BEEF WINTER NEWSLETTER

Dearest friends, 

Warmest winter wishes. 

All of us here at BEEF would like to thank all the amazing artists and audiences who have supported our programme over the last 12 months. Without your support we couldn’t make it happen!

If you were one of the lucky ones to attend a spot on one of our workshops or events, we’d love to hear your feedback.
Either email us or fill in one of our feedback forms online:

 

We have loads of great stuff happen in the year ahead. Here is a reminder of what’s coming up…

TALKS & SCREENINGS
Exploring Experimental Film Talk & Screening Series
  • Introduction to Exploring Experimental Film screening at Cube Cinema

    Wednesday 15th January :  8 -10pm
    The screening will include works by Maya Deren, John Smith, Alia Syed and more
    £5/4 : concession : Tickets OTD Cube Cinema

 

  • On Experimental Film with Vicky Smith at Pennywell Studios

    Wednesday 22nd January : 7.00-9.00pm
    PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME
    £5/4 concession : Tickets for sale on Headfirst (+ £1 booking fee)
    @ Pennywell Studios, Pennywell Road, Old Market

  • On Experimental Animation with Savinder Bual at Pennywell Studios

    Wednesday 29th January : 7.00-9.00pm
    PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME

    £5/4 concession : Tickets for sale on Headfirst (+ £1 booking fee)
    @ Pennywell Studios, Pennywell Road, Old Market

  • On Sound for Experimental Filmwith Melanie Clifford, Matt Davies, Shirley Pegna

    Wednesday 5th February : 7.00-9.00pm
    PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME

    £5/4 concession : Tickets for sale on Headfirst (+ £1 booking fee)
    @ Pennywell Studios, Pennywell Road, Old Market

 

WORKSHOPS
BEEF WINTER SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
  • SHAPE : 16mm found footage editing with Vicky Smith & Niyaz Saghari
    Saturday  25th January : 11-5pm
    £40/30 concession : Tickets for sale on Headfirst (+ £1 booking fee)
    @ Pennywell Studios, Pennywell Road, Old Market
  • SPACE : Projection and Exhibition with Vicky Smith
    Saturday 8th February : 11-5pm
    Learn projector technology and trouble shooting through a range of 16mm machines.
    £40/30 concession : Tickets for sale on Headfirst (+ £1 booking fee)

BEEF MEMBERS NEWS
Field Recording Discotheque on Sound Art Radio

Sat 28th Dec 2019

LIVE radio show from BEEF artist Field Recording Discotheque. Listen to their  end of year set on Soundart Radio today (Saturday 28th Dec) between 14:00 – 18:00.
Listen locally on 102.5 fm or Radioplayer
http://www.soundartradio.org.uk/

Expanded film performance night @ FISH FACTORY, PENRYN

Sat Jan 25th 2020

Beef artist Matt Davies & Marcy Saude will be premier new film work as part of an evening of expanded and experimental film at the Fish Factory Arts Space, Penryn, Cornwall 25th Jan 2020. They will be joined in support from Bristol base improv group Viridian Ensemble & audio-visual delights from Guest (aka Jas Butt) from Young Echo Collective.

Tickets £7 in advance £8 otd

World Illustration Awards 2020 is open for entries

Opportunities for New Talent illustrators…

Did you create an exceptional illustration in 2019?

Be Ambitious, Be Seen, Be Celebrated by entering your most exciting projects into the World Illustration Awards 2020!

Benefits for students of entering WIA2020:

  • A generous cash prize £1,000 sponsored by Winsor & Newton is on offer for the Overall New Talent Winner.
  • Exclusively for New Talent entrants, we’re bringing back the SAA Agents Award for New Talent, which comes with a package of mentoring and trial representation, for a second year running.
  • Having an award-winning graduate of your course can be a great story to tell prospective students.
  • WIA provides an affordable platform to engage with the industry on a global scale. Celebrate your students’ most exciting illustration projects by entering them into WIA, an affordable, respected and highly visible platform for global illustration.
  • We have 10 New Talent Category Winner awards and highly commended accolades up for grabs.

