Friday, 19 November 2010

Islington Mill


t'mill, originally uploaded by meganprice.

Islington Mill looks like this

'Latitude' - artist map making

manchester modernist society

Spike Dennis, Malformed Aura

'Latitude' - artist map making


Preview: Friday 19th November 2010, 6.00pm

Exhibition Continues: 20 - 28 November

11.00am - 5.30pm daily

manchester modernist society, 142 Chapel St. Salford, M3 6AF

Chapel Street Open, November 2010, Salford. UK

Inspired by the organisation�s own collection of 20th Century maps, the exhibition is part of the Chapel Street Open Studios series of events which showcases the creative output of the Chapel Street area of Salford.

The exhibition includes a variety of work including a map of Manchester in the form of an angiogram (an x-ray of blood vessels); a map tracking every aeroplane to take off from Heathrow airport in 24hours; a map designed to promote Salford�s �Unconvention� music festival and an intriguing take on motorway signage.

Artwork is available for sale and all proceeds will suppport the continued aims of the modernist society, a not for profit organisation.

Participating artists:

Angela Fox

Annie Harrison

Becca Smith

Charlotte Utting-Brown

Claire Weetman

Daksha Patel

David Davies

Mark Lomax

Michael Thorp

Noah Rose

Phil Turner

Spike Dennis

Ultimate Holding Company

Chloe Small at the Angel Center

Now on at at the Angel Center
Chloe Small
Born in 1983 in West Yorkshire, local artist Chloé Small now lives near Manchester.
Chloé's work is influenced by the American artist Edward Hopper, whose style of scene painting, rooted in the presentation of the familiar and concrete ("Nighthawks" 1942), are echoed in Chloé's own work.

We are now open





We are now open

Monday, 15 November 2010

Frankophilia!

Contemporary Ceramic Art : 16th - 27th November

Chapel Street prints David Ryan Robinson









Illustratior David Ryan Robinson's interpretations of the the creative spaces of Chapel Street see them at The Chapel Street Information Exchange

The Graveyard Tours. The Cities of Cemetery Gates.



Drawing Exchange home


The Graveyard Tours. The Cities of Cemetery Gates.

Residency and Event

Islington Mill, Salford.
Residency: 15th -- 19th November 2010

Drawing Exchange day tour with Art Academy Meet at Mill 10.30 AM
Drawing Exchange Event : Thursday 18th November 7-10 pm


Lady Lucy will spend a week researching Manchester and Salford Cemeteries -
The Cities of Cemetery Gates hosted by Islington Mill.
On Thursday in the day there is an opportunity to join Lucy and some
members from Islington Mill Art Academy on a day tour from 11 - 4 pm.
In the evening The Cities of Cemetery Gates Drawing Exchange will take place
at The Mill with exercises gathered from the research and tour.
All are welcome to attend.


"So we go inside and we gravely read the stones, all those people, all those lives, where are they now ? " Cemetery Gates, The Smiths 1986

http://www.islingtonmill.com

Islington Mill James Street Salford M3 5HW

What is the Chapel Street Information Exchange



The Chapel Street
Information Exchange

Open weekdays 12.00 -17.30
weekends 12.00-16.00
closed Monday
Chapel Street Open Studios 19th – 28th Nov 2010
Where Hub
Unit 3
Riverside
Salford
A conduit to convey information on Chapel Street Open Studios and Chapel Street area.
The Hub would act as a starting point to introduce visitors to the range of events and locations available to visitors during the open studio period. Here information gathered at the Hub will be converted to artifacts. There is also potential to utilize the wall adjacent to From Space This surface could be filled with material collected at the Hub.
The Chapel Street area of Salford will be hosting a fortnight of events in November as artists’ studios open their doors to exhibit and sell their work.

Chapel Street Open Studios is the latest in a series of events, which is establishing the area as a hot bed of creative talent.

Venues taking part include Islington Mill, Manchester Artists’ Studio Association (MASA) and the Casket Works - home to Hot Bed Press, Suite Studios and Cow Lane as well as Salford’s oldest church Sacred Trinity and its sister chapel, St Philip’s Church. The Kings Arms Manchester Modernist Society

Graphic design students will set up a base at the Hub where information would be collected on the various studios venues and organizations taking part. This information could take the form of
Drawing Photography Film and Sound recordings and other form of
Documentary evidence.

Members of the public would be invited to contribute the information on Chapel Street. History Natural History Coming Events Plans for the future.

Output
A blog
A table of Artifacts
A Wheat paste Wall
Publications Newspaper Postcards Zine Book
A map
Pod cast of Chapel Street Spoken