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@albanart

@emmagraney

@anna_milner

Send us some #tweetart for the March 2012 Wakefield Artwalk!

More about #tweetart and submission details: http://aliceandbobcurate.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/tweetart/

We have a small, self-contained gallery space in our studio (Westgate Studio, Wakefield, UK) which was formerly The Prince Albert and is now white-walled, tidy and has become the latest incarnation of PEEP! gallery; an ongoing curatorial project since 2007. For the next year, I want the lovely people on Twitter to send in ‘art’ to be displayed in the space! We have six one-night exhibition opportunities coming up in 2012 as part of the Wakefield Artwalk. At each event there will be other planned exhibitions both at Westgate Studio and other venues including The Art House, The Hepworth Gallery and BEAM.

We get a good many people through on each night; we have beer, fun and hopefully the public will tweet the participants on the night telling them how brilliant their contribution was! A bit live and a bit interactive!

We’re accepting work from…now! Don’t delay, send it!

The tweetart events will be: January 25th, March 28th, May 30th, July 25th, September 26th and November 28th. The gallery space is approximately 16ft x 4ft and we have plinths as well as empty frames and white tack and nails and patience.

Some key information:

1. We can only return work if clearly marked as required and postage is included, the idea is that we keep hold of the work for the tweetart archive and exhibit it in any/many of the shows. Please do not send your most-prized drawing ever!

2. We accept drawing/painting/collage/photography/text pieces/2D/3D/found/lost/postal/coastal, in short anything except illegal substances or living things. Please note the size of the gallery. We would prefer work to be limited to A6-A3 size generally. We have a small supply of frames and we may or may not frame your work! We reserve the right to curate freely!

3. Open submission. We will ‘make it work’! There is no theme. And send as many pieces as you like!

4. You have to be ‘on’ Twitter. Please make sure you include your @ name as we will be displaying this along with your work. And please include any other information as appropriate, such as title (if there is one!), medium and so on.

5. Please post all your stuff to: @peepart/Studio A6/Westgate Studio/55 Westgate/WAKEFIELD/WF1 1BG/UK

http://aliceandbobcurate.wordpress.com/

http://artwalk.org.uk/venues-exhibitions/

A solo show featuring original hand pulled screen prints, original paintings and limited edition T-shirts by the Sheffield based artist Stephen White at Westgate Studio, Wakefield.

For this exhibition Stephen White presents new works which include paintings and drawings on canvas and wood in his first solo exhibition in West Yorkshire since relocating to his home town of Sheffield in 2007.

Stephen White has a BA in Fine Art for Design and a Masters degree from Camberwell College of Art, London. Since the end of his BA he has committed himself to being a working artist. He makes his work in his studio room in his house, walks his sausage dog in the park and works part-time to support his art practice.

He exhibits his work nationally and internationally and has published a book by his own publishing company; ‘I Drink Coffee and Draw Press LTD’ called ‘Thoughts from a Humble Home’, and promotes his various other books by exhibiting at artist book fairs around the country.

White is also a freelance curator who recently organised exhibitions and projects at APG Works, Sheffield and Cromford Contemporary Gallery in Derbyshire. In 2011, White opened the pop-up shop front gallery ‘The White Gallery’ in Sheffield.

The exhibition runs from January 25th, 2012 – February 9th 2012. Viewings by appointment only. Preview evening Wednesday 25th January, 5.00 – 9.00pm. Westgate Studio, Wakefield.

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www.westagtestudios.net

In response to an open call for festive “trimmings” of any shape, size and material, artists sent work from across the UK as well as Germany, Brazil and the US for WINTER WONDERLAND in studio A6 at Westgate Studios, Wakefield.

Dee Anderson, Katie Barnes, Batley School of Art & Design, Jade Blood, Alice Bradshaw, Kiki Bragard, Mr Burnley, Alison Carthy, Ann-Marie Fiddy, Sarah Filmer, Annici Gorma, Garth Gratix, Vanessa Haley, Rebecca Handy, Chris Hurford, Luciana Servilo de Lima, Vicky Lockwood, Claire McAteer, Bob Milner, Susan Mortimer, Kate Murdoch, Jasna Nikolic, Susanne Patzke, Deborah Pullan, Corrina Spencer, Sara Spizzichio & Matthes “Lazy65” Straetmnas.

