Exhibition Archives - Page 5 of 6 - Blackpool Social Club

03 Aug

Meanwhile over in Preston – Cold War Steve’s latest exhibition.

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionscold war steve, Exhibition, photography, Satire

Over in Preston, You, Me & Cold War Steve is in its 3rd phase of exhibiting presenting The International Exhibition of the People by the cult artist and is being shown by The Larder, a social enterprise cafe in Preston until August the 7th so please ignore the date on our header. Under the pseudonym Cold War Steve, artist Christopher Spencer has built an international reputation for his satirical artworks, which he began publishing on Twitter in 2016. His artworks, often featuring images of political leaders alongside Cilla Black, Noel Edmonds and the eponymous EastEnders actor Steve McFadden, have been…

30 Jul

Back with a buzz: UnLocked at Hive

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, community, Exhibition, Hive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As part of their ongoing mission to showcase the work of artists from the FY area, HIVE arts is coming out of lockdown with UnLocked, a brand new exhibition hosted at HIVE artisan coffee shop in the heart of Blackpool town centre. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Running from Thursday 30 July until mid-September, the exhibition features work from over 30 artists. You'll find work from well known and established names from Blackpool arts scene as well as pieces by new and emerging artists from the local area and beyond. The works on show are based around each artists experiences and emotions during the lockdown…

12 Sep

Heritage Open Days – Starting Tomorrow

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsHeritageBlackpool, blackpool families, community, entertainment, Exhibition, heritage, library, local history, show, Theatre

Blackpool's hidden heritage is impressive, and often uncommented on as many articles throughout the UK discuss Blackpool's shortcomings. AltBlackpool wants to uncover instead the most interesting and unique happenings across the Fylde Coast, and you would be hard pushed to find more interesting happenings than the Heritage Events and drop-in sessions. From the 13th of September, there are a number of free drop-in sessions, and some with a minimal charge. The joy of getting an access all areas pass to places such as Blackpool Town Hall, a place I had never visited until last year, is encouraged whilst the doors are…

11 Sep

Preview – Felicity Means Happiness (Abingdon Studios)

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, community, Exhibition, photography, Theatre

This coming Thursday at Abingdon Studios, Felicity Means Happiness arrives in Blackpool. Felicity Means Happiness is a video piece exploring the background of a 98-year-old woman and her time as a former chorus girl, something that might have a strong relationship with Blackpool and its own heritage of performance. Alison J Carr, the artist behind the work, spent time interviewing Felicity about her experiences as a chorus girl in the thirties when she was one of the Bluebell Young Ladies. As a Bluebell Girl, Felicity toured Europe until WW2 was declared in Italy. The video work demonstrates Felicity telling her own stories and the…

26 Jul

Roll Up, Roll Up for the Circus Themed Exhibition at the Grundy Art Gallery

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, Exhibition, photography, The Grundy Art Gallery

It’s a grave taboo within circus circles to copy the design of another clown’s face. To claim their face as their intellectual property, clowns have historically had their personal pattern of make-up and hairstyle painted in miniature onto an egg. These were painstakingly archived in an informal clown-copyright library by the secretary of the International Circus Clowns Club. These eggs are just one striking revelation of life behind the big top from the five exhibitions, united by the theme of circus, which make up the Grundy Gallery’s summer programme. The eggs themselves, completed with tufts of hair and tiny cardboard…

09 Jul

Marking the Martyrs

Jill Reidy0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & Performance, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, community, Exhibition, march, martyrs, performance, suffragettes, women

Sadly, I was away when this event, preceding the exhibition, took place in Blackpool. However, I did manage to catch the excellent, and very moving, exhibition the following week. I was also lucky enough to get the view of Anne Cameron, who took part in the march. Anne told me, "I arrived just as the event was starting and was pleased to see a sizeable crowd assembled on the car park at the rear of Blott Studios. The choir from Manchester looked evocative dressed in Edwardian period fashions , were about to perform from the balcony of the flat over Blott overlooking…

09 Jul

Lost in Music, Spoken Word, Dancing…and Unicorns.

Linda Hampton2 CommentsLiterature & Spoken Word, Theatre, Dance & PerformanceArt, artist, dance, entertainment, Exhibition, Music, performance, poetry

Altblackpool’s Linda Hampton was at Urban Arts Studio in St Annes to join the party for the launch of artist Sam Jayne Simpson’s exhibition, Lost in Music. Yes it’s true what you’ve heard. There were unicorns and there was live poetry too, to herald in the latest showcase of artwork by a local creative at this unique venue. Sam Jayne Simpson creates with acrylics on large canvasses that are alive with movement and passion. Dancers move energetically across the dark background and explode with splashes of colour as if to leap right out of the picture and into the room. …

17 Jun

Images and Words Take us Into The Light

Linda Hampton0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Exhibition, performance, poetry, Urban Arts Studio

Review-Linda Hampton Into the Light – an exhibition by Kate Eggleston- Wirtz at Urban Arts Studio My regular monthly visit to the Urban Arts Studio this weekend, for the launch of the latest exhibition of a local artist’s work, was a joyous evening as always. Into the Light featuring artworks by Kate Eggleston-Wirtz is an opportunity to not only see the artist’s visual creations but also potentially catch a glimpse into her mind as well. At first glance the monochrome drawings displayed around the walls beckon us in to examine the details of these intricate creations. They all have a…

09 May

Elbows at Dawn – a new exhibition at Abingdon Studios

Laura Green0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsAbingdon Studios, Art, artist, Blackpool, Exhibition, photography

M I L K are pleased to present Elbows at Dawn, a two-person exhibition by multi-discipline artists Matt Antoniak and Matt Wilkinson. Elbows at Dawn will feature new work from both artists made specially for the exhibition. Working across painting, photography and video, both artists bring a forensic eye to overlooked objects and situations within daily life. This interest in the trivial imbues the works with surrealist tendencies and a quiet politicism. Matt Antoniak (b. 1991). Recent exhibitions include: Les Boîtes, Suede Gallery, Edinburgh; The Bunt, Ginny Projects, London; People See Nothing, Division of Labour, London; East Midlands Today, curated by ebc, Two…

01 May

Marking the Martyrs – an exhibition at Blott Studio

Jill Reidy0 CommentsHeritage, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, Blott Studio, entertainment, Exhibition, families, Music, musical, performance, Theatre

Coinciding with major celebrations and events nationwide, on the 4th June 2018, Blott Studio will be hosting an exhibition marking the death of Emily Wilding Davison, the first martyr to the Suffrage cause. Curated by Corrine Streetly, Marking The Martyrs will focus on the sacrifices our foremothers made and the ongoing struggle that women still face, and will feature work produced by three regional artists, Zoe Cox, Tina Warren and Corrine Streetly, and three national and international artists. Hazel Reeves, MRBS SWA FRSA, winner of the Emmeline Pankhurst sculpture commission 2017 will be exhibiting one of her acclaimed maquettes of Emmeline, titled ‘Rise…