GORE COUTURE

Category: Other

Venue: Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH.

Event Date: Tuesday, 7th Sep 2010 &ndash Tuesday, 14th Sep 2010

Description: Abandon Normal Devices Festival and Junk Shop welcomes San Francisco’s infamous horror hostess Peaches Christ/director Joshua Grannell to Manchester for the International Premiere of the (bloody…

Lisa Gorton, shredding paper

Category: Preview

Venue: PAD, 10-14 Market Street (Birley St side), Preston, Lancs, PR1 2AR.

Event Date: Thursday, 9th Sep 2010 &ndash Thursday, 9th Sep 2010

Description: PAD is pleased to announce Lisa Gorton and her exhibition Shredding Paper. An installation exploring themes and concepts of drawing, sculpture and site intervention. Performance will be used…

A New Sense of Emptiness, Mario Sughi

Category: Preview

Venue: greenroom, 54-56 Whitworth St West, Manchester, http://www.greenroomarts.org, M1 5WW.

Event Date: 18:00 – 21:00 Thursday, 9th Sep 2010

Description: A New Sense of Emptiness opens at greenroom, Manchester with a Public Preview and chance to meet the artist on Thursday 9 August (6-9pm). A New Sense of Emptiness signals the start of Blank M…

Kiera Blakey and Camilla Wills, 'part 1: DANCES/DANCERS'

Category: Preview

Venue: supercollider, 2nd Floor, 32 Clifton Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1JP.

Event Date: 19:00 – 21:00 Thursday, 9th Sep 2010

Description: Kiera Blakey and Camilla Wills 'part 1: DANCES / DANCERS' 11 - 26 SEPTEMBER 2010 PREVIEW: 9 SEPTEMBER, 7 PM - 9 PM supercollider is pleased to announce ‘part 1: Dances / Dancers’ by K…

Talk/ A Conversation in Many Parts

Category: Talk

Venue: Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH.

Event Date: 13:00 Saturday, 11th Sep 2010

Description: The second and closing discussion organised around Cornerhouse’s current exhibition Unrealised Potential is part of the series A Conversation in Many Parts,initiated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Edgar …

Art Sale This Saturday!

Category: Other

Venue: Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, 64 Tib Street, Manchester, M4 1LW.

Event Date: 13:00 – 16:00 Saturday, 11th Sep 2010

Description: This Saturday Comme Ca Art will be hosting their first Art Sale at Matt & Phred's Jazz Club in the Northern Quarter. Doors will open at one - and we'll be providing refreshments while you pe…

Summer House @ Castlefield Gallery, Tether: DAY ZERO

Category: Other

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB.

Event Date: 14:00 – 20:00 Saturday, 11th Sep 2010

Description: Tether: DAY ZERO 2-8pm + 6pm Discussion For DAY ZERO, Tether have invited artists and collectives from around the UK for an all day event at Max Warburg Manchester (formerly Castlefield Gall…

Light & Colour (art course)

Category: Other

Venue: Neoartists Gallery, 1 Merchant's Place, River Street, Bolton, BL2 1BX.

Event Date: 10:00 Wednesday, 15th Sep 2010

Description: Develop your skills in painting and drawing and learn quick and effective techniques using the concepts of light and colour, which are important to every artist. David Lloyd will guide you thro…

Sedition

Category: Preview

Venue: Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP.

Event Date: 19:00 Friday, 17th Sep 2010

Description: Exhibition Preview: Friday 17 September, 7pm - 9pm The exhibition will be opened at 7.30pm and the evening will include a live performance by the interdisciplinary artist, Rebecca Mellor. A li…

Artist Talk by Lisa Gorton 1pm start – FREE open to all

Category: Talk

Venue: PAD, 10-14 Market Street (Birley St side), Preston, Lancs, PR1 2AR.

Event Date: Saturday, 18th Sep 2010

Description: Lisa Gorton will be discussing her current exhibition at Preston Art and Design (PAD), Shredding Paper. She will discuss her themes, concepts and how the idea came about for the show. This is yo…

Recorders: Rafael Lozano Hemmer

Category: Other

Venue: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL.

Event Date: Saturday, 18th Sep 2010

Description: Recorders is a solo exhibition from one of the world's most exciting contemporary artist. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer creates artworks that see, hear and feel the actions of people around them, usin…

John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize 2010

Category: Preview

Venue: Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EL.

Event Date: 10:00 Saturday, 18th Sep 2010

Description: First held in 1957, the John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize is the UK's best-known painting competition and is named after Sir John Moores (1896 - 1993), the founder of the prize. The compet…

Summer House @ Castlefield Gallery, Association: Call out

Category: Launch

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB.

