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The exhibition is currently on show at the Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries. This weekend they are holding what should be a really interesting talk which now also includes the curator of the exhibition, Helen Carnac (her talk was unfortunately cancelled due to the bad weather in December).
Taking Time …. to talk
Saturday 15 January 2011 2pm
Contemporary crafts professional Helen Voce chairs an In Conversation event with Taking Time makers Paul Scott and Dawn Youll. This will be followed by an opportunity to browse the exhibition with the speakers and enjoy a second opportunity to taste some local foods.
Paul and Dawn have very different ceramic pieces in the exhibition but both worked in partnerships with others to produce these. Hear how their practice developed through collaboration with others, what their influences are and how they responded to them to create the works included in the Taking Time exhibition and beyond.
You can find out more about their activities on the website and download a brochure of events here: http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2333&contactid=3623
(Our apologies for the lack of postings recently, we’ve had some serious IT issues!)
Thanks to everyone who took part in Shane Waltener’s installation ‘Stitching Revolutions – Stitching Circle #1′. Over the four days of the show the work, created by visitors to the exhibition, grew to fill the supporting frame. If you missed it you can see images of the work as it grew on flickr here and there are videos from Thursday, Friday and the final result on Sunday on You Tube (watch them below or link here).
Day one – Thursday
Day two – Friday
Day four – Sunday
One piece of work travelled through six machines at the same time. Sewers could alter the work as it travelled through their machine, adding material, changing shape or removing it as they wished. Participants had to work together to negotiate the pace of work. Over the four days the stitched fabric grew to make a canopy on the wooden structure overhead. The fabric was either charity shop rejects or donated by participants.
We learnt the merits of overlocking machines and many people tried one for the first time. The machines stood up well to four days of continued use and we had great support from Irene who came all the way from Husqvarna Viking in Finland to help us.
Shane has rolled up the work and taken it away to consider what to do with the results of the four days. A lot of peole asked about this so we’ll keep you posted with what happens to all your work next.
It was great to meet new people and old friends – Mr X Stitch, Cloth magazine, Amy Twigger-Holroyd, Sew Hip, Mrs Smith, Craft Guerilla.
Jerwood Contemporary Makers is at the Naughton Gallery, Belfast from Wednesday. It’s short notice but tomorrow exhibitors in Taking Time, David Gates and Dawn Youll will talking about their work.
The Naughton Gallery /Canada Room, Queens University Belfast | 6-7pm
Tuesday, 3 August | Free Admission | Advance booking required at info@craftni.org / 028 9032 3059
Reflecting on craft practice and the themes of the Slow Movement,
writer Eleanor Flegg talks to craft practitioners – Dawn Youll and David
Gates. Works by both David and Dawn are part of Taking Time and Jerwood
Makers exhibitions.
personal landscape; exploring the rituals of everyday life and their
significance. www.dawnyoull.co.uk>
experience of pieces. Predominately working on open-ended
interdisciplinary research, his practice focussed on concepts of
communication and ‘making’ www.davidgatesfurniture.co.uk>
� Eleanor Flegg is a doctoral researcher in contemporary crafthistory at the University of Ulster. She has been the design columnist
for the Irish Arts Review since 2003, interior design columnist for the
Sunday Times, 2005-2009 and editor of Room magazine, 2005-2007.
Event – In Conversation with Helen Carnac and Emma Daker | Craft Northern Ireland.
Part of August craft Month and the opening of Taking Time.
Innovative Craft, Dovecot, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT, 11:00 am – 12:00pm, Free admission
Learn how to finger knit, an easy way for children to create objects out of wool. All materials will be provided and the sessions will include a fun introduction to knitting. When the item is finished it can either be taken home or added to Shane Waltener’s wool installation in Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution. Suitable for ages 6 to 10. Please note, all children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Booking Required.
Saturday 7 November, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
11am-4pm (4 bookable 45min slots with each guide during the day)
Free
For the final part of the Analogue project you can book your place on an ‘unguided tour’ of Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution. These small, intimate groups will not be traditional guided tours; instead curator Helen Carnac, Craftspace Exhibitions and Project Development Manager Emma Daker, Craftspace Director Deirdre Figueiredo and Visual Artist and Writer Russell Martin will each, in keeping with the exhibition, take time with gallery visitors to talk together about the show, share insights and reactions to work.
The Analogue project, developed by Russell Martin, aims to highlight the themes of Taking Time, promoting dialogue between practitioners and bridging the gap between contemporary crafts practice and non-arts practitioners.
