Category: Events


Letter Luvvers #03 — free sign up now open

‘Letter Luvvers is about to have its third meet-up. Our community is growing, and Bristol, as well as the wider Southwest is proving to be very excited to talk letters!
The hangout is diverse, not only in terms of our lines of work and how far we are in our careers, but also in our backgrounds, ideas, and identities.
We bring together all generations of those infatuated by letterforms.

We would love to thank you for being a part of Letter Luvvers and thank our speakers for the exhilarating performances they have delivered so far.’

When and where
— Wed, 23 Nov 2022, 18:30 GMT
— The Greenbank, 57 Belle Vue Road, Greenbank, BS5 6DP

Sign up here
— Here

Google Creative Lab – portfolio reviews (14th November application deadline)

Want to get into creative technology? Join portfolio reviews with Google Creative Lab.

‘Together with the team at Google Creative Lab, we’re bringing you a special-edition portfolio review with a focus on creative technology. So if you’re free on Wednesday 7th December and would love to get to know the team and show them your work, apply below!

On Wednesday 7th December, we’ll be hosting a portfolio review for budding creative technologists together with Google Creative Lab – a visionary team at Google made up of interdisciplinary thinkers and doers. We will be joined by five members from the London and New York teams, to connect with fifteen up-and-coming creatives.

The evening will be your opportunity to:
• chat to the Google Creative Lab team in a relaxed setting
• get insight on what the team looks for in new talent
• receive one-to-one advice and feedback on your work
• meet inspiring fellow emerging creatives

Who can apply?
This portfolio review is open to technically-minded creatives from a wide range of disciplines. There are 15 places on offer for budding hacker-tinkerers who love coming up with ideas and building tools to make creative concepts a reality.

The world of creative technology is big and broad. So whether you’re a programmer or product designer with a love of prototyping, or an illustrator with a passion for communicating through code, if you’re interested in using technology to push creative boundaries – we want to hear from you!
To apply, we ask that you are a UK-based emerging creative, with no more than one year’s professional experience in the creative industry, and that you’re aged 18 or over.

How it will work
The session will take place on Google Meet on Wednesday 7th December 2022, from 5pm to 8pm GMT. There are only a limited number of places available, so make sure you sign up to register your interest.The event itself is fast-paced: In breakout rooms of three emerging creatives and one reviewer, you will get the opportunity to show and discuss work, and get advice and feedback. This will then rotate, so you get to meet several reviewers throughout the evening.Please note that you will be required to have something to show, but this doesn’t have to be a polished portfolio. We also recommend keeping this to one to two projects or pieces of work that capture what you do.

How to apply
This session is open to students, grads, those currently seeking work or working in the creative industry. Please note, you are only eligible to register if you:• Have a maximum of one year’s professional experience in the creative industry
• Are based in the UK
• Are aged 18 or over
• Register your interest by midnight, 14th November via the link below.
APPLY BY 23:59 ON 14TH NOVEMBER

Please note
Registering for this event does not guarantee a place. Those invited to attend will be emailed a week before the event, and will be asked to pay a £5 deposit. This is to confirm your attendance, and will be refunded after the session.Attendees are selected based on their eligibility, so please be assured that if you are not invited, this is not a reflection of the quality of your work.We hope to see you there!

Justine Kurland SCUMB Manifesto Workshop (14th or 15th Nov)

Photographic artist Justine Kurland will deliver 2 one-day workshops of photography and collage, exploring her initiative – The Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books.This workshop follows her recent photobook – SCUMB MANIFESTO, published by MACK books, 2022.

Inspired by Valerie Solanas’ iconoclastic feminist tract SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto, SCUMB Manifesto presents Justine Kurland’s own initiative – the Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books.

‘Collage has long been a feminist strategy in art as in life: hybrid, shape-shifting, multiform, rebellious, irreverent and very funny. The cut is violent but the pasting can be seen as a metaphor for mending, bringing the margins to the center, a revision rife with possibility.’ – Justine Kurland

Join Justine for a day dissecting the pages from existing photo-books to make your own original artwork.

In the morning Justine will invite a group discussion on the books participants have brought to cut and the ways collage might revitalise the materials. Following this, using scalpel and glue, participants will create their own unique collage with hands on assistance and group feed back.

