Preview: Friday 28 April, 6-9pm, Free, booking reccommended
Open Studios: Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 April, 11am-5pm, Free
Open Studios is an unmissable chance to go behind the scenes at Spike Island, and explore the working environments of hundreds of artists, designers and creative businesses based there, including UWE Bristol students studying Fine Art.
UWE Fine Art: Student-led exhibitions, performances and workshops
As part of Spike Island Open Studios, UWE Fine Art students will host live art and experimental music performances, workshops, exhibitions, and a listening post, Broadcasting Intimacy: a sonic encounter.
All events are free and located in UWE Fine Art Studios at Spike Island (ground floor, through the pink doors)
Workshop sessions have limited capacity and will be on a first come basis.
SCHEDULE
Friday 28 April
STUDENT EXHIBITION
6-9pm
SONIC ENCOUNTER: BROADCASTING INTIMACY
6-9pm
SCRR-B commissioned, curated playlist by Alumna Deirdre Canavan, presented by Street Corner Reading Rooms, Bristol. SCRR-B: BROADCASTING INTIMACY, SCRR-B: INFO/PROJECTS
PROCESSION: WE WERE BORN TO LEARN WE WERE BORN TO GROW
7.30–8.15pm
Lead artist Kit Poulson and UWE Bristol Fine Art students showcase a procession throughout the building, ending with a sound performance in the UWE Bristol Fine Art studios.
STAND-UP PERFORMANCE
8.15pm
The Fight – Catherine White
Saturday 29th April
STUDENT EXHIBITION
11am-5pm
SONIC ENCOUNTER: BROADCASTING INTIMACY
11am-5pm
SCRR-B commissioned, curated playlist by Alumna Deirdre Canavan, presented by Street Corner Reading Rooms, Bristol. SCRR-B: BROADCASTING INTIMACY, SCRR-B: INFO/PROJECTS
WORKSHOP
11am-12pm
Paper Making with Nel Bandy and Katya Hall
WORKSHOP
1-2pm
Fated Poetry with Taliesin Fox
IN-CONVERSATION
1-2pm
Broadcasting Intimacy sound artist Alice Boyd, audio producer Eliza Lomas, and researcher Deirdre Canavan will be in conversation about our relationship to sound, our ability to communicate from the margins, and the mediums by which we navigate this.
DROP-IN CONVERSATIONS
2-4pm, Common room, UWE Studios
Chat to Senior Lecturers in Fine Art Huma Mulji and Steven Paige about UWE Bristol’s BA and MA Fine Art Programmes.
WORKSHOP
3-4pm
Finding Spaces with Clay – Material Matters with Araminta Rae
ONLINE BROADCAST
4-5pm
Curated by alumni Deirdre Canavan, a selection of the Broadcasting Intimacy playlist will play as a one-hour live broadcast on Noods Radio. Listen on https://noodsradio.com
Sunday 30 April
STUDENT EXHIBITION
11am-5pm
SONIC ENCOUNTER: BROADCASTING INTIMACY
11am-5pm
SCRR-B commissioned, curated playlist by Alumna Deirdre Canavan, presented by Street Corner Reading Rooms, Bristol. SCRR-B: BROADCASTING INTIMACY, SCRR-B: INFO/PROJECTS
WORKSHOP
11am-12pm
Suminagashi Print Making with Jake Cooper
WORKSHOP
1-2pm
Sound and Mark Making with Oscar Burns
DROP-IN CONVERSATIONS
2-4pm, Common room, UWE Studios
Chat to Senior Lecturers in Fine Art Huma Mulji and Steven Paige about UWE’s BA and MA Fine Art Programmes.
UWE Fine Art students and Graduate Fellows are also performing and presenting work as part of Spike Island’s broader Open Studios events programme. See Spike Island’s website for the full schedule.
Image above: Spike Island Open Studios 2022. Photo by Dan Weill
Image below: Graduate Fellow Rosie Bales at Spike Island. Courtesy the artist and Spike Island.