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Marketplace Studios
Marketplace Studios in Stockport is an exciting initiative from Manchester School of Art, providing start-up business support for creative graduates of Manchester Metropolitan University alongside a gallery space and a creative workshop programme for the public.
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An interesting article from The Guardian earlier this year. “Making is part of being human, yet as a society we are suffering from the effect of increased screen time and the lack of real fulfilment that often accompanies that. Most needlecrafts are fairly accessible and require only basic skills and minimal outlay to achieve very rewarding results.“The rhythmic, repetitive moments necessary to knit, sew or crochet are proven to have therapeutic benefits and improve mental health and emotional wellbeing, increasing serotonin production and inducing a natural state of mindfuness.”
If you’d like to learn how to sew or would like to join one of our Knitting/Stitching Socials, please go to our website to sign up!
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Studio Holder Nicola Dale: An Era of Abbreviation: A Residency with Standpoint Futures at Chisenhale Studios May-June 2017
At the completion of her six-week residency, Nicola Dale presentsed new work arising from her research into art historian Aby Warburg’s photographic collection at The Warburg Institute. Nicolaselected and abbreviated 89 images and translated them into an eight-metre mural, in turn to be used as a choreographic score by contemporary dancer Chloe Aliyanni.
Expanding ideas developed during past projects (at Manchester Central Library, Shanghai Library, the National Arts and Education Archive and the University of Manchester) Nicola has been using her Standpoint Futures residency to explore processes of accumulating and communicating knowledge.
Nicola Dale has a studio at Marketplace Studios and is a Manchester based artist who makes sculptures and performances. Her works chart human interaction with knowledge, from archaic notions of illumination’ and Modernist belief in progress, towards the narcotic lure of contemporary ‘click-drift’; and back again. Her work concerns the impact of ideology on reading, writing and learning, through the vulnerable, transient forms she makes using diverse materials such as x-rays, ice cubes, waxed thread, cocoons and breath.
Standpoint Futures visual art development residencies are for artists based outside Greater London. The residency's chief aims are to provide high quality, individualised opportunities to develop the artist's practice and career, and to integrate London and the regional UK art world to promote access and the exchange of ideas.
Standpoint Futures at Chisenhale Studios, Studio4, 64-84 Chisenhale Rd, London E3 5QZ
Text courtesy of Nicola Dale and Standpoint futures.
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DEGREE SHOWS AT MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ART are on until 21st June and are a must-see. We've selected two graduating students for our One Year On prize of mentoring and product development, resulting in a solo exhibition at Marketplace Studios in summer 2018. This year’s prize winners are Jesse Cracknell from Three Dimensional Design whose incredibly crafted furniture was a standout piece; and Photography student Daniel Ariza whose lunar landscape montages are eerie, beautiful and iridescent. Come to the Degree Show and see them for yourselves.
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We have ‘Introduction to Dressmaking’ a short course coming up at Marketplace Studios, Stockport --
Tuesday evenings- 6 weeks- from 18th April - 6.30pm–9pm
This course will enable you to make your own clothes by explaining and demonstrating pattern construction and fabric choice. The course will support you as you cut, sew and fit your own individual garment!
This course will introduce you to the basics of garment construction. It covers getting to grips with a sewing machine, basic sewing skills and advice on equipment needed to start your own projects. Learn how to select and accurately cut a pattern, as well as how to choose an appropriate fabric. You will learn essential dressmaking techniques such as finishing seams, how to set a sleeve, how to hem a skirt/dress, how to alter the garment to get a unique fit and how to finish your work to a high quality standard. This course will also cover how to alter patterns to incorporate design features, allowing you to make the clothes you’ve always dreamt of finding in your size and in an affordable way.
Courses will only run subject to sufficient enrolments. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN SEWING MACHINE. All other practice materials will be provided but you will need to buy your own patterns and fabric.
Course Dates 18th April 2017 – 23rd May 2017
Course Fee £125.00
Enrol here http://buyonline.mmu.ac.uk/short-courses/arts-and-humanities/short-courses/make-your-own-clothes-introduction-to-dressmaking
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MARKETPLACE WELCOMES MAKERS DOZEN
PUBLIC DISENGAGEMENT
Marketplace Studios welcomes Makers Dozen to our Gallery with ‘Public Disengagement’ opening on Sunday 12th March,11am-4pm.
Makers Dozen have fallen in love with making again. After a long and enjoyable period of facilitating public engagement, Makers Dozen have decided to spend some time developing each of their own practices.
Makers Dozen is made up of 12 very different makers who all produce work in different ways, within different disciplines. Making and researching together is integral to the collective’s development which centers around material exploration.
Helping one another in this making process through regular meet ups and discussion sessions, the Makers have developed multiple bodies of work which are all at varying stages of completion. This exhibition is an insight into their practice based collective, and an opportunity to see how each member currently works when they make individually. This process driven and quick fire project has generated responses from each maker based purely on what they are currently enjoying or already working on.
Public Disengagement opens from the 12th - 31st March, Friday and Saturday, 11am-4pm. Join us for our PRIVATE VIEW on March 31st, 6-8pm. All are invited to share in a discussion around making, exploration and the works and ideas generated over the weeks.
