International Women's Day 2022

March 8th is International Women’s Day.

IWD 2022 campaign theme: #BreakTheBias

Imagine a gender equal world.

A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.

A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

A world where difference is valued and celebrated.

Together we can forge women's equality.

Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias.

Birds Eye View: Reclaim the Frame

Reclaim the Frame x International will kickstart with an online talk as part of Beirut Women Film Festival on International Women’s Day, 8th March, featuring representatives of each of the partner festivals. Watch live and thereafter on the Birds Eye View YouTube Channel.

Birds Eye View Director Melanie Iredale, along with inspirational women in film like Film4 's Farhana Bhula, BFI Fund's Mia Bays, Picturehouse's Claire Binns, spoke to Screen International about the films and pioneering women that have inspired her career for #IWD2022.
Read here.

International Women’s Day
See post from last year for more about International Women’s day and related links. Including Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts - collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists.

Zarah Sultana writes about the radical socialist and internationalist roots of #InternationalWomensDay in this article in Tribune Magazine.

Bristol Photography Festival

Visit - Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th Sept ‘21

Bristol Photo Festival is a new and innovative festival, commissioning and producing exhibitions biannually across the city, alongside an ongoing programme of talks, events, workshops and training through a partnership model of collaboration. The festival provides platforms for national, international, student and emerging photographers, and an extensive outreach and engagement programme with schools, community groups, third level educational institutions, charities and libraries.

There is a programme, which you can look at to see what you’d like to visit join in with in your own time, but we have selected a couple of venues to get you going as they include 5 great exhibitions between them. If you go individually at other times, it’s worth checking the venue websites/calling in advance to check nothing has changed or been cancelled.

You will need to plan your visit on Thu and Fri 23rd /24th Sept by booking individually for each of the 2 venues.

Please see handout (copy on Teams) for full details or download pdf of handout here

We have selected the following exhibitions from the programme:

Island Life

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL

More Info and Booking

© Clémentine Schneidermann and Charlotte Jame

James Barnor:
Ghanaian Modernist

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL
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Ghanaian Modernist © James Barnor. Courtesy of Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière

Beyond the Frame: Heather Agyepong | Jessa Fairbrother | Lua Ribeira

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL

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© Jessa Fairbrother

Lips Touched with Blood:
Sarah Waiswa

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL

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© Sarah Waiswa, created from original photo by Charles Trotter, copyright Bristol Archives. (right) © Sara Waiswa (left).

IN PROGRESS

Laia Abril - Hoda Afshar - Widline Cadet - Adama Jalloh - Alba Zari . Curated by Aaron Schuman

The Royal Photographic Society | 337 Paintworks, Arno’s Vale, Bristol BS4 3AR

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Seremoni Disparisyon #1 (Ritual [Dis]Appearance #1), 2019
from the series ‘Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance)’
© Wildline Cadet courtesy Royal Photographic Society

Please see handout (copy on Teams) for full details.

Extras if you like the sound of them:

Simple Things and Limbic Cinema present: SPECTRA

SPECTRA, a large-scale immersive sculpture created by award-winning multimedia creative artists Limbic Cinema and music producer K-LONE.

The immersive sculpture, presented by Simple Things and Limbic Cinema, explores the relationship with light, through projection mapping, volumetric lighting and intricate sound design. The FREE experience lasts around 12 minutes, with intervals throughout the four days.

Free to attend. The Station, Silver Street, Bristol, BS1 2AG
Dates: 23 Sept 2021 - 26 Sept 2021
Open: Thursday 10:00- 21:00, Friday 10:00- 21:00, Saturday 10:00- 21:00, Sunday 10:00- 21:00
More details here

Peggy Ahwesh:

Vision Machines

The preview night for this Film / Video Installation exhibition is on the Friday evening

Exhibition preview: Friday 24 September, 6–8pm

More Info at: https://www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/exhibitions/peggy-ahwesh/

Vanguard | Bristol Street Art: The evolution of a global movement

More Info and Booking

Although is: £6 concession, £7 adult. Free for under 18s – ticket still required

Book a time slot at: https://pretix.eu/bristolmuseums/mshed/ or just turn up and hope to get in.

High Volume: Bristol Sounds

Photographs from Mark Simmons

 23 September – 30 October 2021
Strange Brew, 10-12 Fairfax St, Bristol BS1 3DB, United Kingdom

Photographs chronicling Bristol’s music scene since the 1980s by Mark Simmons.