How WIA supports the industry:

  • The World Illustration Awards have a global reach, championing illustrators at all stages of their careers.
  • The Awards highlight the creative and commercial importance of illustration today.
  • Entering the Awards is a great professional development opportunity and a fantastic way for new talent to be seen and discovered by commissioners from across the world.

What can you enter?

  • You can enter an unlimited number of entries into our 10 categories which reflect the breadth of illustration being made today.
  • If you are a college member of The AOI you will automatically get a 20% discount on an unlimited number of entries. If your students are members, they also get a 20% discount on entries they submit themselves.
  • Categories include Commercial Publishing, Book Covers, Advertising and Design, Product and Packaging, plus many more!
  • Illustration in any medium and any format is eligible.
  • Projects can include college coursework, live briefs, portfolio work, self initiated projects and degree show work.

 

 

The World Illustration Awards are now open for entries until 18 February 2020.

Presented by the Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with USA-based Directory of Illustration, the Awards build on the AOI’s 45-year tradition of competitions, and will be presented in a refreshed format for 2020.

The Awards are open to work by professional and new talent illustrators living and working in any country.

 

How to enter
Applications can be made via the online form on the AOI website. More information and guidance can be found here: theaoi.com/world-illustration-awards

Contact information
For more information contact awards@theaoi.com or call +44 (0)20 7759 1012
Or visit our website: theaoi.com/world-illustration-awards

Social Media
Competition Hashtags: #WIA2020 and #WorldIllustrationAwards

The AOI Facebook: /theaoi
The AOI Instagram: @theaoi
The AOI Twitter: @theaoi

The Directory of Illustration Facebook: /DirIllustration
The Directory of Illustration Instagram: @DirIllustration
The Directory of Illustration Twitter: @DirIllustration

 

The Batsford Prize 2020 is open for entries

Brought to you by leading art book publisher Batsford, the award is open for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at a UK institution.

There are four categories to enter:

  • Applied Art and Textiles
  • Fine Art
  • Illustration
  • Children’s Illustration (presented by Pavilion Children’s Books)

The prizes
There are over £4,000 worth of prizes to be won. The winners in each category will receive a £500 cash prize. Winners will also receive £50 worth of Batsford books for themselves and £500 worth of books for their college. Two runners up in each category will also receive £50 worth of books.

The theme
The theme for the Batsford Prize 2020 is ‘Our Planet’. We are looking for entries that show innovative and well-crafted interpretations of the theme, in terms of subject or materials used, or a combination of the two. There is no restriction on the medium used, and we accept both entries that have been made as a part of coursework as well as personal work.

Deadline for entries: 31 March 2020

Find out more about the award and how to enter

 

https://www.pavilionbooks.com/batsford-prize/

Visiting Artist: Theresa Easton In Conversation

Save the date for visiting artist Theresa Easton in conversation with Angie Butler as part of the new Bower Ashton Library podcast series.

Thursday 23rd January 12- 1pm, in the library Special Collections area.

This is a free, public event and all are welcome to attend.

Printmaking and artists’ books provide a platform for Easton’s interpretation of social history and cultural commentary. As an artist with a socially engaged practice, Easton enjoys a collaborative approach to making artwork and developing ideas alongside participants. Community participation and political activism features as a driving force in her work. Easton is one of the founding members of Artists’ Union England, a trade union for visual & applied artists, and artists with a socially engaged practice.

Heritage interpretation plays an important part in Theresa Easton’s practice. Easton is interested in exploring cultural and historical episodes using contemporary printmaking processes. Central to Easton’s creative practice is the role of printmaking. Easton is interested in pushing the boundaries in printmaking and working with alternative materials to paper. Using printing techniques with glass, ceramics, brick clay and metal, Easton explores the inherent qualities of the material. Easton delivers regular workshops in printmaking & bookbinding from her studio in the heart of the cultural quarter of Newcastle, in the Ouseburn Valley. https://theresaeaston.wordpress.com

Alumnus Stacey Olika is named as one of Bristol’s 24 most inspiring people under 24 | 2019

Stacey Olika

This year’s list at Rife magazine features another round of the city’s most impressive young people.