‘For the last several years, I’ve culled my library of canonized white male photographers, men who have taken up to much room psychically and literally, whose work crowd our book shelves, museums, and academies. This workshop is a call to action, inviting others to purge themselves of their man books. Together we will cut and paste as a collective way of dealing with historical inheritance and tradition; not all of which is a gift.’ – Justine Kurland

This workshop will be available on two dates and participants can book onto either 14 NOV or 15 NOV.

Justine will also be delivering an artist talk in the MPF gallery on the evening of 14 NOV and workshop participants are welcome to join this free of charge.

• 14 NOV 2022 or 15 NOV 2022

• 10.00am to 5.00pm

• 1 day workshop

• basic materials provided

• please bring with you the book(s) that you would like to cut up

• lunch / tea / coffee included

• £90 / £75 students

• use the code SCUMB at checkout for student price

• only one student ticket can be purchased per transaction• TICKETS HERE

WEDFresh (2 Nov 2022) — Tickets now available

Fresh is about bringing us all back together, finding out what’s new and getting inspired by the rich mix of ideas and creativity that have fallen out of the West of England over the past 2 years.

From play and passion projects to climate change and mental health – there’s a lot of great stuff going on.

Come along and listen up!

‘We’re putting on a low-key night at Propyard involving some inspiring short talks, drinks, and food. From play and passion projects to climate change and mental health – there’s a lot of great stuff going on and we want to hear about it.

Fresh is about bringing us all back together, finding out what’s new and getting inspired by the rich mix of ideas and creativity that have emerged over the past two years.’

Book you tickets HERE
And find more information at wedesignforum.co.uk


Bristol IxDA (Interaction Design Association) — register for free tickets

Bristol IxDA (Interaction Design Association)
If you are interested in interaction design, this is for you – whatever your current level of curiosity and experience.

Thursday 20 October 2022, 18:30 – 20:00
Join your hosts, Tom Metcalfe and Verity McIntosh, for an after-work social and hear from Bristol-based pioneers as they share stories of their journeys and connection to interaction design. This will be the first ever meet-up of IxDA Bristol, your new local chapter of the internationally renowned Interaction Design Association.

Speakers will be revealed soon – follow them on Twitter for all the latest information.

The talks will be hosted in Design West‘s beautiful event space, then heading downstairs to The Architect for drinks and chats at this blissful harbourside location.

IxDA Bristol is run voluntarily for Bristol’s design community.Register for free tickets here.

Werkhouse ’22 — Applications Open

Applications for Werkhouse’s 2022 weekend studio experience are now open and close on October 14th

‘Werkhouse is a weekend studio experience for young creatives. It’s designed as a deep dive into the creative and interpersonal skills you need to succeed in a design studio. With 20 design professionals involved, we show participants how to rapidly develop ideas and then communicate concepts to clients. We do this with a project brief, five teams and some real pressure – to be better prepared for what design businesses are really like.

Now in its fifth year, we are on the look out for this years cohort of 18-25yr olds.

For students at university, we welcome participants in their 2nd year and above. However, participants definitely don’t need to have studied design at university or have existing industry connections, Werkhouse is an initiative created with those in mind who might struggle to access opportunities in the creative industries or have chosen a different route to a career in design.

It’s a rare opportunity – outside of highly competitive internships – for students and young creatives to develop industry connections and gain experience of what design businesses are really like.’

 

For more information and to apply, please visit the Werkhouse website

 

We Design for the Community

3 of UWE Graphics Design BA students, Ishqha Khidzr, Ellie Cassidy and Amy Wright have participated and successfully completed the https://wedesignforthecommunity.org/ summer school program held in London at UAL Camberwell College of Arts 18-22 July 2022.

The students were selected as part of a cohort of 15 participants amongst approximately 80 submissions. They have worked on graphic design projects for London based community and cultural organisations and produced work respectively, Ishqha for THE SHOWROOM London, Ellie for Migrants in Culture, Amy for Latin American House.

We Design for the Community is a programme part of https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/arts-and-culture/cultural-infrastructure-toolbox/culture-and-community-spaces-risk and supported by the Mayor of London.

Amy Wright’s website: amymorag.com
Ishqha Khidzr’s website: ishqhakhidzr.org
Ellie Cassidy’s Behance: www.behance.net/elliecassidy1