Behind The Curtains

This friday at 7pm, Third Floor Gallery is proud to present the opening of TomasVan Houtryve: Behind The Curtains.
Charting the social adaptation of the old communist states to the contemporary westernised present. The images we've seen so far are pretty interesting and the opening night hosts beer from Otley Brewery. Get involved!

Book Arts Fayre VI

Ffotogallery’s next Book Arts Fayre will be taking place this coming Spring. As usual we are taking over Turner House from 11am – 5pm, all our stall spaces are FREE of charge and yes, the Various Artists stall will be back.

If you would like to apply for one of our free stall spaces or submit works for sale on our Various Artists Stall, please email the team on turnerhouse@ffotogallery.org a brief description and any images or links about your practice, imprint, zines or self publishing initiative by 17 December 2011.

The VA Stall is a curated stall of works for sale by artists/makers who cannot get to the event – Ffotogallery do not take any commission from sales, all we ask is that you cover return postage for any unsold items.

If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch by emailing turnerhouse@ffotogallery.org or call the team on 02920 708870.

November FORUM - The Importance of Art Schools

The next FORUM will be on Thursday 24th November, 6.30pm at Turner House. 

This month the discussion will question how relevant traditional places of learning are to today's artists. 

With rising fees for education in recent years and with the notion of art scenes no longer restricting themselves to major cultural hubs, we will ask: Is a university course a necessity? 

If a course is undertaken, what does the artist gain from this experience? What other available avenues are there for guidance and critical discourse with peers? Is an MA course still the logical next step for graduates? What are the realistic alternatives?

Also we will be be pleased to host artist Nic Hughes who will be showing some of his recent work.

Turner House is Ffotogallery's exhibition space in Penarth, on Plymouth Road (CF64 3DH).

Hereford Photography Festival

The Hereford Photography Festival opens tonight and runs until Saturday 26th of November. The festival is curated by Simon Bainbridge, editor of the British Journal of Photography and takes place at Hereford Museum and Art Gallery with further exhibitions and events taking place in Wales, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Birmingham.

We'll be particularly looking forward to A Social Landscape, the MA/MFA show from University of Newport students and Company by Chiara Tocci.

Plenty more information is available on the website:

http://www.photofest.org

MADE IN ROATH

This weekend sees the return of the Made In Roath Arts Festival. Running from the 14th to the 16th of October, this years promises to see an even more diverse and exciting line up than the previous two.
The festival centres within the Roath area of Cardiff, with events ranging from free workshops, open houses, exhibitions and installations, continuing throughout the day and night, there is something for everyone.
Follow the link to the website to get involved.

http://madeinroath.com/

CHARITY PRINT AUCTION FOR CHARLOTTE MILLER ART PROJECT

Help raise funds for CMAP's forthcoming workshops with street children in Ecuador.
This charity photographic print auction will be taking place at The Motorcycle Showroom in Stokes Croft, Bristol on Thursday 20th October.

Selling over 35 prints kindly donated by the best of the South Wests contemporary photographers...including a signed book from Martin Parr!

Funds raised will pay for film & processing during participatory photography workshops with children who live and work on the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador.

CMAP will be running the workshops in 2012 - please go along and invest in a print from one of these great photographers, enjoy free refreshments and support the participants of this photography project at the same time!

www.cmap.org.uk

www.rachel-inecuador.blogspot.com

Check out the event details and listings of prints up for grabs here.
If you have any photographic prints you would like to donate for auction, there is still time to get involved. Contact Rachel Lowe via the Auction's facebook event for more information.

THIRD FLOOR GALLERY: ISOLATION SCREENING & OPENING

This Friday 7th of October we have the screening of the feature

length documentary film "Isolation", with Stuart Griffiths and

directed by Luke Seomore and Joseph Bull. It will start at 6pm and

entrance is free, but we more than welcome you dropping some of those

heavy coins into our fundraising hat.

You can find the Facebook link to the event here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167395870012146

The Friday after, the 14th of October at 7pm, we have the opening of

Sergey Chilikov's "Selected Works". This is a large series of

photographs by the Russian photographer, and due to a fair deal of

nudity not particularly suitable for children. On the other hand, if

you're an adult, you might rather enjoy these beautiful, slightly

grim, and very often humorous pieces. This exhibition has been

possible thanks to Otley Brewing Company, and has been produced with

help from Photographer.Ru and the School of Film, Photography and

Digital Media of Newport University. Schilt Publishing is as well

getting out the book "Sergey Chilikov: Selected Works 1973-", which

will be available at the opening.

More on there website here:

http://www.thirdfloorgallery.com/exhibitions.html#exhibition17

And Facebook event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179847995425827