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Listed below are the exhibitions that have previously ran in either Main Gallery or Gallery Too at 21 Station St, and now, the former police station 3-9, and in gallery three at 11-13.

back to exhibitions

11th-23rd august

MAIN GALLERY

the exhibition addresses, using prints, painting, video and sound,
the concept of 'new media art', presenting subversions and corruptions of it.

james wickenden

jason rouse

dan ponting

danny griffin

28th July to 9th August

MAIN GALLERY

Vicky McAlister, Anna Wheelhouse and Charlie Sanderson.

14th July - 26th July

MAIN GALLERY

Jane Steele
Sue Clarke
Dawn Lemon
Jennie Harker
Kit Fry
Norma Howe
Ian Morris
Pam Fletcher
Julie Deacon
Paula McCan
Bob Allen
Ian Macleod Brudenell
Sue Greenaway
Janet Turvill

30th June - 12th July

MAIN GALLERY

‘My Nature’
by
Hilary Sommerville

An exhibition of visual works compiled from almost a decade of image collecting. All the photographs used in the exhibition were taken by Hilary in, and around, Cresswell’s Wood: a small copse and environmental idyll, conceived and planted by her late father Ivor Cresswell.
The sky above the woodland is as integral to its survival and development as the very earth it clings to; it is this relationship that Hilary has been compelled to explore and document.

All exhibited works are for sale

16th to 28th June.

MAIN GALLERY

light works

This is the work of 10 Nottingham-based photographers.
Its’ vision is broad scanning themes of city, self and societal issues.

Images examine the personal narrative of self-representation; sentiments alluding to people and place within our urban/suburban environment; sense of space and time in light and decay – collectively seeking to challenge what is perceived as the stereotypic.

The exhibition is taking place firstly at South Nottingham College, Charnwood Centre from the 6th to 12th June, then moving to The Art Organisation, Station Street on the 16th to 28th June.

EXIIT FESTIVAL
NTU BAhons Photography

MAIN GALLERY and GALLERY TOO
3rd - 14th June 2008

Adam Luszniak / Alice Whitby / David Kettle / K. Featherstonhaugh / Pascale Duval

Simon J Richardson / Daniel Cashmore

	Adam Luszniak Adam’s work revolves around architecture that employs artificial lighting as a facet of the whole design. The intention of the work is to show his viewer how he interacts with this type of building: Through abstraction, he has removed any notion of the architecture as a functional building, leaving only form and light behind. By removing the architecture from its context the intention is that interaction with the photographs will be as playful as possible.
	Alice Whitby Alice’s close, confronting studies of the human face offer a new way to look at faces, away from the social restraints that are associated with looking in the flesh.
	David Kettle My work consists of a series of still portraits, combined with recorded audio. The audio has been compiled from interviews that have taken place over the last half-year. I aim to focus on a wide variety of people’s opinions on the city, their hopes for the city’s future, problems revolving around street crime and future regeneration.
	K. Featherstonhaugh This work portrays spaces as environments that have purpose, touching on aspects of gentrification and the homogenisation of spaces within the urban domain.
	Postcards from the Ghat – Pascale Duval My work represents the time that I spent with a group of children that lived by the Ganges river in Varanasi - India.
	Simon J Richardson Simon’s work is looking into how images can activate memory. Concentrating on landscape and the family portrait he will be using a mixture of video and still imaging to explore the psychology of memory and how it is associated with time and place; the effect of different experiences, and how we focus on certain aspects within our memories, contributing to a persons self identity.
	Daniel Cashmore Daniels work explores the use of digital construction to create a viewing space for portraits that relate to aspects of the subjects personality and ideals, and offer a more personal aspect to images.

GALLERY 3
3rd - 14th June 2008

Luke Sprague / Sam Jackson / Jo Cunningham

Pre-launch ART EVENT at 3-9 Station Street

MAY22nd and 23rd

'What is Beauty?'

Unleashed is a fresh Nottingham led company formed to platform and support the cities vibrant and growing creative industries.Through a heady mix of networking, commisions, education and innovative events Unleashed aims to showcase the best of Nottinghams creative culture and to inspire new ideas and partnerships leading to greater opportunities for all..

