Think Local: Portraits of People around Here. Major New Exhibition opens 17th and 18th November 7pm-10pm
Continuing the theme of the importance of local culture, PRSC presents an exhibition of portraits by local artists of the people who live work and play in Stokes Croft. this area.
(including more than forty new portraits from the Stokes Croft Museum
Archive)
PRSC NEW GALLERY, 37 JAMAICA STREET, STOKES CROFT
17 – 30 NOVEMBER
PAINTINGS BY:
VOYDER, 3DOM, BRADLEY MACMATH, JACK TIERNEY, KATY BAUER, RACHEL MILNE,
ANTHONY GARRATT, BEKI WILLS & CHRISTEL JONES
for more information contact: Katy Bauer 07866 936495
Bear Pit Gallery Opens
On the night of October 14th, PRSC put up 20 panels in the subways of the Bear Pit. The materials were funded by Destination Bristol, who, to their credit, had no control of the content of the work, which was decided by local artists working to the loosest of briefs. All artists and PRSC worked for free (Again!) to deliver this exhibition. The atmosphere of the Bear Pit is clearly improved, and is another showcase for Bristol (and Stokes Croft’s) increasingly recognised artistic community.
The pictures below give a flavour of the work, and of the vibrancy of the Bear Pit.
Outdoor Gallery in the Bear Pit. Opening Sat 15th Oct. Coffee and Buns at 11 am onwards.
The Bear Pit (St. James Barton Roundabout) will become an Outdoor Gallery as the work of 20 of Bristol’s finest adorn the four tunnels that lead into the Bear Pit. Artists include: Johnny 5, Jon Taphouse (Photographer), 3-Dom, Sepr, Katy Bauer, Jedna Hall and Dones, to name but a few. Organised by PRSC, the tunnels become a gallery and a resource, in line with the thinking behind The Bear Pit improvement Group http://www.the-bear-pit.org.uk, and indeed PRSC. Gentle incremental change in our public spaces, curated by and involving local people is a welcome change from the corporate dominance that increasingly governs the nature of our City.
E. W. Godwin: Civic Society talk
”E.W Goodwin: The Greatest Aesthete Of Them All’”
Edward Godwin was one of Bristol’s most eminent Victorians : archaeologist, architect, designer of highly original furniture and creator of theatre sets and costumes. He was influential in the Aesthetic Movement that created the “look” of Victorian England. He was passionate about Bristol and its architectural legacy, setting up the city’s first Conservation Society.
The event will take place at Redland Park United Reformed Church,
9 Redland Park,
BS6 6SA.
Admission is £6 for non-members and free for members (although a voluntary
contribution of £2 is suggested)
Below is a poster soon to go up in the Bear Pit.
The Carriageworks is painted with panels of a Godwin Theme. (Dones painting a portrait of the man himself)
Stokes Croft Arts Furniture Launches in Jamaica Street. Now Open Monday- Saturday 11am-6pm
Stokes Croft Arts Furniture launched on Friday, with a good turnout. The show is open from Mon- Saturday 11 am-6pm. Almost all pieces come from furniture and material found on the streets in and around Stokes Croft. The show will develop and change as more pieces of furniture are produced and pieces are sold. the show will run until late August. Stokes Croft Art Furniture is an ongoing business which will run to help PRSC to fund its activities, to enable people to develop their skills, and to recycle unwanted furniture by imbuing the pieces with value through revamping them for the 21st Century.
Below: Trying out Jamie Gillman’s High Chair for size.
Below: Opening Night.
Below: 100 coffee tables made from wood collected from the various hoardings and scrap boards gathered in Stokes Croft 2011.
Below: Nine of the first batch of Stokes Croft Arts Furniture Occasional Tables.
Below: Jamie Gillman “Workin Progress”
Below: Jamie Gillman cabinet (Detail).
Below: Commode by Rich Corlett (Detail).
Below: Jamie Gillman cabinet.
Below: Ben Jarvis spider table (Detail).
Below:Guim Chair (Detail)
Below: Guim shelves (Detail).
Stokes Croft Art Furniture Grand Opening in the New PRSC Gallery Friday 15th July 2011
Art Furniture to suit all pockets… From £40 to £4000
Following in the footsteps of E.W. Godwin, the forgotten Patron Saint of Stokes Croft, we launch Stokes Croft Art Furniture.
Using materials found in the street, old furniture headed for landfill, we fashion unique pieces of furniture, which transcend the merely functional. Local artists working with materials found locally create a new aesthetic that clearly evokes the soul of Stokes Croft.
Below: A pamphlet for Godwin’s short-lived Art Furniture business.
Below: Jamie Gilman Cupboard detail:
Below: side Table by Katy Bauer
Below: Coffee table (surface) Limited Edition of 100 Price £40.
These tables are made from the hoardings used in and around Stokes Croft 2007-2010
Below: Jamie Gilman at work in the PRSC workshops.
