Julie Roberts
Julie creates vessels, lampshades, mirrors, wall pieces, larger scale installation pieces, and more recently a range of jewellery, from an innovative and specially developed method of papermaking. The sculptural forms created are constructed by combining paper with textile fibres, these are then moulded, dyed and often hand stitched.
In 2008 Julie relocated to Bristol where set up a studio at Mivart Street Artists, after leaving The Museum of English Rural Life in Reading where she was resident artist/ maker and had completed an18-month placement on the Arts Councils’ ‘Setting up Scheme’ (an initiative to help emerging artists/ makers set up in business) where she also installed a large-scale commission for the museum.
Julie exhibits nationally, provides textile and arts based workshops to children and adults, and lectures in this area. She is also available for commissions. For more information please visit her website www.julieroberts.co.uk or contact her by emailing julie@julieroberts.co.uk
DESIGN DROP IN
03.00PM - 06:00PM
The Engine Room
Aimed at businesses (all sectors) and individuals Just drop in at the Engine Room Bridgwater
Informal FREE opportunity for businesses and individuals to drop-in and find out how design can add value to their organisations or careers.
> Developing an identity and brand ‘personality’
> Digital strategies and optimising business visibility
> Product development and routes to market
> Identifying continuous professional development
> Career opportunities through design training
Recent independent evaluation shows that businesses can expect, typically, over £25 return on investment for every £1 invested in design…
Your idea, need or project may also be eligible for funding through the Design Council’s business mentoring programme, Designing Demand.
Just come and see us and we will be able to advise on the best way forward.
No booking required, see you there!
For more information visit http://www.core-business-design.com/
Informal FREE opportunity for businesses and individuals to drop-in and find out how design can add value to their organisations or careers.
> Developing an identity and brand ‘personality’
> Digital strategies and optimising business visibility
> Product development and routes to market
> Identifying continuous professional development
> Career opportunities through design training
Recent independent evaluation shows that businesses can expect, typically, over £25 return on investment for every £1 invested in design…
Your idea, need or project may also be eligible for funding through the Design Council’s business mentoring programme, Designing Demand.
Just come and see us and we will be able to advise on the best way forward.
No booking required, see you there!
For more information visit http://www.core-business-design.com/
03.00PM - 06:00PM
Expressions Festival of Creativity 2012
Wednesday 18 April 2012
A stunning arts exhibition complete with workshops designed to bring out the creativity of visitors as well as showcasing some amazing installations and visual artwork from the artists of Milestones Trust.
Wednesday 18th to Sunday 22nd April. Free entry.
This year’s event explores the fascinating landscapes of the subconscious. A sense of carnival pervades as you enter the ‘funhouse’ and discover the ‘Museum of Me’. Dreams blur into reality with visual art, textiles, film and sculpture. At Expressions you can touch, smell, hear and walk inside the art, giving you an all-encompassing experience of the artist’s world.
The festival will incorporate a conference and a range of events and workshops, including circus skills, reading, drawing, writing, drama and sound. Our famous covert knitting group, Knitiffi, may also have something up their sleeves...
Expressions has been running since 2009, attracting thousands of visitors from around the region and making the arts accessible and interactive for everyone. It is organised by Milestones Trust, with work from service users, staff and affiliated organisations. Come along and enjoy this colourful free event!
For a full programme and further information, see www.milestonestrust.org.uk
Creative Practices Degree show Filton College + UWE
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Creative Practices end of year degree show for Filton College and UWE.
Preview: Tuesday 19 June 2012, 6pm - 8.30pm. Show opens: Wednesday 20 June 10am - 4pm.
Students from across the four specialist pathways (Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography) will be exhibiting a selection of works that exemplifies the breadth and range of ambition on the course.
The participating artists and designers have studied for two years in a Higher Education environment that enables them to develop specialist skills and provide an ‘identity’ from which to develop an individual direction, while also preparing for a potential role in the wider creative industries.
Any students considering application to this course for September 2012 can attend with a portfolio on Wednesday 20 June during the opening times for advice/guidance and consideration for entry to the course.
EMPLOYER WORKSHOPS, BRISTOL MEDIA
Workshops
We're always keen to help members in their search for new talent, and to help companies grow and develop teams. With the increasing levels of legal implications regarding advertising for talent, employing people and building teams, we are keen to ensure you get the right information and understand the best way of creating a superb team, avoiding any pitfalls along the way.
We are now launching 4 Employer Workshops for 2012 run by Kerrie Hunt, Partner Head of Employment at Thrings, and Liz Gadd from Xchangeteam. Each workshop will be held at Thrings, The Paragon, Counterslip, Bristol BS1 6BX and will run from 4.30pm-6.30pm with tea and coffee on arrival. The Workshops are suitable for HR professionals, those responsible for recruitment and key decision makers in agencies and companies who do not have an HR person but who do regularly recruit.
The Workshops will cover:
To book your place please email Maddie at maddie@bristolmedia.co.uk or call 0117 971 0199
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Someone Else
The exhibition will present new work alongside a key selection of works by Gupta from recent years, including her major installation Singing Cloud, 2008-09, an amorphous cluster of 4000 black microphones suspended from the ceiling. Rather than registering sound, the microphones are reverse-wired and emit sounds that travel in ripples over the surface, created through abstracting the results of psychological tests on numerous individuals about the reception of images.
Part of Shilpa Gupta's recent installation Someone Else (2011) is presented at Bristol Central Library. A map explaining how to get there can be found here.
Shilpa Gupta is one of the most significant emerging artists working in India today, and this will be her first major solo exhibition in the UK.
