WYPW E-BULLETIN NO.5
Note to all WYPW members: There will be limited technical support next Wednesday and Thursday (11th and 12th August), although the shop will still be open so you will still be able to purchase materials.
Featured in this bulletin:
1. MEMBERS SURVEY
2. EXHIBITIONS@WYPW
3. WYPW CRAFT FAIR
4. PROVISIONAL COURSE DATES LATE 2010/EARLY 2011
5. KIRKLEES CREATIVE SUMMIT
6. WYPW AGM DATE AND INVITATION TO JOIN THE BOARD
7. KATE DESFORGES EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS UPDATE
8. OPPORTUNITIES
1. MEMBERS SURVEY
Thanks to all members who have so far taken part in the survey. The closing date for submissions is 15th August, and the survey can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W9R3K5J.
It should take around 5 minutes to fill in, and we would really appreciate your support in completing a questionnaire for us.
2. EXHIBITIONS@WYPW
URBAN
Emelbi, Anne Desmet, Liam Spencer, Clare Caulfield
20th July 12th August 2010
Try to visit the Urban exhibition in the main gallery at WYPW some fascinating work featuring a great mix of styles and techniques. Includes paintings, wood engravings, screen prints, dry point with chine colle and digital prints.
HERITAGE/SCI-FI EXHIBITION - Members show at WYPW Handing in dates
Below are a few further details of our members shows which are coming up fast. All members are invited to take part in the following shows. All are selling shows and we will take 25 commission so please include this when pricing your work.
- All 2D work should be mirror plated at the mid point and labelled on the reverse.
- A list which includes name of artist, title of work, media used, (for prints number in edition available) and price and should be EMAILED to wypwexhibitions@yahoo.co.uk
- We can also accept cards and unframed prints. Cards should be individually wrapped and priced. Unframed prints should be supported by a card and wrapped in cellophane, labelled and priced. We will be open for Heritage Open Day so these may sell well.
HERITAGE 7th to 26th September
Work inspired by Kirkees buildings open for Heritage Open Days.
- Work should arrive ideally arrive at WYPW between 24th August 2nd September (If this poses a problem because of holidays etc please email me to discuss) Tue 10.30 9.30pm, Wed 10.30-6.00pm, Thurs 10.30-6.00pm Saturday 10.30-3.00pm
- Deadline = 6.00pm 2nd September
- Collection after show 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th September
- Preview details to follow.
SCI-FI 5th to 21st October
Work on the theme of Sci-Fi or Future Worlds
- Work should arrive ideally arrive at WYPW between 21st September WED 29th September (Tue 10.30 9.30pm, Wed 10.30-6.00pm, Thurs 10.30-6.00pm Saturday 10.30-3.00pm
- Deadline = 6.00pm 29th September
- Collection after show 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th October
- Preview details to follow
Contact Louise at wypwexhibitions@yahoo.co.uk for further information.
3. WYPW CRAFT FAIR
Louise is inviting expressions of interest in booking stalls for the Craft Fair at WYPW on 4th December 2010.
Details will follow but if you let her know you are interested then she will make sure you receive them (wypwexhibitions@yahoo.co.uk). There will also be a members stall selling handmade cards and unframed prints.
Date for diary the Spring Craft Fair will probably be 26th March 2011 the weekend before Mothers Day.
4. PROVISIONAL COURSE DATES LATE 2010/EARLY 2011
We have some provisional dates for the next screen printing courses with Clare Caulfield which are:
13th/14th November 2010
22nd/23rd January 2011
12th/13th March 2011
To book please get in touch with Kate on the usual office e-mail or phone number.
More Autumn/Winter course dates coming soonthe ever popular Introduction to Printmaking, beginners Etching course and some new ones including Photoshop for Beginners and Japanese-Style Bookbinding.
5. KIRKLEES CREATIVE SUMMIT
Join us at the Summit to find out how you can play your part in the future of creativity in Kirklees
An essential conference for all those involved in the arts and creative economy in
Kirklees, and for services and agencies which want to find out what artists, the arts
and creative businesses can do for them.
Cost £5 - towards refreshments and buffet
Stalls and displays; networking, guest speakers; workshops to take the Creative
Kirklees strategy forward; later sessions for amateur and voluntary organisations -
All welcome from 1.30pm onwards
For more information and to book places and stalls visit: www.kirklees.gov.uk/creativesummit
Call for Session Facilitators:
At the Summit, there will be five hour-long workshops each happening once, and each centred around one of the Five Ambitions of the Creative Kirklees strategy.
(A sixth Workshop from/about The Charity Bank - is self-contained)
Each workshop will be started by a 10 15 minute (max) think-piece, presented by a speaker from the relevant sector but outside the Council.
