Director's News

After a spectacularly busy November and December we have had a good long rest and are now looking forward to another eventful year.

If your New Year’s resolution was to further your professional development (as well as all the pro-exercise and anti-vice related stuff) a really good start would be to talk to Mir or Rachael as part of our free 1-2-1 advice sessions or to join us for one of the Starting Out programme sessions starting again on 17th January.  

We also still have available some of the totally beautiful studios at Knutton Road where our newest creative community now numbers 5. Interest in our most northerly studio complex was fanned by our symposium ‘Art in a Social Context’ that took place there in December and attracted delegates from across the country. The bread provided by a local baker was unforgettable and the full audio transcript of this event will be posted on the website by the end of the month.

Finally, it’s always nice to have some new (to us) artists to meet, and we look forward to working with two new artists in residence: Edith Garcia our second artist in residence at Manor Oaks Studios and Ania Bas our third artists residency in Parson Cross and Knutton Road Studios.

Happy New Year! Keep liking and following us on Facebook and Twitter this year - your comments are always welcome.

Kate, Director Yorkshire Artspace

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We also welcome Emma Shore, textile designer and costume maker who will be moving into studio 30 at Persistence Works Studios. We welcome back Sarah Waterhouse, textile artist who will be setting up in studio 49 at Persistence Works Studios and Paula Kirby, fine art photographer who will be moving into one of the new Knutton Road Studios in Parson Cross. 

Sadly, we say goodbye to Chloe Brown who has moved into a studio located at her new home in Netheredge.  We wish her all the best.

Residency at Manor Oaks - we welcome Edith Garcia

'In love keep them crossed' by Edith Garcia (photography: Jean-Charles Monnet)

We welcome our new 2012 resident artist at Manor Oaks Studios:  Edith Garcia.  Edith was selected in November by  Miles Gavin and Susan Disley, artists based at Manor Oaks Studios,  Sue France, Chief Executive at Green Estate and Mir Jansen, Programme Manager at Yorkshire Artspace. 

Born in Los Angeles, Edith Garcia is a ceramic sculptor and researcher. She received her BFA, from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and MFA from the California College or Arts (and Crafts). Her work has been exhibited throughout North America, Mexico and Europe, and is included in the permanent Sculpture Garden of the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana and other public and private collections across the USA and UK. Her pieces have been featured in New Keramik, Ceramic Review, Ceramic Monthly, Time Out London, American Craft Magazine, Breaking the Mould, and Confrontational Ceramics.

She has recently completed her MPhil research into the human figure in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London. And is the author of upcoming publication 'Ceramics and the Human Figure' (published by A&C Black). More information on the artist can be found at www.nenadot.com.

Residencies in Parson Cross - updates

Ania Bas @ Knutton Road Studios

Ania is commencing her 2012 residency in Parson Cross in earnest on the afternoon of 19th January. Ania will be meeting and talking to people at SOAR Works about the new Knutton Road Studios and the role they could play within the neighbourhood and community of Parson Cross. This initial discussion will help inform Ania and shape the direction of the residency over the coming year. There will be many more opportunities in 2012 to join in. Ania is always keen to hear from people and is happy to be contacted on aniabas@gmail.com

Ania is an artist and developer of art projects who, in her own words, 'works with people rather than canvas'  in various contexts, in open and enclosed spaces, with businesses and the streets. Ania is interested in people, process based practices and creating experimental art spaces and art sites all of which and more we hope she will bring to Parson Cross. Find out more about Ania via her blogspot

THE COLLABORATORS: projection night in Parson Cross

Steve Pool & Kate Genever's 'Stallions' Projection onto SOAR Works.

To round up their residency project in Parson Cross, THE COLLABORATORS will be doing a night of projections in Parson Cross on Thursday 16th February. It is their intention to showcase the varied work and projects that were created during their residency, including stills and films produced by Steve Pool and Kate Genever and the work of the other artists commissioned by them: Paul Allender, Tessa Bunney, Peter Griffiths and Psalt Designs. Highlights will include a film of a local baker making bread with tools designed by Psalt Designs and the wall-papering of Roses Hardware Shop! Further details and times will be announced nearer the date on our website.