Curated by Alice Bradshaw & Bob Milner.

For the last Wakefield Artwalk of 2011, Westgate Studios has a full programme of art & festive cheer for one night only: Westgate Winter Show in the 1^st floor gallery featuring studio holder’s work curated by Alice Bradshaw & Bob Milner, a solo show by Sharon Harrison in the Project Space, open studios with a Winter Wonderland in studio A6, an art vending machine by Nicholas Clarke and of course mulled wine and mince pies. Pop in on your artwalk and sample some Westgate wonders.

Westgate Studio and beyond, Wakefield (UK)

Wednesday 30^th November 2011 (November Artwalk)

OPEN CALL:

Everyone is a little fed up right now, not much to feel good about. The economy is in a mess and for many this year; it will be a leaner festive period. In these materialistic times, we believe it is better to give than receive; well, we are giving you an opportunity! And we hope to receive some cracking art in return!

For Winter Wonderland, we want to decorate as many Christmas trees as possible with specially created ‘trimmings’ in whatever size and shape and materials you like; baubles, paper chains, tinsel, hangings or even make a tree! We don’t want to limit you, except to time: the event is 30th November. Painted, drawn or made – we want some sparkle and light and fun!

At the end of the exhibition we’ll be boxing the art up, popping it in the attic and bringing it all out again next year.

Submissions: Please post all items to: Alice & Bob, Studio A6, Westgate Studio, 55 Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BW, UK

Deadline (receiving not postmark date): 23rd November 2011

No submission fee, no payments.

About Alice & Bob:

Alice Bradshaw & Bob Milner are artists currently undertaking a 12 month residency in a shared studio space at Westgate Studios in Wakefield. As artists who also curate, they are also producing a number of temporary exhibitions, events and zines which are the latest in a series of collaborative projects they have co-curated in West Yorkshire where both artists currently reside.

A6 Part 2 was launched as a limited edition of 20 on Wednesday 28th September 2011 at Westgate Studio.

A further 20 will then be available for sale at the Leeds Alternative Comics Fair #3 on Saturday 1st October, 12-5pm, at A Nation of Shopkeepers.

A6 is a blind collaboration which reflects the current practice, state of mind and/or obsessions of Alice Bradshaw and Bob Milner as part of their year of a shared studio experimentation.

A6 Part 2 features a guest page by Birmingham duo Sparrow+Castice who undertook the July residency at Westgate Studios Project Space.

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Wednesday 27th July, 5-9pm
Westgate Studios, Wakefield
Screenings: 5-7pm and 7-9pm
FREE ENTRY

Programme:
Sparrow+Castice (UK) – Sparrow & Castice Do Wakefield (2011) World Première!
Simona da Pozza (IT) – Exclave (2010)
Marius Leneweit & Rocío Rodríguez (DE) …niland 2 (…no land 2) (2011)
Patrick Moser (US) – Patty Goes (2011) World Première!
Fin McMorran (UK) – Women and Sheds (2010-11)
Chiara Malta (IT) – D’attends une Femme (Waiting For A Woman) (2010)
Jennifer Ross (UK) – Caught in Mise en Scene (2010)
Alice Bradshaw (UK) – Rubbish (2011)
Rémi Mazet (FR) – Siggil (2010)
Marzia Moretti (IT) – Azione Sovversiva Minima 6 (Minimal Subversive Action 6) (2010) UK Première!
Paul B Johnson (UK) – TV of Tomorrow…Today (2011)
Gerard Freixes Ribera (ES) – The Homogenics (2010)
Andrew Branscombe (UK) – Retrograde (2011)
Rudolf Costin (RO) – O Dada (2010)
Fin McMorran (UK) – Paper (2009)
Katriona Skinner (UK) – I Will Brush Them Again if You Want (2010)
Anna Francis (UK) – Emoticon (2011)

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