When: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th September 2011

Where: Midland Heart Offices, Duncalf Street, Burslem and outside in streets/parks

Times: 10am – 1.30pm or 1.30pm – 5pm (or full days if available) Lunch and Tea breaks are included.

Anoushka is looking for a small team of four people per day to work on the preparation and installation of her fabric walk in and around Middleport and surrounding areas.

1st September: Indoors – cutting fabric, some basic machine sewing and making eyelets.

2nd, 3rd and 4th: Outdoor working and this will quite physical and involve walking, tying, attaching the fabric and working at ground and head level.

Some basic sewing skills are desirable but not essential as it is more important that you don’t mind working outside and are comfortable with small amounts of problem solving.

Suitable for people who are interested in landscape art, installation, site-specific art.

Travel expenses will be reimbursed, tea and coffee will be provided and those doing full days with the artist will have lunch paid for.

For more information or to be involved in this great project email: aathique[at]hotmail[dot]com

More about the project and Anoushka:

I am an Artist working on the Place Space and Identity Project that is running across Stoke on Trent this summer. I am working in particular in the Middleport, Longport and Dalehall areas and over the next few weeks I am going to be creating a Fabric Walk. It is going to be a large scale temporary artwork that will aesthetically transform the area. Based on collected stories and memories about the are I am going the making a new route through the town , mapping it out by wrapping natural and urban features in Fabric.

‘Fabric Walk’ explores the idea that sewing, wrapping, repairing, folding, covering are inherently caring and restorative actions and combines this with the the act of walking; a physical challenge to the occupation with speed and having to get places fast.

Short Biog

Anoushka is a multi-disciplinary artist with a background in theatre design. At its heart her work is about telling stories that connect our imagination with the environment. The world we inhabit from the proximity of our bed to the wall, to the volcanoes in the pacific make us who we are. Through hand-made objects, drawings and interventions into the landscape Anoushka seeks to reconnect with this world: approaching it from the view of an explorer seeing it for the first time and turning its naive qualities into something strange and wonderful.

Since graduating from Central Saint Martins with an MA in Scenography, Anoushka has undertaken a broad spectrum of projects in the UK and internationally. Work has included The Barber of Seville in Mexico – awarded city prize for best scenography; the performance walks Mobile Machinoeki and Fabulous Walks in Devon and her first solo exhibition at the Wellington Arts Centre, New Zealand.

For more information or to be involved in this great project email: aathique[at]hotmail[dot]com

Booking is essential click BOOKING.

Details of the opportunity and how to apply can be downloaded here. Please note the closing date for applications for the Documentary Artist is Monday 30th May.

For more information about Place, Space and Identity please visit the temporary site here.

CALLING ALL ARTISANS To THE NETWORK Brunch EVENT

The Exchange, No 8 Cheapside, Hanley, ST1 1HE

The Exchange, a venue for local contemporary artists is having a get together.
All artists and associates are invited to come along to meet others, do a bit of networking and share ideas. Discover what events are occurring in the area, and perhaps help make things happen.

The Brunch will be held on Saturday, 7th May 2011 between the hours of 11 am and 3pm. The event will cost £2.00 per head. We will supply a light meal of pancakes, fruit, yoghurt, cereal as well as juice, coffee and tea.

If the event is successful, it will become a regular occurrence for all Stoke on Trent artists to come together.

We are hoping that the event will open proactive avenues where there will be discussions, teaching sessions and demonstrations.

Please RSVP

Contact: Charlene Holmes
Tel: 07891510032 E:mail: charlene.h@virgin.net

Please pay in advance at The Exchange No8 Cheapside. Hanley

Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m-5.30pm

The short form to express your interest in being involved can be downloaded below

RE-CLAIM VOLUNTEER FORM

To find out more, come along to the meeting on Saturday (let them know on email that you plan to come along) and get your form to them before 16 May.

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We are very student friendly and offer student discounts.

Opening Hours:

Mon-Fri: 9-5

Email: sales@colourconcepts.co.uk

Telephone: 01782 746861

Website: www.colourconcepts.co.uk

Sarah Nadin will be running workshops at SHOP in advance of this to inform the creation of the set of the final performance – details below:

Be part of it!

Indian English Cuisine. House Speciality are Handi meals, which are prepared in a clay pot.

10% Student discount Mon-Thurs.

Buffet available 7 days a week with over 40 dishes all at the fantastic price of £9.95

Opening Hours:

Sun- Wed: 5pm -12.30 am
Thurs – Sat: 5pm-1.30 am
Sunday Lunch: 12-4.30pm

Telephone:01782 413414

You will be able to see…

TALKING CITY LIVE with ASK ANNA

ARTIST: anna francis

RUNNING TIME: approx. 20mins

TALKING CITY LIVE with ASK ANNA is the final product of a commission for artist Anna Francis as part of SHOP in October 2010. This commission saw Anna develop a new piece of work with her character – ASK ANNA, The Regeneration Agony Aunt.

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CATWALK CLOTHES SWAP SOUND INSTALLATION

ARTIST: tom marshman

Friday 25 Feb – Sunday 27 Feb, played intermittently.

RUNNING TIME: 16mins

Tom Marshman carried out a residency at SHOP in Stoke Town in September 2010. The residency saw members of the public bring in items of forgotten clothing with particular memories and donate them to Tom. The stories were recorded to create this sound installation.

This sound installation is something he created with a sound artist.

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THIS WAY, THAT WAY

ARTIST: glen stoker

RUNNING TIME: approx. 8 mins

this way, that way by Glen Stoker explores the perceived disconnect for people arriving at Stoke station in knowing where the City Centre is and where Stoke Town centre is. Stoker spent two days this January talking to members of the public and asking them to simply tell him the way the Stoke Centre. The results of which are in this short film.

For more information on the screenings click here and updates to other STATIC programme visit: www.thisisexchange.co.uk

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Opening Hours: 9-5PM

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Telephone: 01782 848700

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