Lisa Gallacher

Currently we have Leeds based photographer Jonathan Turner doing portraits of the 10 participants who have made garments with Lisa over this last year via her 'Parson Cross: Made to Measure' project.  These portraits along with the garments will be exhibited in the Yorkshire Artspace Gallery in March 2012.   View Jonathan Turners website here.

Yorkshire Artspace Artists' News

                       'The Rhyming Rabbit', illustrated by Lydia Monks

Two of illustrator Lydia Monks' books have been nominated for the prestigious CILIP Kate Greenaway Children's Book Award this year: 'Babbit' by Lydia Monks (published by Egmont) and  'The Rhyming Rabbit' by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks (published by Macmillan) Winners will be announced in June 2012

Knutton Road Studio's artist Ruthie Ford won a commission for Red Nile Projects to make a new edition of giant textile flowers to re-engage people with their local Park in Stoke.  Ruthie took part in one of Red Nile Projects' 'Factory Nights' in Stoke.  The Factory Nights series give creative people of all disciplines a chance to visit, learn about and be inspired by a partiocular venue or location.  Ruthie's commission will see the creation of giant textile flowers, to be installed  on a hill in the park, overlooking a large retail park, during an event in April.  Ruthie says: "The themes and research I have done for this commission will feed into my residency in Parson Cross as part of the Yorkshire Artspace Starter Studio Program for Engaged Practice. Particularly with a view to looking at ways of regenerating and re-engaging with green spaces". The work will be on public display until end of April 2012.

                        Etching by A Rosemary Watson, printmaker

Painter and printmaker Rosemary Watson has had one of her aquatint etchings accepted for the 8th British International Miniprint Exhibition which will open in London in April and tour the UK for the next 2 years

Paul Evans has been commissioned by Museums Sheffield to create a life-sized drawing of a Killer Whale, also know as Orca, for the forthcoming exhibition 'Under the Sea' at Museums Sheffield: Millennium Galleries. The drawing will measure 5m x 3m and is entitled Away from the Pod. Paul will also be creating a limited edition screenprint based on the  available to purchase from Millennium Galleries. Under the Sea runs from 25 January to 10 June 2012.

Workshops for the Public

Smokeless Wood-Fired kiln building course with Penny Withers and Sarah Villeneau: 24th March to 1st April 2012.

The construction of the first urban smokeless wood-fired kiln intended for community use will be taking place at Sheffield Manor Lodge, the site of our Manor Oaks Studios. This kiln will be at the heart of the new Ceramics Centre at Manor Lodge and is designed by internationally acclaimed Japanese master of smokeless wood-fired kiln building: Masakazu Kusakabe.  We are looking for participants with a keen interest in ceramics and wood-firing, previous kiln-building experience is not required.  The course will be run by established Yorkshire Artspace artists Penny Withers and Sarah Villeneau, both previous Chairs of the Rufford Wood-firing Society and highly experienced workshop leaders and wood-firers.

Smokeless wood-fire kiln building at the International Ceramics Centre in Hungary (photographyby Sarah Villeneau)

Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the basics of kiln design and hands-on construction, the theory and practice of wood-firing and the specific glazes used for wood-firing. Penny and Sarah will give demonstrations on throwing and hand-building in the pottery workshop.  Individual tuition as and when required.

The course runs from 24 March to 1 April and costs £270.  This price includes:  one 12.5 Kg bag clay per person (additional clay available at cost), oxides and glazes for decoration, one biscuit firing and one glaze firing.  Free camping and barbecue facilities with washrooms and toilets available on site.  Alternatively, if it is not possible to commit to the full 9 days, participants will be able to sign up for a minimum of 4 days at a cost of  £30 per day.  Booking is essential:  please contact Sarah Villeneau  or Penny Withers for a booking form.  Manor Oaks is situated approx. 10 minutes from Sheffield Midland Station (by car/taxi).  For directions, see contact button on the home page of our website.

Watercolour from my Studio, Tim Rose 2011

Painter and water colourist Tim Rose is still running his monthly life/portrait workshops from his own studio at Porter Brook.  'Portrait Painting' on Saturday 28 January and Saturday 24 March and costs £27. 'Life Painting' day on Saturday 25 February also cost £27.   To book a place contact Tim Rose on 0114 255 2171 or email Tim on  tim@timrose.co.uk 

Printmaking with Rosemary Watson.  Rosemary will run an Etching workshop on Saturday 14 January from 11am to 5pm  in Studio 22 at Persistence Works Studios on Brown Street.   This 5-hour etching workshop uses less-toxic, more environmentally-friendly etching and printmaking processes. Suitable for printmakers with some previous experience and in particular printmakers wishing to set up their own printmaking facilities.   Maximum 4 participants.  Cost £50 includes all materials.  Plese book by emailing Rosemary directly info@arosemarywatson.co.uk. 

