.co.uk.
'Create': 15th - 23rd June including the WYPW Open Days
Create is an exhibition featuring the work of six primary schools participating in the Mirfield cluster, Kirklees Education and Learning Department, after schools scheme 'Adopt an Artist'. The exhibition features the artwork created during the 09/10 academic year.
Urban: 20th July - 12th August 2010
An exhibition by invited artists who interpret the Urban environment.
Featuring work by: Liam Spencer, Anne Desmet, Clare Caulfield, Michael Barrett
Preview: 16th July 6.30-9.30 pm; Artist Talk: 18th July Liam Spencer
Out and about with WYPW:
Huddersfield Art Gallery Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield HD1 2SU
Until 24th July 2010: Watchers and Players, Julia Clegg at Huddersfield Art Gallery
This exhibition will showcase screenprints by WYPW member Julia Clegg, winner of the first Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking in November 2009.
Also showing at Huddersfield Art Gallery until 19th June 2010:
holden, by WYPW studio holder Liadin Cooke, an exhibition of watercolour paintings, drawings and sculptures produced in response to the work of Peter Stead.
Both exhibitions are open Monday to Friday: 10.00am to 5.00pm, Saturday: 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Gallery 49, Bridlington
1st July to 1st August: Away from Home
This unthemed exhibition will feature work by seventeen WYPW members, and whilst largely focusing on hand-made prints, will also include sculpture and textile work. Established artists such as Cath Brooke, Lucy Hainsworth and Ian Wrench will have images included in the exhibition, alongside newcomers Amanda Hunter and Carla De Avezedo.
Gallery 49
1 Market Place
Old Town Bridlington
YO16 4QJ
Telephone: 01262 679472
Email: galleryforty-nine@unicombox.co.uk, website: www.galleryforty-nine.com
The gallery is open Thursday to Saturday, 10:30am-4.30pm, with additional opening by appointment
3. Artspeak: Artists Talks and More at WYPW
This new series of artists talks has been supported by the Kirklees Arts in the Neighbourhood scheme and Kirklees Locality Grants. Unless otherwise specified, talks are free to WYPW members and Kirklees residents aged over 55, and £5 for others. Booking is required for all sessions.
Liadin Cooke Thursday 17th June 7pm to 8.30pm
UK-based Irish artist Liadin Cooke studied sculpture at NCAD, Dublin, and completed her MA at Goldsmith's College, London. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad - solo exhibitions include shows at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the Henry Moore Institute and PS1, New York. In recent years, her practice has moved away from installation towards object making, resulting in more intimate work.
Liadin is currently showing her work holden at Huddersfield Art Gallery as part of 'Dialogues' (a series of shows inviting local artists to respond to works from the Kirklees collection). She will talk about the current exhibition and give an international perspective on making and exhibiting artwork.
Julia Clegg / Ian Wrench Sunday 27th June 2pm to 4pm
Ian Wrench and Julia Clegg, both established artist printmakers and members of the Inkers group, talk about their working practices and inspirations. Ian is a studio holder and board member at WYPW; Julia recently won the first Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking, and will be showing work at Huddersfield Art Gallery during June and July.
Creative Exchange Thursday 8th July 7pm to 8.30pm
(No charge)
Bring your folio along for this opportunity to discuss your work with like-minded artists in an informal setting.
Liam Spencer Sunday 18th July 2pm to 4pm
Popular artist Liam Spencer is best known for his distinctive urban landscapes of Manchester and Salford, one of which hangs in the permanent collection at City Art Gallery Manchester. He is an artist who sees something fresh and interesting in the everyday life of the city. Scenes include buildings, bridges, canals, motorways, industrial buildings, rooftops, traffic and the city at night. He was featured in a 30 minute BBC documentary A Picture of Manchester in 2005. Exhibiting at WYPW as part of the Urban exhibition, this talk will give an insight into the successful career of an artist who is established on the British art scene.
More talks have been scheduled for a full list, see the WYPW website.
4. Courses
Life Drawing: We are pleased to announce that the popular Wednesday evening Life Drawing sessions will resume at WYPW. The class will now be run by Sean Jagger. The life class is untutored but individual feedback/tuition during the intervals is available.
Wednesday evenings 7.00 pm - 9.00pm starting on 2nd June
£7 per session, £5 concessions (Kirklees Residents Over55, Students, Unemployed and WYPW members)
All welcome but BOOKING ESSENTIAL: by email: life_model@hotmail.com or by phone: Sean on 07968277705
Collagraph: Printing with Texture | Sammy Palfrey
This technique was developed in the 1950's, as an innovative and exciting way to create your own printing plates using materials which can be easily obtained and found around the home, enabling line, tone and texture to be created all on the same plate The course covers all developments of this technique, including using carborundum grit to create rich tones, and combining monoprinting and chine coll techniques to add layers of colour.
