1. WYPW NEEDS YOUR HELP!
2. EMMA LAWRENSON 'UNCLUTTERED' PRIVATE VIEW TONIGHT!
3. ADULT COURSES
4. FLOURISH AWARD SUBMISSIONS - ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED
5. CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOPS
6. WYPW WINTER CRAFT FAIR - CALL FOR STALL HOLDERS
7. FUTURE OF WYPW LIFE CLASSES
8. 20x20
9. WYPW ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
10. THIS MONTH IN THE OFFICE

1. THE AFFORDABLE ART AND CRAFT OFFER FOR ARTISTS
2. PRINTFEST 2012
3. JACK GOLDHILL PAINTING PRIZE
4. ARMOURY: A SHOW BY ALISON EDMONDS
5. WESTGATE STUDIO WINTER WONDERLAND OPEN CALL
6. CUPOLA CHRISTMAS SHOW
7. NORTH YORKSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS ARTS & HERITAGE COMMISSIONS

1. WYPW NEEDS YOUR HELP

Our building on Huddersfield Road is quite old and, in many parts, out-dated. As such we are currently undertaking a project to refurbish and update the place. We have joined the Vodafone ‘Just Text Giving’ campaign so that anyone may text donations to us to help us improve the building for everyone.

You can help us by following these simple steps:
 

 
To donate, text WYPW10 to 70070 or visit www.justgiving.com/westyorkshireprintws/donate.
 
Many, many thanks to everybody who has donated already!
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2. EMMA LAWRENSON ‘UNCLUTTERED’ PRIVATE VIEW TONIGHT!

Thursday 3^rd November, 6:30 – 8:30pm, all welcome.
We are delighted to be showing recent work by Emma Lawrenson. Emma won last year’s Flourish Award and subsequently had a successful solo exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery. Emma's abstract images explore shape, line and form through the layering of colours and painterly marks. All her work is inspired by what she sees around her. This is often organic forms such as leaves and seeds. She states; ‘The best starting point for a piece of work is something observed by chance. I love catching the essence of things as they appear momentarily.’

Emma studied printmaking at the Royal College of Art in the late 90s where she won the prestigious Oriana award for her MA graduation show. She exhibits extensively in the UK as well as selling work globally. She now prepares her work in her home studio near Holmfirth and makes most of her prints at WYPW. She is currently working towards a solo show at the Duckett and Jeffreys Art Gallery in 2012.

If you wish to attend the Private View evening on the 3rd November 6.30pm - 8.30pm, please RSVP to wypwgallery@yahoo.co.uk.

‘Uncluttered’ runs until Saturday November 12^th in the WYPW gallery.
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3. ADULT COURSES

We still have places available on the following courses…book your place online in a few easy steps by clicking on the title of the course. You can see our full range of courses on the courses page of our website: www.wypw.org/courses.html

Etching | Kate Desforges
This course will teach you all the basics of hard ground, soft ground, and open-bite etching to enable you to create a wide variety of marks and effects. You will experiment with etching onto copper, zinc and aluminium plates using ferric chloride and copper sulphate solutions, both less-toxic alternatives to traditional nitric acid. The course is led with a hands-on approach from the start, and there is the opportunity to produce a good number of prints to take away with you. You will also learn about paper, inking and registration techniques. This is a great course for beginners and those who need a refresher, and can act as a lead-in to membership of WYPW so that you can continue to use and develop the techniques you have learnt.
Kate Desforges is a practising artist who specialises in printmaking, and is also technician at WYPW. You can find out more about her here.
Weekend course: Saturday 19^th and Sunday 20^th November 2011
10am – 4.30pm
£110 (£99 WYPW members)
 
