Who: Graham Lister
What: Entry / Exit View small-scale installation / intervention
Where: North Kelvin Meadow
About: An installation/intervention in North Kelvin Meadow; linking the images to the idea of real/unreal representations.
Time: April 16th to May 4
Who: Glasgow International Artists’ Bookfair
What: GIAB is a showcase of artists’ books produced by local, UK-based and international artists. Books as artworks, and beyond. It is a rare opportunity to access such artworks, meet the creators and purchase some original artworks, without breaking the bank.
http://www.giab.org.uk/GIAB_2010/index.html
Where: Exhibition Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Time: Friday 16th & Saturday 17th of April 2010
10am – 6pm on both days
Who: Sam Stocker
What: Sam Goes to Kelivingrove
Where: Montgomery’s Café, 9 Radnor St, Glasgow G3 7ua
About: A site-specific painting installation contextually relevant to Kelvingrove Art Galleries 1901 Exhibition in Montgomery’s Café.
Time: April 16-through June 11
Who: Podcart
What: SKETCHBOOK
Where: Welcome Home 19 Keith Street, Glasgow, G11 6QQ Glasgow
About: An interactive exhibition of sketches, scribbles and inspiration from
the fingers and minds of artists, writers and musicians.
Time: April 17th-April 25 OPEN TUES – SAT 10 – 6, SUN 12 – 5
Image by Emma McLeod
Who: Stramash Space
What: TST Text Sound Transmission
Where: http://www.stramashspace.org
About: A collaborative sound work exploring twelve artists’ unique and individual responses to the lives of historical figures. The collaboration was developed through found texts, location recordings and creative writing. The work was created as part of the class Text Sound Transmission within the sound department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Link: http://www.stramashspace.org
Who: Collins Gallery
What: A Lexicon from Liminality: searching for sense between mind and matter: Pum Dunbar
Where: Collins Gallery
University of Strathclyde
22 Richmond Street
Glasgow G1 1XQ
About: Paintings, collage and photograms are employed to capture a curious visual vocabulary which has its origins in the liminality, the transitional space between sense, perception and response. The lexicon comes from a silent, still and iconic language, imprinted with the particular idiolect of and individual with autism
When: 17 April-22 may
Image by Pum Dunbar
What: THE CLYDE IS RED:
A MANIFESTO MAYDAY MEANDER
Who: Tam Dean Burnand Linda Duru.
Starting point: Central Mosque.
Mosque Avenue Glasgow G5 9TA
When: Noon, Saturday May 1 2010
About:A ramble through the radical history of the river with Tam Dean Burnand Linda Duru. Promenade Theatre; starts on the river walkway in front of the Central Mosque Going to La Passionara statue.
What REAL DISCOVERIES UNEXPECTED REALITIES
Video installations
Who Victoria Skogsberg and Helena Öhman McCardle
Where University of Glasgow
Location 1: Boyd Orr Building, Lecture theatre 1, University Avenue (Victoria Skogsberg)
Location 2: McMillan Reading Room, Teaching Room 319, University Avenue (Helena Öhman McCardle)
Time Friday 23 April 2010
Friday 30 April 2010
Location 1: Boyd Orr Building, 3pm – 8pm (Victoria Skogsberg)
Location 2: McMillan Reading Room, 11am – 5pm (Helena Öhman McCardle)
Links
http://www.victoriaskogsberg.com/press.html
Guerrilla Gardening / Seedbombing – Event that will use an area of urban waste ground and transform it with guerrilla gardening and seedbombing. A subervisve act of reclaiming a small part of the city that needs attention with interaction, awareness and fun. Working with nature to beautify an area in a short term mission with a long term outlook. Get involved where possible by either gardening, seedbombing or both to make a positive imact in their urban environment. See link for times and places.
What: Exhibition: Vocal Sans
Exhibition: Vocal Sans
Artists: Ciara Phillips & Jane Topping
Location: 48 King Street, 1st Floor (former Glasgow Print Studio)
Dates & Times: 16 April – 3 May, Mon. – Fri. 10am – 5pm, Sat. & Sun. 12 noon – 5pm
Preview: Sat. 17 April, 7 – 10pm
Image by Ciara Phillips
Event: Made in the Shade
Organised by dinky, 2-gal creative business Made in the Shade, The event brings over 30 designer makers together to showcase and sell textile pieces, clothing & accessories, paper products, art, homeware and lots more. besides.their work directly to customers. Expect off-beat
Where Galleries 4 & 5, The Lighthouse
11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NU
Time 10.30am – 5pm April 17
What: A temporary sculpture installation in Kelvingrove park. These North American tourists are not where they should be out of place confused by the roundabout directions and as males unwilling to ask for assistance.Typical!
