See below for forthcoming events from Artspace, our initiatives and members. Archived events are included towards the bottom of the page. To receive our regular E-ticing bulletins which include details of our members, partners and associates events and opportunities email Mail@coventry-artspace.co.uk
FEBRUARY
1 - Hour Residency - Wednesday 22nd February 2012 - 5:30pm-6:30pm
Location: Inspires Bar, Christchurch Spire, New Union St, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 2PS (Usually followed by informal drinks in the same area)
This final 1-Hour Residency will be hosted by Artspace studio holder and member Vicky Ram. To see more details click here and to book email mail@coventry-artspace.co.uk.
Places are limited to a maximum of 10.
FEBRUARY
ARTSPACE NOW, ARTSPACE FUTURE event – Tuesday 28th February 2012 – 5:30pm for a 6:00pm - Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU
BOOK NOW: mail@coventry-artspace.co.uk
For Artspace members past, present and ‘still thinking about it’ this meeting will offer an introduction to our ARTSPACE NOW, ARTSPACE FUTURE programme; a brief organisational review led by Trustee Caroline Foxhall which will help to shape the future of Artspace.
We’ll also provide details about Artspace’s forthcoming Arts Council funded programme and opportunities for new and existing members.
Join us for an evening of lively discussion in the Artspace building over refreshments.
MARCH
FREE ARTIST PORTFOLIO FEEDBACK SESSIONS & LECTURE from Matt Roberts Arts – Saturday 10th March 2012 – Coventry Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU
BOOK NOW: coventryartspace@mattroberts.org.uk
Following five years of producing international touring exhibitions and providing artists' professional development support Matt Roberts Arts is partnering with Coventry Artspace on 10th March 2012 to provide a series of one-to-one feedback sessions and a lecture entitled 'What is the Artworld'.
If you would like to attend feedback sessions they will take place between
10am and 6pm. Each session will last 45 minutes. Please bring a CD or portable data device with 3-8 images of work, artist's CV and statement.
The evening lecture will take place from 7pm - 8.30pm (refreshments from 6pm onwards) and examines the relationship between the public and commercial sector in different countries.
If you are interested in attending either or both sessions please email
coventryartspace@mattroberts.org.uk to book a place.
If you are an artist from the West Midlands or Warwickshire you might also be interested in similar events at the following locations:
East Street Arts, Leeds - 24th February 2012
BLOCspace, Sheffield - 26th February 2012
Trove, Birmingham - 9th March 2012
For more information about Matt Roberts Arts visit: www.mattroberts.org.uk
MARCH
ARTS COUNCIL ‘GRANTS FOR THE ARTS’ SESSION – Monday 19th March 2012, arrive 5:30pm 6pm start – Coventry Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU - Free
BOOK NOW: mail@coventry-artspace.co.uk
Visual Arts Relationship Managers, Kate Pryor-Williams and Jackie Lee will be giving a talk to members of Coventry Artspace and other local artists about the application process for the Arts Council's Grants for the Arts scheme.
The event is open to all who wish to find out further information and there will be opportunities for discussion afterwards.
This event is the first of a number of regional sessions that will be held throughout the year, lookout for further details through the Turning Point West Midlands website: http://tpwm.squarespace.com/
ARCHIVED EVENTS
NOVEMBER
ALMOST FESTIVE THURSDAY - 17th November from 2pm onwards
Join Artspace and Emerge for an afternoon of almost-festive celebrations featuring:
2pm - Affordable artists and makers’ stalls from
3pm &5pm artist-led tours of the Open Studios
5:30pm Emerge networking to meet and mingle with artists, makers and creatives
6.15pm ‘walking bus’ to the launch of Turner Prize nominee George Shaw’s exhibition. ‘i woz ere’ for 6.30pm.
There will also be a chance for you to showcase yourself and your creative activities.
Please join us for as long or as little as you like to share your creative ideas, meet potential collaborators or just meet people over refreshments, clementines and chocolates.
For more information contact Julia on 07799 292 957.
ARTSPACE 1 – HOUR RESIDENCIES – BOOKING NOW FOR NOVEMBER 23rd
What are the 1-Hour Residencies?
The Coventry Artspace (www.coventry-artspace.co.uk) 1-Hour Residencies were created when some of the members were inspired by two nuns who have been offering "online retreats" to help pay the bills at their Benedictine monastery in Oxfordshire. After thinking about what an online retreat could be, we decided that meeting up is often much more preferable – and were inspired to create the 1-Hour Residencies.
Why would I like to come?
