Series of Talks/Discussions and Workshops at OHOS

This week OHOS is proud to present the launch of a series of Talks/ Discussions and Workshops.
Petre Nikoloski will start the ball rolling on Wed 8th Feb at 7pm with a talk and discussion about his recent show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Macedonia. Amnesia is part of a long term project 'Diary' which can be found at www.diary.petrenikoloski.com.
Entrance fee of £3 on the door or in advance from info@ohos.org.uk.
An excellent time to meet others involved, interested and curious.
Come and join us in what promises to be an interesting evening.
All welcome.
further info at www.ohos.org.uk

Nuit Blanche /White Night

What will you be doing in Reading between dusk Friday October 15th and dawn Saturday October 16th?

Reading’s first Nuit Blanche/White Night festival is set to take place this October. We will shortly be inviting proposals from contemporary artists, performers, organisations and venues to create events to take place through the night. We hope to offer small grants towards performances, outdoor installations, music and other special events.

More information will be available once funding and venues are confirmed.
Please see website for further information and links to other White Nights. www.nuitblanchereading.org.uk

We are independent arts organisations and artists with support from Reading Borough Council if you want to get involved more get in touch.

Artists Networking OHOS 23rd July

There is an informal gathering at Open Hand Open Space Studios in Reading on Thursday 23rd July from 6-9pm.

contact info@ohos.org.uk for the e-flyer with full details of the evening and a template for you to produce your own piece of art to bring with you.

free flights for artists from BA

I am told via the generous Julia Rogers.

BA are giving away free flights for people to travel to become the best at what they are doing, there is a category for artists.

But there are only 4 days to apply.

http://www.greatbritons.ba.com/how-to-apply

I guess the 4 days start today.

Big Bang Practice at Gallery 10, 6th - 12th July

Martina Binding
Maria Hofstadler
Earl Jesse
Zuzia Orska
Anne Proctor
Val Thorne
Liyun Wang
Emma Wylie

Gallery 10, Gun St, Reading
11 - 6 daily (closes 4pm Sunday)

Future of OVADA Gallery - Meeting 18th June 6pm

Many of you will know Ovada or have been supported by Ovada in recent years as artists.
Although based in Oxford, Ovada has supported many artists across the region. It's the sort of organisation I feel we could do with in Reading. Things look like they might be changing. www.ovada.org.uk

There is an open meeting to discuss the future of OVADA and the gallery space in relation to the planned redevelopment of the Old Fire Station building complex which is due to start mid 2010. The focus of the new development will be a Skylight Centre for Oxford, managed by the homeless charity Crisis which will open to the public in March 2011.

This meeting is primarily aimed at artists, as OVADA's major stakeholders, but it is an open meeting that everybody is invited to attend. They would like to share with you what they know about the development and how it will impact OVADA, and gain your thoughts and feedback on how the organisation could develop beyond 2010.

If you would like to attend, and be updated on more information prior to the meeting, please send your name and email address to Lucy Phillips, Acting Projects Manager at: info@ovada.org.uk or alternatively call 01865 201782.

Big Weave - training days for artists

for more information: marriott.caroline @gmail.com

new studios in progress

images of the studios so far

The Old British School on Southampton Street was built in 1810.

Eventually it will be part of a larger residential development but the main studios will have their own street facing entrance with small network/ exhibition space plus space for about 10 artists in the main studio.

What are we made of? Wed 19th November, 6-9pm

What are we made of?
Exploring the relationship between creativity and place in Berkshire.

Wednesday 19th November, 6-9pm
The Town Hall , Reading

Guest Speaker:
Richard Wentworth

Berkshire Voices:
Keira Martin
Steve Rock
Jo Thomas

Chair:
Louise O'Reilly


Tickets Free but must be reserved in advance..
Reading Arts Box Office on 0118 960 60 60 or at www.readingarts.com

Berkshire Arts:Local Authority Partners invite you to an evening exploring the relationship between creativity and place in Berkshire.

ReOrsa Artists Project No. 2

This September Bracknell town centre will once again be hosting the activities of the ReOrsa artists, an artist-led initiative to support and promote professional practising visual artists living in the Thames Valley. Bracknell Regeneration Partnership will be providing the temporary use of several vacant shop windows for an 'Art Walk' (window installations) through the town centre and one vacant shop space for a large group exhibition (all visual art forms). Further information about ReOrsa and last year's project can be found by visiting http://www.reorsa.org

If you are a Thames Valley artist and want to apply to join ReOrsa and possibly be involved in this project, send an email to reorsa@gmail.com before 20 July for an application and project info. Application deadline for submissions of interest for Project No. 2 is 31 July 2008.

Hang-On Friday

This coming Friday is hang-on Friday, artists network group. All are welcome to join us from 4.30pm this Friday and the last Friday of every month to network, talk and just share a cup of tea together or chat. We meet at Picnic, Butter Market Reading so maybe see you there.

LEGEND

LEGEND until September 28th, France

Traditionally, all legends are conveyed through fables and stories based on secrets, lies, manipulations, and exaggerations of historical and popular truths. Legend is archaic speech that circulates in close connection with images. As such, it comes close to the imaginary. Lodged in a distant past, legend seems initially to have nothing in common with this era’s perpetual present. And yet, the present produces its narratives too. Today’s stories are digital carriers of information, strung out on “dot-com hysteria” and fifteen seconds of fame. But because this present only exists through the hypothetical future we grant it, and because we can barely process the records it incessantly extrudes, its history is becoming increasingly impossible to write: we walk on the edge of legend.

See an English blog post about it here

On the occasion of the exhibition, a bilingual illustrated catalogue french-English is published. It includes texts by Jean-Philippe Antoine, JG Ballard, Craig Buckley, Yoann Gourmel, Raimundas Malasauskas, Will Holder, Karl Holmqvist, Shimabuku, Alexis Vaillant, Tris Vonna-Michell. This book accompanies the eponymous exhibition at the castle of Chamarande in France (25 May – 28 September 2008) which assembles the recent work of thirty international artists who interrogate the artificiality of the current world and render up intensified visions of it. Artists include David Altmejd, Philip Newcombe, Peter Coffin, Anne Collier, Michaela Eichwald, Jason Fox, Karl Holmqvist, Uwe Henneken, Jason Meadows, Pae White, Lisa Yuskavage, a.o.

June 2008, English/French
12 x 18 cm, 184 pages, 40 color ill., softcover
ISBN 978-1-933128-44-3

Exhibition at the castle and in factories, 25/05/08 at 28/09/08
Open daily from 12am to 19h
Groups daily by appointment
Free admission