Unleashed has invited three of Nottinghams Art studios (Oldknows, Stand Assembly and Tether) to collaborate for a one-night only event based on the question <What is Beauty?>. This unique event is a show, an exhibition,a celebration and most of all, an exploration of the collaborative process. Individual voices working to create a harmony of sorts, finding beauty (possibly) in the most paradoxical of spaces; an old Police Station!
The show will also be the launching of The Art Organisations newest creative space. A derelict building saved from utter decay and ethically renovated for the purpose of offering creative individuals and groups an affordable opportunity to develop and explore.
Expect to be overwhelmed by the show: performance and film, dissonance and noise, humour and perceptive shifts crashing and melting into each other..it will be the best night you will ever spend in a Police cell!!

19th May - 31st May

throughout MAY

The paintings of Vincent Goona 'For Sale'
semi-abstract compositions of urban landscapes

The Dark Heart of a Tree by Ellie Boyle

7th May- 17th May

This exhibition comprises of a series of visual and sonic works created throughout journeys in Europe and Africa. Throughout these journeys, I collected fragments of the world that captivated me in some way; words, sounds, conversations, images and utilize these raw images to write about, project upon the body or use as inspiration for Installations. My practice focuses upon the art of being present and closely observing the environment I’m in.

I am interested in the relationship between the body and the environment, engaging in a dialogue between nature and culture. My photo-Art explores the relationship between light and environment; when seemingly common place images, sites and spaces are be transformed into fleeting moments of beauty, interest and intrigue; therefore inviting a re-perception, a re-noticing of the ordinary.

When one begins this process of re-noticing, everything around us is different, every light, every sound, every brick radiates with visual and textural uniqueness and our perception of the world can change as the present moment takes over.

21st April - 3rd May

Finding England

‘A tri-exhibit weaved together with a shared foreign journey, constructed through a separate concept interpretation’

SHOWING:ARTISTS

John Berridge

Jodie Cresswell

Gary N Colmer

EVENT NIGHT: Friday 25th April 7pm - 9pm

featuring a bespoke live musical score by London electronica artist cato_six

1st April - 19th April

TAO invites gallery owner Steve Lowe,
representing artists from The Aquarium, Farringdon Road, London

"the emphasis of the show will be on the affordable and accessible works made by the aquarium and it's artists, but there will be some more expensive originals on display as well." Steve Lowe

http://www.theaquariumonline.co.uk

see also our events diary for information on special preview performance evening
Saturday 12th April.

James Cauty
Billy Childish
Sexton Ming
Anne Pigalle
Jamie Reid
STOT21stCPLANB
and
Geraldine Swayne

Geraldine Swayne - Wrestlers

learn more about the aquarium and its artists

James Cauty - Queen

Billy Childish

The Assistant Mayoral Campaign - Dixon Blue

Geraldine Swayne - Faust Starlet

16th April - 21st April

GALLERY TOO (upstairs)

17th March - 30th March

MAIN GALLERY

3rd March - 15th March

'NOTTINGHAM VIEWS'

Working with two groups of young persons, through Nottingham City Leaving Care Department, and
Groundwork Nottingham, participation begins with learning the basic understanding and use of an SLR camera,
and the taking of photographs as per an agreed concept to the project, capturing images in and around the community.
Participants will be introduced to The Basement Darkroom, taught how to develop their films and
techniques in hand-printed black and white photography, and encouraged to use methods to produce
a series of prints and imagery relative to the concept.

Following framing and marketing a group exhibition, this project culminates, through this exhibition, with this presentation of the artwork , to the community.

funded by

18th February - 1st March

... is one fine artist and two illustrators collaborating to present an exhibition of work.

The multidisciplinary result shows what happens when three emerging artists get to gether to further their story...

4th February - 16th February

SHADES OF BLACK

An exhibition of contemporary african art, bases on geometry and symbology.
This will be the first show featuring works by Galeb Chabvamperu, a promising young Zimbabwean artist, who will be presenting free hand geometric compositons in a style that he calls UL O LASAL.

21st January – 2nd Febuary 08

They said ‘never again’ an exhibition for Holocaust Memorial day.

After the Holocaust the international community said ‘never again’ to genocide but then came Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and now it’s still happening in Darfur and not enough is being done to protect people from such atrocities.

THEY SAID NEVER AGAIN

Holocaust Memorial Day, on 27th January, asks us all to:

‘Imagine, remember, reflect, react’,

‘They said never again’ at The Art Organisation, is an exhibition of artists’ individual responses to this request.