Festive Linocut Christmas Cards | Helen Roddie
Using vinyl-lino, this one day course will teach you all the basic skills of relief printmaking. You will learn how to transfer, cut and print an image, and explore how to use lino creatively. You will produce a small edition of one colour, lino cut cards - something unique and special to send to friends and family at Christmas.
This course is suitable for beginners and those with some experience, and the price includes all materials including quality cards and envelopes to print onto. Helen Roddie is a practising artist who specialises in printmaking with vinyl-lino and exhibits her work nationally. You can visit her website here.
This course will take place on the same day as our Winter Craft Fair, so you will have a bit of time to browse the goodies available as well!
Day workshop: Saturday 3^rd December 2011
10am – 4pm
£55 (£49.50 WYPW members)
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4. FLOURISH AWARD SUBMISSIONS - ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED

FLOURISH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRINTMAKING
Anyone wishing to enter the Flourish Award 2011 please make sure you submit your work this week, we have extended the deadline to the 5^th of November. If anyone is having difficulty getting their artist statements or CV together then please contact wypwgallery@yahoo.co.uk, or call 07958 367808 for assistance.
 
The Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking 2011 is open to all WYPW members. Each participant can exhibit approximately 6 pieces of recent work in any printmaking medium in the WYPW gallery. The work will be judged by an independent selection panel who will decide the winner of the Flourish Award. 

Entry is by application; submissions will need to include a CV, 4-6 recent images (j-pegs, please) and an artist statement about your work. The statement should also include a section about why you feel that your work should be considered for the award and the future direction you hope to take with your work.
 
Please email applications to wypwgallery@yahoo.co.uk
Deadline for applications:  Saturday November 5^th 2011
Handing in dates for work: 5^th - 10^th November      
The winner of the Flourish Award for Printmaking Excellence will be granted:

• an exhibition at the WYPW gallery Winter 2011 
• an exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery 
• free WYPW membership and workshop hours allowance for one year. 
• will have opportunities to get involved in other WYPW events through the year.

THE FLOURISH SOLO PRINT PRIZE (for prints 20cm or less)
The deadline for the Flourish Solo Print Prize has also been extended to 5^th November. This is open to all WYPW members and anyone who has attended a WYPW printmaking course between Nov 2010 and Nov 2011. Participants will be able to exhibit 1 print in any dimensions that must not exceed printed size of 20cm by 20cm (frame should not exceed 30cm by 30cm). Please email your the title, medium, and size of your work to wypwgallery@yahoo.co.uk by Saturday November 5^th 2011. All work to be handed in by 10^th November. There is no formal selection process but WYPW reserve the right not to hang all work.
 
Flourish celebration and prize announcement will take place on the 25^th November 6-30pm-8.30pm, all welcome. Exhibition of Flourish Award entries and Solo Prints runs from 16^th November – 1^st December 2011 at WYPW and will hopefully be showcased at other venues. 
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5. CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOPS

Our series of Saturday morning art workshops continues on the 12^th November with a couple of great workshops, including some festive activities!
Email us on wypwworkshops@yahoo.com or call 01924 497646 to book a place.
 
Saturday 12^th November - Mosaic Mirrors with Karen Stansfield & Damian Clark.
Come and create your own Mosaic Mirror! a mosaic mirror would jazz up any bedroom or bathroom and would even make a superb birthday or Christmas gift.
We will be using vibrant, modern foam materials to create the tiled background and decorating this surface with pre-cut or bespoke cut out shapes using more foam.
Fantastic, fun and effective, book a place now!
 
Saturday 26^th November - Christmas Cards with Samantha Bryan & Helaina Sharpley
Start the festive season with the always-entertaning Samantha and Helaina! Come and enjoy a fun-packed workshop of making Christmas cards for your friends and family. Get with the Christmas spirit!
 
Saturday Children's workshops are open to all children aged between 8-14 years, run from 10am - 1pm in the WYPW gallery and cost £5 per participant per session.
To book a place, contact us via email on wypwworkshops@yahoo.com or call 01924 497646 during our opening hours.
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6. WYPW WINTER CRAFT FAIR - CALL FOR STALL HOLDERS

We are inviting expressions of interest in booking stalls for our Winter Craft Fair at WYPW on 3rd December 2011.

