INTERFACE

Grampian Hospitals Art Trust

Paul Bloomer

3 October 2008 - 13 November 2009

A new exhibition by Paul Bloomer, a Shetland based artist, opens at Grampian Hospitals Arts Trust’s Art Gallery in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.   Paul is originally from the Midlands and trained at the Royal Academy of Art in London and mainly exhibits and sells in London.  Eleven years ago Paul discovered the Shetland islands and was so entranced by the ever changing light and that he moved to the Shetlands and has been practicing as an artist there ever since.  Paul’s work explores themes such as freedom, growth and rebirth and he works directly from nature.  His work is a myriad of colours and shapes and features landscapes, birds, and sunsets.

The Art Gallery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN

8am - 8pm

www.ghat-art.org.uk

Grampian Hospitals Art Trust

Life-Forms by Kincard-Art

21 November 2008 - 16 January 2009

Kincard-Art are a group of professional artists living and working in the Stonehaven/Mearns area. “Life Forms” is a diverse and exciting exhibition and features a variety of painting styles, printmaking, sculpture and papier mache models. Artists: Cath Roberts, Jenny Watt-Colbeck, Kath Buchan, April Pressley, Mairi Ewen, Margaret Pitt, Clare McCarthy, Patricia Walter, Rosy Long, Hazel McAllister, Martin Nelson, Rob Ward

The Art Gallery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN

8am - 8pm

www.ghat-art.org.uk

Limousine Bull Artists' Collective

Progressive Transformation

6 - 14 December 2008 * Coming soon

An Exhibition of work by 22 Artists, a culmination of a year long collaborative project curated by Lois Carson & Moira Third

Unit 3 Deemouth Business centre South Esplanade East Aberdeen AB11 9PB

12 - 5pm wednesday - Sunday. Closed Monday & Tuesday

www.limousinebull.org.uk

Ropewalk Contemporary Art & Craft

Christmas Show

22 November 2008 - 4 January 2009

Invited artists present a mixed show of work all priced under £250 – an opportunity to purchase a piece of art for the home or a seasonal gift.

The Ropewalk Maltkiln Road Barton upon Humber North Lincolnshire DN18 5JT

Mon - Sat 10am to 5pm, Sun 10am to 4pm

www.the-ropewalk.co.uk

RopewalkContemporary Art & Craft

Studio Artists Show

22 November 2008 - 11 January 2009

The 13 studio artists based at The Ropewalk exhibit their work in this annual showcase.  Glass, textiles, sculpture, paintings and print are all on show allowing regular visitors to track the development of work over the last year.

The Ropewalk, Maltkiln Road, Barton upon Humber North Lincolnshire DN18 5NR

Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 4pm

www.the-ropewalk.co.uk

Fairfields Arts Centre

The Fairfields Fashion Show

3 November - 4 December 2008 * Last chance!

Over the past four years, Fairfields has exhibited quite a lot of fashion and textile design, usually as part of our 'New Contemporaries' Show.This year we are going further, and we are organising this one exhibition specifically dedicated to fashion.  And in it we will particularly be focusing on showing work by new young fashion designers.To accompany Fairfields Fashion Show we will also be having a small exhibition of hand-made jewellery by keiko Tilly was born in Japan.  She creates her jewellery using gemstone beads that are sourced from all over the world, and her work is sold in many galleries across the UK.

Council Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 3LD

Mons, Tues, Weds, Thurs 9.30am - 8.00pm. Fris by appointment. Sats 9.30am - 12.30pm. Closed Bank

www.fairfields.org

ICIA Art Space 1, University of Bath

Uriel Orlow - In this Great Time

27 November 2008 - 13 February 2009

Uriel Orlow’s new multi-media installation uses video, photography, drawing and text to investigate where history, place and memory intersect and resonate in the present. His starting point is the famous art nouveau Café Odeon, Zürich, a central stage for the high dramas of European intellectual life and politics for much of the first half of the 20th century. Orlow muses over the café’s architecture and its history as a meeting place for émigrés during World Wars One and Two. Here, Lenin, Joyce, the Dadaists and many more, consumed coffee, pâtisserie and the latest news. Orlow’s work traces history’s imprint so that we may see its living continuity. Concerned with personal and collective experience, he explores how we classify, categorise and absorb knowledge, both intellectually and physically. 2008 exhibitions include The Jewish Museum, New York and Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva. Recent UK group exhibitions and screenings include ICA, BFI, Whitechapel, Arnolfini, as well as in Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium and Bosnia. Exhibition Preview & Talk Thurs 27 Nov, Claverton Rooms  University Preview: 6.30pm-8.30pm Artist’s Talk: 7pm-8pm Admission free, All welcome. Exhibition closed 24 Dec-5 Jan 

