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Welcome to our second e-bulletin; we hope that you found the first one interesting and informative This is a similarly packed edition, bursting with things to do and opportunities to get involved at the workshop. Your feedback on the bulletins would be very welcome please email me at wypwfunding@yahoo.co.uk with any thoughts on the new format, or any items for inclusion (exhibition news, opportunities, equipment for sale etc).
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
E-bulletin Contents
1. News Open Weekend success
2. Members exhibition: Gallery 49, Bridlington & David Hockney Etchings show
3. Artists Talks & Life Drawing
4. Courses: Printmaking for the Classroom and more
5. Opportunities: get involved in exhibitions at WYPW
6. Free workshops for children and young people booking now
7. Miscellaneous: Anne Desmet events, £50 print sale, frames for sale
1. NEWS
Our WYPW Open Weekend was a huge success and drew in a crowd of almost 800. Advertised by leaflets to local schools it was mainly attended by local families many of whom were visiting WYPW for the first time. The free art workshops were extremely popular ranging from World Cup Hats to Expressive monoprinting. On the Sunday afternoon a celebration event of the Create exhibition took place in the gallery. Many children bought relatives and friends to view their work and to enjoy workshops afterwards.
We would like to thank all those who helped to make the weekend a great success. Especially those who facilitated workshops, made refreshments, face-painted, organised the celebration event, or helped out in any way.
We would also like to point out that we are well aware that the event was a little too popular on the Sunday and we have already started to implement changes for next year
The preview event for Six the photography exhibition in our Stairway Gallery by 6 students from Batley School of Art and Design was also well attended with 60 visitors. They organised every aspect of the exhibition, publicity and preview event themselves, in an extremely professional manner. It is a wonderful exhibition, and well worth a look.
2. EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
Invitation to private view: Sunday 4th July 2010, 1.30pm to 4pm
Itd be lovely to see you at this showcase exhibition of members work, which will be a great opportunity to see a range of work created by artists who use the workshop.
As an added incentive, David Hockney will be showing etchings in the downstairs gallery Were hoping that this will be a big draw for art lovers, and will mean that a lot of people see our exhibiton, too ...
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
At the WYPW Gallery:
'Create': until 23rd June WYPW Main Gallery
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
Six on going on the WYPW Stairway Gallery
Photography exhibition by 6 Digital Photography Foundation degree students from Batley School of Art and Design
29th June 8th July WYPW Main Gallery
Photography exhibition by Sangita and Monixa Mistry details to be announced
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, Emelbi aka Michael Lee Barrett
Preview: 16th July 6.30-9.30 pm; Artist Talk: 18th July Liam Spencer
3. ARTSPEAK: ARTISTS TALKS AND MORE AT WYPW
Our artists talks are 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.
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.
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
£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
4. COURSES
A fantastic training opportunity for teachers, facilitators and anyone working in education
Please read on for details of our Printmaking for the Classroom course; Ideal for anyone working in education wanting to develop their skills, and please forward to anyone who might be interested.
For more information or to book a place, please get in touch on the details below, or visit our website.
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.
This two day workshop is part of a series of professional development courses run at West Yorkshire Print Workshop. It is a fantastic tool for artists, teachers and facilitators working in the creative sector to expand their knowledge of printmaking, and pass on their new skills to students.
Andrew Hambleton is a studio holder at WYPW and practising artist and facilitator. He exhibits his work widely and specialises in printmaking.
2 Day course
Fri 2nd / Sat 3rd July 10
10am-4pm
£120 (£108 concessions)
Max 7 people
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.
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.
Sci-Fi: 5th 21st October
Produce work on theme of Sci-Fi or Future Worlds any media
Flourish: 16th November 2nd December
Prepare a body of work, cv and artists statement to compete for the Flourish Award for Printmaking.
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.CHILDRENS WORKSHOPS
Funded by Kirklees Young Peoples Service, we will be running FREE art and craft workshops for children and young People during the 2010 summer holidays in the WYPW gallery. Bookings are now being taken for the following sessions:
For 8 to 12 year olds:
Art Skills Academy (Drawing)
Friday 23rd July
10am to 4pm
Paper Bead Jewellery
Monday 26th July
10am to 12.30pm
Art Skills Academy (Painting)
Friday 30th July
April 10am to 4pm
Sock Creatures
Monday 2nd August
10am to 12.30pm
Bean Bag Monsters
Monday 2nd August
1:30pm to 4pm
Art Skills Academy (Sculpture)
Friday 6th August
10am to 4pm
Sea Creatures
Monday 9th August
10am to 12:30pm
Recycled Robots
Friday 13th August
10am to 12:30pm
Create Your Own Cartoons
Monday 16th August
10am to 12:30pm
Paper Making
Friday 20th August
10am to 12:30pm
Felt Hand Puppets
Monday 23rd August
10am to 12:30pm
Book Making & Story Writing
Friday 27th August
10am to 4pm
For 13 to 19 year olds:
T-Shirt Customising
26th July, 9th & 13th August
1:30pm to 4:30pm
Manga Academy
16th, 20th & 23rd August
1:30pm to 4:30pm
Well also be running an outreach arts and crafts day on 26th July at the Arena Centre, Dewsbury. This will feature a range of activities including an opportunity to help create a Dewsbury mural with artist Damian Clark.
For further information, or to book a place, please contact the workshop on 01924497646 or wypwworkshops@yahoo.com. Booking is essential as places are limited. All workshops are free of charge but please note that packed lunches will need to be brought along for the full day sessions.
7. MISCELLANEOUS
Still up for sale:
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.
More from Anne Desmet that you may be interested in:
Friday 18 June 2010
A Printmaking Demonstration by the artist Anne Desmet 1.30 - 3.30pm
Please contact Education Team on 01274 341212 for details.
Friday 18 June 2010
In Conversation with... Anne Desmet 5 - 6pm
A tour and talk of the exhibition. Free, no booking essential. Refreshments provided.
5 June - 25 July 2010
Anne Desmet - Urban Evolution
Anne Desmet is an original talent in contemporary artist printmaking. She brings to her prints and mixed-media collages a unique imagination and an abundance of skill and technical expertise. Depicting architecture and the building of cities, the resulting images explore themes of endurance, change, transformation and regeneration in human experience and social space. Urban Evolution has its origin in the year Anne spent living in Italy as a Rome scholar in printmaking, then later inspired by Manchester s Victoria Baths. Multi-layers and urban architectural motifs are juxtaposed in lino-cuts, wood engravings and monotypes, while her collages replicate fragments of memory and Annes fascination for urban architecture. Also editor of Printmaking Today magazine, Anne has won some 25 Exhibition prizes, internationally. Curated by David Morris ,Keeper of Collections at the Whitworth Art Gallery .
On tour by the Hart Gallery, London .
Where:
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery
Lister Park
Bradford
BD9 4NS
Tel: 01274 431212
Email: Cartwright .hall@bradford.gov.uk
www.bradfordmuseums.org
£50 Print Sale:
You are cordially invited to the £50 print sale at Hot Bed Press, Manchester.
We are having this special sale as a fundraiser for improvements to our equipment and resources.
Why is it special? Well because we have asked a selection of the some of our best printmaker members to produce a new edition of prints just for the sale. There are really some truly beautiful prints for sale including 4 colour screenprints, photo-etchings, etchings, cyanotypes, gum arabic transfer prints and lots more besides. Some of these prints would normally sell for way in excess of 100 and have been donated to the cause of Hot Bed Press.
This really is an opportunity to buy some original work at one great price and to support the regions largest print workshop to grow and develop at the same time.
Come and give your support on Saturday 26th June between 11am and 4pm.
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