- Join the Crit group for artists at all stages of their career, run by Northamptonshire artists Kate Harrison and Peter Slack.
- When: 12 November 2011, 2pm
- Where: Fishmarket Gallery Sound and Vision Intervention
- Sound, music and visual interventions from MK Gallery's Scratch Nights.
- (A Fishmarket and MK Gallery Collaboration)
- When: 11 November 2011, 7pm
- Where: Fishmarket Gallery Interference Interference
- Experiments in sound and light by Josh Ryan and Joe Brown.
- When: 4 November 2011, 7pm
- Where: Fishmarket Gallery Light Night
- Films and light works projected in the gallery space as part of Northampton's town-wide Light Night.
- For more information, check the Market Square website. When: 29 October 2011
- Where: Fishmarket Gallery and various locations across Northampton. AIRTIME
- Open to all artists and final year art students, AIRTIME are free, practical and inspiring events providing advice, networking and cameraderie. Over 1000 artists across England and Wales have participated. Come along for information on funding, insurance, professional development as well as networking and collaborations. Places are limited so booking is essential. Please contact airevents@a-n.co.uk quoting AIRTIME NORTHAMPTON in the subject.
- (Fishmarket in collaboration with AN)
- When: 5 October 2011, 3-5pm
- Where: Fishmarket Gallery Lyric Lounge
- 17 September 2011
The Lyric Lounge is a vibrant spoken word festival bringing international artists to share the stage with participants and local performers in a spectacular celebration of lyrical prose, music and rhyme.
Travelling round the region from Leicester to Derby, Nottingham, Loughborough Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland - The Lyric Lounge arrives in Northampton on 17 September when the Lounge will be open all day for lyrical festivities.
Work on your writing skills with workshops from top class poets and performers Get up on the Open Mic first timers welcome Be wowed by performances of local young writers alongside established artists Enjoy a free lunch while you listen to poetic rhymes during Lyrical Lunchtimes
All events are free
11am - workshops include badge making, writing and the ukulele tea party with Sara Spade - learn to sing and play in under an hour with the ukulele lady (aka sara spade). pre-booking essential children over 10 welcome - ukulele's supplied.
1 -3pm Lyrical Lunchtime - open mic with performances from Jessica Mayhew and Maria Taylor compered by Sara Spade Book an appraisal of your work and lunch with internationally acclaimed poet and performer Jean Breeze. Her published works ponder social and political issues, as well as her own experience of mental health. Her latest book, Cutting a Lime, by Bloodaxe Books is out now
3 -5pm Local talent showcases including an intriguing spoken word trail from Fishmarket to the Royal & Derngate
5-6pm Performances by the brilliant Mark Gwynne Jones with his passionate, captivating and slightly mad, mind-altering poetry and Lyric Lounge patron Jean 'Binta' Breeze
7-9pm Charity Shop DJ takeover party at Fishmarket - celebrating equality through music and the power of people, dialogue and communication with fast rising star and champion of poetry for a new generation, Deborah 'Debris' Stevenson .
9-11.30pm Lyric Lounge Afterparty with DJ pH and the Love Poets
Lyric Lounge Northamptonshire is part of Igniting Ambition, the East Midlands' contribution to the Cultural Olympiad. The Lyric Lounge is a Writing East Midlands project. It has been artistically developed by Lydia Towsey. It is supported by MLA Renaissance, Arts Council England, Igniting Ambition, Legacy Trust UK with further support from Northamptonshire County Council, the Royal and Derngate Theatre and The Core at Corby Cube.
Crit Group
- Join the Crit Group for artists at all stages of their career to talk about each others' work. Run by Jason Oliver & Peter Slack.
- When: 6 August 2011, 2pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery Walk. Mark Wayman
- Join Mark Wayman for a census-inspired walk around Northampton.
- When: 6 August 2011, 4pm
- Where: Walk starts at the Fishmarket Gallery Talk: Sources for family history research
- Angela Malin from the Family History Society will be talking on this topic at the recently refurbished Central Library.
- When: 18 August 2011, 7pm
- Where: Northampton Central Library The Great Fishmarket Geocaching Race
- Find as many geocaches as you can between 26 August and 1 September. Geocaching is a worldwide game using GPS to find hidden caches. To join in, visit geocaching.com, sign up for a geocaching account, search for the caches on the website, grab your gps unit and sturdy boots and go! Log all of your finds on your geocaching.com account, it's easy! To register that you are taking part in our race, email catherine@northamptonarts.org to let us know your Geocaching name and the grand total you find over the race days! The champion will be announced in September. Happy hunting!
- When: 26 August - 1 September
- Where: The world! Bumps & Babes
- If you are pregnant or recently had a baby, come to the Fishmarket to see the exhibition with your bump or babe and meet other parents and children on the first Thursday of the month
- When: 4 August & 1 September 2011, 2pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- With Helen Senogles.
- Paper craft is all the rage - use folded pages from vintage map books to make a unique wallet. Perfect for storing all your treasures.