The contemporary craft fair will ideally showcase a variety of different makers featuring Prints, Jewellery, Cards, Ceramics, Glass etc.

There will also be a WYPW members stall selling handmade cards and unframed prints. If you are a WYPW member who would like to show and sell work on the WYPW stall or a non member who would like to take a stall of your own, then please get in touch.
If you are interested in having a stall please email wypwgallery@yahoo.co.uk
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7. FUTURE OF WYPW LIFE CLASSES

Last Thursday saw the last session of the Life Class that was supported by funding. It was previously free for WYPW members and Kirklees residents over 55.

This means that there now will be a £5 fee for everyone wishing to take part in future classes. To help evaluate the future levels of support for the Life Classes, we now need people to sign up to future classes. Please email wypwgallery@yahoo.co.uk or call 01924 497646 if you wish to continue to attend WYPW Life Class in the future. 
 
Some information about previous classes:
Past classes have been held on Thursday evenings 7-9pm.
Untutored classes are run by WYPW volunteers.
Artists attending work in a variety of media from drawing to mono printing.
 
Participants should bring your own materials although paper can be bought from our shop (but try to let us know beforehand so we can get it ready for you). There is usually a mixture of long and short poses.
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8. 20x20

After the success of last year’s 20:20 Print Exchange organised by Hot Bed Press, 10 members of WYPW have again taken part this year, to each produce an original, limited edition print on 20 x 20cm paper. It was really exciting to see all the prints being produced in the WYPW workshops, and I think we’ve got a really great variety of styles and techniques this year. They have now been boxed up and sent off to Hot Bed Press, and each artist and workshop which has taken part will receive back a box of 20 randomly selected prints – one of their own and 19 others. There were around 15 other workshops from around the UK and Ireland taking part this year, and it was really good to be involved in such a big project.

West Yorkshire Print Workshop will be displaying 40 of these prints – including all 10 produced by WYPW members – in the downstairs corridor gallery, from FRIDAY 25^TH NOVEMBER, which un-coincidentally is also the date of the FLOURISH PRINT AWARD prizegiving evening from 6.30 – 8.30pm, so you can come and see the 20:20 prints at the same time!

There are a few more images of the prints up on our blog - you can view them here: wypw.blogspot.com/
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9. WYPW ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of West Yorkshire Print Workshop will be held on 23^rd November at 7pm in the Gallery at West Yorkshire Print Workshop, 75a Huddersfield Road, Mirfield WF14 8AT.
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10. THIS MONTH IN THE OFFICE

Panic struck early in the month as Buzz Lightyear, guardian of the editor's keys and former Space Ranger, was kidnapped in what was later discovered to be retaliation to a minor fright received by the technician. His whereabouts were unknown for most of an otherwise bright and sunny Wednesday with the only evidence being a series of disturbing photographs posted on the editor's Facebook page. Initial investigations suggested that he'd been smuggled to the Far East as part of the manager's "vacation", possibly to be sold into slavery.

Eventually, around tea time, after a slip up by the technician and some Poirot-esque detective work from the editor, Buzz was found safe and well, nestled inside the apron pocket of said technician.

Buzz has settled back into his normal life well, but still sports the scars, both physically and emotionally, of his harrowing ordeal.

It is unknown whether the technician was working for the Evil Emperor Zurg (a.k.a. the Gallery Manager).
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A. THE AFFORDABLE ART AND CRAFT OFFER FOR ARTISTS

The Art House is piloting an exciting new selling event for members called The Affordable Art and Craft Fair which will debut on this Novembers Artwalk. This year sees us launching the inaugural event!

The Selling will take place during the Artwalk on Wednesday 30^th November from 17.00-21.00. There will be time to set up before this date on Monday 28^th November and Tuesday 29^th November and on the Wednesday during the daytime.
 
What do we aim to do for you?