Through the Artspace 1-Hour Residencies, we aim to provide up to 10 artists and creative practitioners with a short period of time and space away from their usual studio/work environment. They can be for reflective discussion, research, presentation and/or production, the idea is that people attending guide each other throughout the process, providing mutual support and with time to speak, listen and sometimes create. As a general starting point, we’ve provided simple themes which are designed to spark ideas and the group are encouraged to think of starting points for future discussion or exploration at each event.
Where are the 1-Hour Residencies?
The 1-Hour Residencies are designed to take place in pubs of interest (historical, atmospherical or otherwise) – so that artists can continue to socialise after the residency is complete. The next residency dates and location is as follows:
Wednesday 23rd November - 5:30pm-6:30pm
Theme: Light, candlelight, enlightening, illuminations. Based on suggestions from the last event, The group will be working with a large scale map of Coventry to highlight places of influence or significance, stories, tales, words and inspiration in relation to practise.
Location: The Windmill, Spon Street, Coventry (Usually followed by informal drinks in the same area)
Who are the 1-Hour Residencies for?
Artists and creative people working in any and across art forms that are looking for a short break and to share practise based discussions with other artists. They are also for academics, emergent practitioners, curators, and all kinds of creative people.
How do I come to a 1-Hour Residency?
Places are limited to 10 to ensure that the residencies are as inclusive and involved as possible. Separate bookings will be required for each event. To book your place email:
mail@coventry-artspace.co.uk
SEE ALSO:
Details of other events which Artspace co-hosts, develops, partner in or deliver directly:
Pecha Kucha Coventry: Live rapid-fire creative presentation making events working to a format of 20x seconds and 20 x slides. Dates, tickets, footage of past events and details for how to Pecha Kucha at http://pkncoventry.posterous.com
Emerge Network: Monthly creative networking events for artists and organisations in Coventry on every third Thursday of the month at ICE (Institute for Creative Enterprise). www.coventry.ac.uk/ice. Sign up to the Emerge Newsletter www.emergemag.co.uk
Coventry Contemporary Art Forum: Artist talks and events collectively programmed by arts organisations supporting the developing Contemporary Art agenda in Coventry: www.coventryart.co.uk
Coventry City Council’s Arts Development Service: Artspace deliver services to support arts development in Coventry including implementing the City’s Arts Policy, managing Arts Grants and signposting. For details of the services, information and support see: www.coventry.gov.uk/arts
The Arcade Project: A series of events taking place across empty shop spaces in the City Arcade, Coventry. Opportunities for artists and organisations to participate can be found at http://thearcadeproject.posterous.com
Archived events
SEPTEMBER
ARTSPACE OPEN FOR HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 2011 - Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September - 11am-3pm Coventry Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU
Join Artspace studio holders and members for guided tours of building, every hour on the hour from 11am - 2pm (closing at 3pm) as part of Heritage Open Days, Coventry on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September. Discover more about our historical location, including our well-known association with the 2-Tone scene.
Members of the Specials, the Selecter and other significant 2-Tone and Champion Sound musicians met and rehearsed from the Artspace basement
in the 1970’s and 1980’s when it was known as the Holyhead Music Workshop. The basement, now derelict, is frozen in time - featuring original graffiti from that famous period.
The space was recently used for filming a new Lord Melvyn Bragg documentary - due to be screened in November. Visitors will be able to listen to a special BBC Coventry & Warwickshire radio feature covering the visit from Bragg and his interviewee, Special's member Lynval Golding.
Information will be available about forthcoming Artspace events and plans.
For more details see http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/HOD008202E/
ARTSPACE OPEN STUDIO EVENT - 6.30 - 9.00 pm, Tuesday 7th December 2010 - Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, CV1 3AU
You are cordially invited to the Artspace Open Studio Event at Artspace Studios, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, CV1 3AU on Tuesday 7th December 2010. From 6.30 - 9.00 pm, you can view new works-in-progress from our studio artists throughout the building and meet and chat with artists in their own studios. Join us for drinks and seasonal nibbles alongside a showcase of work developed in classes, workshops and through the Artspace Bursary programme.
THE LAB RAT ORCHESTRA CONTINUE TO ‘OPEN UP: A LIVE STUDIO ENVIRONMENT’ - 22 City Arcade, Coventry – 18th November 2010 to 16th January 2011 – Wednesday to Saturday 2pm-6pm
The highly secretive and reclusive Coventry contemporary artist collective, The Lab Rat Orchestra, invite you to visit their ‘live’ studio
environment in a Coventry City Arcade shop throughout November and December. Collective representative Cressida Haughton will be present in the space from 2pm-6pm, Wednesday to Saturday.
