MOSAIC: BRINK CALL FOR STREET ARTISTS, CONTEMPORARY DANCERS, MUSICIANS, DJS, SCULPTORS, VIDEO, ANIMATION AND INSTALLATION ARTISTS

Chalk escapades by Lord Numb 2010

BRINK, a 'not-for-profit' contemporrary arts organisation based in Kenilworth, UK, is currently organising MOSAIC, a Street Art event that will be held in Talisman Square, Kenilworth, Warwickshire in April 2012. 

The outdoor event will consist of a Street Art exhibition on boards and canvas, contemporary dance, live DJs, music, sculpture, installation and video art. 

Full details have yet to be confirmed, but MOSAIC is scheduled for a weekend in April 2012. The live performances would be held on a Saturday and if we have access to overnight storage space for the works, the organisation will be able to run the outdoor art exhibition for a week.

Interested? Please send images of your work, biography and artist statement (if applicable) to brinkevents@gmail.com.

Diana Archer: From Venice to Alexandria and the paintings along the way

Image courtesy of the artist.

Diana Archer will be presenting her solo show, ‘From Venice to Alexandria and the paintings along the way’, at Gallery150 from 30^th August – 11^th September 2011.

Since graduating from Birmingham College of Art, Diana has combined her art career with teaching in colleges and schools as far afield as Italy and Greece; she is art tutor for Dramart Productions, and also runs her own creative work-shops.

The paintings on show at Gallery150 cover a specific period of travel in Diana’s life, which has also been a time where the artist has been developing different ways of expressing her spiritual experiences along the road through paint.

Fascinated with the Sacred Feminine, the Goddess and the Mary energy, the artist’s journey  has led her to explore the religious icons of ancient churches and sites in Cyprus (where it is said St. Paul once preached), and experience the pull of Alexandria across the sea from Paphos, evoking thoughts of Alexandra the Great and the great library of Pharos.

Often, these figurative works superimpose religious iconography onto the female body, almost like tattoos, but more recently the artist has begun to use more simple, abstracted techniques, which allude to ‘devotion’.

“Venice has played a huge part in allowing me to reach out to these energies of the past and much of the art work expresses my interest in ‘Byzantium’ imagery and also the sheer brilliance of Venetian coloured glass .I believe that to draw and paint leads to inner knowledge and truth.

These paintings are not out to shock or to frighten but instead, attempt a new style of modern art; challenging perhaps, with its willingness to calm and enrich the onlooker in a troubled age.”

Run and showcased by Leamington Studio Artists (LSA), Gallery150 is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm and Sunday from 11am to 4pm.

The private view will be held on 30^th August from 7-9pm.

Gallery150, Regent Court Shopping Parade, 9 Livery Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 4NP. www.gallery150.co.uk

BRINK hold eBay Auction to Raise Funds for Kenilworth Lions

Mark Begley's lion.

 BRINK is auctioning an oak sculpture of a lion, by chainsaw artist   Mark Begley, in aid of Kenilworth Lions.

Mark, who previously worked as a tree surgeon, turned his hand, by chance, to chainsaw sculpting early this year and since then has dedicated himself entirely to his practice.

The oak lion, which was made during the first Art on the Edge contemporary art show, held at theLions Grand Show in Kenilworth this summer, has been donated to BRINK by the Coventry-based artist to raise money for the cause.

“Kenilworth Lions has been supporting local charities for over forty- years. Due to the current economic climate, many of these organisations are now under threat and the Lions helps many of these charities to thrive.  This is why we feel it is so important to support an organisation that provides such valuable services in the community, particularly to the elderly and the more vulnerable people in our society. As well as the Waverly Day Centre, the Stroke Club,PHAB and many others, the Lions Club has also supported BRINK in the past and we felt that we wanted to give something back.”, states BRINK Co-Founder Sarah Silver.

The ten-day charity auction will go live on 1st October 2011 and all proceeds will be donated to the Kenilworth Lions. 


A  link to the eBay page will be published on the BRINK website on the launch date of the auction: www.wix.com/brinkevents/home.

For further information and updates please contact: brinkevents@gmail.com