Below:Rich Corlett preparing a small cupboard.
Further details and some furniture can currently be found at PRSC Selling Gallery at 35, Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft.
Boycott Tesco Campaign at Glastonbury Festival!
Battle of Stokes Croft – builder Simon Lewis mauled by police dogs: An important e-mail from Journalist Tony Gosling
BELOW: An important e-mail from Tony Gosling of BCFM
Battle of Stokes Croft – builder Simon Lewis mauled by police dogs
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/705045
Dear all,
On Bristol Community FM’s Friday Drivetime
yesterday evening we heard from Montpelier
builder Simon Lewis who was attacked by three
police dogs and hospitalised on the second night
of the Easter ‘disturbances’. This is the third
programe I have focussed on those riots and the
third time Avon & Somerset police press office
have turned down my invitaton to appear.
This is a decision made not by officers but at
Portishead HQ by Media Relations Manager Victoria
Tag and her boss, Amanda Hirst, Head of Corporate
Communications for Avon and Somerset Police.
These decisions appear to contravene the publicly
funded police’s committment to dialogue with the community.
Avon & Somerset’s Force’s Media and Public
Relations Policy states as follows: ‘the
philosophy underpinning that policy is to be
open, honest, fair and accountable with the media
and, through the media, with the communities we serve.’
Bristol builder Simon Lewis mauled by police dogs at Easter disturbances
http://bcfm.org.uk/2011/06/24/17/friday-drivetime-24/6150 – hi-fi
http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/52660 hi-fi
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/06/481236.html – lo-fi
Hearing Simon’s horrific tale I respectfully
suggest that far too many people appear to have
been attacked, who were simply witnessing as
bystanders, filming or on their way home on those evenings.
Not by rioters but by the police who still remain
to be held to account for their actions.
Please forward this petition to other email lists as you deem appropriate.
PS legal adviser to Avon & Somerset police is Ms
Susan Dauncey. (Bradley Stoke, Gloucestershire)
rgds,
Tony Gosling
http://www.thisweek.org.uk
07786 952037
Inquiry into Stokes Croft Disturbances
http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/epetition_core/view/disturbances
Lead petitioner : Ben Appleby
We the undersigned call upon Bristol City Council
to use all means open to them to lobby national
government for a full public inquiry into the
events leading up to and including the
disturbances in and around the area of Stokes
Croft, Bristol on the nights of the 21/22 April and 28/29 April.
Background information
The violent disturbances on the dates of 21/22
April and 28/29 April are scenes that should not
be repeated in Bristol or other cities. We the
undersigned believe that the background to these
events raises serious concerns in a number of
national policy areas including, but not limited
to the following: the impact of councils and
planning processes on local communities; policing
tactics; the role of very large corporations in
local communities; housing provision and uses of derelict buildings.
An independent inquiry, funded from national
sources, with a broad remit must be commissioned:
· to present an unbiased chronology of the events of the two nights in question
· to identify the true causes and long term
factors leading up to and contributing to the disturbances
· to analyse how the parties involved responded
in the aftermath of the disturbances
· to present recommendations to be taken on board
by policy developers in the specific areas the report will highlight
The aftermath of the disturbances is of ongoing
concern to the residents of Stokes Croft and
surrounding areas. It is our strong belief that
resolution can only be achieved via a public
inquiry. The findings of the inquiry will be of
national significance and will help other communities around the country.
Banksy Molotov Posters sold at Anarchist Bookfair. Day passes peacefully as Stokes Croft self-polices..
Despite any concerns that may have been raised, the sale of approximately 1,000 Banksy Molotov posters took place on Saturday May 7th amongst much good humour, and without incident, as several organisations including PRSC, Coexist, Bookfair organisers and Banksy’s people worked together to ensure that all went off peacefully. The book fair was rammed all day, Canteen was busy, and PRSC offered tea and cakes free or by donation all day. The queue, estimated at 400, snaked down Stokes Croft and along City Road, stewarded by Green Security, and aided by volunteers from PRSC.
During the day, a representative from Bristol City Museum requested a poster for their Permanent Collection.
Posters changed hands later the same day on eBay for up to £150.
The queue at 7am, three and a half hours before the sale.
The Banksy poster
Posters rolled in readiness at PRSC.
No Banksy?…
The Original Work in front of Bonzai/Epok wall’
Tea and Cakes – Open Doors at PRSC
PRSC will have an Open Doors Day on Saturday 7th May, where tea, cake and the occasional biscuit will be on offer all day, free of charge, (Donations Welcome). It’s a community effort so please bring cake, biscuits and or yourselves between 9am and 9pm. In addition, the PRSC yard will be open with preparations for the Stokes Croft Streetfest in full effect, and The PRSC Selling Gallery, with its wildly varied collection of locally produced artwork and brilliant Stokes Croft China, will be displayed.
See you there.
Current mural on PRSC Outdoor Gallery by Epok and Bonzai
