Join us for an interactive experience of art and sensory spaces presented by Peperfield Day Centre and Action Space.

Thursday 20 June 2013, 12 – 4pm
Lumen URC, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS

Please RSVP to: Action Space
Telephone: 020 7209 4289 | Email

This is a FREE event part of the London Creativity and Wellbeing week.

]]> http://actionspace.org/this-way-up/feed/ 0 http://actionspace.org/pursuing-independent-paths-pip/ http://actionspace.org/pursuing-independent-paths-pip/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 15:53:54 +0000 action1 http://actionspace.org/?p=894 This project started in April 2012 and is delivered in partnership with Pursuing Independent Paths (PIP). Weekly art sessions take place at PIP’s centre in Shirland Mews, London W9 with artist tutor Charlotte Hollinshead.

The group developed a concept for creating a series of unique interactive spaces within an empty cube frame, which the students explored and added to as they wished. The first part of this project culminated in a live art event at The Tabernacle in Notting Hill in November 2012.  This was an exciting feast of energy, light, colour and sound.

Currently the group is developing a series of experimental film installation pieces. The group have been documenting the creative process of  creating both individual artworks, some group pieces and live art happenings. They are also exploring the creative and playful potential of film through special effects, time-lapse and quirky, sometimes challenging camera techniques to capture a moment, a feeling or an idea.

The PIP group are working towards another live art participatory event in the Autumn 2013.

If you would like any more information about this or any other Action space projects, please email Siobhan or phone 020 7209 4289

Spend Spring Bank Holiday with Action Space’s studio artists and create a unique interactive installation combining large-scale sculpture, drawing, projections and film.

Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2013, 11am—4pm
Tara Theatre, 356 Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London SW18 4ES

Please RSVP to: Action Space
Telephone: 020 7209 4289 | Email

This event is FREE

Download event postcard Action Space Tara Arts front (12) | Action Space Tara Arts back (10)

International exhibition showcasing learning disability, art and collaboration, presented in partnership with Southbank Centre. Directed by Alice Fox, this is the first international exhibition in the UK to feature paintings, drawings, sculptures, films, animation, music, installation and performance which have been created by 150 artists with learning disabilities from 30 innovative arts organisations from around the world.

Action Space studio artists taking part in this exhibition: Kathy Sweet, Tony Allen, Thomas Owen, Linda Bell, Nigel Kingsbury, Nnena Kalu, David Byrne and Lasmin Salmon.

Exhibition open

Saturday 16 March – Friday 5 April
10am – 11pm daily
Free

Create and inclusive arts manifesto
Side by Side thinking through doing
Creative workshop day
Friday 22 march
11am – 3pm
£20 per person (includes lunch)

Workshops are facilitated by artists from organisations including Rocket Artists, Intoart, Stay up Late, Heart n Soul, Corali, Project Volume, Action Space, Cash Aspeek and Stop Gap Dance.

Tickets available from Southbank Centre. Phone 0844 847 9910

More information here.

Side by Side creative workshops 22 March 2013 (56) (PDF)

There will be 12 weekly sessions at New Shoots Day Centre in Shoot Up Hill and 12 sessions at Highgate Newtown Community Centre.

The group is currently working towards an exhibition in July.

For more information email Siobhan or phone 020 7209 4289.

Seminar at The National Portrait Gallery

25 March 2013, 11:00 – 17:00
Ondaatje Wing Theatre
FREE

The Art of Access seminar will explore approaches and best practice of museums and galleries in developing accessible, creative arts programmes to engage audiences with additional support needs. Using current case studies, we will share and discuss programme approaches, challenges and solutions including the new development of a creative art studio at the National Portrait Gallery for artists with learning disabilities and Pallant House Gallery’s long-established and ground-breaking Outside In and Partners in Art which provides opportunities for artists who see themselves as facing a barrier to the art world. The seminar will be an active skills-sharing session for anyone working to engage and reach new audiences and increase access to the cultural and charitable sector.