Event Date: 18:00 – 20:00 Wednesday, 22nd Sep 2010

Description: Throughout the summer Association will send out a series of invitations to artists in Manchester. Each invite will be a carefully considered gesture and the responses may take the form of a piec…

Art Merseywide

Category: Launch

Venue: National Conservation Centre, Whitechapel, Liverpool, L1 6HZ.

Event Date: 10:00 Friday, 24th Sep 2010

Description: An exhibition showcasing the best artworks from the open exhibitions held throughout 2010 in the Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton boroughs. This exhibition has been d…

The Architecture of Pleasure

Category: Preview

Venue: Blackpool and the Fylde College, University Centre, The Gallery, Bennett Avenue, Blackpool, FY1 4EE.

Event Date: Wednesday, 29th Sep 2010

Description: PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY HELENA BEN-ZENOU Badept artist in residence 2009-2010 30 SEP – 27 OCT PRIVATE VIEW WED 29th Sep 6 PM - 8 PM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WEEKDAYS EXCEPT …

Summer House @ Castlefield Gallery: Zero Point Collaborati

Category: Other

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB.

Event Date: Wednesday, 29th Sep 2010 &ndash Friday, 1st Oct 2010

Description: To date, Zero Point can be viewed as a collaborative project with no exteriority and therefore an unusual model for art practice. For the past three summers, Zero Point has held a closed Annual …

James Fox ' Man Made Fibres'

Category: Talk

Venue: PAD, 10-14 Market Street (Birley St side), Preston, Lancs, PR1 2AR.

Event Date: 18:00 Thursday, 30th Sep 2010

Description: Man Made Fibres is a series of textile works presented by Lancaster based artist James Fox. James uses reverse appliqué with freehand machine embroidery techniques to create the hangings. He tak…

unsteady states

Category: Launch

Venue: 174 CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, Lancashire, FY1 3PB.

Event Date: Saturday, 2nd Oct 2010

Description: INSTALLATION BY ADRIAN PRITCHARD CHURCH STREET/COOKSON STREET BLACKPOOL LAUNCH is now 2nd October and runs for 3 weeks Meet the artist 7th October 6.30pm Badept artist Adrian Pritc…

Midnight Mass: Peaches Christ presents All About Evil (18)

Category: Performance

Venue: Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5NH.

Event Date: 23:00 Saturday, 2nd Oct 2010

Description: AND proudly presents the UK debut of underground San Francisco phenomena Midnight Mass, starring horror hostess Peaches Christ in this Rocky Horror-style celebration of bad, trash and cult movie…

Shrink

Category: Performance

Venue: The Freemasons Hall, 36 Bridge Street, Manchester, M3 3BT.

Event Date: Monday, 4th Oct 2010 &ndash Tuesday, 5th Oct 2010

Description: 16:00 & 18:00 (20 minute performances) FREE Lawrence Malstaf’s work is an intriguing contradiction between science and technology often creating sensory experiences that bypass intellectual …

How I Became a Grocer

Category: Talk

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB.

Event Date: 18:00 – 19:00 Tuesday, 5th Oct 2010

Description: Artist and trader Kate Rich will discuss the Feral Trade project, a business experiment founded in 2003 to navigate the dark waters of international commerce. FREE / BOOKING REQUIRED To book…

Feral Trade Dinner with the Artist

Category: Other

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB.

Event Date: 19:00 – 20:30 Tuesday, 5th Oct 2010

Description: Join artist and trader Kate Rich for a feraly traded meal with wine. £10 per head PLACES LIMITED / BOOKING ESSENTIAL To book please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castl…

Everyone Can Draw! (Art Course)

Category: Other

Venue: Neoartists Gallery, 1 Merchant's Place, River Street, Bolton, BL2 1BX.

Event Date: 10:00 Wednesday, 6th Oct 2010

Description: This course is for everyone who thinks, or have been told, that they can't draw! Your tutor, Margaret Sidebotham, believes that by starting from scratch and learning about observation, mark mak…

Opening Doors: The Art Gallery as a Resource

Category: Other

Venue: Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB.

Event Date: 10:30 Wednesday, 6th Oct 2010

Description: This unique accredited course is designed to give quality training and development to staff in the caring and social services professions. Opening Doors introduces participants to modern and con…

Expressionist Drawing (Art Course)

Category: Other

Venue: Neoartists Gallery, 1 Merchant's Place, River Street, Bolton, BL2 1BX.

Event Date: 10:00 Thursday, 7th Oct 2010

Description: Expressionist or gestural drawing is about trying to capture emotion. Drawing can capture a mood or memory or it can convey a feeling of atmosphere to someone else. Led by professional artist M…

Summer House @ Castlefield Gallery: Malgras|Naudet

Category: Launch

Venue: Castlefield Gallery, 2 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB.

