| Hearts
And Minds - new Red Dot Exhibition 25/4/2008
Red Dot are staging their biggest ever group exhibition, titled
'Hearts And Minds' at the Liverpool
Academy of Arts, which will feature work by over twenty
of its members. The Academy, which is based in a former paint
factory, is located on Seel Street in Liverpool city centre.
It will include paintings - mainly abstract - abstract-oriented
photography, mixed media work and installations.
As a tribute to former Red Dot member, painter and printmaker
Peter Oakley, who died last April, it will also feature examples
of his work.
Hearts And Minds will run from 7th May until 23rd May. Mon-Fri
12pm - 4pm. A private view of the show takes place on Tuesday
6th May 6.30pm - 9pm. All are welcome to attend.
For more information about the exhibition contact Colin Serjent
077 5952 5075 colinserjent@hotmail.com
Red Dot to work with Arab artists
18/1/2008
Red Dot are going to collaborate in producing new artwork
with a number of Arab artists, from various Arabian countries,
who are visiting Liverpool in July, to take part in an Arab
contemporary art exhibition being held in the city.
The exhibition, which will include the newly produced work,
forms a major strand of the Planet Art eXchange (PAX) event.
PAX is an annual event, that takes place in cities chosen
as European Capitals of Culture.
Red Dot Recycling Week 28/3/2008
Following the success of the series of workshops staged by
Red Dot in September 2007, in which participants learnt how
to turn waste materials and found object into artwork, they
are running a Recycling Week in Liverpool from 22 September
until 26 September 2008. It will be staged at the Liverpool
Centre for Arts Development (LCAD). Further details about
the events which will take place will be announced during
the summer.
Red Dot link up with Minnesota-based
organisation
Following the success of the Red Dot Recycling workshops -
in which participants were taught how to turn waste materials
and found objects into art - and the 'Rags To Riches' exhibition,
staged at the International Gallery in Liverpool, in which
all the artwork was created from waste materials and found
objects, during 2007, they have linked up with ArtStart, who
are based in Minnesota, which is located in the Midwestern
region of the USA, and known as the 'Land of 10,000 Lakes'.
Both Red Dot and ArtStart will exchange information and advice
relating to recycling issues, particularly in relation to
the art and culture sector.
Experimenting With Art - Art Workshops
Red Dot member Jo Derbyshire is running a two-day workshop
titled Experimenting With Art on 22/23 April, staring at 10am
on both days. The venue is Liverpool Centre for Arts Development
(LCAD), based on Franceys Street (off Brownlow Hill), Liverpool
city centre. Admission: free.
The aim of the course is to explore painting, collage and
experimentation to produce group or individual work with Liverpool
and the city as a theme, using found objects, flyers, icons
of Liverpool, etc.
Day One: Overview; group discussion; develop work
Day Two: Completion of work for an exhibition later in 2008
at LCAD.
For more information about this workshop contact Elaine Stapleton
078 168 484 57
Red Dot on German TV
As part of a German television channel documentary on Liverpool
being this year's European Capital of Culture, Red Dot formed
part of the programme. A presenter from ADR (the equivalent
to the BBC) interviewed Colin Serjent, a director of Red Dot,
about his views of the so-called 'grassroots art scene'; in
Liverpool and its relationship with the Liverpool Culture
Company. The programme was screened at the beginning of January.
08 Businessconnect 12/3/2007
Red Dot, who are members of 08businessconnect, which is the
Liverpool Capital of Culture business forum, have joined the
their members Directory and Gallery. A number of Red Dot artists
are featured, along with information about the role of Red
Dot. Access www.08businessconnect.com,
then click on 'Members Directory and Gallery' (right side
of page). Type in Red Dot in Search For box and click on organisations
on the same page. Then click on Red Dot Exhibitions on the
following page. Hey Presto!
Link with New York Gallery
10/1/07
Red Dot now have an on-line link with the Agora Gallery (www.Agora-Gallery.com),
who are based in the Chelsea district of New York. Click on
the Links and then the Dealers and Galleries section.
Red Dot directors Colin Serjent and Sue Milburn are also proposing
to link up with the ARTisSpectrum magazine, which is published
by Agora, with the aim of having various artists from Red
Dot profiled in the magazine.
New exhibition by Nathan Pendlebury
Red Dot member Nathan Pendlebury,
along with Anthony Pendlebury, are staging an exhibition of
their work, titled 'As Is Now', at the Gostins Gallery, based
in the Gostins Building on Hanover Street in Liverpool. The
exhibition runs from 4 April until 10 May.
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