U:1 Charity Art Auction

Hey everyone!

U:1 are organising and hosting a charity art auction to raise money for the vicstims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

The charity auction will be held at the BBar, Barbican Theatre on Monday 11th April from 8pm.

There will be original artwork for sale as well as posters and prints and other items.

Bring cash as we are unable to take credit/debit cards.

Here is the flyer-

Please come along as it should be a fun and arty night!

Thankyou!

Photos from 'Party For Your Eyes' exhibition

Hey!

Just an update on the last post- some more images from the 'Party For Your Eyes'. I hope you like what you see!

Photos by Alexandra Kovacs

U:1 'Party For Your Eyes' set up day

Hey everyone!

Sunday was the day we set up the 'Party For Your Eyes' exhibition and it was a huge success- eventually.

The day started early at 7 (which was really 6 because the clocks jumped forward) and we set off through the mist and the fog, in car and van to Bristol.

After a few hours of throwing fruit around- dancing outside Little Chef and trying to catch some zzz's we arrived in Bristol where we started acting a bit more professional.

For the next SIX hours we nailed/drilled/assembled/tacked/drew/drank tea/bought tools/tried to stay awake/rigged and the result was better than expected!

Included in the exhibition are spinning collaborative windmills,spinning kaleidoscope paintings,spinning fan art,photos,window drawings,paintings,drawings and a spinning umbrella with birds attached.

Here are a few photos of the day-

More photos to come and they will be posted soon!

If you would like to see the exhibition in all its glory then pop over to Knowle, Bristol and go to the Broadwalk shopping centre! We are having a closing party on 9th April from 11am-3 pm and there will be tea and cake and a chance to meet us artists involved.

Thanks for reading!

'Party For Your Eyes' Exhibition, Broadwalk Arts, Bristol

Hello everyone!

U:1 Artist Collective are exhibiting in Bristol for the next two weeks and if you are available- we would love you to come along! Here are all the details -

Press Release

 ‘Party For Your Eyes’

U:1 Artist Collective Group Exhibition at Broadwalk Arts

27^th March- 9^th April 2011 Open Daily 9am-5pm

Please join us for tea and cake to celebrate the exhibition closing party on Saturday 9^th April 11am to 3pm

Broadwalk Arts CIC, Unit 3 Broadwalk Shopping Centre, Knowle, Bristol, BS4 2QA

U:1 Artist Collective presents ‘Party for your eyes’, a group exhibition of new works created specifically for the shop-style setting of the Boardwalk Arts gallery. Combining a diverse selection of working methods and approaches, the amalgamated structure of an artist collective provides the basis for this exhibition of kinetic, collaborative, site-specific and experimental works.
Drawing inspiration from the infinite visual possibilities of the kaleidoscope, ‘Party for your eyes’ controls the viewpoint of the observer by only allowing the works to be seen through the gallery windows. Inside, however, multiple objects and images are layered together to create unexpected combinations. Echoing the constantly evolving nature of the collective itself, this exhibitions aims to consider whether diverse practices can be combined visually to open new avenues of exploration.
Based in Plymouth, U:1 Artist Collective draws together emerging creative practitioners from all areas of the visual arts, in order to create a productive and challenging social network. A regular program of exhibiting opportunities, within the city and beyond, allows the group members to experiment with fresh approaches to presenting and questioning the nature of their chosen mediums.
Featuring works by Charlotte Patton, Eve Woodbridge, Lee McDonald, Hannah Jump, Amber Donovan, Helen Manley, Sandy Wager, Alexandra Kovacs, Andrew Knights, Clare L Larkin, Mazzie Curnow, Robert Lang, Becky Frogson and Chopstar.
For more information please visit http://www.u1studios.com/ or http://broadwalkarts.co.u

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Also U:1 are organising and taking part in a charity art auction to raise money for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. The event will take place at the Bbar Plymouth on the 11th April and will start at 8pm. The art auction isn't exclusively for U:1 members so if you are an artist in the Plymouth area and would like to take part then let me know!
A flyer for the auction will be posted soon!

Thanks!

Senses as a starting point - workshop

Hey followers and friends! .

U:1 are working on a variety of workshops that we wish to take into the community!

This week Steph hosted a fun and interesting workshop which produced some interesting results.

We began by guessing the contents of some cups using our sense of smell, and we wrote down what we thought was inside the cups.
Then using those answers we picked a few words and used them as a starting point to create very quick sculptures out of newspapers. There were words such as curry, boot polish, nail varnish remover, coffee.

There were some very intriguing shapes emerging and the final masterpieces can be seen here.

And after we had made the newspaper sculptures we used them to create very hilarious stories! It was a great laugh so thanks to Steph for running it.

Next week we have a very exciting workshop idea! We are going to use digital cameras and camera phones and give eachother 'photographic' instructions and in teams we will adventure into the streets of plymouth and try to complete those photographic challenges. Should be very interesting indeed!

Thanks for reading!

Old blog

If you want to see what we have been doing in the last 5 months - here is a link to the old U:1 blog.

http://u1studios2010.blogspot.com/

Welcome to the U:1 Artist Collective Blog!

Hello everyone who is reading this! How are you?

U:1 Artist Collective is an artist led initiative who organise and take part in exhibitions and events in the Plymouth area.

The collective was originally called U:1 studios and was established in 2008. Since then the aims of the collective have changed and we have changed to U:1 Artist collective and have some lovely new members.

We hold meetings on Wednesdays to discuss the current project/exhibition/event at Plymouth Art Centre.

We also organise and take part in workshops which we are hoping to take into the community very soon.

On this blog will be information about upcoming exhibitions/events, photos of past and present exhibitions and imagery of artwork of the members.

If at any point you would like to get involved with the collective simply contact me!

Here are some of the flyers from our last three exhibitions-

Our most recent exhibition was at the Barbican Bbar, Barbican, Plymouth - here we have some photos from that exhibition -

Our next exhibition which we are busy organising will be in March and the concept is 'feeling insignificant within a vast space'. All the artists will be working together to change the atmosphere of the exhibition space and how the viewer experiences that space.

Thanks for reading. And look out for more updates and news soon!