One of Penny Withers' participants in the Weekend Throwing Workshop 

There are still some places on the very popular Throwing weekend workshopss with Penny Withers on the following weekends: 25 and 26 February and 10 and 11 March.   Penny works with small groups to allow every participant access to a potters' wheel with hands-on individual tuition. If you are a complete beginner you will be taught good techniques for centring, making different shapes and turning leather-hard pots. Experienced throwers will be able to have more specific tuition and new techniques can be demonstrated. Cost £95 per person, for details and to book your place contact Penny directly on penn@talktalk.net or 07510668585

Other workshops offered will be advertised the blog page of our website.

Starting Out 2012

Starting Out, our annual start-up course aimed at early career artists and makers continues this January with 3 Tuesday afternoon sessions. All sessions take place in the meeting room at Persistence Works Studios, start at 1pm and cost £10 (payable on the day). This course is now in its 7th year and has proved to be very popular.  We aim to keep the sessions interactive by giving all the artists on the course time to ask questions relating to their individual practice.  Please book your place by contacting Mir Jansen or phone 0114 2130111.  We have a maximum of 20 places available for each afternoon. 

Our first session this year is taking place on Tuesday 17th January and focusses on ‘Working with schools, communities and groups’

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There will be a presentation from artist and Creative Director of Encounters, Ruth Ben-Tovim. Encounters was formed in 2003 in Sheffield by artists Ruth Ben-Tovim and Trish O-Shea and is now based in Devon where they work on creative projects which are driven by a social responsibility and ethos of community engagement and involvement. Ruth’s presentation will provide a brief history of Encounters and the journey from individual artist wanting to make a difference locally to becoming a constituted organisation with a national and international profile.  Artist and experienced arts in education specialist Sarah Villeneau will talk about the practicalities of what you need to know when planning and delivering workshops, complemented by Rachael Dodd who will focus on policies and procedures.  Finally, Ruthie Ford will delivering workshop-style presentation, sharing her experiences and offering a DIY approach to co-mentoring and networking.

 David Appleyard, 'Factory Girls' 2011 (cast iron and vitreous enamel) installed at Salford Quays, Salford.

Our second session takes place on Tuesday 24th January and is entitled ‘Work, Work, Work’. We will focus two of our sessions on working in the Public Realm with confirmed presentations from Jill Kelly from BEAM in Wakefield and Yorkshire Artspace artist David Appleyard who has been working on a number of public realm projects in the last 4 years. We follow with two sessions on taking part in Craft Fairs with confirmed presentations from Lesley Beale from the annual ‘Lustre’ Crafts Fair in Nottingham and Yorkshire Artspace silversmith Brett Payne who attends many of the more prestigious Craft Fairs in the UK and abroad and will explain how it works for him. We finish the day with a presentation on How (and how not) to Approach Galleries delivered by Yorkshire Artspace programme manager Mir Jansen who will attempt to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the gallery sector.

Our final session in January takes place on Tuesday 31st January and focuses on ‘You and Your Work on-line’ with presentations from Ruth Wilbur and Michael Cockle of AXIS in Leeds who will lead a practical, discussion-based session about using the web to promote your practice, from building a website to making the most of social media. Michael and Ruth will also talk about what AXIS does and how artists can benefit from what they do.  Janet Paske, Director of a soon to be launched, brand new website ‘CraftFinder’ will be talking about how her initiative will promote Craft and Craftspeople in the UK. And finally we will be hearing from Andrew Pendrick from Sheffield based on-line craft selling website Folksy about what they do, who they do it for and how you can get your work sold on-line professionally and securely. 