We wont know the numbers per workshop until all bookings for the Summit are in, but may - through a ranked preference system try and even up the numbers.
The physical limit for Summit attendance given the way we are using the Creative Arts Building - is 150 people. If there is maximum attendance, then workshops could average 25 people - but probably less.
An extract from the presenters brief reads:
Content of the Workshop presentations (think-pieces)
This will initially be determined by the Ambition that your workshop is focussing on. We may have asked for particular angles or themes, and/or you may want to follow up on particular themes and issues which occur to you.
The intention is that the presentation sparks debate, so provocation welcome To elicit debate and discussion in and beyond the workshops and the Summit .
Concluding key questions or a summary that can then be picked up in the Workshop discussion could also be useful.
Attached to this email is the Summit outline programme.
We are looking for a facilitator for each workshop hence this approach to you.
The task of facilitators therefore is to:
Liaise with your workshop presenter well before the Summit (on 15th September) to clarify what sort of facilitation would be most suitable, given the subject and format of their think piece presentation. (e.g. conventional chairing; less verbal, more visual recording of responses; small group and/or larger group work, etc)
Plan, prepare and agree the facilitation process, as appropriate.
Prepare or source any materials or equipment you will need (This Team can provide obvious stationery items. We would need to know what you would require. Presentation equipment and screens are built into the workshop rooms.
If you are interested in facilitating a workshop, as above, for an inclusive fee of £150, please send me an email indicating:
1. Which Ambition Workshop or Workshops if more than one - you would be interested in facilitating.
2. Examples of a few of the techniques that you could use to facilitate the workshop discussion.
3. Indicate a process you would use so that the Workshop concludes with a summary of key points (each workshop will also have a scribe, whose notes etc will contribute to a full Summit report to be circulated after the event).
4. What periods of time between now and 15th Sept your will not be available for any phone or email contact because your are away or on holiday (this is so that if you are selected well know when and how you can be communicated with over the rest of the summer)
5. If the fee is acceptable (though with a limited and tight budget, we cant offer more)
Please respond to me by the end of Monday 23rd August.
If you have any queries meanwhile, please contact me jon.rust@kirklees.gov.uk.
6. WYPW AGM DATE AND INVITATION TO JOIN THE BOARD
This year the AGM will be held on September 13th, 7.30pm onwards. It would be great to see a good turnout from our membership, and invitations will be sent out in the very near future.
All posts on the board are up for re-election and we would welcome new faces and any new skills and experience that can be brought to the board.
The following advertisement is being publicised to encourage new interest particularly in the position of Chair at WYPW:
West Yorkshire Print Workshop (WYPW) is an arts charity based in Mirfield, close to the M62 (junction 25) and Huddersfield town centre - and equidistant between Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford. We are currently seeking to appoint a new Chair to our Management Board.
WYPW is a membership-based organisation situated in Grade II listed building, leased from the Wakefield Diocesan Board of Education on a long term full maintenance and repair lease. The building has operated as an arts centre and gallery for the past 25 years. The organisation has developed a reputation for delivering a regular programme of high quality art and crafts activities, whilst also providing key facilities for professional artists from across the sub-region. It is a regularly Funded Organisation (RFO) of the Arts Council England, and a Creative Partner of Kirklees Council.
We are looking for someone who is able to continue the good work started by the current Chair and Management Board, whilst also overseeing the development of new strands of activity. The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in the visual arts and will be able to demonstrate a wide range of relevant experience. The Chair will have responsibility (along with other Board Members) for steering the organisation, managing staff and ensuring that the organisation is well prepared for current and future challenges. Please note that this is a voluntary unpaid role.
We encourage expressions of interest from people from an ethnic background or people with a disability who are currently under-represented on our board.
Further information about our organisation and activities can be found on our website, www.wypw.org. For an informal chat about the role, please contact Pat Crowther (Chair) on 01924 497646.
7. KATE DESFORGES EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS UPDATE
An update from our Technician, Kate, on various projects and exhibitions that she is involved with:
Hi All
It's been a while since my last update, and there's quite a lot of news...