• We want to make this a regular selling opportunity for Artists and would like you to be as involved as possible to make this event a success, enjoyable and to ensure it grows for the future.
• We are offering a space to sell your art and/or craft work just before Christmas at the Art House for just £10. Entrance is free for your customers.
• We will provide marketing materials for you to advertise the event to your networks, family and friends.
• We want the event to act as a catalyst to get people thinking about buying artwork rather than just looking and being near to Christmas so the timing is ideal. We will be advertising in local press, and undertaking other marketing on your behalf.
• As a special offer for this inaugural event The Art House is not taking its usual 20% commission on sales. So you keep all the money from sales made making this a great low cost low outlay opportunity. You can then enjoy speaking to people and making those sales!
• We recommend you bring work that falls into a range of price brackets (to cater for the bargain hunters through to the collectors). We suggest you cater for the lower price ranges (up to £10) with the majority of your work.
• Artists will be given wall space or table space by The Art House.

• You need to confirm you are taking part by noon on Friday 11^th of November
• We encourage you to make your display attractive. This will mean you should bring the materials and equipment you need to set up.
• Work will be taken on the night, when sold, please provide packaging materials so your customers can take their artwork home safely.
• We need to know if you will be there to host your space. If you are unable to attend the evening please contact us to discuss, we maybe able to support you. If you are not manning the stall your work needs to arrive at The Art House by Friday 25^th of November.
• If you will need assistance to set your space up(e.g. hang work on walls).
• You will need to follow exhibition guidelines for the space (e.g. hanging heights)
• We actively encourage you to follow our text guidelines with any notices and signs you include on your stall. This will help will help your sales!
• We expect you to deinstall your work by 2^nd December. There maybe some possibilities for work to remain on display- but this will be decided closer to the time.
• Prices need to be clearly displayed.

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B. PRINTFEST 2012

Call for Artist Printmakers
Submissions are invited for Printfest 2012, the UK’s only artist led printmaking festival.

PRINTFEST is a unique festival of printmaking which takes place in Ulverston , Cumbria.  Our aim is to provide artists with a low-cost opportunity to exhibit their work in this beautiful part of the country and sell at affordable prices to the public.

We celebrated our tenth anniversary in 2011 with art sales of £39,000 and a participatory print created with Printmaker of the Year, Trevor Price.  2012 will see the first Printfest Trail, enabling artists to exhibit their work in more venues around the town and additional exhibition opportunities through our partnership with the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal.

More information about Printfest can be found on our website at www.printfest.org.uk.

PRINTFEST 2012 will take place at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston on Saturday 5^th and Sunday 6^th May 2012, with the Private View on the evening of Friday 4^th May.

Exhibiting fee: £195 for 3.5m hanging space. Artists must man their own space or share manning.  We welcome artist printmakers of all disciplines.

If you would like to exhibit at PRINTFEST, please complete and return our application form which can be found at www.printfest.org.uk.  The closing date for applications is Friday 6^th January 2012.

Contact Janice Benson via email on printfest@googlemail.com or phone on 07812 172193.
www.printfest.org.uk
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C. JACK GOLDHILL PAINTING PRIZE

The Jack Goldhill Painting Prize is a new art prize and celebration of fine art in the UK, with a top prize of £5,000.

The Jack Goldhill Painting Prize is open to all amateur or professional artists aged 18+  who live or work in the UK, and welcomes artworks of any subject matter that use paint. Entrants can submit up to three pieces of work to be judged by a panel of experts from across the art world. The first prize is £5,000, the second prize is £3,000 and the third prize is £1,000.

Winners of the Jack Goldhill Painting Prize will be required to donate their work to leading health and social care charity, Jewish Care, to be displayed in one of their care homes or centres for all to enjoy.

Registration for entrants is now open and closes Monday 14th November 2011.

For more information, terms and conditions and details of how to enter, please visit www.jewishcare.org/paintingprize, email paintingprize@jcare.org or phone 020 8922 2814.