Each artist was asked to go through the process of thinking about the holocaust and genocide. Most of the artists involved have no direct experience of genocide and so it was a daunting prospect to create a piece of artwork that did justice to a topic of such gravity. In actual fact, the reflective process is the most critical part of this exhibition, for artist and audience alike.

This event is designed to remind us that we must always remember the lessons of the holocaust in order to try to prevent genocide from happening in the future.

What caused the people of Germany to turn against members of their community, their neighbours, and their friends.

On Friday evening, (25th January) we analyse the above, with Dr Martin Stern, a survivor of the holocaust

(born in Holland of German Parents, arrested at his primary school and sent to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp).

He will speak of his experience and views on the genocide of 6,000 000 Jews (The Holocaust).

The event has been organised by Nottingham’s Aegis students.

(The Aegis Trust was set up to try to prevent all acts of genocide in the future).

With support from Junction 49

We hope you can make it to the event or exhibition, but if not, please take time out to:

Imagine the unimaginable.

Remember the past.

Reflect on the present

React to create a better future

The remembrance evening is on Friday 25th Jan from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, prompt arrival, please.

Links to the Aegis trust and Aegis students
http://www.aegistrust.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
http://www.aegisstudents.org

OPEN YEAR TWO : MONDAY JANUARY 7th - SATURDAY 19th

JANU-ART PHOTOGRAPHIC SALE

large scale monochrome, contrasting and atmospheric photographic imagery.

mountainscapes, seascapes, landscape and wildlife and wolves

photographic prints by The Bluehouse Darkroom www.bluehouseart.org.uk
Imagery produced 2002 - 2005 in conjunction with UK and charity conservation projects to raise awarenesss of wolves, wolf related issues, wolf myths and legends.

All framed photographs, each measuring 1metre sq, are for sale at January discounted prices.

JANU-ART & CRAFT SALE

resident crafts persons from our weekly Saturday Fayre exhibit their wares
recycled vintage jewellery, knitwear, textile crafts - handbags, cushions, lighting and lamps and much more

PORTFOLIO OF EXHIBITIONS 2007

December 12th - 20th

DOUBLE IMPACT - ACCESS TO ARTS

ME, MYSELF, I

The Double Impact 'Access to Arts' group exhibition is the celebration of the past three months art workshops exploring the theme of identity. It will be an eclectic mix of creative expression including such pieces as dream pillows, assemblage shrines, soulful signposts, mirror portraits, flags, printed lamps plus interactive elements for the public to contribute to.

Double Impact is an aftercare service in Nottingham for people recovering from substance misuse. The ‘Access to Arts’ project aims to provide weekly quality art activities and visits, to foster personal development and empowerment and to establish long-term independent use of local arts venues and services. www.doubleimpact.org.uk

We also hope that the exhibition will host some work from our partner organisations of Framework (Nottingham’s leading provider of housing, support, training, care and resettlement for homeless and vulnerable people) and City Arts (local arts organisation building confidence, skills and communities through the arts).

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28th November - December 9th

AWARD

making links - liverpool - nottingham

to
STEVE GENT
POST ARTIST

The Art Organisation are pleased to announce their first Nottingham/Liverpool link with artists working through The Ropewalks Regeneration Art Project, Liverpool.

Jury’s Inn, Station Street, Nottingham, have got behind the idea of traveling art and artists between cities and have sponsored us to exhibit the work of Steven Gent.

Steve has been very active in the regeneration of our buildings in both Liverpool, where he is based, and on occasions here in Nottingham, utilizing space in Liverpool as a studio and creating a portfolio of imagery through a personal technique using static, and a series of stencil art and painting, and a study of Japanese Calligraphy.

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16th - 27th November 2007

FREE AS A BIRD

Elizabeth@blumoon

graphic art inc. printmaking

The theme for this work is based on Birds;
caged, near extinct & intensively
farmed and on the structures and concepts
we have of our House/ Home and
Decoration and how this relates to and
impacts on the life of Birds.

plus guests

Mr.deamz@oxygenthievez

grafitti art and illustration

Sarah Taylor

mixed media sculpture

OPENS FRIDAY 16th - preview -6.30pm - 8.30pm

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November 2nd - 14th

BELLISSIMA INTERIOR DESIGN
handcrafted curtains, wallpaper, lamps, lampshades and sculptures.

bellisima.interiors@hotmail.co.uk

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From August 27th

To end our first summer season!