Who: Brian McCutcheon
Look for it in Kelvingrove Park
Links: http://www.brianmccutcheon.com/flash.html
What:Schema: A solo Exhibition by Helen Shaddock
Who: Helen Shaddock
When: exhibition Preview -Sunday 25th April 2010
Exhibition runs – 4th April – 1st May 2010
Mon – Sat 10am – 6pm Sun 11am – 6pm
Where: Che Camille, Floor 6, Argyll Chambers, 34 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, G2 8BD
About: Helen Shaddock Solo Exhibition; mixed media work addresses the human need to make order out of chaos and understand the forces around us.
Link: http://www.helenshaddock.com
http://checamille.com/events-/schema.aspx
What: “The Paradigm”
Who :Matt Mignanelli
About A solo exhibition: Mignanelli travelling from New York to paint an installation within the space and to hang a collection of new paintings.
Where Recoat Gallery
323 North Woodside Road
Glasgow
G20 6ND
When: April 3rd to May 2nd
Link www.recoatdesign.com
Title: Vulnerable Threads
Artists – Sean Kenny, Caroline Hussey
Description: Collage interventions will dot the hoardings along the Clyde and Argyle Street, amongst the homogenised posters, visualising a series of reflective counterpoints to the city. (Covert operation)
Venue: G1 (along the Atypical Root and Argyle Street)
What: New European Art (part 1)
Who: Project Ability Gallery
Where: Trongate 103
Glasgow
G1 1LH
When:15th April – 22nd May 2010 Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm
Link www.project-ability.co.uk
Gallery talk: Thursday 6th May 1 – 2pm
Ninna Hultgren-Borg manager of the arts studio Inuti, Stockholm, Sweden will give a talk about Inuti and the work of exhibiting artist Fredrik Dansson.
What. New European Art (part 1 1)
Where Touchbase
Sense Scotland
43 Middlesex Street
Kinning Park
Glasgow
G41 1EE
When:15th April – 22nd May 2010 Monday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
About:This exhibition shown across two venues stems from the momentous Outsider Art Biennale held at the Rackstad Museum in Arvika, Sweden , September 2009. The 2009 Biennale featured work by 40 artists with disabilities who were selected from across Europe. Project Ability is delighted to bring a selection of these diverse artists’ work to Glasgow including contributions from three Glasgow artists: Cameron Morgan, Doreen Kay and Robert Reddick.
what: Pecha Kucha 1: The Art of Speaking
who:
Sarah Munro Director, Tramway
Luke Collins Artist
Neil Bickerton Artist
Fiona Jardine Artist
Thea Stevens Art Historian
Martin Clark Photographer
Muscles of Joy Musicians
Scott Myles & Darren Rhymes Artists
David Shrigley Artist
Kendall Koppe Director, Washington Garcia
Erica Eyres Artist
Torsten Lauschmann Artist
where: Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, G41 2PQ (0141 4222023)
When: 22nd of April 7-9pm
About: The Art of Speaking consists of 12 presentations by creative thinkers, each comprising of 20 images and each lasting for 6.40 minutes.
Ticketed £2.00 and the link is
Link www.tramway.org
What: A Micro Festival by Forest Fringe
Who: Forest Fringe in collaboration with the Arches
Where: The Arches, 253 Argyle St, Glasgow G2 8DL
When: Fri 16th sat 17th 2010
Time: From 7pm Ticketed £10.00
Link http://www.thearches.co.uk/A-MICRO-FESTIVAL-by-Forest-Fringe.htm
About Intimate encounters, audio walks, installations, works-in-progress, secret adventures and interactive experiences by some of the most exciting artists in the UK to the Arches.
What + FLORALIA +
When:30th April – 2nd May 2010
About For three days at the end of the Glasgow International Festival, Welcome Home will present its own version of Floralia and the ludi florales. An updated and modern take on the ancient Roman festival which started the tradition of May day celebrations in all of their incarnations.
