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In:Site presents new craft in unexpected contexts, challenges perceptions about craft and promotes emerging trends
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In:Site 2016
A Festival of graduate Creativity In:Site festival of graduate creativity returns to Birmingham’s Cathedral Square in September 2016 for its sixth year. It is curated and produced by Craftspace, a Birmingham based charity developing and promoting contemporary craft and applied arts. Beginning as a one day event In:Site has grown into a five day festival, in partnership with Birmingham Cathedral and other organisations around Colmore Business District. The Cathedral Square is a major city thoroughfare and meeting point with as many as twenty thousand people passing through and spending time in the public space each day. Over five days selected graduates make bespoke artworks in situ responding to the space, architecture, people and heritage. Some are created with the participation and engagement of the passing public. The festival aims to showcase new graduate talent and develop emerging craft businesses. It provides graduates with a paid early career commission and profile for their CV. Benefits include being able to: enhance skills, test the viability of ideas, respond to a public art brief and a specific site and engage with the public at first hand. It also presents contemporary craft for all to encounter and experience in an unconventional public setting. This year’s artists have been selected by Jane McArdle, Heritage Manager for Birmingham Cathedral and Craftspace, following research visits to degree shows in the West Midlands, London and New Designers UK graduates show. We are delighted to have formed a number of new partnerships. NatWest St Philips Place branch and Purecraft Bar will host displays of artwork. Entrepreneurial Spark powered by NatWest which aligns with the aims of In:Site, will host a seminar for new graduates around mindset of an entrepreneur, customer insight and pitching.
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Sarah Dewhurst sarahjdewhurst.squarespace.com Falmouth University BA Contemporary Crafts Celebrating the ‘forgotten’ lives of the people buried or commemorated in Cathedral Square, Sarah represents local historical figures with objects relating to their interesting and varied lives. Victoria Manclus instagram.com/victoria.manclus University of Brighton BA 3D Design and Craft Victoria creates a space for tinkering, shifting from D.I.Y. to D.I.T (Do It Together). Using different connecting techniques and materials the public will join her to make a collective chain.
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AmBer Cooper-Green amBercooper-green.wix.com/artist Birmingham School of Jewellery BA Jewellery and Related Products Incorporating interactions from passers-by, Amber creates an adornment for the square of linked metal, wood and acrylic disks.
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AmBer Littleford thegardenersdaughter.weeBly.com Birmingham City University BA Textile Design Amber combines lino printed scenes of life in the square with affirmative images and messages from the public to create a display of suspended double-sided plaques
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Amy Wallace instagram.com/amy_angharad_textiles De Montfort University BA Design Crafts Combining traditional and new yarns and knitting techniques, Amy creates a range of knitted sculptures reflecting how historic elements of the square interact with contemporary structures.
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Evangeline Wharf instagram.com/evangelinewharf De Montfort University BA Design Crafts Incorporating a variety of surface applications, Evangeline creates an installation of tarnished and stencilled abstract metal shapes to represent the site’s historical and modern heritage.
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Laura Marriott lauramarriott.co.uk Birmingham City University BA Textiles Design Taking inspiration from imagery representing Birmingham’s heritage, Laura combines digitally stitched pieces to form a composition made of three dimensional shapes.
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Richard Maloney instagram.com/seasidemaker University of Brighton BA 3D Design and Craft Using his portable aluminium can smelter, Richard invites the public to create moulds in clay then cast objects in response to Cathedral Square and its environment.
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Danielle Villiers daniellevilliers93.wix.com/artist Birmingham School of Jewellery BA Jewellery and Related Products Taking initial inspiration from the Angel Fountain, Danielle creates a small temporary monument for the placing of flowers as an act of remembrance.
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Laura Johnson artsthread.com/profile/laurajohnson1 Manchester School of Art BA Three Dimensional Design Laura uses found objects to create contemporary wearable pins that link modern life with the historic surroundings of the square.
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Heeyoung Kim and Hannah RoBson hee-young.com hannah-roBson.com Royal College of Art MA Textiles Design Using willow weaving techniques Heeyoung and Hannah create a three dimensional form exploring the interactions of the different pathways people take through Cathedral Square. Angelique TalBot angeliquetalBot.com CamBerwell College MA Visual Arts (Designer Maker) Using twisted fibre made from old maps, Angelique represents the integration of people of all origins into one local community through the the act of weaving.
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Sarah Christie sarahchristie.net Central St Martins BA Ceramic Design Sarah is making a collection of clay ‘tools of the town’, as temporary memorials to the trades, professions, and makers of Birmingham.
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Business advice for new arts graduates Mindset of an Entrepreneur Wednesday 7th SeptemBer 6.30-8.30pm RBS, 2 St Philips Place A free seminar in association with Entrepreneurial Spark powered by NatWest. Booking Essential. insite-natwest.eventbrite.com
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exhiBition purecraft Bar, waterloo st & NatWest Branch, 1 St Philips Place, B3 2PT 5th - 12th septemBer A display of artworks by applied arts graduates featured in In:Site Festival.
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moseley arts market Our Friday session coincides with Moseley Arts Market where you can meet and buy work from local and visiting designers and makers.
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Birmingham Heritage Open Day Friday 9th SeptemBer Birmingham Cathedral and Square We take part in the Cathedral’s Heritage Open Day, signposting visitors to artworks that have specifically referenced the heritage of the Cathedral. birminghamheritageweek.co.uk
tEA 4 change Birmingham cathedral square Friday 9th SeptemBer, 1-3pm & 4-5pm Join us to celebrate the diversity of our city and enjoy conversation with new friends. Make your own ‘teabag’ while sharing a cup of tea and some cake at our pop-up craftivist cafe. This craftivist campaign was developed by Mahnaz during the Making for Change pilot project. makingforchange.craftspace.co.uk
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This year’s festival is supported by:
The Saintbury Trust
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