'Round-about live'

Come and see artwork made before your very eyes!

An exhibition of the varied outcomes of Nottingham curator Anna Marlen-Summers’ collaborative drawing project: round-about. From drawings sent between strangers in the post to drawings scrawled on the walls of a comedy night to comics constructed in a pre 1959 environment.
A number of artists will also be collaborating on a piece to be developed during the course of the exhibition, and their individual work will also be on display. The links between an individual and group practice made apparent to anyone who tries to see the evidence of a particular artist in the collaborative work.

The audience is also invited to create their own collaborative artwork.

If you would like to be involved in the collaborative
drawing element of this exhibition please contact Anna on
round-about@hotmail.co.uk / 07947376541

GALLERY TOO

30th August-8th September

Damaged in Transit
An exhibition of contemporary three dimensional art

Launch Party: 6 - 8pm,
Thursday 30th August 2007.





T: Benjamin: 07746436718 or Bex: 07971489879
E: brchandler@gmail.com

August 17th – 23rd Main Gallery

Special Preview: Friday August 17th 6pm - 8pm

JeeWhizz

Nottingham artists exhibition.

For one week, JeeWhizz will be curating an exhibition to give residents and visitors to Nottingham the opportunity to see exciting work which explores broadly the themes of self-image and identity.
Including some of the best work from Nottingham, the East Midlands and further a-field in a variety of media, this will be another great reason to visit Nottingham’s best new arts venue.

Jacquie, Emma and Emma can be contacted at jeewhizzuk@yahoo.co.uk

August 6th - 16th

TOMAS

OPENS Monday 23rd JULY - August 4th 2007

Gioia Kinzbruner
Joe Wong
Sandrea Simons
Soo Kwon
Innocent Chikezie
J o o n H K w o n
Cat herin e Prest o n
Tetsuya Fukushima
Leif Gifford
Heather Wharam
Lu c y S t e v e n s

MA zing showcases the work of recent
graduates from the MA Visual Art course
at Nottingham Trent University
School of Art & Design.

Postgraduate students will be
exhibiting a diverse range of artworks
from paintings, animations; audio walks
to drawings and maggot filled chairs.

MA Visual Art graduate Sandrea Simons
will curate the exhibition.

MA students will celebrate
with a Party/Private View on
Friday 27th from 7pm until 10pm
Mon - Sat 11am - 7pm

MONDAY JULY 9th - THURSDAY 19th JULY 2007

TEN SCHOOLS UNITED EDUCATION ACTION ZONE

Art Project 2007

Ten Schools United Education Action Zone is celebrating three years of curriculum enrichment activity this summer. Over the past three years children at ten primary schools based in Central Nottingham, Hyson Green, Radford, Forest Fields and Lenton have enjoyed a wide range of enrichment activities funded by NDC Radford and Hyson Green. These activities have supported learning and achievement and have included theatre and countryside trips, music, poetry, storytelling, arts, science and sports activity.

Ten Schools United Education Action Zone will celebrate the success of these activities through an arts experience for all children in the ten schools. An arts exhibition will be on display at both the Theatre Royal and here at The Art Organisation on Station Street, NG2. There will also be a developing arts trail between the two venues, so that pupils can experience the beautiful architecture, art and sculpture in permenant display in the city centre.

Thursday 21st June to Wednesday 4th July 2007
11am - 7pm (not Sunday)

LIAM WOODGATES

www.liamwoodgates.co.uk

liamwoodgates@hotmail.com

Wednesday 20th June to Wednesday 4th July 2007
11am - 7pm (not Sunday)

“Rule Blairtannia”

The exhibition by Dave Bishop (Lord Biro) consists of drawings, collage, cartoons, poetry and election flyers covering Blair's reign of power.

Subjects covered include, the abolition of Clause 4, the Dome Fiasco, the death of the “People's Princess”, Blunkett’s downfall, Sleaze, Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, New Labour spin, Climate Change, Cherie Blair’s hair-dressing bills etc.

Dave Bishop is the only artist and poet in this country to have stood in three General elections (Tatton, Brentwood, Erewash) and four Nottingham City Council elections (Forest, Arboretum, Sherwood) and most recently Wollaton West 2007 where he got 115 votes. These experiences have given him an alternative take on politics in Britain in the last ten years.