Event Date: 18:00 – 20:00 Thursday, 7th Oct 2010

Description: The artists who have come together for this project will link Castlefield Gallery with an artist led space in Monterrey, Mexico, transforming both spaces into franchises of the commercial art ga…

City Limits: Sky Arts Artichoke Salon Series

Category: Talk

Venue: Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB.

Event Date: 18:45 Thursday, 7th Oct 2010

Description: Are large-scale public events nothing more than a waste of resources and a drain on the public purse? Do they place an unbearable strain on our cities? Or are they a vital part of urban life? …

Exporting Beauty: Pilkington's Pottery and Tiles

Category: Other

Venue: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL.

Event Date: Saturday, 9th Oct 2010

Description: A must-see for lovers of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau movements. This new exhibition features over 100 pots and tiles made by Pilkington's world famous Lancastrian pottery company between…

Poetry by John Siddique

Category: Performance

Venue: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL.

Event Date: Friday, 22nd Oct 2010 &ndash Friday, 22nd Oct 2010

Description: John performs poems inspired by the Pilkington's Pottery and Tiles exhibition. In association with Manchester Literature Festival. A must- see for lovers of the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouve…

The Manchester Contemporary

Category: Preview

Venue: Spinningfields, Off Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3AN.

Event Date: 17:00 – 21:00 Thursday, 28th Oct 2010

Description: Back after a successful launch in 2009, The Manchester Contemporary is an exhibition and sales platform for emerging artists, showcasing a selected collection of leading UK galleries. Preview…

Buy Art Fair

Category: Preview

Venue: Spinningfields, Off Deansgate, Manchester, M3 3AN.

Event Date: 17:00 – 21:00 Thursday, 28th Oct 2010

Description: Buy Art Fair is back for its third year, at a new home in Spinningfields in Manchester city centre. Adult tickets £5.00 on door or pre-register online for free tickets before 27 October 201…

Making an Impression! (Printmaking for Beginners)

Category: Other

Venue: Neoartists Studios, Corporation Chambers, Corporation Street, Bolton, BL1 2AN.

Event Date: 10:00 Saturday, 30th Oct 2010

Description: With your tutor, David Lloyd, learn how to make effective print images from everyday materials and without the need for specialist equipment. You will make monoprints, collographs and relief pr…

Relief Printing for Beginners (Art Course)

Category: Other

Venue: Neoartists Studios, Corporation Chambers, Corporation Street, Bolton, BL1 2AN.

Event Date: 10:00 Saturday, 6th Nov 2010

Description: Learn how to create vibrant and exciting images using linocut. Over the four weeks you will learn the basics of this technique plus the 'reduction' method of linocut pioneered by Pablo Picasso. …

Let's Do Art! (Workshop for teachers)

Category: Other

Venue: Neoartists Gallery, 1 Merchant's Place, River Street, Bolton, BL2 1BX.

Event Date: 16:30 Wednesday, 10th Nov 2010

Description: Teaching and developing artistic skills within the creative curriculum. Ideas for Christmas plus quick and easy techniques to employ in the classroom and ideas for display. Led by artist and fo…

Art in Mind: Philosophy in Pubs

Category: Other

Venue: Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB.

Event Date: 19:00 – 21:00 Thursday, 18th Nov 2010

Description: Art touches a city, but how does it touch you? Philosophy in Pubs bring their philosophy cafe to Tate Liverpool for Art in Mind, a series of special enquiries around our temporary Exhibitions. T…

Long Night: Sound Relay

Category: Performance

Venue: Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB.

Event Date: 19:00 – 22:00 Thursday, 18th Nov 2010

Description: Join the magnetic relay of sound as musicians including Ensemble 10/10 and the a.P.A.t.T. Orchestra take you on a cumulative journey of musical happenings from Hope Street to the Albert Dock. …

Latitude - artists mapmaking

Category: Launch

Venue: 142 Chapel Street, Salford, M3 6AF.

Event Date: 18:00 – 21:00 Friday, 19th Nov 2010

Description: ‘Latitude’ – artist map-making Chapel Street Open, 20 – 28 November 2010, Salford. To complement its small but growing collection of 20thC maps of Manchester & Salford, the manchester mode…

Carnival of the Unexpected

Category: Performance

Venue: Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB.

Event Date: 19:00 – 22:00 Thursday, 25th Nov 2010

Description: CARNIVAL FANCY DRESS ENCOURAGED Get your carnival costume on and get down to Tate Liverpool for all the fun of the fairground. Following on from the success of last year's arty party Magic…

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