Firstly, the flickbook project for which I was commissioned by I Love West Leeds Festival went swimmingly. They all looked great hanging in their own little shed on festival day, and lots were created by imaginative people at the accompanying workshop...http://www.ilovewestleeds.co.uk/flickbooks.htm
Secondly, I have had work accepted into a few exhibitions coming up in the next few months:2010 Open Print Competition in Cornwall, 'Showing the most innovative methods in Printmaking processes from all over the world'. Opening reception 6-8pm, Tuesday 5th October 2010 at Open Space Galleries, 40 Lower Market St, Penryn, TR10 8BH, Cornwall. I will be trying my best to attend...http://www.openspacegalleries.com
Cork Street Open Exhibition 2010, London, (see attached flyer). Although it is not yet definite that my print, 'Sightings', will be hung, I will be attending the artist reception on August 11th 7 - 9pm, at The Gallery in Cork Street, 28 Cork Street, London, W1S 3NG. There is also a ticketed private view on August 4th from 7 - 9pm. Tickets can be purchased from the website...www.corkstreetopenexhibition.com
Gallery 49, Bridlington. An exhibition of members' work from West Yorkshire Print Workshop. The show has now been extended for an extra week until 8th August, so there is still time to go and have a look, especially as it runs alongside a fantastic exhibition of David Hockney prints...http://www.galleryforty-nine.com/index.html
Lastly, I have a piece of work in the Artists Open Show 2010, Leeds Art Gallery for the 2nd year running, so do come along to the opening on Sunday 8th August 12 - 1pm...always a good excuse for a glass of wine on a Sunday afternoon
Thanks for taking the time to read and hope to see you soon.
Kathryn Desforges
Visual Artist
www.kathryndesforges.co.uk | katedesforges@hotmail.com | 07761827116
8.OPPORTUNITIES
WYPW CHRISTMAS CARDS NEEDED
An artist co-operative Christmas Card Stall is to be based at Wakefield Museum for Wakefield ArtWalk on November 25th. As a key partner in the ArtWalk programme, the museum currently provides an artist led session attracting around 100 visitors per evening. As well as these visitors, the stall will be used to attract new audiences to the museums such as local business people and Christmas shoppers whilst increasing awareness and encouraging support of local artists.
WYPW members who would like to sell their work on the stall should email Mark at wypwfunding@yahoo.co.uk to express their interest
THE WILD PANSY PRESS BRITISH BOOK OF VIOLENCE - CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Britain has a long and distinguished history of violence - in this we are like any other nation; however, it has been argued that we inflict it on ourselves and on others with particular enthusiasm and efficiency.
The way this history is manifested is specific, violence being part of our national identity. The British brand of violence informs our art, our humour our politics, our sexual habits and our social identities. Its present threat underwrites political and social hegemonies and haunts our dreams; we laugh with relief at our escape when it is inflicted on someone else; we turn it inwards on ourselves in spectacular cycles of addiction, abuse and self-hatred. Our artists and writers inflict violence on materials, ideas and language (and sometimes on themselves) as an intrinsic part of the creative process. What are the particular forms in which our national history of violence is manifested through language and culture?
WPP invites artists and writers initial outline responses to the idea of British Violence - historical, political, sexual, ritual, comical, subliminal, practical, institutional... we would particularly welcome material from non-british contributors either resident or offering a view from outside.
WPP will work with the selected contributors to produce work to be included in the second of an ongoing series of themed group publications in which the editors at WPP act as curators and animateurs to develop publications which extend and confound the usual notions of the book.
We are looking for: visuals of all kinds, instructional projects, games, short texts of any kind (notional maximum 2000 words) works of fiction, fact or any combination of the two. We need to receive proposals and expressions of interest by September 30th 2010, with a view to completion by December 30th and publication in early 2011.
Contact: info@wildpansypress.com
www.wildpansypress.com
NEW EVENT HOLMFIRTH DESIGNERS MARKET
3rd October at Holmfirth Market
Quality interiors, fashion, jewellry, original art and other complimentary items for sale Each unit measures 10 x 4 feet and costs £60.00 inclusive of lighting, heating and advertising.
For more details or to book a space contact Liz Cuerden at liz.cuerden@nevisinternet.com Tel: 01484 683519 Mob: 07775 914578
MAY THE BEST HOUSE WIN interested in being on TV?
See message below from Ollie Scarth:
Hi Kate,
Thanks for talking with me today here is some information
The ITV series is called May The Best House Win and will feature interesting homes, real passion projects and properties that are distinctive and express their owners personality, whether its people who live in interesting conversions, fascinating period properties, or who have filled their home with fascinating objects or artifacts, or decorated in a particular theme. Anything goes - so long as the homeowners really love their home.
In each episode we will feature 4 very different houses in a particular area. We will ask the homeowners to visit each of the other houses and award them marks out of ten. The winning homeowner wins £1000. Its a really good fun show designed to bring together people with different tastes and different properties to discuss and debate their own ideas of what makes a home.
My contact number is 0113 222 7025, please dont hesitate to call
Many thanks,
Ollie Scarth
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