To view Lord Biro's artwork on-line: www.impeachteddyblair.org.uk
Political website: www.theplace4.co.uk/elvisseeninbaghdad

email: lordbiro58@hotmail.com

Lux Photography festival
5-16th June 2007.

MAIN GALLERY and GALLERY TOO

Lux festival is the eleventh Nottingham Trent photography degree show.

As part of this degree show it is our task to create a photographic festival around Nottingham city centre.

The festival incorporates around seventy photographers all of whom are part of the final year photography BA Hons degree. The artwork created will all be photographically based. This will consist of four main genres within photographic practice. Fine art, landscape, fashion and documentary. Within these categories artists can explore the photographic medium using analogue, digital and in some cases moving image. All of which fits the brief set by the Nottingham Trent University in order to complete the degree.

This exhibition, at 21 Station Street, will consist of seven photographers final degree work, this should reflect three years of study and photographic exploration.
These photographers are:

Julian Ellerby

Richard Install

Lisa A Johnson

Hannah McAleese

Carla Mundy

Steven Poxson

Victoria Price.

Anna Edwards-McConway

All of the photographers will benefit in using gallery 21 as their space as we are due to complete the degree this year and it will be a fine example of work that can be achieved within photography.
The whole of our degree is marked on our final degree show so it is paramount that the festival exhibits the best of our work, at present each photographer is in the final stages of shooting and printing their final work.

www.luxfestival.co.uk

join us for the closing event, to celebrate this city-wide festival, on June 16th

Rackhams Arts and Craft Fair all day with live performance and song

live music with The Soundcarriers and further guests 7pm - midnight

22nd May - 2nd June 2007

NEIL HEATH

Neil Heath's paintings combine stories with stillness. With the development of his work, he has become increasingly interested in the honesty of the everyday, the truth of the ordinary. Francis Bacon is a big influence - see the skin tones and distorted twist of the self portrait, Despair to Where. Flesh and the physical are central to Neil's paintings, but there's also the stillness or the story beneath. He is as interested in his medium as he is in portraying his subject. He's obviously fascinated with the depth and texture of painting, with creating an atmosphere. Painting allows him to express the sheer fleshiness of the everyday and the energy and quiet spirit that lies beneath. This could be either sadness or stillness, as with his portrait of Niki. There's a story being told, but it's an uncertain one. Beyond telling the truth of what he sees, he creates ambiguity, atmosphere, story. Camilla Zajac, 2007

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large scale experimental black and white imagery

from The Bluehouse darkroom

www.bluehouseart.org.uk

Thursday 10th May to Saturday 19th May

meet the artists Friday 11th May 5pm - 7pm

The SNEINTON ARTISTS’ GROUP is a collective of professional and non-professional artists and craft makers,living and working in the area of Sneinton, Nottingham.

The group was established in 1999 as a forum to actively encourage the display and viewing opportunities of locally created work within our multi-cultural, inner city community.

It now has a membership of around 40 artists, and so represents many styles of arts, crafts and media, including:

• ceramics • installations • photography • acrylic painting • wood carving • plaster relief
• water colours • 3D constructions • pen, Ink and pencil drawings • film & video • recycled art • digital art • digital music • metal sculpture • hand made cards • fabrics • felt making • jewellery • silversmiths • goldsmiths • light sculptures • embroidered textiles • carnival parade constructions
• costumes & masks • theatre design • graphic design

In this exhibition group members will be showing both new and retrospective work.

Artists include: D.A.Orli, Gillian Smith, Dorota Kaczmarek, Jane Marrows, Matt Keyworth, Max Speed, Dan Rose, Carol Bates, Maddy Newman, Chris Marrows, Amanda Davison, Martha Speed, David Pantling, Caron Lyon, Jonathon Marrows, Robert Stubley, Jean Lamb.

