Eccentric Worlds: and Nonsensical Scribbles

*Poster by Layla Holzer & Jade Fisher

29 January – 5 February 2012

The world is invited to ‘Eccentric Worlds & Nonsensical Scribbles‘, an exhibition by Cardiff School of Art and Design’s 2nd Year BA (Hons) Illustration students.

As well as work from students, the exhibition will host several events including guest speakers and workshops taking place over the course of the week.

The opening night is on Saturday 28th January 2012 from 5.00pm and will include guest speakers and auctions. Originals and prints of exhibited work will also be available to purchase.

If you can’t make the opening night then fear not; the exhibition will be open for public viewing from 29th January until the 5th February.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Keep an eye on www.eccentricworlds.blogspot.com for the latest news regarding events and activities taking place in the Eccentric World of our second year illustrators.

Forthcoming Monday Muses

Image by Dan Peterson

Every Monday
16:00-17:00 Howard Gardens Lecture Theatre

• 30 January: Ideological Muse
  Rev. Paul Fitzpatrick on Clashing Ideologies
• 6 February: Reportage Muse
  Dan Peterson on Illustrating in Hellmand Province
• 13 February: Operatic Muse
  Beatrice & Benedict dress rehersal at the Welsh National Opera, 15:00 (Chris Glynn regarding tickets)
• 20 February: Argumental Muse
  The Big Debate…watch this space

All CSAD staff and students welcome.

Stuck on Repeat

Submission deadline: 1 February 2012

It’s competition time! Here’s the first opportunity to have your work feature alongside Ohh Deer’s regular contributors. 5 Winning entries will be produced as stationery; swish elasticated notebooks to be precise.

Work from a range of disciplines is welcomed: Illustrators, Graphic Designers and Photographers alike.

Ohh Deer want you to interpret the brief ‘Stuck on Repeat’ as a reference to pattern or the repeated. It might not be the typical response, your work might focus on a repeating event but lack tessellation all together. It’s up to you. Be inventive!

Details:
The 5 Winners will have their work produced as lined and unlined notebooks in A4, A5 and A6 sizes. They will receive 15% of the profit from sales and will be stocked in Ohh Deer’s stockists and online store. The artwork remains the property of the artist, but cannot be produced in a similar format (i.e. stationery) while the product is still on sale with Ohh Deer.

The submission deadline is the 1 February 2012. Work will be displayed in the competition gallery for a week after that date and a winner will be selected shortly after.

Artwork Size: 43cm x 30cm (9mm spine) 300dpi
File Types: JPEG or PNG
Colours: Anything goes

Please submit entries to: competitions@ohhdeer.com

Work submitted earlier than the deadline will be uploaded onto the competition section so people can see it, like it, retweet it etc. The selectors will take the popularity into consideration, but ultimately we will select work that we think best fits the brand.

via www.ohhdeer.com

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Competition logo designed by: Nicholas Darby

CSAD Masters Open Day

Date: 10th February 2012

Location: Space Workshop, Room 1.41, Howard Gardens

11.00am – Tea and Coffee
11.15am – Welcome and introductions – Gareth Loudon,
11.20am – Overview of Masters Courses (why do them and what we offer) – Gareth Loudon
11.50am – Questions and Answers
12.00pm – Experiences of current Masters Students
12.15pm – Breakout into subject area discussions with specialist staff
12.45pm – Tour of HG facilities (for those who don’t know Howard Gardens) – Pete Castle, David Fitzjohn and Gareth Loudon
1.15pm – Finish

A pdf document containing further information about postgraduate study at Cardiff School of Art & Design can be downloaded here via our website.

New CSAD Library Blog

Image of Phonograph by Anon courtesy of www.bridgemaneducation.com

The new CSAD library blog is now live and takes the place of the previous CSAD Library web pages. It features the familiar New Book Display listings as well as the latest news from the Cardiff Met CSAD libraries but we also have some new features, articles and links highlighting the resources, collections and services we provide.

Additionally, being a blog there are widgets on our side bars and all sorts that will make the information more easily accessible to you such as the following:

• Monthly archive
• Category cloud
• Tag cloud
• Cardiffmetlearn Twitter feed
• Follow this blog by email alerts button

And we aim to get you more involved by inviting your comments on our posts and getting you to cast votes in some future polls.

Please visit the blog via the CSAD website www.cardiff-school-of-art-and-design.org/library and let us know what you think.

All the best

Paul Wearing
Senior Information Assistant
Howard Gardens Library

Shape Open Exhibition 2012

Submission deadline: Monday 19th March 2012

Shape in association with Westway Development Trust and our sponsors HSBC would like to invite applications for the Shape Open from artists who have work that comments or makes reference to issues surrounding ideas of disability or its definition as below:

disability, n.

1. Lack of ability (to discharge any office or function); inability, incapacity; weakness.
2. An instance of lack of ability. Chiefly in pl. Now rare.
3. A physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities; (as a mass noun) the fact or state of having such a condition.
4. Incapacity in the eye of the law, or created by the law; a restriction framed to prevent any person or class of persons from sharing in duties or privileges which would otherwise be open to them; legal disqualification.

“disability, n.”. OED Online. September 2011. Oxford University Press.

Theme: Work related to any definition or meaning of disability
Venue: Portobello Gallery, 6 Thorpe Close, W10 5XL
Fee: £10 for up to 2 pieces
Prizes:

• Shape Open Prize of £500 – The Shape Open Prize will be given to the artist with the best work in show as selected by the selection committee
• The People’s Choice Award of £250 – Will go to the artist whose work has been most voted for by the people visiting the exhibition

Medium: 2D, small 3D pieces and video.

For more information and to download an application form visit: www.shapearts.org.uk/artandexhibitions

Creative Spaces: Stapleton Road Tavern

Free Use of Space for your Creative Activity

Do you have an amazing idea of how to use the Stapleton Road Tavern (Bristol) for your temporary creative activity? If so, we want to hear from you. This could be anything creative, from an exhibition to a performance or screening, a workshop or private or public event. If you can manage your project yourself, there are no limits to what you can propose. Stapleton Road Tavern will offer free use of space to as many proposed projects as possible throughout Spring 2012.

Please email your proposal to stapletonroadtavern@gmail.com quoting “Use of Space” in the subject line. There is no deadline for this opportunity. However, please be aware that suitable activities will be scheduled on an ongoing basis.

Please include the following information:

• Your name / Group name
• The name / title of your activity
• A brief description of your proposed activity (maximum 200 words)
• The proposed duration for your activity (up to a maximum of 5 days per activity)
• Supporting information, such as images, links to videos (maximum of 5) if appropriate.
• Links to your Website / Blog if you have them
• Your contact information

www.stapletonroadtavern.blogspot.com