The nominations for this list came flooding in from day one of the launch and didn’t stop coming until the deadline. With the help of the young people we work with at Rife, we managed to whittle down tens upon tens of nominations to the final list and it definitely wasn’t easy. From swimmers to app developers, each and every one of these Bristolian or Bristol-based entries were jaw-dropping. Stacey Olika, an alumnus from the UWE BA Graphic Design course is one of those people – congratulations!

Stacey is a graphic designer, creative producer and curator. Her work explores how identity and culture is navigated in today’s society through a range of mediums. She has  co-curated Why Are We Not Here for Test Space at Spike Open Studios which addresses issues regarding the lack of representation in arts institutions, is a featured artist at Rising Artsand has recently facilitated a new publication, Conversations About Race, to generate much needed conversations in the city. She is the founder of Agents of Change, a programme to shine light on emerging creatives. She recently led the Uncomfortable Truths project at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.

She says, “To be honest I didn’t expect it at all, I never expect recognition because I’m doing something I’m passionate about and I love. But the fact that people see what I’m doing and it’s influential, is greater than where I ever saw myself going.”

Kennedy Publishing | Hiring

We’re #hiring! Are you a Graduate with an interest in children’s publishing? We want to hear from you! Send us your CV today. Applications close 31st Dec.

We’re currently seeking a full-time Graduate Trainee to join our busy buying department. The successful candidate will join the team at our fast paced, friendly office, located between Bath & Bristol. This exciting, varied role will primarily involve assisting our toy buyers with purchasing and administrative tasks.

 

Desired knowledge, skills & experience:

 

  • Numerate, organised, positive and comfortable working in a fast paced office environment.

 

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel on PC and/or Mac.

 

  • Ability to learn new computer systems quickly, with excellent attention to detail.

 

  • Good verbal and written communication skills. Chinese language skills are preferred but not essential.

 

  • Some relevant import/buying experience is preferred but not essential as full training will be provided.

 

Location: Bristol

Salary: £18,000 p/a

 

Salary reviewed upon successful completion of a 6 month probation period.

 

Please send your covering letter and CV to:

 

daisy@kennedypublishing.co.uk

 

DEADLINE 31st DECEMBER 2019

Wise Children need a Graphic Designer!

We are looking for a brilliant graphic designer to help us with day-to-day digital and print design. If that’s you, please read on!

 

The graphic designer we need

We have a longstanding relationship with leading theatre design agency Bob King Creative. BKC made our website and lead on our production campaigns.

 

BKC, however, are not able to take on all the graphic design work we have, and so we’re looking to develop a new relationship with a designer (or company) who can supplement and support the work we do with BKC on an ongoing basis.

 

The Romantics Anonymous programme

Right now, we’re also looking for someone to design the programme for our third show, Romantics Anonymous, which will be at Bristol Old Vic from 17 January – 1 February 2020. The programme will be created across the start of December 2019, so you’d need to be free to work on it then.

 

Ideally we’re looking for someone who can create this programme with us, and then go on to become part of our graphic design team long term.

 

How to apply

  • Send a covering letter, CV and some examples of your work to office@wisechildren.co.uk
  • Complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form here.

 

All applications must be received by 5pm on Tuesday 26 November.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview in Bristol on Friday 29 November.

 

If you would like further information, support with access requirements for application or interview, or have any queries about the post, contact us.

 

Wise Children is open to new and creative ways of working. We encourage applications that suggest flexible, surprising, imaginative ways of delivering the role.

 

https://www.wisechildren.co.uk/news/wise-children-need-a-graphic-designer