Venue: Parkinson Court
University of Leeds.
Opening Times:
Friday 9th March (11:00am – 6:00pm)
Saturday 10th March (10:00am – 5:00pm)

This year East Street Arts are once again taking part in the Leeds International Artist Book Fair, but we are moving away from the traditional table top fair layout. Our stall will be made homely with bookcases and comfortable chairs so that everyone can take their time and feel comfortable browsing the wonderful books, publications and artist objects we have as part of our stall.

Browse?
We will have a range of artist books, publications and a whole range of other exciting printed objects on offer for people to browse. Not only will you be browsing, but you will be comfy while you do it! If you want to get involved in the browsing, come along on Friday and Saturday and see what we have to offer!

Exchange?
An Exchange, where people can swap book for book. This idea will hopefully give people an opportunity to go away with an artist book they otherwise wouldn’t have, in exchange for adding a book to our collection.

Sell?
The usual selling opportunities for artist books are again open to all our East Street Arts members, however space is limited so please nothing too large. We want all members to have an opportunity to sell what they have been making, so the more people who get involved, the merrier!

If you are an East Street Arts member and would like to get involved with our exchange or selling your artist books, please contact: jon@esamail.org.uk
You can find more information on how to become a member HERE

Venue: Patrick Studios
St Mary’s Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH.
Opening Time:
Wednesday 7th March (6:00pm – 8:00pm)

New studio holder at East Street Arts Patrick Studios, Rose George is bringing a new angle to the conversation in the kitchen. Who would have thought that by collecting whale excrement [that sniffer dogs can locate from onboard a ship] you could glean information about the animal’s wellbeing and learn how, and if, they are coping with an ever-busier shipping motorway above their heads crossing the Atlantic.

With a background in socio-political journalism and two books under her belt already she is currently working on her third on the subject of shipping. After crossing the Atlantic on a container ship & spending time on a naval vessel, she will focus on these experiences as well as on the story of modern shipping, the lawlessness of international waters – the most truly free place on the planet – and hostage-taking Somalia pirates.

Rose will also describe her experience in becoming a journalist, a magazine editor, and moving towards writing published books. She would also like to know where her Marmite tin disappeared to from the kitchen cupboard! Any help, get in touch.

This event is free to all ESA members and £3.50 to all non-members. To become a member you can download our Membership PDF here.

Biography

Rose George began writing in 1994, as an intern at The Nation. Later, she became senior editor and writer at COLORS, the bilingual “global magazine about local cultures” published in 80 countries and based first in Rome, then Paris, then Venice. In 1999, she moved to London and began a freelance career, and has since written for the New York Times, Guardian, Independent, London Review of Books and many others. She has been war correspondent in Kosovo for Condé Nast Traveler magazine; reported on an alternative World Cup final in Bhutan between Bhutan and Montserrat (Bhutan won); and attended Saddam Hussein’s birthday party, twice.

Rose’s first book, A Life Removed: Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World, explored the daily reality of being a refugee, focusing on the situation of the millions of people displaced by Liberia’s awful wars. Her second book is The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste/The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters, published by Portobello (UK) and Metropolitan (US). It was judged one of the best books of 2008 by The Economist newspaper, and one of the top ten science books of the same year by the American Library Association. She is currently working on a book about shipping.

Rose received a congratulatory first-class honours BA in modern languages from the University of Oxford in 1992, and an MA in international politics in 1994 from the University of Pennsylvania. She speaks fluent French and Italian and lives sometimes in Yorkshire, sometimes in a former hotel (three floors; one toilet) in south-west France; and as often as possible on a ship.

Venue 1: Square Chapel, Halifax (Thursday 1st March 8:00pm)
Venue 2: Caroline St Social Club, Saltaire (Friday 16th March 7:30pm)
Venue 3: Ilkley Playhouse, Ilkley (Saturday 17th March 7:30pm)
Venue 4: The Carriageworks, Leeds (Wednesday 25th April 7:45pm)

A trilogy of plays written by local writer Berni Bertola will be coming to Ilkley and Bradford next month. Berni Bertola is not a stranger to having his work performed as last year Icabod Theatre Company toured the locality with a play they had commissioned him to write: ‘The Demeter’ – a play about the ship that brought Dracula to Whitby. Berni Bertola’s natural sense of humour and well observed characterisation is sure to have audiences laughing and quietly crying.

The plays: 

•  A 20 year old marriage that has become derelict as the husband’s career has succeeded and the wife has sacrificed herself for the children.
• A successful engineer who wants to be left alone, a high flying business woman, a young lass from a council estate who is trying to escape, a cocky  young man who has noting to be cocky about.
• Two people who really like each other but life and the workmates get in the way.

Note: The different venues have different prices, ranging from £8 up to £11

Venue: Patrick Studios
St Mary’s Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH.
Opening Times:
Sat 25th Feb, 6:00pm – Sun 26th Feb, 6:00pm

(In)Xclusion has almost arrived! All of us here at East Street Arts are counting down the days until the 24 hour artist occupation of Patrick Studios begins!

The event is guaranteed to be an interesting and exciting look into some of the thought provoking contemporary art that is going on up and down the country (As well as some from out of the country!). The event will be open for the entire 24hours and you can get involved whenever best suits you. No need to rush around trying to make opening times, just drop in when you can and we guarantee there will be something fun going on.

