With the help of our residents and online video experts Kinura, tonight we will be streaming our acoustic performance for our monthly Creative in Colchester networking event.
We will be streaming from around 8.30pm so please join us right here on our site for a live performance from Rhonda Merrick. Read more about Rhonda in our creative showcase interview.
We’d also like to let you all know about Kinura’s upcoming project - A Room for London.
Most of the events we stream are from theatres, conference venues and the like. Nowt wrong with that, but this project is rather different, and possibly the only time we’ll be streaming live from a boat. Definitely the only time we’ll be streaming live from a boat on top of the SouthBank Centre.
Kinura’s top webcasting team have been involved from the beginning, helping to spec’ connectivity, hardware, HD capture and live streaming delivery. They’re now in the midst of final preparations for the first Sounds from a Room performance by Andrew Bird, the amazing Chicago-based multi-instumentalist.
The live gig will be on Saturday 28th January at 2pm. All the performances will be archived on vimeo too.
Not one to be missed! A big thank you to Kinura for streaming our event. It’s a real pleasure to have such a wonderful and seriously professional bunch of people in the building.
Embroiderers Guild this Saturday
Saturday 28th January
10am - 12pm
15 Queen Street, CO1 2PH
The Embroiderers’ Guild host monthly workshops here every Saturday morning from 10am - 12pm. £5 per session, you get the chance to experment with a wide range of craft materials (not just embroiderery) without the worry of shelling out on a start up kit and realising you don’t like the medium.
This month the theme for the workshop is hearts and kisses. We don’t know much more than that but can guarantee you’ll have a great time with a friendly open group. Plus there’s always strong coffee and lots of tea to keep you going. There’s no better way to start the day!
The mornings are for anybody who is interested in textile art, either novice or pros.
For more information on the Embroiderers’ Guild ring Linda Watts on 01206 392348 or Lesley Sams on 01206 367738.
Film Shoot Sunday
Sunday 29th January
10am - 3pm
15 Queen Street, Colchester, CO1 2PH
£2 per person
Film Shoot Sunday, part of Film Colchester meet on the fourth Sunday of each month. The plan of this event is to simply meetup from 10am and make some films. 15 Queen Street acts as a meetup point and the base of operations for the day.
Throughout the day they require actors, writers, film makers and anyone who wants to get involved, whatever your skill levels your welcome to come along. There will be some equipment available, but if you have you’re own camera and equipment please bring them along.
If you wish to be involved editing the films, please bring an external hard drive, memory stick/cards or laptop so you can get a copy of the footage at the end of the shoot. If you have an idea of something you want to make please let them know, this doesnt have to be a short film it could be a music video, viral video, experimental video, effects test etc.
The times for the day will be very flexible so if you can’t make 10am let them know and they can arrange for you to meet us at a later time. The end time will vary depending on when they finish shooting, but again if you need to leave early this is flexible.
They’ll have a break for lunch so please provide you’re own food and drink but we should be finished before dinner time.
For more info please visit their facebook page.
Light and Dark @ Slack Space
We popped down to view their new exhibition ‘Light and Dark’.
A themed show featuring the work of local artists producing imaginative and high quality interpretations of the theme in a variety of media. Mainly wall based work, there are some stunning photographs that capture the brief perfectly.
Light and Dark features work from:
Eddie Bacon
Paula Vans
Andy King
Alexander Blustin
Stefanie Moss
Anthony Freeman
Sheila King
Stephen Waring
Jack Brown
Elin Evensen Eleanor Hilsden
The exhibition also has a double bill show in one of the side rooms entitled - ‘Primary 2’. Primary 2 follows on from their first Primary show featuring work from Myland Primary School, Stanway Primary School, Millfields school, Essex Home Educators and Colchester High School.
This is a charming display of work from the young artists featuring drawings, paintings and we even spotted a paper mache breakfast. We like!
Come and join Slack Space at their new premises at Victoria Place on Eld Lane Wednesday to Saturday 11am - 6pm.
Grab a brush and pour some ink
Friday 27 January
7pm til late
15 Queen Street, CO1 2PH
The Sumi Ink Club is back!
Illustrator Roblockness held a open illustration drawing event on Dec 7 2011 inviting people to fifteen Queen Street to get creative. View pictures from the previous event here.
Sumi is a Japanese type of ink. Clubs are held around the world inviting artists to come collabortively illustrate using just this ink on paper. There are many different rules depending on the club. They normally state to not take too long, fill the space, and even paint over other peoples work. Just have fun and enjoy.
This time we will be painting a large piece of paper covering the whole wall in the meeting room. Come get stuck in and make a collaborative illustration!
We will provide you with the brushes, ink and a little bit of music. Plus it’s free!
Also a big shout out to our fantastic sponsors The Colchester School of Art at Colchester Institute who have provided the paper. We dip our brush to you.
If you need more information please contact Roblockness.
RSVP on our meetup page Creative in Colchester.
Going Cuckoo
Wednesday 25th January
6.30pm
Benham Gallery, Cuckoo Farm, Boxted Road, CO4 5HH
Cuckoo Farm Studios presents the second event in their going Cuckoo programme. Join them Wednesday evening for a talk from Adam Aaronson who will be discussing his work and explain how he set up a successful creative business.
Adam has been at the heart of British studio glass for more than 25 years, establishing the UK’s first glass gallery in Highgate London in the 1980’s, subsequently working as an artist in his own right. In 1996 he set up his current glass blowing studio in Earl’s Court, London where he specialises in free blown glass. His vessels and sculptures are at once a celebration of the simplicity of pure form, and also an investigation into layering. His coloured patinas draw on painterly techniques but are predominately inspired by a love of natural landscapes and waterscapes. Adam will share with us his vast international experience in exhibiting, promoting and selling his work.
The talk and discussion is free. You can also stay on for a homemade supper. Supper is £7 (£5 for CFS Tenants and Associates.)
To book a place please email Cuckoo Farm.
Pop Up Shop opportunity in Clacton
Another opportunity directed to us via Slack Space. A retail shop is available in Clacton - rent and rates free for 3 months.
To help small independent retail businesses get started, Tendring District Council has a shop in Jackson Road, Clacton which is available from 3rd February – 27th April.
A ‘Pop Up Shop’ initiative ran very successfully in Dovercourt last year, and the council opened the shop in Clacton in November 2011, with its first business trading as ‘The Emporium’.
The shop is now available for its second business and comes equipped with free broadband, a cash register, pricing gun, glass display cabinets and telephone – all ready for a business to move into. (The 3 months in the shop is worth approx £2,000)
So, if you are already perhaps running a business from home that you would like to try in this shop, or would like further information, then please contact Rachel Fryer, on 01255 686149 or email for an application form. A form would need to be filled in and returned as soon as possible.
Don’t forget the Colchester based ‘Pop Up Shop’ scheme the Hidden Kiosk Project is looking for new applications. Read more and apply to take over the space in February. Nothing wrong with a pop up shop take over.
