Posted on
21st
April,
2011| February 7, 2011 3:00 pm | to | May 8, 2011 3:00 pm |
This is the last chance to view the stunning Drift Exhibition by University of Bolton Photography lecturer, Ian Beesley and Visiting Professor, Ian McMillan. This new exhibition combines photography and poetry to explore mining in the twenty-first century at Hay Royds Colliery. Over a century after opening, Hay Royds is now one of the last working pits in the Yorkshire Coalfield. The small workforce continues to mine despite having to overcome many obstacles.
Social documentary photographer Ian Beesley first visited this small privately-owned drift colliery in 1990, and has continued his relationship with the mine and miners over the last twenty years. This latest exhibition, showing at the National Coal Mining Museum, seeks to show a different aspect of coal mining which still survives, against all the odds, into the twenty-first century.
Ian Beesley’s striking photographs are complemented by poetry written especially for the exhibition, by writer and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Their words and images combine to reveal the process of mining, the physicality of the work and the relationship of the underground to the surface. A book reflecting on the mine and men is due to be launched at the exhibition symposium in March. Entitled ‘The Drift’, the book will include both Ian Beesley’s intense images and Ian McMillan’s evocative poetry.
“…we are washing the words and images out of coal onto the page…”
Ian Beesley
For more information please visit the National Coal Mining Museum: http://www.ncm.org.uk/displaypage.asp?id=170
Social documentary photographer Ian Beesley first visited this small privately-owned drift colliery in 1990, and has continued his relationship with the mine and miners over the last twenty years. This latest exhibition, showing at the National Coal Mining Museum, seeks to show a different aspect of coal mining which still survives, against all the odds, into the twenty-first century.
Ian Beesley’s striking photographs are complemented by poetry written especially for the exhibition, by writer and broadcaster Ian McMillan. Their words and images combine to reveal the process of mining, the physicality of the work and the relationship of the underground to the surface.
A book reflecting on the mine and men is due to be launched at the exhibition symposium in March. Entitled ‘The Drift’, the book will include both Ian Beesley’s intense images and Ian McMillan’s evocative poetry.
“…we are washing the words and images out of coal onto the page…”
Ian Beesley
Zizzi Ristorante has launched a competition that will see six art graduates chosen to become part of Zizzi’s ‘Creative Collective’.
All those who studied in the UK and graduated in the last four years are welcome to apply, with the illustration brief simply reading – ‘Deliciously stylish.’
The winners’ will redesign the Zizzi menu – meaning their art will be seen by over 2 million people per year.
Zizzi hopes to make each restaurant an individual establishment that takes its visual cues from its location – a concept that will be pushed further when it opens 15 new restaurants and redesigns 22 of its existing outlets this year.
Applicants are required to email freshyoungtalent@zizzi.co.uk with their work (at 350dpi) and a brief explanation of what inspired it, their name, date of birth, university they studied at and subject, the year they graduated, and their address and telephone number. The closing date for entries is 20th February.
WHO: undergraduate or postgraduate students in the fields of the arts, humanities and the social sciences, based in a British university
WHAT: Travel Grants – British Institute at Ankara
WHEN: May 2011 – March 2012
PAYMENTS: up to £500 each
DETAILS: to enable students to travel to and in Turkey and the region of the Black Sea littoral. Applicants should note that travel grants are not intended to support participation in fieldwork projects. The next round’s travel must take place between May 2011 and March 2012. The Institute tries to ensure that some undergraduates are among the successful candidates each year.
APPLY: for further information, contact Claire McCafferty completed application form and references by deadline. Late applications will not be considered.
CONTACT: biaa@britac.ac.uk www.britac.ac.uk
Organiser/employer: British Academy
The National Coal Mining Museum for England invites you to A Representation of Time. This special event is being held in association with The Drift, a new exhibition featuring the work of social documentary photographer and University of Bolton Course Leader, Ian Beesley and writer / broadcaster, Ian McMillan. Based around one of the last working pits in the Yorkshire coalfield, The Drift uses photography and poetry to explore the nature of coal mining in the twenty-first century. Words and images are interwoven to produce a narrative that reveals the process of mining, the physicality of the work and the relationship of the underground to the surface.
This year’s annual symposium explores the relationship between photography and literature. Through contributions from a panel of distinguished speakers the event will show the enduring influence that the northern coalfield continues to have on creative practitioners today.
Cost (including refreshments and exhibition tour): £25. Concessions (students / non-waged) £15.
The event will be officially launched by Mary Creagh MP and chaired by Susan Daniels, G10 Fellow in Arts and Cultural Education and International Director for the Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts & Communications at the University of Leeds.
Speakers will be: Ian Beesley, Ian McMillan, John Davies, David Peace, Keith Pattison, Jean Spence, Carol Stephenson
For further information or to book please contact the Museum’s Booking Officer at:
National Coal Mining Museum for England
Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton
Wakefield WF4 4RH
info@ncm.org.uk
www.ncm.org.uk
(t) 01924 848 806
(f) 01924 840 694
| February 19, 2011 9:00 am | to | April 23, 2011 5:00 pm |
Bolton Museum & Art Gallery
Saturday 19 February to Saturday 23 April 2011
In November 2009, Bolton at Home’s Neighbourhood Management Team (Bolton East) commissioned photographer Les Monaghan to spend six months in Breightmet as the Photographer in Residence. Funded through Bolton at Home’s Housing Percent for Art service, the photobreightmet exhibition brings together a selection of images produced during this time.
The aim of the project was to document the physical and social neighbourhood and the work of Bolton at Home in the Breightmet area. The project also aimed to challenge perceptions of the neighbourhood among local residents and those from outside the area, and to reflect how residents see their environment, their community, and of their place within that community.
During the six months residency, Les engaged and worked with tenants and residents, schools, community groups and other agencies and organisations active within the Breightmet area, and developed ideas for a number of participative activities.
