Southbank Bristol Arts

Happy New Year to all our members and to anyone out there who is thinking of becoming one! 2012 will witness the tenth annual Southbank Bristol Arts Trail with a special theme and many great events to mark our first decade of activity. To be sure of being part of what is destined to be one of the greatest arts trails ever - join now.

I've recently created a set of Portmeirion inspired 10x8 prints (the originals are also 10x8 acrylics on paper), in association with my good friends at www.theunmutual.co.uk -with ten percent of the total proceeds going to Hope House Hospice. The press release can be found half way down the main news page of the Unmutual and details also at www.matlockfm.com. The series has proved a success, and plans are underway to create more paintings to add to the series.

I'm working on a new comic book combining humour with philosophy about the end of the world, from the perspective of the dinosaurs.

The dinosaurs see the meteor that's going to make them all extinct, and react in different ways, from philosophical acceptance to blind panic.

I'm currently raising money for the printing of the book with Indiegogo, and I'm close to reaching the funding goal. If you're interested, please check it out at http://www.indiegogo.com/dinos

Paper Village 200 North Street, Southville BS3 1JF. Tel: 0117 9639452 www.thepapervillage.co.uk vic@thepapervillage.co.uk. See also Paper Village Arts on Facebook

Autumn Term Course and Workshop Programme
Adult workshops

Print project at Paper Village – 16 workshops happening now – various dates – call us for details

Knitting course - 6 weeks from October 4th on Tuesday evenings – cost £72

Crochet Budgies at the Grain Barge – 26th October Free if you buy our crochet a budgie fundraising pack

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This year I am opening my front room up to the public as a museum of curiosities and improbabilities - 15 Vicarage Road, Southville BS3.

As most of you know, I have been trying to market my Anne Bonny model show. In short, this is a model scenery of castle and coastline, model ships and figures and soldiers, where the characters are moved to a narrated soundtrack with music and sound effects. This show will be the centre piece of the exhibition although I will not be doing performances with it - it is just for viewing as a scene. However, since then, I have gone on to create all sorts of other scenes and strange images, which will also be on display. Many of these are in boxes of all sizes. The idea is that you can investigate the contents of the boxes and wonder at the meaning! Some of the artefacts have a particular story that they are depicting, while others are more random but hopefully, intriguing.

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It was loads of fun and we carried on late into the evening !

Juliette made these fantastic fish and Sarah printed bunting

Today was the first bunting workshop at Paper Village ...here are some photos of the work ...was really creative

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Call for Films!
As part of the Southbank Bristol Arts Trail 2011, which will be held in May, we are calling for people to unleash the hidden director inside of them. Dig into your pocket, pull out your digital camera or smartphone and make us a small film. Films must be a maximum of two minutes long, and can be on any subject and fall into any category - experimental, comedy, drama, animation, documentary - its up to you! Set the world to rights with a documentary, make that funny short film, or create a mysterious experimental piece. Anything goes.

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Hiya

On behalf of the Blatant Creation of Art we'd like to welcome any suggestions for songs, sketches, poems or indeed short films (if we're feeling ambitious) for our hour long show based on BS3. The show is called Sunset over Bedminster Moonlight over Southville (or is it the other way round?) and you can find out much much more here: http://blatantbs3.blogspot.com/ or by emailing us on blatantart@hotmail.com or you can follow us on Twitter/blatantart

Feel free to spread the(se) word(s).

Speak soon

SiK
BCOA