Opportunities

The Campaign for Drawing 

In collaboration with the Guild of St George, announces a new art award: The John Ruskin Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best wall mounted artwork on the theme A New Look at Nature, and is open to anyone over 18 working in painting, drawing, print-making or mixed media and resident or domiciled in the UK. The Prize winner will receive £1000 and a specially commissioned pencil case. The winner’s artwork will be exhibited at Brantwood (John Ruskin’s Lake District home) and in Musuems Sheffield: Millennium Galleries during their autumn 2012 exhibition, 'Force of Nature: Picturing Ruskin’s Landscape'. Nine runners-up will be included in the exhibition of short-listed artists at Brantwood, and offered one night’s accommodation to attend the Private View, where the winner will be announced on 7 September. Deadline for submissions: 1 June 2012.  Further details and entry forms available from the Campaign for Drawing website.

Four Public Art Commissions, Sheffield Sheffield City Council  

SCC is looking to commission artists for four commissions which include physical works, graphic design and a programme of activities.  Artists interested in tendering for the commissions should register at https://scms.secure.alito.co.uk/ and download the relevant documents using the tender references below. Artist’s may tender for any or all of the commissions. The commissions relate to two neighbourhood centres in the city.

Chaucer District Centre, Parson Cross - a new District Centre with an exciting new library learning centre, new public square and ASDA store as well as an existing school and local shops. The focus of the commissions is to help to create a distinctive place that is owned, cherished and used by local people and visitors.

Markers and Drystone Walls - we are looking for an artist to work with local people to design, manufacture and install sculptural elements as part of extensive public realm improvements in the area. Budget: £90,000 Tender Ref (Lot 1): 24818. Deadline for Tender return: 7 February 2012

Banners and Shopfrontages - we are looking for an artist to work with local people and traders to produce art works for street banners and shop signage. Budget: £5,000 (there is a separate budget for printing and installation) Tender Ref (Lot 2): 24818. Deadline for Tender return: 7 February 2012

Spital Hill, Burngreave - a vibrant multicultural area of the city ten minutes walk from the city centre. The works are intended to reinforce the physical link between the newly opened Tesco store and the existing local shops and businesses and to speak of the unique character of the local people and place.

Sculpture and Colour - we are looking for an artist to work with local people to design, manufacture and install a series of linked sculptural elements as part of extensive public realm improvements in the area. Budget: £53,000 Tender Ref (Lot 1): PL03737. Deadline for Tender return: 30 January 2012

Banners and Hoardings - we are looking for an artist to work with local people and traders to produce art works for street banners and an extensive hoarding around an undeveloped site. Budget £5,000 (there is a separate budget for printing and installation) Tender Ref (Lot 2): PL03737. Deadline for Tender return: 30 January 2012

 If you would like further information, guidance or support in using SCMS please contact a member of the SCMS helpdesk on 0113 247 4001 or by email to scms@leeds.gov.uk.  For enquiries relating to each of these commissions, please contact Andrew Skelton Public Art Officer Urban Design and Conservation Sheffield City Council direct on 0114 20 53784 or andrew.skelton@sheffield.gov.uk

Exhibition Invitation

Museums Sheffield has invited all our readers to the opening of their new exhibition: The Family in British Art on Wednesday 1 February from 6 to 8pm (use the Arundel Gate entrance)

Gillian Wearing, 2 into 1, 1997.   Courtesy Maureen Paley Gallery, London

"Families are for life, not just for Christmas. Love them or loathe them, we can’t help but be deeply shaped by the people closest to us". This new exhibition brings together both historic and contemporary art to illustrate the changing portrayal of family in Britain over the centuries. From formal portraits of powerful families, long before the dawn of photography, to the self-expression of more recent times, The Family in British Art will show that images inspired by our families have always been some of our most revealing. The exhibition features paintings, photography, film and sculpture from a host of great names of British art, including Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth, David Hockney, Martin Parr, Tracey Emin and Rachel Whiteread. The Family in British Art was created by Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service as part of the The Great British Art Debate – a partnership project between Tate Britain, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Museums Sheffield.  If you like to attend, please RSVP to Chris Harvey or 0114 278 2664. The Family in British Art continues until 29 April 2012

1-2-1 Advisory Sessions

• For career development and funding applications: Contact Mir Jansen, Programme Manager professional development on 0114 2130111 or mir@artspace.org.uk

• For arts education & outreach: Contact Rachael Dodd, Programme Manager education & outreach on 0114 2130111 or rachael@artspace.org.uk

These sessions are open to all artists.  Please book in advance.

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