I’d advise visiting on the Friday. Think you can get food/drink here during day too.

More Info

Bogle Competition Easton Community Centre, October 1992 A Jamaican Bogle dance competition at the local community centre. “The young man looks completely rapt, his partner is serene and holding the space while the crowd cheers them on.”

ENCOUNTERS FILM FESTIVAL 2022

Encounters is the UK’s leading short film, animation and virtual reality festival.

The festival discovers, supports and develops new talent in filmmaking, providing a platform for emerging and established filmmakers from around the world, and continues to be a unique meeting place for the industry. Usually held at Watershed in Bristol, this year’s festival is online.

You can buy a pass for £10 at: https://www.encounters.film/festival-passes which gives you access to the full festival programme to watch on demand.

We will be screening a selection from the festival in the TV studio at Loxton campus.

We are looking at screening the following:

Monday

10am - TV Studio - aimed at Lens Based Media Students (with Rich), but others welcome (space permitting)

Acts of Resistance (from Live Action Programme) - When enough is enough, taking action can lead to the most daring, unpredictable gestures. More details

Comedy 2 - Some light-hearted relief to the woes of the world. More details

You, Me & Cold War Steve - Photography Exhibition - Loxton Gallery, plus Loves Cafe and Weston Arts Space. (Running - Sept 20th - October 3rd 2021) Details here

Wednesday

10am - TV Studio - aimed at Film & Media Arts Production - Year 1 and 2 (with Ross), but others welcome (space permitting)

DEPICT - Super short filmmaking competition, challenging filmmakers from across the globe to create an imaginative and original short film of 90 seconds or less. Read More

This is Me - Identities are fluid and continuously re-defined through long-overdue conversations and self-discovery. Hair – grey, curly, gender-affirming – and clothes set us all on an empowering journey. Read More

Comedy 1 - A lucky dip of animation and live action fun! Read More

Thursday and Friday

Trip to Bristol Photography Festival see details here

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Other suggested programmes to watch:

Industry Roundtables - A series of roundtable discussions with industry professionals covering topics affecting new talent. More details here

COLD WAR STEVE - You, Me & Cold War Steve - Exhibition - Weston super Mare 2021

YOU, ME & COLD WAR STEVE

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE PEOPLE 2021

University Centre Weston is proud to be part of this exhibition with Cold War Steve.

Come see a brand new set of 23 artworks from Cold War Steve at Loves Cafe plus University Centre Weston, Loxton Campus’s and Weston Arts Space. Monday September 20th - Sunday October 3rd 2021.

’Cold War Steve aka Christopher Spencer is an artist from Birmingham, England who specialises in surreal, satirical and hilarious collages originally made on his phone and iPad. 

Since 2016 Cold War Steve’s Twitter account has been a lifeline to many in these dark times with his following increasing by the day. Three solo exhibitions, two books with Thames & Hudson, commissions for the National Galleries of Scotland, Whitworth in Manchester, Birmingham Museum and Gallery, a giant billboard installation at Glastonbury Festival and an international TIME magazine cover have all followed.

In 2020 his jigsaw Hellscape was shortlisted for the Design Museum’s Design of the Year Award and his latest book A Prat’s Progress nominated for the The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Cold War Steve also shot a feature length documentary about his work – Cold War Steve Meets The Outside World was released in October on Sky Arts.’ - https://coldwarsteve.com/bio/

Exhibition details at: http://poool.co.uk/cws-wsm

University Centre Weston creative arts degrees include:

• Photography and Visual Cultures, BA (Hons) degree

• Film and Media Arts Production, BA (Hons)

• Art and Design BA (Hons)

For more details on all our course please visit: www.ucw.ac.uk

Creative Arts Summer Show 2021

23 June 2021 – 26 June 2021 16:30 – 22:00

With a difficult year for the arts behind us, this year's Summer Show at Loxton Campus will be a breath of fresh air and a phenomenal trip out for the family with live music, performances, artwork, locally sourced food, drink and more - all in celebration of the arts and young people in Weston-super-Mare.

We have a pop-up cinema showing a selection of films by FdA Film & Media Arts Production and BA Lens Based Media Films students from UCW.

To reserve tickets and for more details please visit: https://www.weston.ac.uk/event/creative-arts-summer-show-2021

You can also watch the films by Vimeo feed below or on Film showcase 2021 page