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The First Cut

23/11/2012 //
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Had to step in for Ed Watts, from Whitworth Art Gallery, as he wasn’t very well. So I dashed down to Manchester Art Gallery to meet the students on the Snap Judgement photography course as they were meeting there to view The First Cut exhibition. What an amazing group of disparate people! I had advertised the course via Twitter, the weacreative site, email and posters in libraries and community centres. This has been successful in attracting a group of diverse individuals who enjoy each other’s company very much. They all had nothing but words of praise for Ed’s course content and teaching methods. Thank you Ed.

So, this has got me thinking… I would like this group of students to continue learning together in the new year and I would like them to contribute to the VIEW project by making short instructional videos using photography, much as duckrabbit do. So, watch this space.

Oh, and you must visit the First Cut exhibition. It’s amazing what can be achieved by folding, cutting and printing on paper.

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What’s on in Greater Manchester in October

17/10/2011 //
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What’s on? Lots on…

I love Manchester: it’s the funkiest, edgiest, dirtiest city in the UK. It’s a mish-mash of architecture and a melting pot of people. Living here, we can dip our fingers into many cultural pies and take a nibble of this and a mouthful of that. Below is a list of things to see and do during October that should accommodate all tastes:

October

  • Royal Exchange Theatre: Good from 12 October until 5 November; Dagmar Krause on 25 October.
  • The fabulous Manchester Literature Festival kicks off on 10th October and runs until 23rd October. Quite a few of the events are free, but you’ll need to hurry to reserve your ticket(s).
  • We are ExtInked exhibition at Manchester Museum. You can view more exciting things to see and do at Manchester Museum in October here.
  • Here’s what’s going on at Mad Lab in October.
  • The fabulous Cornerhouse not only shows the latest world films, but also hosts art exhibitions and educational courses too.
  • Want to get out and about in the fresh air? The National Trust are holding a Walking Festival during October.
  • The wonderful Ford Madox-Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer exhibition, is a must-see event at Manchester Art Gallery. There’s also still plenty of time to catch the Grayson Perry exhibits which will be on show until February 2012.
  • The Gallery of Costume’s latest exhibition is on the brilliant French fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent.
  •  Until 13 November, the People’s History Museum is hosting an exhibition of artwork by J Chuhan as part of the Asian Triennial 2011.
  • Hot Bed Press in Salford, offer fine art courses in printmaking, book-making, photo-etching etc.
  • If you like modern architecture then you may be interested in what’s on at CUBE (Centre for the Urban Built Environment).
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Cornerhouse meet and mingle: thanks for coming

19/09/2011 //
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HwaYoung from Mad Lab

Hwa Young (above) talks geek and bio

Isn’t it great when a bunch of interesting, creative people get together in one room?

Friday’s event at the Cornerhouse was such an occasion. Community partners, WEA staff and tutors, prospective learners, film makers and cultural partners all gathered in the Cornerhouse annexe to meet and mingle and learn more about Peripheral Vision.

Apart from a slight glitch with my beloved MacBook (well it is four and a half years old), which decided, on a whim, to go mute. “What?” I said, “What?” staring in disbelief at its white, shiny loveliness. “Today, of all days,” I scolded. Thank goodness Hwa Young had brought hers along and I’d had the foresight to pop my presentation on a memory stick. Crisis averted we got on with the presentations:

Thank you

Thank you to everyone named above, and to Jenny from MCC, Niall from City South, Amanda from the Booth Centre, Zoe from Manchester City Council, Harriet from Manchester Camerata and the film-makers Barney and Liz for attending.

Also thank you to my colleagues, Fiona, Mandy, Andy, Susan D, Susan A, Karen and Catherine for being there too. Finally, thanks go to Pat at the Cornerhouse for organising the room (which everyone loved) and the teas and coffees.

Looking back, from my perspective the morning was a success. However, I sort of wish I hadn’t mentioned the pickled gherkin and plum tomato nibbles, while telling an anecdote about a male life-model…

We send our best wishes to Connie from Manchester Art Gallery who had a cycling tumble and couldn’t attend. Get well soon Connie x

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Inspirational Kate & Connie at Manchester Art Gallery

13/09/2011 //
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Manchester Art Gallery

Oh I did enjoy yesterday’s meeting with Kate Day and Connie Withan at Manchester Art Gallery. I have worked with Kate over the past couple of years since the Just the Ticket project when a memorable group of learners enrolled on the Reel Surreal course. At the time, Manchester Art Gallery was host to the fabulous Angels of Anarchy exhibition, which became the inspiration for the Reel Surreal course content. The participants visited the exhibition and attended a screening of Bady Minck at the Cornerhouse and a performance of Pub in the Royal Exchange Studio.

Kate is the Lifelong Learning Manager (Volunteers) and Connie is the Performance Monitoring Officer for the gallery. They were both so enthusiastic about Peripheral Vision and the ways in which we could open up the galleries to the potential learners that our meeting ran over by about an hour. We discussed possible course themes such as the depiction of class in art or civic pride in our wonderful city. The main focus will be on the forthcoming Ford Madox-Brown: Pre-Raphaelite Pioneer exhibition which is on from 24 September 2011 until 29 January 2012.

They also mentioned that they had a ‘pop up darkroom’ which immediately grabbed my attention as I love film photography and would like others to experience the joys of the darkroom too.

I have decided to include the gallery’s English Corner into as many of WEA’s ESOL courses as possible, and promote their Art Bites initiative which takes place on the first Wednesday of every month from 12:30 – 13:00. These would work well with the ESOL programme at the Cornerhouse (the next ESOL Study Morning is The Kings’ Speech on 10 November).

The gallery runs Tutor Training sessions where staff can learn about the resources available for teaching such as the ‘Object Dialogue Box’ which contains weird surrealist objects to promote ideas and learning themes.

Gallery of Costume

Kate also works at the Gallery of Costume in Platt Hall and she suggested that we incorporate visits there during the project, especially as they will be housing a temporary Yves Saint Laurent exhibition from 14 Sept – 31 Dec 11. We thought we could maybe have a course that included a visit to the Gallery of Costume for inspiration followed by a practical ‘Fashion Hacking’ session at Mad Lab.

It was odd being in the building when it was closed to the public with no visitors or staff wandering about. This also meant I couldn’t buy anything in the shop with my 20% discount for being a Friend of the Gallery. I had planned to stock up on birthday cards and some of their lovely acrylic bangles as presents. I shall go back soon anyway to look at the works from the Victorian era for course design inspiration, and buy some postcards to use as teaching aids.

I’m delighted that Connie will give a short presentation on Manchester Art Gallery at the informal Peripheral Vision event at the Cornerhouse on Friday.

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