photo credit © Rob Birrell
Durham Business School’s Gleam Programme’s final show is at Northern Print in Stepney Bank today. Pdf invitations and directions from Rob’s site here and here.
The Hera Collective have a festival this Saturday at the Star and Shadow. I’ll be showing some new work, including the Fence and Wishful Thinking series, for the first time. This is from their press release:
The Hera Collective presents: Boots and Boas
May 3rd, 3pm – 12am
The Hera Festival is an afternoon and evening of music, performance. Featuring:
Music from The Corn Shed Sisters, The Colt.45s, Bridie Jackson, Femme Fatale
Performance from Subversive Strip, Fereshteh, Malamo,Bethan D, H Plewis & H Plewis and more…
Art from Fetlework Tesfaye, Phyllis Christopher, International Whovaartist, Joanne M Burke, Rebecca Knight, Brenda Burrell, Jo Dale, KiKi, Alyson Agar and more…
Poetry from Nikki Hawkins
Hosted by H Plewis & H Plewis
Plus DJ Ms. MQ’s Reggae sounds,stalls, zines, free cake and more!
Fanzine Workshop facilitated by Rachel Holborow: an introduction to fanzines and their place within feminism and the Riot Grrrl movement, the power of their immediacy, and a DiY guide to making you own. Everyone has the chance to contribute their own personal or political page to a fanzine that will be given away free as part of the Hera festival that night.
Fanzine Workshop from 3pm – Free
Music and Performance from 7pm – £4/£3 conc.
Free to asylum seekers
To attend you need to be a member of the Star and Shadow which costs £1 and can be done on the day/evening.
If you would like to give practical help on the day, or want to get involved in future events, email us at: hera@thebricoleurspress.org.uk
Directions: The Star and Shadow, Stepney Bank, Newcastle NE1 2NP.
Situated at the top of Stepney Bank, on the corner with Crawhall Rd, opposite The Tanners pub on the town side of Byker Bridge. Buses 6B, 12, 22, 39, 40, 62, 63, 106, 301, 302 stop near Tanners. Nearest metro is Manors. Cycle park inside the building.HERA is a non profit Collective dedicated to the promotion, articulation and archival of women’s creative and political work.
Sound like fun? And the fabulous exhibition of Paul Knox’s black and white photographs from a Hartlepool boxing school are still on show at Darlington Arts Centre. Go and see at least one of these this weekend.
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Sounds fantastic. I’d love to see your new work – but off to Kent this weekend.