Out Of The Ordinary Festival 2011...

Last Summer I was kindly invited by Jim Mitchell, the director of the 'Out of the Ordinary' festival to become part of their core crew in helping to organise this wonderful event for 2011.

My role at this point was undecided, but after many meetings, coffees and too many glasses of red wine, we established that I would be ideal for the role of Installation Manager. 

However, I was also keen to bring to the festival an element of modern craft - upcycling, affordable gifts, unique must-haves and handmade crafts from local artists who would not normally be able to afford the price of a full pitch.

My vision was to create a space within the festival for local artists, crafters and designers to showcase their work, for festival goers to be able to purchase unique handmade art at affordable prices, and a space where people could come and take part in free arts and crafts workshops. 

So along and taking on the role of Installations manager, I also decided to make my arts and crafts area a reality at the festival. 

.....Yikes!

So after lots of hard work I was extremely pleased to bring to the festival a wonderful assortment of fresh, modern and distinctive artists, crafters and designers from the South Coast.

We had 'live' art murals of sacred animals painted my the amazing local artist Sara Abbott...

http://www.sara-abbott.com/

Amazing live spray paint workshops from Zee Zee Twenty Two...

www.facebook.com/zeezee.twentytwo

Brilliant installation pieces from the amazing Taz Lovejoy...

http://www.tazlovejoy.com/

Fabulous mural painted on site by Local artist Micheal Carlton...

http://www.michaelcarlton.co.uk/

Wonderful installation pieces made from recycled metal thanks to Circus Kinetica...

www.circuskinetica.com

Along with inspiring arts and crafts stalls including Sibel Largerdahl of Leftover who makes gorgeous pieces from recycled and unwanted waste...

Handmade creams and beauty products from Marion Mackonochie of Field Remedies...

http://www.fieldremedies.com/

Beautiful feather hair fascinators from Jordana Wakelin of Fancier Feather...

www.wonkay.co.uk/fancierfeather

And delightful handmade jewellery from Jennifer of Midnight Deer.

www.midnightdeer.com

plus many many more exiting and inspiring crafters, designers and artists - far to many to mention!

We also had a full schedule of workshops including hair fascinator making, handmade beauty cream workshops, build your own carnival mask, home made paint making, badge making and balloon decorating to name just a few.

One of the most successful workshops was screen printing which was brought to us by Hannah Edy of Big Love...

www.biglovegallery.com

So not wanting to lessen my own work load I also brought to the festival a number of my own art installations and workshops - but Ill bring them to you on another blog!

xxx

WANTED! Artists and Crafters for a White Night Festival Night Time Bizaar!

On the 30th Oct the CompARTment Group presents The Open Sesame Night-time Bazaar at the London Road Open Market, Brighton.

From 6pm till 2am the market will be transformed into an illuminated evening of pop-up cinema, performance, music, art, craft stalls and beyond …..

CompARTment is a Brighton based collective who’s aims are to transform empty buildings and sites into creative hubs for learning, collaborating, exhibiting, workshops and community involvement.

This event will come at the end of an initial 3 month phase of compARTment’s pilot project at the Open Market and will provide inspiration and a way mark to artists and their work and to the project itself.

I am looking for artists and crafts people to get involved with the market. Stall spaces of approx. 6ft x 4ft are available for ONLY £5 each! Tables will need to be provided by the artist. The running time for the market is from 6pm to 2am.

If you are interested in getting involved please email me (Josephine) at sisilylove@hotmail.com with your details and a brief description of what you will be selling as soon as possible. I will then send you further instructions of what you will need to do next.

Unfortunately NO alcohol can be sold on the night, and anyone planning on selling food MUST have Health & Safety certificates and Liability insurance.

The compARTment group meet every Tuesday in the Prince Albert pub (in the Green room) at 7.30 - please come along if you would like to take part and meet the group.

Look forward to hearing from you!

For more information on the White Nights festival itself please follow the link below;

http://www.whitenightnuitblanche.com/

For more information about the compARTment group please follow the link below;

http://www.compartment.org.uk/

Calling all Creative Types!

Artist? Crafter? Performance Artist? Musician?... CompARTment are looking for people to take part and volunteer in the White Nights art trail in London Road Market on the 30th October 6pm - 2pm. A meeting about it will be happening tomorrow evening (Tuesday 28th September) at the Hydrant Pub, Preston Circus from 7.30-9pm.

Hopefully see you there!

http://compartment.org.uk/