Eimear Artwork At Indian Embassy - 6/12/2011

Red Dot member Eimear Kavanagh will be taking part in an exhibition, titled 'Heaven To The Left' (5-9 March 2012). It will help celebrate twenty years of The Nehru Centre, which is the cultural quarter of the Indian Embassy in Mayfair, London.

Artists who have exhibited there previously will be sharing the exhibition space, many of them coming to the UK from India.

Active Times for Alison - 6/12/2011

In July, I curated an exhibition for Wirral Council called "de-junk, re-junk" at the Birkenhead Park, handing out junk and parts of my old kitchen to a group of artists, some first time recyclers, others die-hard eco minded artisans. The success of the show lead to my application for funding for recycling workshops to tie in with the 2012 de-junk, re-junk exhibition (now an annual event). I was awarded 75% of the grant I asked for, enabling 7 workshops with local artists at The Green Community Shop and Centre in the new year. Read more

Susan Meyerhoff Sharples News - 6/12/2011

It has been another exciting year I am pleased to say, I have been working abroad again on my new project which includes collaborative exhibitions. It's entitled 'THE OBJECT OF THINGS - TOYS' ( IGRACKA MOG DJETINJSTVA) and was first shown at Metal and CUC in February 2011, where it included participants from Merseyside and northwest England. It built momentum and a group of Croatian artists responded which resulted in collaborating with them and taking a selection of the show to Medulin, Croatia in April 2011 where the local TV became interested. This led to artists from Montenegro enquiring about how they could become involved and I opened the 4th version of the exhibition on 8th Oct 2011 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Again the TV coverage, which was more extensive, has led to further enquiries from artists in the Balkan area for 2012.
In April 2012 my new commissioned sculpture entitled 'Roger's Book' will be unveiled in The Storyteller's Garden at Poulton Hall, Bebington, Wirral.

New photographs by Serjent - 6/12/2011

A series of new photographs by Colin Serjent can be seen on his website www.abstractway.co.uk

Serjent exhibiting in Look11 International Photography Festival

Colin Serjent is taking part in a photography group exhibition, which will be on theme of closure, during the Look11 International photography festival, the first of its kind to be held in Liverpool. He will be showing abstract images of retail outlets within Merseyside which have been closed.

The exhibition will take place at the Domino Gallery (formerly the Gren Fish Cafe) on Upper Newington (off Renshaw Street).
The exhibition will be open to the public from 13 May - 26 June. A private view will take place on Friday 13 May (Time TBA).

Insurrection

Two artists from Red Dot, Colin Serjent and Richard Ashworth, had art work featured in the Nerve Centre project, titled 'Insurrection', that took place in Gallery 2 at the FACT Centre on Wood Street in Liverpool city centre, which took place in April 2011.

For more information about the project go to www.catalystmedia.org.uk

Red Dot involved in Look11: International Photography Festival

Red Dot are proposing to stage a photography exhibition on the themes of 'A call to action' and 'Social Justice' during the Look11 Photography Festival taking place in Liverpool from March 2011 to July 2011.

Further details to follow.....

Sue Sharples has the travel bug!

Sue Sharples spent a lot of time in Europe during 2010 exhibiting her artwork. She visited Denmark, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Austria, Germany and Belguim (all as part of the Cultures Crossing Site Specific project). She also had two artist residncies in Austria.
She also exhibited at the Bluecoat Gallery, The Gallery and Merseybio - all based in Liverpool- and also Tate Liverpool. Sue was also part of the Wirral Open Studio project and had work shown at Camden Lock in London.
In January 2011 she will have work shown at six venues in America and in February at METAL in Liverpool in an International collaboration.

Jane Fairhurst in London exhibition

Jane will be travelling down to London to take part in a group exhibition, titled 'Above The Serious', at The Gallery, based in Stoke Newington library. The show takes place between 28th November until 9th December 2010.
In collaboraton with Tim Fielding, Jane is showing work at the MA Fine Art exhibition at Liverpool Art & Design Academy, as part of the Liverpool Arts Biennial. The show continues until 18th November 2010.
They also have work included in the DIY Integrated City exhibition at the Atrium at the Liverpool Daily Post & Echo building on Old Hall Street. It runs till 18th November 2010.

Busy Biennial for Wendy Williams

Wendy has taken part in five exhibitions during the 2010 Liverpool Arts Biennial. they include 'About Here' at The Gallery in Stanhope Streey; at MerseyBio at the Biosciences building in Crown Street';' 'Wirral Artists' at The Six Rooms Gallery in Birkenhead;' 'A Sense Of Place' with the Soup Collective at Blackburne House on Hope Street'; and finally 'Soup Is Touched' at Tate Liverpool. Phew!

Carolyn Shepherd artwork at 'The Bombed Out Church'

Carolyn has a burnt wood sculpture, 'Survival - A Space for Contemplation on the True Nature of Impermanence' at St, Luke's Church in Liverpool city centre until 28th November 2010 (Open Thursday - Sunday 12pm - 5pm - except when it is blowing a gale!)
She will also be involved in charcoal drawing on site during the exhibition - visitors welcome to join in too.
Carolyn took part in an exhibition, with three pieces of original work, at the Six Rooms Gallery during October.

Alison Bailey Smith in 'Crafted' exhibition

The artwork of Alison will feature in an exhibition, titled 'Crafted'. taking place at the Kirkby Gallery (based inside Kirkby Library). It will showcase the work of artists and makers from the North West of England. The show runs from 30 November until 6 February 2011. Kirkby Gallery, Newtown Gardens, Knowsley L34 3LA.
Alison will also be exhibiting for the seventh year in a row in the annual Oxton Art Fair at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead on the weekend of the 20th and 21st November 2010.

Sue Sharples studio/workshop open to public

Sue's studio/workshop will be open to visitors on November 13th & 14th 2010 from 12pm to 5pm, as part of the Wirral Open Studios Tour.
She is one of 27 artists taking part in an exhibition at Hoylake Community Centre, North Parade, Hoylake.
Sue is also exhibiting in the Soup exhibition at Tate Liverpool gallery. The shows runs until 21st November 2010.
Loooking ahead, she is featured in an exhibition, titled 'State of Perception' at METAL at Edge Hill Station. It runs from 3-21 February 2011.

New photographs by Colin Serjent

A series of new photographs by Colin can be seen on his website www.abstractway.co.uk
Meanwhile a number of them will be featured in the Christmas Open exhibition taking place at the Liverpool Academy of Arts.
The exhibition runs from 23rd November until 9th December 2010.
A private view will be held on Monday 22nd November (6.30pm - 9pm).
Liverpool Academy of Arts is based at 32 Seel Street in Liverpool city centre.

Jo Derbyshire curator at The Gallery

Jo is currently curator at The Gallery, based in Clayton Square Shopping City in Liverpool city centre.
Meanwhile she has loaned some of her artwork to Que Pasa Cantina based on Lark Lane in Liverpool.

Christine Wilson at MerseyBio

Christine Wilson's work is included in an exhibition at MerseyBio, Biosciences Building on Crown Street in Liverpool. It continues until 4th December 2010.
She is also one of the artists taking part in an exhibition at the Six Rooms Gallery, based at Argyle Street in Birkenhead. The show runs until 27th November 2010.

Eimear Kavanagh in Oxton Art Fair

Eimear is one of 19 artists taking part in the seventh Oxton Art Fair, to be held at Williamson Art Gallery, Slately Road in Birkenhead. It will be held on Saturday 20th November (10am - 5pm) and Sunday 21st November 2010 (10am - 4pm).