To book a tour with one of the guides go to http://craftspace.eventbrite.com/
email Emma at info@craftspace.co.uk or call 0121 608 6668.
Choose your guide:
Deirdre Figueiredo is Director of Craftspace which works in partnership with makers and artists, audiences, venues and a diverse range of organisations to push boundaries and perceptions around contemporary crafts practice. Craftspace’s artistic programme explores contemporary crafts and making across diverse social and cultural contexts through a programme of touring exhibitions, action research partnerships, learning and participatory projects.
Emma Daker is Exhibitions and Project Development Manager at Craftspace, a crafts development agency based in Birmingham. Until recently Emma was Contemporary Craft Curator at Bilston Craft Gallery, the dedicated craft venue of Wolverhampton Arts and Museums. Emma holds a degree in 3D Design (Crafts) from the University of Wolverhampton and an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester.
Russell Martin is a visual artist and writer living and working in London. For the past ten years, he was worked exclusively with dialogue as a medium, and remains interested in how this can create and maintain social structures. Recent projects include Rational Rec, a monthly interdisciplinary arts social event, and Portable Radio, a series of recorded dialogues with art practitioners around the UK. Russell was commissioned by Craftspace to initiate the Analogue project in advance of the Taking Time exhibition. More information can be found at russellmartin.org.uk.
Helen Carnac, curator of the exhibition, is a maker and academic. As a maker Helen is interested in her work being centred self-consciously on the explicit connection between material, process and maker, with an emphasis on deliberation and reflection. Helen was co-chair of the 2006 ACJ conference Carry the Can www.carrythecan.org, which hoped to develop understanding and debate about the different ways we value material and process today and recently co-curated the exhibition ‘Process Works’
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery are running a series of family events over half term.
Family Feltmaking Workshop at BMAG
26th October 2009
Join artist Benny Semp and create a colourful felted patch or ball, using colourful hand-dyed merino sheep’s wool and maybe even transform it into a keyring or charm bracelet! 11am till 4pm in the Waterhall seminar Room. Free, drop-in and suitable for all ages.
Fantastical Family feltmaking Workshop at BMAG
28th October 2009
Join artist Kirsty E Smith and create a wonderful textural felted masterpiece! Using merino wool fibres, warm water, soap and some gentle rubbing, create your own piece of felt, then use some recycled fabrics to add sheen and sparkle! 11am till 4pm in the Waterhall Seminar Room. Free, drop-in and suitable for all ages
Make Do and Mend – Family Textile Workshop at BMAG
30th October 2009
Join artist Shane Waltener for this fun textile workshop; Unravel a treasure chest of colourful knitted and stitched garments and use the recycled yarn to create a stitched and knotted masterpiece which can be added to Shane’s work in the exhibition ‘Taking Time:Craft and the Slow Revolution’. 11 till 4pm in the Waterhall Seminar Room. Free, drop-in and suitable for all ages.
A performance at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Craftspace are looking for dancers to volunteer to take part in a live performance at the launch of the exhibition Taking Time:Craft and the Slow Revolution.
You will be working with Artist Shane Waltener and dancer choreographer Cheryl McChesney Jones.
Rehearsal Thursday 22nd October late afternoon (time to be arranged with participants).
Performance Friday 23rd October evening (approx 7.30pm)
Waterhall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, with a short rehearsal beforehand.
Gestures and movements associated with stitching and dancing will be developed into a sequence of movements by the artists, to be interpreted by dancers and stitchers in a performance in the gallery space. The performance will last around 15/20 minutes. Each dancer will hold a length of yarn, and through the interaction with other performers and the space itself, will create a woven structure in the gallery space that will be added to over the course of the exhibition.
Previous experience in dancing or stitching is not essential. A broad range of ages would be welcome.
Dance style: contemporary.
Contact Craftspace 0121 608 6668 or info@craftspace.co.uk to take part.
from http://www.shanewaltener.com/interactive/index.html
Have just found out via twitter about a walk Nikki Pugh is doing around Digbeth, Birmingham next weekend which links really well with the slow theme and coincides with the opening of the exhibiton at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
From http://www.npugh.co.uk/:
On Sunday the 18th of October I’m going to do a different type of walk, and I’d like you to join me.
Weather permitting, we will meet at the Old Crown pub (Corner of Heath Mill Lane and Deritend, Digbeth) from 2pm for a 2.30 start. We will then walk once around the perimeter of the regeneration area taking great care to stop, investigate, prod, document, tell stories about and explore things along the way. A no-frills walk takes about 90 minutes, so be prepared for this one to last 2 or more hours. No route march though – this will be very stop-start.
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