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People’s Art Club & Community Drop-in – Screen Printing with Benoit
Tuesday 22 August, 2023 @ 14:00 - 16:00
Free
A free creative drop in session, open to everyone – those without homes are particularly welcome.
Open creative sessions: bring your own project or join in with the day’s activities. Previous art clubs have included monoprinting, paper making, making papier-mache frames, portraiture etc. What would you like to create?
Free entry, open to all, those with no homes particularly welcome.
NOVEMBER
Tue 5 Nov // Kat – Mental Matrix Experience
Tue 12 Nov // Paulo – Printmaking
Tue 19 Nov // TBC
Tue 26 Nov // People's Art Fair – Collage Badge Making
DECEMBER
Tue 3 Dec // Kat – Mental Matrix Experience
Tue 10 Dec // TBC
Tue 17 Dec // Paulo – Printmaking
Tue 24 Dec // TBC
Tue 31 Dec // TBC
JANUARY '25
Tue 7 Jan // Kat – Mental Matrix Experience
Tue 14 Jan // Paulo – Printmaking
Tue 21 Jan // TBC
Tue 28 Jan // TBC
Also available at the People’s At Club: DOPE Magazine, tents and sleeping bag, free tea & coffee, sometimes biscuits.
Volunteers always appreciated! To help with:
– Assist with the creative activities
– Greet our visitors
– Sort and distribute kit for people on the street
– Bag up and distribute DOPE Magazine
– Donate/distribute tents, sleeping bags, blankets, waterproof coats & shoes.
Or just come hang out for a cuppa & a chat!
The Struggle Continues // Fri 18 - Mon 28 August // Open 12:00 - 18:00 daily
This collaborative exhibition celebrates the success of 1963's Bristol Bus Boycott, alongside other tales of political struggle in Bristol and beyond. Artwork and stories from local artists, community members, charities, and campaign groups examine where we have come from and where we are heading.
★ Exhibition Opening Party // Thu 17 Aug // 18:00 - 21:00 // Free // Get in early for the first look at the show, chat to some of the activists & organisers behind the event, and check out our brand new commemorative mug & print at the same time!
★ The Struggle Continues Exhibition // Fri 18 - Mon 28 Aug // 12:00 - 18:00 every day // Free // Protest art, documentary photos, short films, ephemera, personal archives and more. Got something you think should be part of the story? Bring it along, we''ll be adding to the show as we go.
★ Drop-in Tile Decorating Workshop // Mon 21 - Wed 23 Aug // 15:00 - 17:30 each day // £15 // Rummage through our vintage & new water-slide transfers, then collage them onto a ceramic tile coaster.
★ People's Art Club & Community Drop-in - Screen Printing with Benoit // Tue 22 Aug // 14:00 - 16:00 // Free/donations // Make some art (screen print!), have a cup of tea & a chat, pick up some Dope Magazines, a sleeping bag or tent.
★ African Apocalypse: Film Screening // Thu 24 Aug // 18:00 - 21:00 // Donations // Join us for a screening of the film 'African Apocalypse' which follows the university student Femi Nylander on a journey through Niger, meeting communities who are still living with the legacies of colonialism, as well as the young people determined to work towards repair. Followed by a discussion on reparations & solidarity moving forward.
★ Exhibition Closing Party // Mon 28 Aug // 18:00 - 21:00 // Free // Join the artists & activists behind the show, take a final look at all the personal stories and artwork that have been added over the duration, and find out who wins the bespoke Bus Boycott Commemorative Plate!