Seminar schedule

11.00 Coffee and registration (Location: Education Studio, Level -2)
11.30 Welcome by Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery (Location: Ondaatje Wing Theatre, Level -2)
11.35 Welcome and housekeeping, Lucy Ribeiro, Learning and Access Manager, National Portrait Gallery and Marc Steene, Head of Learning and Community/Deputy Director, Pallant House Gallery
11.40 Introduction to the National Portrait Gallery’s Access Programme and new Creative Spaces project, Lucy Ribeiro, Learning and Access Manager, National Portrait Gallery, Laurence Swan, Fundraising and Office Manager, Westminster Society for People with Learning Disabilities, Mhairi Leaver, Programme Co-ordinator – Youth Services and Employment, Shape
11.55 Introduction to the Pallant House Gallery’s Learning Programme and Outside In project, Marc Steene, Head of Learning and Community/Deputy Director and Sandra Peaty Community Programme Coordinator
12.15 Activity session 1: Break groups to discuss the following questions:

Why include participatory practice?
How to develop integrated programmes and projects that meet the needs of a diverse audience
What are the benefits and challenges of working with a diverse audience, for the individual and the organisation?
What is the future/legacy of developing engagement projects of this kind for the individual and the organisation?

12.35 Feedback: 3-4 minutes – points from each group
13.00 LUNCH BREAK – lunch not provided
13.15 Optional lunchtime activity for delegates (45 minutes)
During the break there will be an additional practical activity session led by artists trained through the Outside In: Step Up programme. (Maximum 24 places available, pre-booking essential)
14.15 Panel discussion, including points raised during the break-out activity with Lucy Ribeiro, Learning and Access Manager at the National Portrait Gallery, Marc Steene Head of Learning and Community/Deputy Director of Pallant House Gallery, Sandra Peaty Community Programme Coordinator at Pallant House Gallery, Tony Heaton CEO of Shape, Beth Elliott Director, Bethlem Gallery, Artists First, Sheryll Catto Co-Director, Action Space
15.15 Break – refreshments in the Education Studio (Level -2)
15.35 Activity 2: Delegates to return to groups -discuss and develop a forward plan.
16.30 Postcard – Next steps
16.50 Closing remarks and opportunity for delegates to visit the George Catlin: American Indian Portraits exhibition

This event is produced in partnership with Pallant House. Pallant House Gallery holds one of the best collections of British 20th Century art in the world including works by Peter Blake, Walter Sickert, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton and Henry Moore. The innovative work carried out in the Learning and Community Programme at the Gallery has been recognised by numerous awards and includes the pioneering Outside In and Partners in Art programmes.

Places limited and booking is essential. The event is free. You can book a place here: theartofaccess.eventbrite.com

If you require access information about the National Portrait Gallery please go to www.npg.org.uk/visit

Artwork © Patrick Moses

Action Space presents Dreamcatcher. Moment in Time: A phantasmagoric world of images, ideas, emotions and sensations spun by ten artists from Action Space’s Camden and South London studios:

Linda Bell
Thompson Hall
Abu Hasnat
Nnena Kalu
Ali Kamalati
Patrick Moses
Mary Ogunleye
Andrew Omading
Thomas Owen
Jade Bhundia

Monday – Thursday 10am – 2pm until Spring 2013

at Shape in the City, 40 Gracechurch Street, London ECV3 0BT

(2 minute walk from Monument Tube Station)

Dreamcatcher. Moment in Time is part of Shape In The City – Shape‘s newest and most ambitious Pop Up Gallery in Gracechurch Street in the City of London with over 80 artworks on display by more than 30 artists. There will be five floors of unique gallery spaces open to the public.

Shape in the City was featured on BBC2 See Hear episode 34 on 27 February. Watch it here.

Contact popupgallery@shapearts.org.uk to book your visit.

Artwork © Amita Ramchandani

Action Space presents Unwrapped. A collection of work from the artists of Action Space’s Cockpit Studio to enjoy and buy. Part of Cockpit Arts Christmas Open Studios.

Friday, 30 November – Sunday, 2 December 2012

Address: Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London WC1N 2NP
Opening times: Friday 11am – 9pm; Saturday and Sunday 11am – 6pm.

Tickets: £5. Includes prize draw entry. Free entry for children under 15.

More information www.cockpitarts.com

A new art and life skills project for adults with learning disabilities run by Action Space and The Camden Society starting in February 2013 with an exhibition at The October Gallery in July 2013.

For more information email Siobhan or phone 020 7209 4289

Download A4 size CLIF poster (117)

Artwork © Lasmin Salmon

Artists in residence:
Roland Young
Connie Moth-Price
Chandrakant Patel
Lasmin Salmon
Evelyn Obiri-Mensah
Nnena Kalu
Nigel Kingsbury

If you would like any more information about this or any other Action space projects, please email Siobhan or phone 020 7209 4289