- When: 23 July 2011, 2-4pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery, on the black plinths STATEMENT SHOPPER!
- With Emma Heath
- Create a unique appliqued canvas bag. Choose four words that define your personality, choose your fabrics and create a unique shopping bag that says something about you.
- 30 July 2011, 2-4pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery, on the black plinths WOVEN CUFF
- With Anna Thorpe
- Use a whole selection of gorgeous threads, fabric and yarn to create a woven cuff then embellish it with a hand-stamped copper ID tag. Two interesting and simple techniques to create a reallly beautiful finished piece.
- When: 6 August 2011, 2-4pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery, on the black plinths LAYERS OF SELF
- With Helen Senogles
- Make a time line of yourself. Decopage special pieces of yourself onto a fabric time line, creating a unique snap shot of self. Something that can be added to in the future, an on going commentary.
- When: 13 August 2011, 2-4pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery, on the black plinths ALTER EGO 1
- With Emma Heath
- Ever thought you had an inner super-hero... or maybe an anti-hero? Create your alter-ego character, design your logo and stencil and spray onto a t-shirt. Finish off your design with hot-fix crystals, sequins and glitter! Please bring your own t-shirt.
- When: 20 August 2011, 12-4pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery, on the black plinths ALTER EGO 2
- With Anna Thorpe
- Finish creating your character with masks and capes and pose in our census photobooth!
- When: 27 August 2011, 12-4pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery, on the black plinths
- Darren Banks: Backwater
- Exhibition and screening
- When: 13 May-25 June 2011
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Crit Group
- Join the Crit Group for artists at all stages of their career to talk about each others' work. Run by Jason Oliver & Peter Slack.
- When: 14 May, 25 June, 2pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Show & Tell
- Artists, writers, performers, gardeners, shoemakers, musicians, comedians, teachers and more bring their chosen object to the Fishmarket Garden to tell you why they are important. The reasons might be historic, personal, imaginary, magical, political, each object having a very different story. There will also be an open object spot, so bring your object to show and tell too.
- When: 11, 18, 25 June, 2pm
- Where: in the Fishmarket Garden (or Gallery in case of rain)
Past Events
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Crit Group
SATURDAY CRAFT WORKSHOPS
A series of craft-based workshops on Saturdays as part of Census and the art of capturing data. Explore your identity, make a statement, create an alter ego!
All workshops are £5 and include materials and instruction. Book for any three workshops and get the fourth one FREE! All ages are welcome - under 14s must be accompanied by an adult.
Workshops will take approx. 1 hour and will begin at staggered 30 min intervals. Book in advance at The Nook cafe or call 01604 639090.
FOLDED ME
- The Tyranny of Grammar
- A festival springing from John Clare
- When: 12 March-23 April 2011
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Talk To Us, Not About Us.
- Adam Burton. Exhibition, discussions, films, texts and letterpress printing workshops
- Letterpress printing workshop 12th March, 9 April, 1-5pm
- Informal discussions about enclosure and land rights on 18th, 26th March, 1st, 8th, 9th, 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd April, all 12-1pm & 2-4pm
- When: 12 March-23 April 2011
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Mouthpiece
- interactive word association by Bettina Furnee
- When: 12 March-23 April 2011
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery Windows
- Text your one word to 07624809616 (normal mobile phone rates apply). Full list of words can be seen at here.
- Carry Ackroyd
- prints by the John Clare Society artist
- When: 12 March-23 April 2011
- Where: The Nook Cafe
- For the Love of Clare
- flash poetry readings of Clare's work.
- Follow @_fishmarket for annoucements
- John Clare and the Land
- a talk by Professor John Goodridge, Vice President of the John Clare Society and Professor of English at Nottingham Trent University
- When: 7th April 2011 7-8pm
- Where: Northampton Central Library
- Voice of the Fire
- reading by Alan Moore accompanied by soundscape and projections
- (A Fishmarket and Nook co-production)
- When: 9th April 2011 7-8pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Tickets £5 available from The Nook Cafe, or buy online here, all proceeds to CAN.
- The Peasants' Song
- 3 Beards plus special guests. Twisted, sprawling Eastern Anglian experimental folk music
- (A Fishmarket and Nook co-production)
- When: 9th April 2011
- Where: The Nook Cafe
- John's Still Rambling
- a cabaret night of poetry and music featuring Joanne Blake and Gregg Cave
- (A Fishmarket and Nook co-production)
- When: 23rd April 2011 8:30pm
- Where: The Nook Cafe
- Twestival Northampton: Twurlitzer
- turning the Fishmarket into a Live Jukebox to raise money for CAN
- Tickets Available from Twurlitzer.com
- When: 24th March 2011 7:30pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Crit Group
- join the crit group for artists run by Jason Oliver & Peter Slack
- When: 9th April 2011 2pm
- Where: The Fishmarket Gallery
- Pecha Kucha Night
- collaborating with BCA and MK Gallery, find out who is doing what and where.
- (A Fishmarket and Nook co-production)
- When: 21st April 2011 7pm
- Where: The Nook Cafe
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