Every Thursday from February, Islington Mill will be hosting a series of talks, performance lectures, exhibition openings and events by a range of local, national and international artists. F E B R U A R Y
3RD Irene Barberis
www.irenebarberis.com
Irene Barberis is a painter, installation and new media artist, curator, researcher and lecturer. Born in London and now living in Australia, she has
held over 40 solo exhibitions and collaborated with over 70 group exhibitions.
10TH Madeline Boschan
www.madeline-boschan.de
Berlin based artist Madeline Boschan speaks in relation to her work with the ‘Born after 1924’ exhibition at Castlefield Gallery, part of the wider ‘Merzman’ Kurt Schwitters series of events happening throughout Manchester Feb – Apr 2011.
17TH Bus leaving Islington Mill to the opening of the Castlefield Gallery exhibition ‘Born after 1924’ featuring Gregor Schneider, Rainer Ganahl, Tim Noble and Sue Webster amongst others. [email protected]
24TH Lois MacDonald & Anna Beam
www.loismacdonald.com, www.freeforartsfestival.co.uk
Lois Macdonald is an artist and curator based in Manchester. Her practice is based in performance and new media. Macdonald works collaboratively on a number of projects, as well as pursuing her ideas individually. She has worked on both Free for arts festival and Mill 24. Anna Beam is a multi-disciplinary freelance artist, curator, illustrator and prop maker hailing from Baltimore currently based in Manchester, UK. M A R C H
3RD TBC
10TH Helen Kaplinsky
www.helenkaplinsky.com
Helen Kaplinsky is an artist and curator based in London. Helen’s practice is centred on performance and discussion, with a particular interest in dissemination and sharing of knowledge.
17TH Billy Childish/ Adrian Glew
24TH Julika Gittner & Roger Cardinal
Julika Gittner is an artist and an architect. She uses sculpture, performance and video in her art practice and works as an independent curator. Her curatorial/art practice explores the critical function of display by creating spatial confrontations of art works with non-art audiences and non-art spaces. These works aim at exposing the difference between cultural reflection and social reality
31ST Helen Collett
www.freeforartsfestival.co.uk
Helen Collett is an artist and curator based in Manchester. As well as her solo endeavours, she is fast becoming recognised for her ongoing collaboration with Lois Macdonald; forming one half of the artist/curator couple that results, and is a major figure in the running of the free for arts festival. Her work takes the form of muted and minimal installations of or combining object, new media and performance. A P R I L
7TH Terry Smith
14TH Department 21
http://www.department21.net
Department 21 is an experimental interdisciplinary space established by Royal College of Art’s students
28TH Museums Press