Any queries or information email D.A.Orli at
snartists@yahoo.co.uk

29th APRIL - MAY 7th

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2007/05/08/stuckists_art_organisation_feature.shtml

30th APRIL - MAY 8th

April 2nd to 21st 2007

'extended to 26th April'

in association with

THE WORK OF SEVEN ARTISTS

[PREVIEW NIGHT THURSDAY 5th APRIL 6pm - 8pm]

Pam Phillips portrait and landscape artist

Monica Nash watercolour artist and poetry

Andy Horton abstract and portrait painter

Ian Morris sculpture, installation, painter

Nigel Cowley portrait and abstract painter

Geoff Ball drawings, abstract sculptor

Kate Howe sculptor

(Pam Phillips)

(Geoff Ball)

23rd APRIL - 28th APRIL 2007

SY HACKNEY

'this show was unfortunately postponed - till later this year'

Friday 23rd March - Sunday 1st April

MAKE AND MEET: THREE CITIES CREATE AND CONNECT
Three artist groups from Nottingham, Derby and Leicester will exchange places to present MAKE & MEET in a new form of artist collaboration: DOT will exhibit in Nottingham, My House Projects in Derby and Jennie Syson with Ether in Leicester. Each group along with artists from outside the region and local artists will work together, create new artworks and meet new people in new cities.

Ayling & Conroy, Jennie Syson with Ether and DOT artist groups aim to stretch the art scene in the three main cities of the East Midlands by challenging the topic of collaborations between artists and groups, non-gallery based exhibitions and the perception of this region. MAKE & MEET reflects our shared interest in promoting the 3 cities and the region, specifically as graduates from the East Midlands. We are particularly keen to support graduate retention in the area by providing opportunities for both students and recent graduates across the region.

21 Station Street - The Art Organisation 'DOT'
Featuring Yoke and Zoom, Matt Robinson and other artists, DOT will be constructing the Nottingham arts scene using cardboard, to capture the complex layers of past, present and future. The exhibition is part of the Make and Meet festival, commissioned by Three Cities Create and Connect.

-Alongside the exhibition Matt Robinson will be leading an art workshop for children on Saturday 31st March from 11am-1pm

-Yoke and Zoom, Matt Robinson and DOT will be presenting an artist's talk on Saturday 31st March from 4.30-6pm

-There will be a guided tour of the exhibition on Tuesday 27th March from 5.30-6.30pm

Please see www.makeandmeet.co.uk for full details on all events and exhibitions.

All events are FREE, many thanks for your interest and I do hope to see you there!

For further information about DOT contact Sally Renner
leicesterdot@yahoo.co.uk
Web: www.dotleicester.org

9th March - 18th March

UNSEEN

An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography.
Unseen is a large-scale exhibition of fresh, new photography. A collective of 28 emerging photographers from Nottingham Trent University are presenting their latest projects for public scrutiny. The work on display covers all aspects of modern photography ranging from documentary to fashion, portraiture to fine art.

Private View 9th March from 1800.
Open 9th – 17th March.
Mon - Sat --1100-1900

video review by IDtv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXFIuII0ZJs

If you would like an invite to our private view, please email unseencollective@yahoo.co.uk or look at www.myspace.com/unseencollective where new work is currently being added.

www.myspace.com/unseencollective

Saturday 24th February to Saturday March 3rd 2007 (inc.)

This exhibition has now been extended and will also be shown on Monday 5th March.

NADIM CHAUDRY

"The main focus for my practice is the idea of a decadent and disturbing
beauty, objects which at first glance appear tantalising but which, upon
further inspection offer a more terrifying reading. A degree in Textiles
from Goldsmiths College, London, has further contributed to a continuing
facsination with combining unusual material properties, for example
stitching into concrete and also an appreciation for craftsmanship and the
art of making. The endless variation afforded through combining unusual
materials relates, I feel to the constant negotiation of my own cultural
identity, as a British born Pakistani Muslim. What part of me is British or
what part Pakistani is indistinguishable, just as I wish my work to open a
dialogue that never settles, a practice which addresses the liminal spaces
of a dual identity."

video review by IDtv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4okWDmGhQ8

A series of abstract paintings and imagery - oils on canvas, by

Damian B. Kildear.

Saturday February 17th - Friday February 23rd 2007 (inc.)

'TOYS IS ART - ART IS TOYS'

To celebrate the school half-term holidays TAO members

Robert Howie Smith and Liam Woodgates present an artistic collection from 4 decades of toys, to their interactive extreme.

February Saturday 17th - Friday 23rd 2007 (inc.)

'CLOWNS'

keeping with the fun

portraiture of Jake and Kel; two clowns.

large scale experimental black and white photography from The Bluehouse darkroom, Kent

www.bluehouseart.org.uk

From Friday February 2nd to February 16th 2007

Jane Wheat : Eight days in August

This exhibition is a series of hand-printed black and white photographic artwork of a week spent in Romania documenting the work of the British Charity 'English Outreach'. English Outreach have been working in the country to establish libraries in several towns, for use in the community and education.