Exhibition Guide
Bristol Central Library Exhibition Guide© 2012 Arnolfini website is owned and operated by
We are now launching 4 Employer Workshops for 2012 run by Kerrie Hunt, Partner Head of Employment at Thrings, and Liz Gadd from Xchangeteam. Each workshop will be held at Thrings, The Paragon, Counterslip, Bristol BS1 6BX and will run from 4.30pm-6.30pm with tea and coffee on arrival. The Workshops are suitable for HR professionals, those responsible for recruitment and key decision makers in agencies and companies who do not have an HR person but who do regularly recruit.
The Workshops will cover:
- Recruitment Advertising and Attracting Talent (14th March)
- The Interview and Job Offer (25th April)
- The Probation Period (13th June)
- Managing and Retaining your Team (11th July)
To book your place please email Maddie at maddie@bristolmedia.co.uk or call 0117 971 0199
Easter Fascinators!
Events
Sat 7 Apr, 1.00pm - 5.00pm
£5.00/£3.00 Concs
Celebrated milliner Ani Townsend leads a workshop in hat making that will result in a fascinator made from unusual, traditional and recycled materials. Please bring along interesting objects to incorporate into your design. Basic sewing skills required. All adults welcome (16+).Sat 7 Apr, 1.00pm - 5.00pm
£5.00/£3.00 Concs
Book Now
Shilpa Gupta
Someone Else
Exhibitions
Sat 3 Mar - Sun 22 Apr
Free
Shilpa Gupta creates artwork using a variety of media including video, objects, photography, sound and performances to examine such themes as desire, conflict, militarism, security, technology and human rights. Gupta's application of technology in her works reveals her interest in how various media affect our understanding of the political realm. Considering technology as being an extension of body, mind and perception, she possesses a sharp political consciousness about the role, psychology and aesthetics of these media forms. Sat 3 Mar - Sun 22 Apr
Free
The exhibition will present new work alongside a key selection of works by Gupta from recent years, including her major installation Singing Cloud, 2008-09, an amorphous cluster of 4000 black microphones suspended from the ceiling. Rather than registering sound, the microphones are reverse-wired and emit sounds that travel in ripples over the surface, created through abstracting the results of psychological tests on numerous individuals about the reception of images.
Part of Shilpa Gupta's recent installation Someone Else (2011) is presented at Bristol Central Library. A map explaining how to get there can be found here.
Shilpa Gupta is one of the most significant emerging artists working in India today, and this will be her first major solo exhibition in the UK.
Exhibition Guide
Bristol Central Library Exhibition Guide
For websites, submissions, shows, brochures and as a record of your work, a photograph is an artist's calling card to the world - don't let it fail you.
This 1-day course, led by Stephen Morris, involves a small group of students in hands-on activity, photographing 2 and 3 dimensional artworks: oils, watercolours, sketches, ceramics, stitch, jewellery, glass and more. We'll use materials and techniques that are available to everyone at home or in the studio and we'll demystify digital processing: pixels, colour reproduction and emailing.
Students will need a digital camera and ideally a laptop. Further information and pre-course enquiries welcome - contact course tutor: Stephen Morris smc@freeuk.com
Sunday 22 April, 10am-4pm
Admission prices
£50 / £40 concessions.Booking required, call 0117 973 5129.An Eye For Fashion
Norman Parkinson PhotographsBritish Designers 1954-1964
21 January - 15 April 2012
A stunning exhibition of vintage fashion photography by Norman Parkinson, one of Britian's most significant portrait and fashion photographers of the 20th century. The portfolio represents the British fashion designers who laid the foundations for today's fashion industry.
Displaying over 60 rare vintage photographs from the Angela Williams Archive, this unique portfolio evokes a sense of glamour, beauty and timeless elegance.
Original 50s and 60s clothing from the museum's collection will also feature, showcasing high street fashion designs from this period.
Entry £5/£4
Entry free every last Wednesday of the month
Wed 25 Jan, Wed 29 Feb & Wed 28 March
Free entry for Art Pass holders on presentation of their pass.
Image: Jean Shrimpton 'Plain Girl' 1963, wearing James Wedge © Norman Parkinson Limited
Materials Masterclasswith Plenderleith Scantlebury- SPIKE ISLAND
Spike Island-based fine art fabricators Plenderleith Scantlebury lead this in-depth session investigating disposable, unstable, ecological and biological materials. Participants discuss alternative approaches to gallery and public artworks and have the opportunity to work directly with materials like cardboard, foam, wool and silicones.
Inspired by the work of Dewar & Gicquel, all are challenged to move away from traditional and ‘stable’ sculptural treatments, and to consider the challenges of working at scale.
Inspired by the work of Dewar & Gicquel, all are challenged to move away from traditional and ‘stable’ sculptural treatments, and to consider the challenges of working at scale.
British Design 1948-2012:
Victoria and Albert Museum
The world’s greatest museum of art and design
Opening times
10.00 to 17.45 daily 10.00 to 22.00 Fridays
EXHIBITION: Celebrate the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘austerity’ games to the
summer of 2012. The exhibition highlights significant moments in the history of British design and how the country continues to nurture artistic talent and be a world leader in creativity and design.
Drawing on the V&A’s unrivalled collections and complemented by works drawn from across Britain, the exhibition brings together over 300 objects including product design, fashion and textiles, furniture, ceramics and glass, graphics, photography, architecture, fine art and sculpture telling the story of British design in all its forms.
Sponsored by Ernst & Young.
V&A Members go free.
summer of 2012. The exhibition highlights significant moments in the history of British design and how the country continues to nurture artistic talent and be a world leader in creativity and design.
Drawing on the V&A’s unrivalled collections and complemented by works drawn from across Britain, the exhibition brings together over 300 objects including product design, fashion and textiles, furniture, ceramics and glass, graphics, photography, architecture, fine art and sculpture telling the story of British design in all its forms.
Sponsored by Ernst & Young.
V&A Members go free.
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