Bankley Studios & Artists Gallery

Clair Graubner
18 April - 28 May 2013
Cornerhouse Manchester

First solo exhibition of current works to be held in the prestigious Cornerhouse art gallery, Manchester.

www.cornerhouse.org/art/art-exhibitions/clair-graubner-from-the-ground-up

Vacant is a Fine Art collective who will exhibit in and around Manchester and beyond: next event is at:

VACANT 2 : Sacred Trinity.

Exhibition at the Sacred Trinity Church.

Date : 18th - 20th April 2013

Preview Night : 18th April 2012 Time : 6 - 9 pm

Address:
Sacred Trinity Church, Chapel St, Salford M3 5DW

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Saturday 8th December 2012 10-5pm
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys

From the organisers of the award-winning Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair comes the Little Northern Christmas Fair. Over 40 selected designer makers and artists selling a range of gifts for Christmas, from unique jewellery and fashion accessories to beautiful things for the home.

Exhibitors include Lucy Harvey, who will be selling pieces from her found object jewellery collection, and Paul Reid, ceramics.

http://www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk/

www.facebook.com/events/568588763157781/

5 December 2012
Rochdale Pioneers Museum
31 Toad Lane
Rochdale OL12 0NU

Organised by Co-operatives North West, this is an event for any co-operatives in the region to find out about what other organisations are doing and how links could be made between co-operatives.

For more information:
http://www.uk.coop/event/if-it-can-be-co-operative-it-will-be-co-operative

16 November - 25 November 2012
Fletcher Moss Art Gallery, Didsbury

Institute of Temporary Art

Several Bankley Studio members are displaying work at Didsbury Parsonage.

Institute of Temporary Art presents Fletcer Moss Art Gallery with the Div/sion of Power, an exhibition which, focuses on the structures of curatorial practice placing the artist, curator, institution and audience under examination.

Supported by the Didsbury Parsonage Trust under the curatorial direction of Higgins and Renshaw, Director of iota John Lynch with present work by artists practicing in the North of England.

http://iotart.wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/InstituteOfTemporaryArt

http://didsburyparsonagetrust.org.uk/

20 - 23 November 2012
Brazennose Street, Manchester

Vanessa Denvir will be selling her gorgeous ceramics at this year's Christmas Markets.

She will be at the Start in Salford Shed supporting mental health arts.


http://www.facebook.com/StartCreative

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/57575/christmas_at_brazennose_street/category/676/christmas_markets

An exhibition of works by Patrick Procktor RA (1936-2003) at Huddersfield Art Gallery.
Curated by Ian Massey

This is the first museum show of the artist's work since his death, and is mounted in three rooms. The first and largest contains over twenty works on canvas, including large-scale works from the Sixties and Seventies, the second is of watercolours (portraits of Jimi Hendrix, Ossie Clark, Derek Jarman etc, plus landscapes and still life); whilst the third room contains a selection of Procktor's prints, documentary photographs and works by artists with whom he was associated (Keith Vaughan, Mario Dubksy, etc).

Admission is free.

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/eventdetails.asp?evDtID=103395&evID=15783

As part of the festivities for the Torch Procession, we are organising an art competition and workshop. Anyone is welcome to enter and win special arty prizes - and it's free!

The competition is to...
Design a medal or trophy for an imaginary game/race

Entries can be posted at several 'drop-off points' around Levenshulme:
Trove
Antiques Village
Levenshulme Library
POD Deli
Isis Cafe
Inspire

Deadline for Entries 4.30pm on Saturday 23rd June 2012

The competition will be judged by Bankley Artists and our local torch bearer Brenda Harkin!

All the entries will be displayed on the Village Green for the procession at 8.00am on Sunday 24th June, where there will also be an art workshop in the morning.

The best idea and way of representing it will be the winner.

Winners will be announced 8.30am on
Sunday 24th June – after the torch has passed.

For more information, visit:
www.sams-art.co.uk/artawards

23 April - 3 June 2012

Inspire
747 Stockport Road
Levenshulme
M19 3AR


An exhibition of work from artists in residence at Bankley Studios & Gallery.

Andy Broadey
Hannah Brown
Stacey Coughlin
Philip Kennedy
Marnie Matthews

www.lev-inspire.co.uk

S1 Artspace

29th of March 2012, 6.30 - 8.30pm: Menagerie presented by Linder
5th of April 2012, 6.30 - 8.30pm: Tipping Point presented by Lisa Le Feuvre
12th of April 2012, 6.30 - 8.30pm: Ode to the Flâneur presented by Ben Rivers

Now in its sixth year, the S1 SALON returns with a new season of artists' film & video screenings, selected from an international open call. This year's salon has been chosen by guest selectors,Linder (artist), Lisa Le Feuvre (Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds), and Ben Rivers (artist), who will each present one of the salon screenings along with a personal selection of film and video.

S1 Artspace will host three separate salon screenings of work by national and international artists throughout March and April 2012. Each screening is divided into two parts; Part One presents a selection of films from the open call, and Part Two, a personal selection of film and video from each of the guest selectors. Each screening will be introduced by one of the guest selectors.


Works by Jenny Baines | Francesca Banchelli | Oliver Bancroft | Jenn Berger | Sara Bjarland | Laura Buckley | Lindsay Foster | Robert Foster | Daniel Jacoby | Hyewon Kwon | Alex Pearl | Bruno Ramos | Jessica Sarah Rinland | Daniel Shanken

Free Entry
Drink Available