New Wave

A massive THANK YOU : ) XXXXXXX to everyone who participated in making the gallery happen.

The build up for the show would not have happened with the combined efforts of >>

Stan & Richard 'The Third' (V.Glover Electrical Services)


Dave - Warehouse Volunteer & Handyman Extraordinaire

Volunteers

Steve
Tim

Dibble (Dave)
Oly Trafford
Jo Davis

The Warehouse Team

Cara Evans
Isobel Mann
Jemma Flatman
David Homer


& More !!

Some Images from the transformation of the space,
(c/o D. O'Rourke & D Godfrey)



It's Oh, So quiet
It's oh, so still
We're all alone
And so peaceful until
We got out the drills!
This was just the beginning! More to come soon!

Thanks to the Artists!! coming Next!!!


Live + Let Live

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Live + Let Live Gallery2009

Thank - You to all the artists who submitted their creativity for our 2009 Show!

Laura - May Woodley, Paul Nocher, Jo Davis, Natalie Gore and Marta Dragan have been selected to exhibit alongside our Live + Let Live artists.

Marta Dragan

Jo Davis

Laura - May Woodley

Paul Nocher

We would also like to thank, Georgia Belfont and Headway Black Country Art Group, Jamila Walker, Pete Taylor, Joe Eccles and Jane Smith for submitting their work to us. These Artists will have the opportunity to work with us in the future within the Warehouse's Recovery Cafe Project.

More previews from our Live + Let Live Artists coming soon,

To confirm details of the show: The Live + Let Live Gallery is taking place at The Warehouse Recovery Project: Rediscovering Lives. At Number 1 Castle, St Dudley. Open to the public on Saturday 17th October from 10 am - 4pm. The Show will be open at these times (apart from Sunday's) until Saturday 31st October.

Located at Number 1 on the above map!!

For more information on the show contact me - dan_fashion_man@yahoo.co.uk

more updates to follow! phew!

Open for Submissions!!!

We would like to invite any and all artists from the Black Country / West Midlands region to submit their work for potential exhibition.

All entries must be complete with a short biography / description of artwork and contact details.

All artists submitting must disclose the size / scale of artwork entered. All work must be mounted and presented to an exhibition / gallery standard.

Please email your information and images / photographs to

dan_fashion_man@yahoo.co.uk

We will be reviewing all submissions and selecting the winning entries after 26th September 2009.

Thank - You +
Good Luck

Live and Let Live

NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS

Hello!

We are back with a new exhibition to be launched on the 16th October 2009

We will be in touch with all our fantastic contributors, artists and guests
ASAP to bring you a cutting edge show to raise funds for the Warehouse Charity and our NEW Live and Let Live project.

Watch this space for updates on the location and information on our artists!

This year for the first time we will be holding two auditions for local creative people to get their work showcased...... Watch this space and round Stourbridge and Dudley for info.

Watch out for a Facebook group for this event, we will be posting on there soon!

XO DAnny

New Beginnings

Hello!

This is an exciting time here at Live + Let Live... Sally Buxton, Dan Godfrey and Carl Stanley are at the beginnings of forming a new community arts organisation in Stourbridge.

Building on the success of the 2008 exhibition in bringing together local creative talent; we are planning to bring a new arts / fashion social enterprise to the town centre.

STUDIO / BOUTIQUE

We aim to provide an open view fashion studio, where the public can watch demonstrations of manufacture and the creative process. DAFT and Eclectic Clothing respectively have experience in re-made and upcycled fashion & textiles.

Our boutique will offer a range of suitably price pointed, upcycled and remade garments and accessories. We will stock the house labels and put a call for other remade and Fairtrade products to retail.

WORKSHOPS

Education and active participation of the community in ethical fashion practices through workshops, discussion spaces and exhibitions will be a big part of activity in the centre.

We support the fantastic work of Fashioning an Ethical Industry (http://fashioninganethicalindustry.org/) a Labour Behind the Label project, and have an excellent resource in their publication, Sustainable Fashion - A guide for educators. Edited by Liz Parker and Marsha A. Dixon.

Workshops have already been taking place. Live & Let Live with Dudley Council for Voluntary Services and Charity Tenovus, provided demonstrations of remaking clothes and held potato printing activities for everyone to join in.

The event was a great success, we had the chance to speak with the Volunteering Champion - Mayor of Dudley, talk to VINSPIRED and everyone about our plans about how we can make a place for volunteers to come and participate in bringing the centre to the local community.

Live & Let Live will be keeping you informed of our progress and about any opportunities for you to participate in our new adventure.

If you would like to contact us to bring some sustainable fashion activities to your group / school / college, please get in touch with

dan_fashion_man@yahoo.co.uk

sallybuxton111@hotmail.co.uk

spiralcraft@hotmail.com

A Resounding Success!

Thank-you for your patience in waiting for the follow up from the Live and Let Live Gallery..

The event coincided with the launch of the Dudley Warehouse Projects' Harm Reduction scheme and provided an opportunity to raise awareness and funds for the Eleanor Mansell Hardship Fund.

We would like to thank all who attended and participated in the event. The preparation and setup was a monumental task which brought a lot of people together, creating something with lots of love and for a good cause.