Opening times may vary and will be displayed on the shop door and updated on Twitter. For more information follow the LRO on Twitter @labratorchestra
TICKETS FOR PKN COVENTRY #2 NOW ON SALE #pkncov - January 18th 2011, Taylor John's House, Coal Vaults
Canal Basin, off Leicester Row, Coventry, CV1 4LY
After the sell out success of Vol 1 at the Tin Angel, we're scaling up to Taylor John's House for PKN Coventry Vol#2.
Speakers tbc - details released here first...
Tickets: £4 for earlybirds or £5.50 full price from http://pkncoventry2.eventbrite.com
To see details of the last Vol#1 visit: http://vimeo.com/17519034
STOP PRESS! Confirmed: Paul Sutton on Why Kids are Important
MAY
Heart of the Anchor presents: A Lost Letter - Monday 16th May. 8pm, Tuesday 17th May. 8pm, Wednesday 18th May. 8pm
A man and a woman embark upon a voyage across an aesthetic wilderness…a map charts their journey…it’s destined for oceanic timelessness, eloquence and the deeply sinister.
Location: Coventry Artspace (basement), 16 Lower Holyhead Road, CV1 3AU
Bookings: Places are limited. To make a booking contact Lauren: heartoftheanchor@live.co.uk 07969334276
JUNE
Saranjit Birdi: Bombed – A Moonlight Sonata - June 18th - July 3rd 2011, the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum (Studio), Jordan Well, Coventry.
Artspace bursary recipient Saranjit Birdi launches Bombed, an exhibition exploring our preoccupations of territorialism. Featuring performance, installation, sound and video works. The exhibition runs from 18th June to 3rd July at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in the Studio Gallery on the 1st Floor.
- LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT 16th June at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry - 7pm. To book your place now phone the Herbert on 024 76 294 774.
- ARTIST CONVERSATION 5th July @ Coventry Artspace 6pm – 7pm (see below for more details)
See also: www.theherbert.org and www.saranjitbirdi.com
ARTPACE OPEN DOORS ART BIZARRE & FAMILY WORKSHOP – 11th July 2011, 11am – 4pm, Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry
Artspace studio holders and artist members invite you to join them for the bustling Open Doors event on July 11th which features an affordable Art Bizarre, open studios and family multicultural art workshop running from 11am-4pm in the Artspace building on Lower Holyhead Road.
The venue will be open to the public for the Positive Images Festival launch to browse through the studios, meet the artists and purchase work straight from the maker at the bizarre. We’re also inviting all visitors to join us for the workshop in the Artspace Community Room (last entry 3pm) to create something yourself with the artists.
Date and Time: Saturday 11th June 2011, 11am - 4pm
Location: Coventry Artspace, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, CV1 3AU
Booking: FREE. All welcome, children under 16’s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Places for the workshop are limited. To place a booking now contact Frieda van de Poll on 077 8973 6766 or Frieda@coventry-artspace.co.uk
CASTLE & ELEPHANT
Artspace are developing and supporting a programme of curated activtiy in a City Arcade shop space with freelance curator, Hannah Conroy and interns as Castle & Elephant. For more details about forthcoming events visit www.castleandelephant.co.uk or visit the brand new blog castleandelephant.tumblr.com
THE MUSEUM - WHO CAN SAY - Thursday 13th May - performances at 1:30pm (private) and 3:30pm, Friday 14th May - performance at 7:30pm. Artspace basement, 16 Lower Holyhead Road, Coventry, CV1 3AU. For booking details contact whocansay@live.co.uk
Who Can Say Theatre Company invite you to join them for a performance of The Museum, a piece about a man called Alex who ties to create a museum dedicated to his favourite practitioner Antonin Artaud, however, due to lack of finance and unhelpful assistant Megs it is proven to be nothing but a burden.
Please note that numbers are limited. Warm clothes and sensible shoes are advised. To discuss access requirements please contact Laura Elliott on 02476 553 533. For information about the work contact Matt and Marion at Who Can Say on whocansay@live.co.uk
Free to all Artspace members!
THREE DAYS OF 2 TONE @ 30 AND COVENTRY ARTSPACE CELEBRATIONS
For the first time Coventry Artspace opened its doors for Heritage Open Days in association with Pete Chambers, organiser of the 30 years of 2 Tone celebrations on the 11th, 12th and 13th September. We hosted the grand unveiling of a commemorative plaque to highlight Artspace's association with the ska, sound system and 2 Tone history in Coventry followed by two days of creative activties and historical tours on the 12th and 13th. To read the newspaper article about the plaque unveiling click here.