5 week course: Wednesday evenings, starting 16th June 10, 6.30 9.15pm
£110 (£99 members)
Printmaking for the Classroom | Andrew Hambleton
This course is specifically designed for those working in education. You will learn to translate ideas through simple printmaking techniques which can be used in the classroom, either with or without a printing press. Using materials such as polystyrene, plywood, perspex, and inks which can be cleaned up using soap and water, you will learn to produce abstract, vivid relief prints and expressive, painterly monoprints.
Fri 2nd / Sat 3rd July 10, 10am-4pm
£120 (£108 members)
Lino Card-Making | Kathryn Desforges
This day course will teach you how to transfer an image onto a piece of lino, along with cutting and printing techniques. Using water based inks, you will then produce a small edition of one colour lino cut cards, perfect for sending out to friends and family. This course is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
Sat 10th July 10, 11am-5pm
£60 (£54 members)
Etching | Kathryn Desforges
This course will cover all the basics of hard and soft ground etching using copper plates and etching with ferric chloride, a less toxic alternative to the traditional nitric acid, and is a great course for beginners and those who need a refresher. You will learn how to prepare, etch and print a metal plate, with a hands-on approach, as well as inking and registration techniques.
Weekend course: Sat 31st July / Sun 1st August 10, 11am 5pm
£110 (£99 members)
Black and White Photography | Sue Macklin
These day courses will show you the basics of 35mm black and white photography, from loading a film and adjusting the settings on a camera, to developing and printing your images in our fully-equipped dark room. As our dark room is an open-access facility, you can then join as a member and continue using the dark room during opening hours. Please ask for more details about membership.
Courses usually run on a Saturday, subject to demand, 10am-4pm
£65 (£58.50 members)
More detailed information about all of our courses is available at http://www.wypw.org/vocational_courses_at_west_yorkshire_print_workshop.html
5. Opportunities
WYPW Members shows to work towards please email Louise at wypwexhibitions@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested in any of these opportunities.
1. Heritage: 7th 18th September
Produce work inspired by the buildings in Kirklees, that open their doors for the national Heritage Open Day event - any media is acceptable. See the following links for further information: http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/themedetails.asp?tID=144&Allevents=1
http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
We are likely to have lots of visitors the weekend of 11th & 12th September as we open our doors for the Heritage Open Days. We will be hosting a number of local history talks, and with this in mind we will have WYPW members stall selling unframed prints, cards etc. It would be good if some feature local places as they will sell well, but any work can be included. We will need volunteers to help mind the stall.
2. Sci-Fi: 5th 21st October
Produce work on theme of Sci-Fi or Future Worlds any media
3. Flourish: 16th November 2nd December
Prepare a body of work, cv and artists statement to compete for the Flourish Award for Printmaking.
4. Craft Fair
This years winter craft fair will be held on 4th December. We will once again have a WYPW members stall, selling cards and unframed prints for you (25 commission). There will also be an opportunity to book a whole stall if you wish.
6. Miscellaneous
Made to order by King and McCaw for Canadian artist Audrey Feltham for the Stitch show however too big for her take back to Canada. She would like to sell them to another artist.
6 matching 86cm square frames. They are good quality King and McGaw deep (5cm) recessed frames in ash stained charcoal/grey colour about (1.75cmwide). The backing board can be placed at the front or the back. They have two white mounts (57cm square aperture and 67cm aperture) and a backing mount that has been written on (but may not be visible if you put something a different shape in or use the smaller aperture mount).
Can be sold separately or individually. They are £60 each. (though offers maybe accepted) Please email Louise on wypwexhibitions@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested or want further information.
Governance Event:
Are You Getting the Best From Your Board?
Date: 16 June 2010
Time: 1:30-4 PM Venue: East Street Arts, Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH This half day workshop is an opportunity to explore, with experts, various models of good managerial practice within small cultural/creative organisations. How to develop supportive working relationships, effective communication and decisive decision making between staff and board members in order to manage the company efficiently and deliver its constitutional aims appropriately: This is good governance in action but how does it work? The workshop will cover:
Who leads who?
How do you create a management structure that suits your organisation?
What models of organisational structure are available? What are the must-do and legal requirements? How do you manage expectations and enable all to have positive input in decision making? What collective skills, experience and knowledge do you and your board need? Are Board members good ambassadors for your organisation? This interactive event will be a mixture of guidance, advice and open discussion. We can learn a great deal from each others experiences so join us and be prepared to share.
This event is relevant to everyone involved in the governance, management and day to day support of cultural/creative organisations. The event will be facilitated by Jean Tempest, Regional Manager for Arts & Business.
To attend, please register by completing the attached form and, if you wish, submit up to 3 issues for discussion. Issues will be filtered and grouped to get the best possible range of topics for the day to: Debra.varley@artsandbusiness.org.uk
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