The exhibition opened with a private view on Thursday 17th April, Sue Smith (Warehouse CEO) Carl Stanley and myself launched the evening with an introduction to the guests and a big thank-you to all the people who helped to set up and and contribute to the event.

We would like to especially thank the artists who donated a piece of work towards and the guests who took part in our auction in aid of the Hardship Fund. The Grand Total from the auction was £625.00, a fantastic sum, combined with donations from visitors and the donations of 10% commission from sales of artwork; was £848.78,


The Donations for the auction came from,

Dave Bassey AKA Krude - Limited Edition Print.
Paul Gittins/ Ayesha Emerson/ Daniel Godfrey/ Copy'n'Print Stourbridge - Shadow Screen Print
Madeline Goold - Study of Foxes Skull, hand-carved Alabaster
Deidre O'Rourke - Sketch of the Northern Lights, blown Glass
Auntie Smarties - Handmade Silver & Amythyst s Bracelet
Chris Self - "Seff", Prototype Canvas
Carl Stanley - Fish Steel Sculpture Canvas, three Silver & Glass Pendants.

Geoffi a local photographer also donated an original print to auction but was unfortunately missed out as it was mounted on display in the exhibition. >>>>>>

The auction was a great part of the event, even having a telephone bid halfway through! The guests made a real effort to participate and contribute to the evenings success.

Following are some images from the evening taken by Dr Horsborough, a consultant form the Warehouse. We are also collating images from visitors to the exhibition, if you would like to send in your perspective from the event, contact me at the address in my profile.




















Left, Paul Gittins Shadow Screen (Leaf Pattern), right, the auction getting underway.















Additional thanks go to the Warehouse staff who helped us to co-ordinate this event, also to the volunteers who gave their time to open the exhibition to the public during the week.

We are also very grateful for the food and refreshments provided by the French Connection Restaurant, Market St. Also for printing services from Copy and Print, Lower High St Stourbridge www.copy-n-print.co.uk .

Shaping Up

We are now two days away from the public launch on Friday 18th April..

We now have a nearly full compliment of work to present some amazing local talent.

Todays update..


Chris Self a.k.a. “Seff” is a Freelance Artist who experiments with a diverse range of materials and techniques to create vibrant and exciting unique paintings which are created for both commercial and domestic interiors.

“I am very pleased to have been asked to contribute work for the exhibition as I am familiar with the wonderful sentiment surrounding the event and I wish everyone associated with it the very best”.

“A few years ago I became interested in the celebrated group of 1960’s Action Painters and the concept of painting without the use of conventional tools such as brushes and knives and wondered if I could completely eradicate hand tools and still create interesting work”.

“I rose to the challenge and decided to completely divorce myself from familiar techniques and explore a variety of energy forces which I hoped that I could control and use in the painting process”.

“I decided to build a variety of mechanical “assistants” that would help me to experiment with this exciting new idea”.

“The journey was a long and dangerous one but, after solving all of the associated problems, scrapping loads of electrical equipment, suffering a few injuries and starting two fires in my workshop, I finally cracked the “Rotating Bitch”.

“This Mother always excites me when I use her and she demands a lot of respect and attention as she rips around at approx 3,500 revs per minute carrying the panels which, just to make it more exciting, are always trying to escape and turn into things that, when in free flight, could quite easily take the top of your head off”.

“To minimise the risks I have found that the safest way to apply paint onto the panels is to suspend myself from my studio ceiling in a full body harness”.

“All of the paintings that I am showing at this exhibition have been painted with the “Bitch’s” help and speak for themselves”.

“I am constantly experimenting with new techniques and materials and will hopefully be producing exciting new work for a long time to come”.

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David Bassinder lives and works in the Blackcountry, after finishing a diploma at Stourbridge Art collage David went on to Wolverhampton University to gain a Degree in Art for Society(a course that focused on the social aspects of art practice).

After finishing University David as established Himself as a successful artist in the public realm he as helped produce large scale murals in and around the local area. The most recent being at the Russells Hall Hospital an Dudley.

David also regually stages exhibitions and takes part in group shows including shows at the Light house in Wolverhampton, Chameleon Gallery Walsall, Dudley Art Gallery, Summit House...

He also conducts workshops in Streetart and Graffiti teaching students about the positive aspects of these artforms. Working for local councils including Dudley, Walsall, Sandwell, as well as conducting workshops at The New Wallsall Art Gallery, David considers art can be a force for positive change in society.

Fine Art and illustration have helped shape Davids Creative Outlook, along with graffiti and skateboard culture.

Please take a look at his website http://www.krudesign.co.uk

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Deidre O'Rourke

My pieces are sculptural landscape paintings in free-blown glass. I try to express my experience of a place, with special focus on the light of the horizon. I derive the form of the pieces from the landscape and the colours from the sky.

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Margret Pritchard. BA Hons

Born in Dudley, now living and working in Hagley, Worcestershire.

Margaret's main area of work is mixed media incorporating painting, printing, collage and photography. She is inspired by the forms, surfaces and colours of the world around her.
Using the camera as a "third eye", close-up photography enables her to create mixed media images which reflect this fascination.
The Photography is an important aid enabling her to explore ideas, offering another way to study concepts which have already been resolved through other mediums.