Southbank Bristol Arts

A story about the Tiger Museum, by Tony Eastman

For the 2003 Southbank Bristol Arts Trail, we opened our house and garden to 11 artists. My birthday present for that year was a summer house to which I had added new red barge boards, window details and several brass inserts. My contribution to the Arts Trail weekend was to exhibit my collection of tiger sculptures, masks and toys in the summer house.

Our daughter, Amber, had recently sent a large box of tiger ‘artefacts’ from Guatemala. Those, plus a few other unique pieces from a friend in Japan and a relation travelling back from India, made for a good exhibition. I wanted to make the weekend event special and to give visitors to the Tiger Museum an experience to remember.

We are lucky in this area of having a huge reservoir of talent in every art form and I was very fortunate and very grateful to Sheila Hannon, Gill Loats and Alice Meason from Show of Strength who ‘supported’ the Tiger Museum by playing the roles of ‘cleaner’ and ‘curator’.

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A big thanks to all those people who braved the dark and the occasional firework to come to the AGM on Wednesday 4th Nov at the Comedy Box above the Hen & Chicken. Surrounded by posters of the greats of the comedy circuit, we discussed the important business of running the SBA and began the planning for the SBA Arts Trail 2009.

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The current steering group of Southbank Bristol Arts would like to invite all existing and prospective SBA members to the organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2008.

The AGM will be held at upstairs at the Hen and Chicken (the venue for the Comedy Box).

The Hen and Chicken can be found at 210 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 1JF (Google map) on Tuesday, 4 November 2008 at 8 pm.

Southbank Bristol Arts has 161 current members. The organisation should not be about just a few people making all of the decisions, so please come along, and join in with the discussions on current and future art projects. SBA always welcomes new ideas and people who would like to get involved in organising events. If you have any ideas for this year’s Southbank Bristol Arts Trail, this would be a good time to discuss them.

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The Grant Bradley Gallery are proud to announce their first Poetry and Music evening on the 17th October.

This event will be held during the SBA’s INSIDE OUTSIDE exhibition, so why not pop along to see the exhibition before the evening’s events?

A variety of drinks will be available, as well as a complementary glass of wine, adding to an evening of vibrancy and culture. Tickets are priced at £8 and are available for purchase at The Grant Bradley Gallery.

Call 0117 963 7673 to book your tickets now!

The Grant Bradley Gallery is open Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm. Please see below, or the Grant Bradley Gallery website, for more details.

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Southbank Bristol Arts would like to highlight two artist opportunities, especially applicable to those who live in and around South Bristol.

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Come along to the opening night preview of the INSIDE OUTSIDE exhibition at the Grant Bradley Gallery at 7.00 pm this Friday evening, 10th October. The INSIDE OUTSIDE Exhibition has been chosen from pieces submitted by Bristol artists who responded to the theme of ‘outside’.

The exhibition shows a wide range of work in a variety of media, from painting to video. There will also be performance by Bocadalupa, at 8.00 pm on the preview night, of their piece “The Very Last Dodo”, which should encourage some audience participation. We hope to see you there.

Entrance is free, wine and nibbles are provided.

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The Rootstein Hopkins Artist’s Award is an annual open submission opportunity for Bristol based artists working in any media. The chosen artist will be awarded a solo show in either Gallery 1 or 2 at Spike Island, a £5000 production fee and funds for their first exhibition catalogue.

The selectors are primarily looking for an artist who has established a practice with the experience and maturity to work towards a major exhibition. The programming staff at Spike Island will work closely with the successful artist on the development of their work.

The application deadline for this award is 5pm, Friday 12 September 2008.

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You are invited to the private view of the Hired Hands, an exhibition of paintings, photography, sculpture and drawings by 21 artists who work at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.

The preview is on Friday 5 September 2008 from 6-9 pm at the Grant Bradley Gallery, Number 1 St. Peter’s Court, Bedminster Parade, Bristol BS3 4AQ.

More information can be found on the Grant Bradley Gallery’s exhibitions page. Alternatively, you can email info@bristol-museum-artists.org

If you can’t make the preview, the exhibition continues from 6 September to 4 October 2008.

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At the ‘Less IS More’ Autumn Art Exhibition

From 29 September to 12 October 2008, Bristol Friends of the Earth (BFoE), the Green Arts Network and Climate Action Bedminster are holding an Autumn Art Exhibition at the Tobacco Factory, Southville, entitled ‘Less IS More’.

BFoE are searching for artists who would like to take this opportunity to showcase their work and support ‘green’ action in the Bristol area, by contributing hand-made postcards.

The postcards will be sold at the exhibition launch on Tuesday 30 September. All postcards will be displayed anonymously and sold for the same price, no matter who contributed them.

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The Awning Project is a series of art exhibitions and events hosted by the Spyglass Restaurant, Bristol during its closed winter season from October to February.

Solo and group shows are available. Exterior window space is available and it may be possible to use of interior space, too.

There is no fixed cost associated with exhibiting in the Awning Project and there is only 15% commission on sales.

If you are interested in taking part in this year's Awning Project, please email the organisers at smith_to@blueyonder.co.uk, supplying a name, a brief description of your work and 3 images, or a website address where more information and images can be found.

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