Rogue Open Studios 29th-30th Sept, PV 28th Sept 6-9pm

 

 

Rogue Artists Studios, Open Weekend

Saturday September 29^th 12pm – 5pm and Sunday September 30^th 12pm – 4pm.

PREVIEW: Friday September 28th 6-9pm.

Rogue Artists Studios, Crusader Mill, 66-72 Chapeltown Street, Manchester M12WH

The Largest Artists Studio Outside London Opens its Doors to the Public for their Annual Open Weekend. 

Rogue Open Studios is a vibrant and exciting annual event taking place at Crusader Mill in Manchester which draws thousands of visitors from far afield. The Rogue Open Studios offers fellow artists, curators, gallerists, collectors and the general public an opportunity to meet the artists and to access all areas of the studios while affording studio members an opportunity to exhibit and offer work for sale.

Over the course of the weekend more than 90 artists working in a range of disciplines will open their studios which occupy 30,000 square feet spread over three floors of Crusader Mill making this the largest group studio space and event, outside London.

Rogue Studios is also home to The Project Space curated by Ahmed and Carpenter and Malgras|Naudet an artist led space curated by Magnus Quaife. For the Open Studios this year The Project Space at Rogue will host ‘Fayre’, a Rogue members group show on the theme of the ‘market’ while guest curator Simon Morrissey of WORKS/PROJECTS in Bristol has been invited to present a group show of gallery artists in Malgras|Naudet.

Artists at Rogue range from recent graduates to established practitioners. Many artists based at Rogue work closely with public, independent and commercial galleries and have exhibited widely across the UK and Internationally. Studio members have been proactive in establishing the cultural landscape in Manchester while others work in educational institutions and creative professions across the region and further afield. 

Established in 1995 Rogue is an independent non-profit making organisation administrated by David Gledhill and Martin Nash and a committee of volunteers.

Website: www.rogueartistsstudios.co.uk Contact: rogueartistsstudios@yahoo.co.uk

Hilary Jack 07957 398 451 and David Gledhill 07986 809 740

e:hilaryjack1gmail.com

PAPER Gallery launch Saturday 1st September 5-9pm / Mirabel Studios/ PAPER GALLERY

You are invited to the opening launch night of PAPER Gallery on Saturday 1st September 5-9pm at Mirabel Studios, 14-20 Mirabel Street, Manchester, M3 1PJ, alongside the open studios of Mirabel Studios.  The studios and PAPER Gallery will also be open Sunday 2nd September 12-4pm.  Hope you can make it along.

Paper is a new micro gallery open in Manchester city centre, close to Victoria Station and MEN Arena. We will open to the public on 11 Saturday August 2012, and continue every Saturday, opening times 11am-5pm. We have launched our website www.paper-gallery.co.uk in July. Paper offers the public an opportunity to view and purchase the work of our artists both in the gallery and on-line. The gallery will become a platform to introduce the public to the work of our artists. This will compliment the website which will form a useful resource, mapping the careers of these artists. It will also contain online content such as interviews and articles.

Paper’s mission is to bridge the gap between audience, artist, and artwork, presenting critically engaged artworks in a domestic environment. Paper will focus solely on work on paper, paper as a support. Paper will present a wide range of originals and multiples, including drawings, paintings, prints, photography and even hand drawn animation. Paper will be accessible, creating an intimate atmosphere within our small gallery space. More importantly though, Paper will be affordable, selling work to promote artistic practice, and allowing our artists to support the creation of more ambitious projects. It is our ambition to place a piece of art in every home.

Paper is the brainchild of Liverpool John Moores University Masters graduates Andrea Cotton, David Hancock, Nicola Smith and former Creative Director of Manchester City Council’s Design department, Ian Smith.

For our artists the use of paper is integral to their practice. For our stable of artists we have created a mix of emerging and mid-career artists, emphasising the dynamic between their practices, and highlighting their individual careers. Artists will include; Anna Puhakka from Finland, James Moore and Dawn Woolley, based in Cardiff, who curate together as Another Product, Simon Woolham, based at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire and Roshana Rubin-Mayhew, currently showing at Leeds Gallery. Paper is also keen to develop the careers of emerging artists such as recent MMU graduate, Leanne Richardson.

Paper will also exhibit work of Alice Bradshaw, Jenny Core, Philip Davenport, Julie Dodd, Bethan Hamilton, Naomi Lethbridge, Richard Shields, Jenny Steele and Miranda Whall.

For more information please contact David Hancock on 07799813062 or email papergallery@mail.com

Follow on Twitter @Paper_Gallery_

Paper Gallery, Manchester

I am delighted that the newly established Paper Gallery in Manchester has taken my prints and books for their micro-gallery at Mirabel Studios.  The gallery has been set up by artists Andrea Cotton, David Hancock, Nicola Smith and creative director Ian Smith.  To read more about Paper, visit their website  http://www.paper-gallery.co.uk/70882/about-paper.

Other artists work shown at Paper: 

Alice Bradshaw, Jenny Core, Andrea Cotton, Philip Davenport, Julie Dodd, Bethan Hamilton, David Hancock, Naomi Lethbridge, James Moore, Anna Puhakka, Leanne Richardson, Roshana Rubin-Mayhew, Richard Shields, Nicola Smith, Jenny Steele, Miranda Whall, Simon Woolham and Dawn Woolley.

The gallery has been open since 11th August 2012, but will have a formal launch on Saturday 1st September 2012 from 5.00pm.  The gallery is open every saturday 11am-5pm, or by appointment at the address below:

Paper Gallery
Mirabel Studios
14-20 Mirabel Studios
Manchester
M31PJ

'Directional 1', Photocopy of paper with cartridge paper tie. Book stands in two folded 3d parts placed together. Edition of 20. 2012.18cm x 10cm (folded), 84cm x 59cm (full size)
Photographs courtesy of Ian Smith @PaperGallery.

Followingthemarketsquare Residency event, Harris Museum

Collaborative drawing with comments about the Market Square

You can view information and images from my end of residency event for the #followingthemarketsquare project at the Harris Museum on the 24th and 25th July 2013, on the project blog here http://followingthemarketsquare.wordpress.com/research-in-progress-2/. Above and below are images of the collaborative drawing produced with locals who use the Market Square in Preston.

Collaborative Drawing, #followingthemarketsquare residency event

Collaborative drawing (close up)