Housed in a landmark industrial building on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, BALTIC is the biggest gallery of its kind in the world – presenting a dynamic, diverse and international programme of contemporary visual art.
BALTIC has no permanent collection, providing instead an ever-changing calendar of exhibitions and activities that give a unique and compelling insight into contemporary artistic practice. The BALTIC programme ranges from blockbuster exhibitions to innovative new work and projects created by artists working within the local community.
BALTIC Podcasts is a series of free audio and video downloads designed to enhance your visit to BALTIC. An ongoing series featuring artists and curators, it explores current and forthcoming exhibitions at BALTIC providing ideal audio and visual accompaniment useful prior, during or after any visit to BALTIC.
YO come and check Blah Records myspace page! New video 'Just Drink' ft. Brad Strut. 7" vinyl and enhanced CD package now available for pre-order! www.myspace.com/blahrecords PEACE
Benjamin Franklin House 36 Craven Street London WC2N 5NF
Following on from their sell out shows at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, The Red Velvet Curtain Cult shall inhabit and haunt the Benjamin Franklin House with site specific art, performance, film, oddities and happenings from 13 artists. Set in a Georgian house where layers of history unravel from behind panelled walls and deep-set fireplaces whisper ashes of deeds past, the artists will engage with and draw inspiration from the history of the space, including its most famous inhabitant Benjamin Franklin, he of keys and kites….
Expect spinning tops, glass armonicas, trepanning games, story telling, ceremonial mythologies, muffled whisperings, cyclical wanderings, all serenaded by the sound of a haunting electric cello…
Hello BALTIC. We have 2 events coming up that we'd like you to take a look at...
Saturday 30th May:
Sona Di Fallen Pheonix Mansfield Holiday Simple Swan
@ The Red Rooms (above The Blacket Arms) £4/£3 NUS
Also...
If you managed to catch THE BRETT DOMINO TRIO on Britain's Got Talent, you might be intrested to know they are playing at THE RED ROOMS on Thursday 4th June!
Info on our Myspace page and at www.brettdomino.com
Tickets for The Brett Domino Trio are on sale now at Wegottickets.com
Sunday 3rd May the Aladdin's cave of the market world is coming to a venue near you! The one and only Star and Shadow Market an independent bi-monthly art, craft and flea market will be from 11am - 4pm in the Star and Shadow Cinema (opposite Tanners Pub), Stepney Bank, Ouseburn Newcastle Upon Tyne. 20 stalls under one roof!! Heres a sneak preview of a few of the stalls this time: Art from Emma McLaughlin. Organic produce from Phil Tyler. Funky handmade bags from Jennifer Taylor. Music from Alan Edge. Knitted goodies from Yve. This is a free entry, not for profit event where money generated from stall holders goes to upkeep of the venue.
Designers Marketplace is now taking reservations for the following events until the end of the year:
Saturday 27th June - Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt Saturday 3rd October - The Loft, Leeds Sunday 29th November - Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
June's line up is looking exceptionally tasty with designers like Hidden Wardrobe (as sold on ASOS), Ella Doran, Knit & Destroy, Design Mob, Roc & Doll, Le Beado (representing some of the regions finest jewellery designers), Dolls & Molls and Kitty & Dude and many more. Not forgetting NUDE Magazine will once again be in attendance promoting their uber cool publication and selling editions off for as little as £1! So get down early for your copy.
Hope to see you there! Remember to also join the facebook group and invite yourselves;
It's been a while, hope things are fine, but I have a favor to ask you: I don’t know how this happened but I somehow got nominated for this... how metal - I know, but here ya go anyways, feel like voting for this metalhead? hehe (intructions on how are on my Profile) ...and - if you could mobilize & rev up some of your fellow VOTER forces, that would be way cool, cuz I gotta win! (2nd place is not good!) :) Thanx a bunch!
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Helloooo Baltic,<br /><br />Thank you for accepting Temporary:Secretary.<br /><br />Can't wait to pop by the quayside soon. I should really get my butt to the Baltic more often, as I only live across the street where the Hilton is!<br /><br />Hope you're having an awesome, sparkly, most fantastic bombastic week so far.<br /><br />With love<br />Sarah<br />www.temporary-secretary.com<br />xxxxxxxx<br /><br />
my dissertation is on art in relation to mainstream thinking and ..that the larger part of mainstream society only get filtered down versions of art via commercialism (for profit) and not to raise consciousness - via expression. there are underground influences, arts that appear to be speaking a language of the moment to the people intead of at them but these only reach a small majority.. where as advertising/ the media reach a majority enmass, but pursuades instead of lending itself..and high art seems to be as much about the price tag these days than of mindfulness. though truthfully hasnt high art has always been seen to be used as a propagandist tool anyway, for the greater good of god, the government or the priesthood. what exactly is arts role in society. and how does that or should that bare relavance to mainstream
I am happy to invite you to my dgallery "d27 art gallery" (http://d27artgallery.ning.com/) which I opened just now. At this point this is by invitation only and I will be glad to welcome you there any time. I'll be grateful if you share with me your comments, suggestions and ideas.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />Dima27<br />
Open call for submissions of domestic scale artworks in any medium for an exhibition to take place in April in a flat in the Westend of Glasgow. Artworks will be sited in the large hall of a ground floor tenement flat, with an opening on Saturday 18th April. Artworks in 2D, 3D, installation; film and video will be considered.
Please submit a CD of proposed artworks (maximum 6 jpegs); a current CV, a brief explanation of work or proposal of planned work, together with contact details and a stamped addressed envelope for return of material, if required to: Janie Nicoll, 212 West Princes Street, Glasgow, G4 9DL.
Deadline for submissions Monday 2nd March. For more info email janienicoll@yahoo.co.uk
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