For the success of this work, the photograph became a form of communication with the people; language barriers fell, and the camera was accepted. This allowed the priviledge of being able to observe and record, in visual terms, elements of daily life in these small towns of Romania, in and around the important work of English Outreach.

"Media images of post Ceausescu Romania had formed my preconceptions, so I was unprepared for the warmth and generosity thqt greeted me everywhere. This hospitality can often mask the realities of the hardships in people's everyday lives."

Jane also enjoys her skills as a quiltmaker and will include in this exhibition the textile wall hangings which were inspired by her visit.

Blew Piranha – Colourfield Culture

opens Friday February 2nd 2007

ends February 15th 2007

We are pleased to present a collaborative show of paintings by West-Country-born artist Luke Bevan, and Will Crawshaw from Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

Luke and Will together formed Blew Piranha, a multi-disciplinary arts collective in 2000 to promote their combined creative talents.

www.blewpiranha.co.uk

Luke and Will met on the same fine art course at Portsmouth University where they created their first collaborative painting. They have been working together on projects for the past ten years, exchanging ideas and images and working within the same theoretical fields, each from their own individual aesthetic starting point.

The creation of Blew Piranha was an attempt to consolidate their collaborative relationship, and to bring focus to their work.

“Blew Piranha has no pre-conceived, unified aesthetic ideals and plans to spread fine art through non-traditional as well as traditional media and environments, creating work for both commercial and artistic settings," says Luke. "As well as being able to offer a variety of original works, Blew Piranha is willing to undertake specific commissions for clients.”

All the artworks will be for sale.

19th January 2007 to 1st February 2007

Nottingham's own, NICK TURNER

'within, but without you'

large scale paintings and collages.

Nick first took to painting in the mid sixties, having trained at art college and initially taking up graphic work. He painted at a prolific rate, increasing the size of his canvases and producing a significant body of artwork until, in the late seventies, he lost inspiration, disillusioned by "the arty pose and pretentious intellect" he felt with the then present scene of artistry within the city.

To satisfy his creativity, he turned his hand to writing. A feature story he wrote titled 'Lemon Radars' brought back his inspiration to paint once more, adding vibrant colours and thoughtful subject matter to the artistic content of his large scale paintings and collages.

In thirty years as a creative artist this is only his second exhibition, and we have pleasure in inviting him back into the scene, and presenting a body of his latest artwork - an exhibition not to be missed.

5th January - 1st February 2007

PORTRAITS

"In 1998 I went to America and worked with young persons living in foster homes and care homes in New York City. As part of a social experiment, we took a group of youngsters to the mountainous countryside in New York State – a summer camp – and introduced them to outdoor activities, theatre and the arts. These kids turned up with attitude and arrogance, and left with tears – sad to be returning to the city, sad to be leaving the support structure we had created.

I recognized then how important the arts were to helping these young people; how restoring or boosting self-esteem and confidence could lead to greater benefits for the community in large, and I wondered, then, what support would they have in the big city?

From The Bluehouse Darkroom, in Kent; an earlier regeneration project by The Art Organisation, we created the template for education programmes in the arts (www.bluehouseart.org.uk); where artists interact and teach their skills in the community, and we hope to further these learning programmes here at 21 Station Street as part of a whole programme of activities, classes and workshops aimed at the community and especially young persons.

This first exhibition in Gallery Too is dedicated to those original young persons I met in 1998. They are an inspiration that has taken me on a road this far."

Robert Howie Smith.

Experimental, large-scale (hand-printed) Black and White Photography
from The Bluehouse Darkroom, in Kent.

www.bluehouseart.org.uk

5th January - 17th January 2007

"Wolstenholme Relocated"
Gordon Culshaw, Jamie Torode
John OHare, Annie Houston, Jessie Blindell,
Nick Williams, Luke Smith

Gordon and Jamie return to the City - having participated in ‘SideShow’
during Nottingham’s British Art Show - and now headline a group show by artists
based at The Art Organisation’s 11 Wolstenholme Square, The Ropewalks, Liverpool L1.
During this year’s Liverpool Biennial, The Wolstenholme Project
featured over sixty post graduate artists in three shows.
This group emanated from excellent reviews of this unique art experience
and are now successfully touring.

http://www.wolstenholmeprojects.org/

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