Note: There will be food and drink available to everyone who comes along, so feel free to drop in anytime between 6pm and 6pm to share some grub, have a tipple and experience some truly remarkable works.

For more information and to see the artists involved, please visit : www.inxclusion.com

Venue: The Station
Station Yard, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4LD.
Opening Times:
Saturday 3rd March – Wednesday 14th March 2012
(For exact opening hours please visit the venue website)

Eva will be exhibiting work in which she reflects on ideas of migration and integration; presenting a visual narrative that questions the existing parameters of identity and belonging. Eva is a second-generation Hungarian/British citizen who invariably refers to the medium of memory, using personal and found objects that reference the exile and migrant’s experience.

East Street Arts like to know how members and past studio holders are developing. Everyone likes a good success story and that’s exactly what Eva Mileusnic’s story is. Eva was an East Street Arts studio holder and is still currently a member and it’s great when we see people go on to flourish in their chosen discipline. Along with this exhibition, Eva was also announced the winner of the 2011 ‘InVisible’ exhibition. This exhibition is not to be missed.

To see more of Eva Mileusnic’s work, please visit: www.eva.uk.net
For more information and exact opening hours, please visit The Station website: www.thestation.co.uk

Venue: Shine
Harehills Road, Leeds, LS8 5HS.
Late Night Viewing:
Friday 17th February 6 – 9pm
Opening Times:
Monday 20th February – Friday 9th March
(Monday – Friday 8am – 8pm)

Note: Entrance to the Late Night Viewing is free but please register with eventbrite to confirm attendance: Register Attendance

This contemporary selling show aims to celebrate, explore, and stretch the boundaries of the drawn art form. Using a wide variety of processes, techniques, and stimuli, these artists have explored the idea and practice of drawing. The show includes a wide range of media, from pencil and pastel, through to less conventional drawing materials such as printmaking, glass, collage, and embroidery.

Artists include: Kasia Baczkowski, Nick Claiden, Kimbal Bumstead, Matthew Thompson, Michelle Vesey, Fiona Taylor, Ron Wilson, Filippa Dobson, Una, Claire Cooper, Fiona Taylor, Jo Wilkson, Paul Miller, Mark Milnes, Jo Brown, Victoria Vinader, Lucy Crouch, Simon Lewis, Katie Iveson, Hondartza Fraga, Catherine Scriven, Lesley Birch, Kelly Boyle, Caroline Hall, Geoff Hewitt, Richard Baker, James Ferraciour, Paul Czainski, Chris Czainski and Mark Ombler-Spain

For more info contact Shine on: 0113 388 0000
Alternatively, visit the Shine website: www.shinebusinesscentre.co.uk

Venue: Melbourne Street Studios
Unit 2-4, Melbourne, Street Leeds, LS2 7PS. (just behind the Reliance Bar & Restaurant)
Times: Lecture: Friday 24th Feb, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Following five years of producing international touring exhibitions and providing artists professional development support, Matt Roberts Arts is partnering with East Street Arts on Friday 24th February to provide a series of one-to-one feedback sessions and a lecture entitled ‘What is the Artworld’

The evening lecture will take place from 7pm – 8.30pm and examines the relationship between the public and commercial sector in different countries

Please note there is no wheelchair access.

Portfolio session: Friday 24th Feb, 10:00am – 5:00pm

Unfortunately the portfolio sessions are now fully booked, but do come along to lecture and glean a little bit of Matt’s knowledge…

Venue: Melbourne Street Studios
Unit 2-4, Melbourne, Street Leeds, LS2 7PS (just behind the wonderful Reliance Bar and Restaurant on North Street)
Times: Saturday 25th February 14:00 – 02:00 (Sunday morning!)

O.C.D ? Because we keep doing it again and again.
The last clearance SALE ? Because that is the time we are living in now.

The title, O.C.D refers to the artist’s interest in looking at repetitive behaviours in our relationship to reality and imagination. The work attempts to also explore our notions of complicity, trust and responsibility. This performance is participatory where the audience is invited to become a part of the work taking place in the space. The audience is not only asked to interact with each other and the artist to create the performance together. But are also challenged to respond and inhabit the roles, themes and ideas that occur in the space as the work evolves over 11 hours.

For more information on Sohail Khan and his practice, you can view his profile here on the New Work Network
You can also watch some of Sohail’s work on his Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/trilobitefulness

Venues: Otley Courthouse
Courthouse St, Otley, LS21 3AN.
Private Viewing::
Sunday 5th February 6pm – 8pm
Opening Times:
Monday 30th January – Saturday 25th February
(Monday – Saturday 10am – 3pm)

Elizabeth Neylan is set to exhibit her beautiful paintings as part of a her most recent exhibition, People and Places. Elizabeth’s wonderful paintings explore People and Places with a range of beautiful colours and forms. The exhibition will be running in the Otley Courthouse and shouldn’t be missed!

Covert Noise Research are pleased to announce the launch of their new website: www.covertnoiseresearch.com
This launch is set to coincide with an exhibition which includes one of our valued members, Katy Devine, at Stella A. Galerie in Berlin. For more details about her work please visit: www.katydevine.co.uk

We hope that you can find a moment to go have a look and enjoy their new site. They have also added a few extras, such as a more thorough look at the work of their kalt kino, fract-fiction and a.v. departments. There’s also a ‘taster mix’ of their new long player, which is scheduled for release some time in the new year. More information on this release will be posted to their website shortly, so keep that dial locked… [they're third light on the short wave band].