The entire 3 floor space will be taken over for the duration, Welcome Home will host an exhibition as well as a series of events, music, performances, readings and workshops. The full line-up of artists, designers and events are to be confirmed
Traditionally the festival symbolized the renewal of the cycle of life and was marked with dancing, drinking, and flowers. Floralia will be an exploration of tradition, performance, faith, spirituality, new ideas and ritual as well as a celebration of “life’s beauty as it blooms”. It will be a feast for the eyes and the imagination.
A modern take on the ancient Roman festival Floralia, an exhibition as well as a series of events, music, performances, readings and workshops.
Where Welcome Home 19 Keith Street, Glasgow, G11 6QQ
Link – www.welcomehomestore.co.uk
What: Rough Luxe
About Salomeh Grace, Yvonne Mullock and Mair Hughes present new work inspired by collaborative research in to historical attractions and artefacts and the mechanics of presentation.
Where : 1st Floor, 102 Hope Street (near Stereo, Renfield Lane) G2 6PH
When Open Tuesday to Saturday 11 – 5pm
17th April to 2nd May
Contact: 07833 958 336
What: HALLelujah 2
About: “An exhibition in the hall of the flat of artist/curator Janie Nicoll, featuring artworks in a variety of media by Alex Hetherington, Amy Marletta, Anna Francis, Hanneline Visnes, Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir, Janie Nicoll, Jim Colquhoun, Karen Vaughan, Kenny Hunter, Kevin Hutcheson, Krisdy Schindler, Liz Rowe, Neil Coombs, Oliver Braid, Rachel Mimiec.”
“All fifteen featured artists are loosely linked by an interest in drawing, print and collage in all their various forms.”
Who:
Alex Hetherington
Amy Marletta
Hanneline Visnes
Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir
Janie Nicoll
Jim Colquhoun
Karen Vaughan
Kenny Hunter
Kevin Hutcheson
Krisdy Schindler
Liz Rowe
Neil Coombs
Oliver Braid
Rachel Mimiec
Where: 212 West Princes Street, Woodlands, Glasgow G4 9DL
Contact no. 00 44 141 575 9773 mob. 07971 602270
When 17th-24th April 11-5pm (not Sunday 18th) 25th – 2nd May by appointment.
opening event Saturday 17th April 2-4 pm tbc
What: Cleansing The House With Ink
About: A multimedia collaboration based on performance and works on paper by Thomas Jacobi, poem by David Greygoose with parallel Chinese translation by Yupin Chung,
Who: Music by Lin Fa and voice Eleanor Rees.
Followed by poetry readings and live improvisation by Harmony Chinese Music Ensemble, Eddie McGuire, Liu Fong and Eng Hoe Ling.
‘the shadow of the hand writes before the thought’
‘Brushstrokes of Breath’
‘Andrastes Hair ’
‘Eliza and the Bear’
Yupin Chung (Curator)
Thomas Jacobi (Artist)
David Greygoose (Poet)
Eleanor Rees (Poet)
Lin Fa (Musician)
Eddie McGuire (Musician)
Liu Fong (Musician)
Eng Hoe Ling (Musician)
Where: Ricefield Arts and Cultural Centre, 3rd Floor, 34 Albion Street, G1 1LH
When: Sunday 25th April, 7pm- 9.00pm
Links
Mo Works | Thomas Jacobi
Harmony Chinese Music Ensemble
Eleanor Rees http://eleanorrees.com/
Cultural Links http://culturallinks.blogspot.com/
What: The Illogic Of Repeat
Who: Fiona Jardine a nd Katy West
About: For The Illogic of Repeat, Jardine and West will present a collection of new objects and bespoke prototypes within Goodd’s gallery space.
Where:Goodd Gallery and Shop, 11 James Morrison St, Glasgow G1 5PE
When: 15th April – 15th May – 11pm/6pm
Link: http://www.good-d.com
What: Radius in Motion
About: A blog everyday from Friday the 15th of April to May 4th on Roots and things that have been mapped on the Radius, Atypical, and GI journeys that will last the endurance of the festival to be published in a book that will be available for purchase.
Where: Radius in Motion
When: April 15th May 4th 2010
Who: Stephanie Spindle
Host: Radius/ Central Station
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