the sky is still there

Natasha Light

Saturday 5 July - Sunday 27 July 2008

Preview Friday 4 July, 7 - 9pm

Yorkshire based artist Natasha Light taps into elemental aspects of the human psyche in this installation of ceramic sculptures. The human need for a sense of space and refuge is embodied in the spatial and kinetic qualities of the work

Sunday 13 July, 1 - 4pm
Artist-led sculpture workshop - Natasha Light will lead a workshop exploring form and structure. Learn how to make suspended sculptures using the tension of materials such as paper and wire.
Free. Not suitable for young children. Materials will be supplied.
To book a place, Please ring 01274 834747

Before your very eyes

Des Pattison

Saturday 7 June - Sunday 29 June 2008

Preview Friday 6 June 7 - 9pm

'What you see is what you see'. So, famously, said Frank Stella.To what extent are we subject to seeing in terms of learned clichés and optical pre-dispositions?

Visual double-entendres here challenge the processes of perception in a witty and colourful battle of precedence between subject and surface.

Saturday 7 June 1 - 4pm
Now you see it, now you don't - An artist-led afternoon of visual games culminating in a large scale collaborative work.
Free. All ages welcome. Materials will be supplied
To book a place, Please ring 01274 834747

Hybrid & Origin

Burigude Zhang & Tongyu Zhou

Saturday 3 May - Sunday 1 June 2008

Preview Friday 2 May 7 - 9pm

Both formerly Artists in Residence at Bradford School of Art, Burigude (Inner Mongolia / Toronto) & Tongyu (Bejing / Manchester) come together to show new paintings and prints.

Sunday 4 May 1 - 4pm
Artist Led Chinese Calligraphy Workshop
Chinese Master Tao-Chi spoke of the single brushstroke as the origin of all existence... Burigude Zhang will instruct participants in the Art of Chinese Calligraphy.
Free. Book early to avoid disappointment... 01274 834747

Are We There Yet?
Work in Progress

Postgraduate Printmakers and Photographers from
Bradford School of Arts & Media

Saturday 5 April - Sunday 27 April 2008

Preview Friday 4 April 7 - 9pm

Postgraduate Printmakers and Photographers at Bradford School of Arts and Media invite you to join in a celebration of fresh and ongoing work.

Printed matter in all its forms assaults us daily: this show offers a chance to encounter alternative meanings and readings of print in an array of manifestations, foibles and happy accidents on their journey to realisation.

Sunday 13th April 1-4pm
Artist-led origami workshop
Katherine Phillips and Denise McIlroy will lead an origami inspired work shop, taking you through the process step by step to construct your own artist book and origami objects.
Materials will be supplied but please bring any special papers which hold personal memories or are of interest, such as gift / textured papers, photocopies, text and images.
Free. All ages welcome.
To book a place, please ring 01274 834747

Movement and Light

Pat Belson

Saturday 8 March - Sunday 30 March 2008

Preview Friday 7 March 7 - 9pm

An exhibition of pinhole photography exploring domestic
occurrences with cameras made from everyday items

Sunday 16 March 1 - 4pm
Artist-led pinhole camera workshop
Bring your own box (e.g. shoebox) and learn how to make a pin hole camera. Pat Belson will take you through the whole process - from making the camera to developing a print.
Free. All ages welcome.
To book a place, please ring 01274 834747

CAPPED

Steven Allbutt

Saturday 2 February - Sunday 2 March 2008

Preview Friday 1 February 7 - 9pm

Bursary recipient Steven Allbutt reconstructs memories of a journey by forcing roses to bloom in winter...

Sunday 10 February 1 - 4pm. Artist led still-life workshop
Participants are invited to join Steven in the gallery for a workshop. Bring your own drawing materials/watercolours. Paper and boards provided. FREE but please book.
Ring 01274 834747. Suitable for adults/older children.

a life in parts

Bill Redburn
1948-2006

Saturday 5 January - Sunday 27 January 2008

Preview Friday 4 January 7 - 9pm

Bill Redburn worked in Bradford, London and Amsterdam, returning to his home city in 2004, shortly before his untimely death. This retrospective exhibition surveys his remarkable, but under-recognised achievement. A vocabulary deriving in part from Surrealism and Pop Art enables him to examine with disturbing honesty and insight his own experiences of pain and loss.

Bill Redburn: a life in parts
Sunday 13 January, 2 - 4pm
Pam Augustino (artist and friend residing in Toronto, Canada) discusses Bill's life and work in process from his years at Goldsmiths' College to the present.
Suitable for adults and older children.
To book a place, please ring 01274 834747