The painting prize is being held in memory of the late Jack Goldhill, businessman and philanthropist, in order to celebrate the links he had to the charity Jewish Care and to the art world. The prize money has been generously donated by the Goldhill Family Charitable Trust.
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D. ARMOURY: A SHOW BY ALISON EDMONDS

An Exhibition of Painting, Drawing and three dimensional work by ALISON EDMONDS
Bates MILL (Photographic Studio), Huddersfield, HD1 3DX
November 11^th to December 3^rd 2011
 
PREVIEW:
Friday November 11^th from 6.30pm to 9.30pm (bar and car-parking available).
For directions please see www.batesmill.co.uk

You are warmly invited to ARMOURY by Alison Edmonds featuring drawings, large scale paintings, three dimensional work and the installation Column aka Slaphead. The work explores our response to external forces and the boundaries we create. Armoury features a sound environment by composer Rose Dodd.

Alison Edmonds
Studio 8,
Artspace 2, Bates Mill,
Milford Street, Huddersfield HD1 3DX
Email: info@alisonedmonds.com
Web: www.alisonedmonds.com
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E. WESTGATE STUDIO WINTER WINDERLAND OPEN CALL
 
Everyone is a little fed up right now, not much to feel good about. The economy is in a mess and for many this year; it will be a leaner festive period. In these materialistic times, we believe it is better to give than receive; well, we are giving you an opportunity! And we hope to receive some cracking art in return!
 
For Winter Wonderland, we want to decorate as many Christmas trees as possible with specially created ‘trimmings’ in whatever size and shape and materials you like; baubles, paper chains, tinsel, hangings or even make a tree! We don’t want to limit you, except to time, the event is 30th November. Painted, drawn or made - we want some sparkle and light and fun!
 
At the end of the exhibition we’ll be boxing the art up, popping it in the attic and bringing it all out again next year.
 
Submissions please post all items to:
Alice & Bob, Studio A6,
Westgate Studio,
55 Westgate,
Wakefield,
WF1 1BW, UK
 
Deadline (receiving not postmark date): 23rd November 2011. No submission fee, no payments.
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F. CUPOLA CHRISTMAS SHOW
 
A call out to all artists - Cupola Christmas is nearly here! As always Cupola loves to celebrate the festive season with some delicious, delectable, delightful works of art by all you lovely artists!
 
This year the theme is simply celebration! It is the final show of the 20th year of Cupola so we are looking for everything wonderful to catch the eye, to make people smile, to bring something special to Cupola that will give everyone that warm fuzzy Christmas feeling!
 
We are a little bit earlier than years passed with the opening on Friday 18^th November, so deadline for work delivery is Sunday 13^th November.
 
Please send all submissions (including images & details of the work) via email to karen@cupolagallery.com & admin@cupolagallery.com.
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G. NORTH YORKSHIRE OPEN STUDIOS ARTS & HERITAGE COMMISSIONS

Following Art Connections’ highly successful ‘Inspired by Heritage’ project’ which took place in 2009/2010 we are pleased to announce three commissions for contemporary artists and makers to create new work in response to the following collections and heritage sites:
 
Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes: Commission value: £3000 (in partnership with the Friends of the Museum)
Royal Pump Room Museum, Harrogate: Commission value: £5000 (in partnership with Culture, Tourism and Sports, Harrogate Borough Council)
Helmsley Walled Garden, Helmsley: Commission value: £3000
 
Each commission is designed to offer the artist or maker the opportunity to develop and create at least one new piece of work inspired by the individual venues. The commissioned artists will be contracted to Chrysalis Arts Development, the lead organisation for NYOS, whose Art Connections team will be responsible for overseeing the commissions in partnership with the host venues. The work is to be exhibited/installed in the venues by 8 June 2012 at the latest and remain for the following week and weekend or, ideally, for a more extensive period including the NYOS dates, to be negotiated with the venue.
A more detailed brief for each commission can be downloaded by clicking on the brief title on this page. Alternatively email admin@art-connections.org.uk.
Artists may choose to collaborate when applying for these commissions. 
 
Please visit www.art-connections.org.uk/index.php?id=9053 for more details.
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