ICIA University of Bath Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY

Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm

www.bath.ac.uk/icia

ICIA Art Space 2, University of Bath

Anne Tallentire - Dimora

9 October - 12 December 2008

On the edge of the outer industrial zone of Reggio Emilia, Italy, an abandoned building appears to contain nothing more than a random scattering of items; beds, armchairs, cookers, tiles, broken doors, clothes etc. On closer inspection, it seems the space has been subtly transformed by ‘migrant workers’ as a place to live, with distinct areas for play and communal life. Dimora, meaning dwelling or residence, the title of Tallentire’s powerful yet understated photographic series, looks at how objects in this space are carefully arranged to create a functioning social arena, workspace or decoy. Tallentire’s recent work has focused on spaces and activities associated with apparently mundane yet essential aspects of day-to-day living that often remain out of sight. The Dimora series, part of a three part work Arena Industriale, initially commissioned for Storie Urbane in Reggio Emilia, illustrates Tallentire’s interest in transient experience and displacement in relation to specific social, geographic and political contexts.Born in Ireland, Anne Tallentire lives and works in London and is Professor of Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Exhibition Preview & Talk Thurs 9 Oct, Art Space 2 Preview: 6.30pm-8.30pm Artist’s Talk: 7pm-8pm Admission free, All welcome Open Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm 

ICIA University of Bath Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY

Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm

www.bath.ac.uk/icia

ICIA Art Space 3, University of Bath

University of Bath & Photosoc - Student Photography Exhibition

4 December 2008 - 20 March 2009 * Coming soon

This lively exhibition showcases selected works from this year’s University of Bath Student Photography Competition, organised by ICIA in association with Photosoc. This year the competition is linked to ICIA’s 2008 theme, and entrants have submitted work inspired by ideas around memory, place and time. On show are three student winners and runners up, plus the winner from the staff entries. With more than 10,000 students on campus, the quality of work is high and the approach is diverse. Entry form and further details for University of Bath students and staff at: www.bath.ac.uk/iciaExhibition  Preview, Thurs 4 Dec, 5.30pm-7.30pm ICIA Art Space 3, Admission free, All welcome Open Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Exhibition closed 24 Dec-5 Jan

ICIA University of Bath Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY

Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm

www.bath.ac.uk/icia

Walcot Chapel

Idle hands

10 - 14 December 2008 * Coming soon

prints, drawings, sculpture and other things so far unmade by Claire Loder, Chimene Roberts, Jonathan Milton and John Taylor. idlehandsartists.blogspot.com

Walcot Gate, Walcot Street, Bath

Catalyst Art

Open Studio

17 November - 20 December 2008

Open Studios presents six artists to making new work in and for the Catalyst gallery space, over five weeks this winter.  The selected artists   (Tit Tat,  Ben Craig,  Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell, Revati Mann, Cian Donnelly)  will transform the Catalyst gallery space into a creative laboratory, investigating contemporary studio practice through relocation of the studio into a gallery- a space in which audiences are invited to chat, observe and engage with the artists' processes. Visiting hours will be 11am to 5pm daily, Tuesdays to Saturdays.We will develop video documentation of the space as it changes, which will be displayed as a continuous projection in our resource room.

5 College Court Belfast BT1 6BX

11-5pm Tuesday – Saturday

www.catalystarts.org.uk/

Cafe du Park, The Burton Gallery

Juke Joint

2 - 24 December 2008

A small exhibition of rock and roll inspired, mixed media paintings, by GERRARD LINDLEY - a North Devon based graphic artist

Burton Gallery & Museum Kingsley Rd. Bideford. North Devon EX39 2QQ

mon - sat 10 - 4 sun - 11-4

www.burtongallery.co.uk

St Pauls Gallery

FROST

2 - 6 December 2008 * Last chance!