Makers Dozen are:
Annie Carpenter, Jesse Cracknell, Joshua Dodds, Kate Dunstone, Zuza Grubecka, Joe Hartley, Bella May Leonard, Charlie Mantorp, Laura Negus,Vinny Ratclif, Michelle Shields and Elle Simms
Visit us to find out more about Makers Dozen and Marketplace Studios and even combine your visit with a trip to the the Market. Sunday 12th March sees 'Vintage Village' back to the Indoor Market just across the square!
For more information on Makers Dozen see Makers-Dozen.com
@Makersdozen - Twitter & Instagram
To find out more about Marketplace visit our website and keep up to date with the Marketplace Studios Facebook.
We hope to see you there!
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WORK.REST.PLAY
WORK.REST.PLAY opened on the 11th Feb 2017, featuring work by students, graduates and staff at Manchester Metropolitan University as they shared their practices, highlighting the creative talents of the people who work, rest and play across the University. We featured a wide range of original work and works-in-progress. Featuring work by Kamila Kasperowicz, Emma Fozard, Sarah Stocktale, Jack Finch, Vineta Gailite, Amy Quinn, Camille Smithwick, Houda Kaddouh, Nicholas Delap, Sonny Barker, Carole Page, Nerissa Cargill Thompson, Jane McFadyen and Tom Bevan.
The exhibition will run until the 3rd March. Come and visit us on Thursday from 11-4pm, find out more about the artists, see the work and find out more about Marketplace Studios.
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‘HATstock’ is due to take place at the ‘Hat Works’ Museum in Stockport on Sunday 25th of March 10-5pm with a range of events to get involved with from talks, workshops and plenty of opportunities to to learn about the history of millinery. Marketplace Studio Milliner Emma Fozard will also be showcasing her work in the ‘Milliners Showcase’.
Come and show your support!
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THE ACT OF READING, NICOLA DALE Marketplace Studios resident (Studio 9)
IT STARES US DOWN
Nicola Dale
Manchester Central Library
New performances and sculptures for Manchester Central Library inspired
by what reading looks like today
• 11.30 – 16.00, 11th March
• 14.00 – 15.00, 18th March
• 10.00 – 16.00, 25th March
Over three consecutive Saturdays in March, sculptor and performance artist Nicola Dale will present newly commissioned works exploring how, why and what we read.
Nicola has been artist-in-residence for six months at Manchester Central Library, where she has researched its history, its architectural features, the character of its users and the nature of reading nowadays, with particular emphasis on generational differences.
Presented as part of LibraryLive, the new artworks will provide the public with a range of unexpected and enjoyable encounters with art outside the gallery system, ranging in tone from subtle interventions to bolder, theatrical pieces:
11 March: The Act of Reading
Solo performances will take place at various locations around Central Library. These works focus on the idea of the individual library user: the person who sits alone, reading or thinking, lost in their own world.
18 March: Saccades
This large-scale participatory work (both a sculpture and performance) designed specifically for the Reading Room, considers the Library and the notion of reading itself as a changing system, constantly moving and shifting as it passes through time.
25 March: Circular Reading
A sculpture for the Reading Room with accompanying text, this work is inspired by the unusual story of Manchester’s third chief librarian, Andrea Crestadoro. The text accompanying the work will encourage visitors to imagine themselves as performers.
Nicola said:
“My work is about how knowledge and the way that it is shared is changing. Manchester Central Library’s journey from historic Reference Library to contemporary cultural space has made it an exciting site for my research. The changes to the building - reflected in the broadening of its demographic - and the way that visitors now use the space were the starting point for my work.
Conversations with two different generations of volunteers have inspired new ways of bringing sculpture and performance together.
The scale and grandeur of the Reading Room has demanded work on a more ambitious scale than I have previously attempted.”
It Stares Us Down is supported by Arts Council England, Manchester City Council, Home and a-n The Artists Information Company.
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MADE AT MARKETPLACE - EXHIBITION, OPEN STUDIOS PLUS DROP-IN WORKSHOPS --- 10TH & 11TH December 2016
MADE AT MARKETPLACE was a collective platform for the artists, designers and makers currently working in Marketplace Studios. The weekend the launch of recent work in our gallery shop, with a range of high quality pieces available to buy, alongside developing creative projects, representing the array of approaches present in our studio community. This display of work ran until 5/01/17.
Alongside the exhibition was a full weekend WINTER OPEN STUDIO event. Our doors where open to the public to explore the building, studios and chat with our artists. Hot beverages plus free DROP-IN AND MAKE workshops by some of our artists in their studio spaces including Headband-making and Hat-customizing sessions.
SPRING OPEN STUDIO coming soon!
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Hello from Marketplace!
Marketplace Studios is an exciting initiative providing start-up business support to creative graduates from Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Marketplace Studios is a three-storey building set in the heart of Stockport’s Market Square in the historic Old Town. We have two floors of incubation studio space for our graduate practitioners, who receive business support tailored towards the Creative Industries to help them succeed in their new enterprises.
On the ground floor we have shop/gallery/exhibition space and project spaces to run courses for the general public.
If you would like to know more about workshops, courses or exhibitions at Marketplace Studios, please sign up for our regular newsletter.
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