"A touring exhibition of glistening bespoke jewellery never seen before"For the first time ever the Design Space incubates will be hosting a touring exhibition starting in St Paul's Gallery, and finishing in Design Space. The exhibition includes 18 new designers, each and every one creating exquisite collections. Do not miss this one-off opportunity to view some of the newest, most unique and bespoke jewellery, because you will be sure to be left glistening this Christmas. Details:Clare PardoeTel:0752 611 6233Email: clare.pardoe@gmail.comAdmission: FreeFeatured Designers:Clare Pardoe Louise Chesshire Nobuko Okumura Ching I Juan (Wren) Kate MacAngus Ellie Murphy Jenny Peel Sarah Kelly Tusheeta David Sang-eun Kim Yezhong Fan Becca Williams Sally Collins Leila Arzaghi Lisa Sutcliffe Rose Williams See Sun Yung Fiona Mawlam

St Pauls Gallery - 94-108 Northwood Street, Birmingham, B3 1TH

10 am to 6 pm

www.stpaulsgallery.com

Tudor Barn Studio

Glass fusing and slumping workshops

11 November - 16 December 2008

Glass and Ceramics working studio offers Regular kilnworking glass classes / ceramics and one-off workshops. Weekend courses run to suit groups of 4-8 adults: bookable via email carol.wenham@yahoo.co.uk or phone Carol Wenham on 07956 406809

Tudor Barn Sawbridgeworth Road Little Hallingbury Bishops Stortford Herts. CM22 7QU

email for more details

The Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Celebrate

15 November 2008 - 4 January 2009

The annual Christmas exhibition of work by top UK designer-makers, will include a range of unique designs from furniture, sculpture and prints to glass, clay and metal work. Work is available to purchase. ADMISSION FREE

Riverside Mill Bovey Tracey Devon TQ139AF

10 am - 5pm

www.crafts.org.uk

Atrium and Mirror Gallery

Landscape Returned and Reconsidered: Celebrating over 35 Years of Printmaking at South Hill Park

29 November 2008 - 25 January 2009

Landscape Returned and Reconsidered brings together new work by past South Hill Park's print residents, featuring Rebecca Burchell, Janet Curley Cannon, Jan Gaska, Carole Thompson, Tina Seabrook-Harris and Heather Young. Traditionally, landscape art has been seen to be something that comprises the visible features of an area of land and scenery such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment. Challenging the traditional representations, the artists explore and challenge the definitions while also reconsider the relationship between landscape and urban representation.

South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead Rd, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7PA

See website

www.southhillpark.org.uk

BRACKNELL GALLERY

Sue Baker: Particular Forms

29 November 2008 - 25 January 2009

Plato argued that the universal is neither seen nor heard. "Its existence in only for the mind. The universal may have instances, known as its particulars." Exploring these ideas, this exhibition marks the culmination of her Printmaking Residency at South Hill Park in 2005-2008. The exhibition also features new lithographic work funded by her 2006 Arts Council Award.

South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead Rd, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7PA

See website

www.southhillpark.org.uk

South Hill Park

Colourful by Ciara Lennon

29 November 2008 - 25 January 2009

This exhibition celebrates Ciara Lennon's jewellery created during her residency at South Hill Park in 2007-2008. She has developed innovative embroidered and enamelled ranges of colourful and vibrant jewellery. Made predominantly with silver she incorporates carefully chosen threads and vivid enamels into her unique designs.

Tall Hall, Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7WR

See the website

www.southhillpark.org.uk

National Media Museum

New Works: Pavilion Commissions 2008

13 September 2008 - 25 January 2009

New Works: Pavilion Commissions 2008 features five compelling bodies of work by photographers: Peter Ainsworth, Tess Hurrell, Jo Longhurst, Moira Lovell and Kevin Newark. The projects explore extraordinarily varied subjects, and demonstrate the range of exciting talent working in the UK today. The work produced for this exhibition has been commissioned by Pavilion as part of the Pavilion Commissions Programme 2008. The exhibition is curated in partnership with the National Media Museum, Bradford.

National Media Museum Bradford BD1 1NQ

10.00 - 18.00

www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/

SPACE Bridport

"Introducing"

5 - 20 December 2008 * Coming soon

Exciting group show of painting and sculpture featuring artists from the Bridport Art Scene, to co- inside with  the Marshwood Vale Awards and St Michael's Open Studios.

Unit 10 St Michael's Studio Buildings, St Michael's Trading Estate, Bridport DT6 3RR

10.00-5.30pm

www.spacebridport.com