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Liberating Arts conference and arts festival

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C Comrade The inaugural Liberating Arts conference and arts festival will take place on the  3rd -5th November 2017 , at the University of Exeter. The 3-day event aims to connect the trade union movement with public educators, cultural workers and creative activists and explore the role of the arts and culture in the ongoing struggle for equality and social justice. We invite interested trade unionists, cultural workers, activists and educators, to propose workshops, performances, media screenings, exhibitions, discussions, lectures and networking events that they would like to host at the event. If you are a trade unionist, cultural worker or creative activist and would like to propose a session for Liberating Arts 2017 then please email the event Producer, Chris Jury, on   chris.jury@btinternet.com I f you wish to present an academic paper or other research-based event please email Dr Rebecca Hillman   r.a.hillman@exeter.ac. uk Please share far and wide across y

DODO MODERN POETS LIVE at the KING &QUEEN

DODO MODERN POETS   LIVE at the  KING &QUEEN        NATALIE KATSOU        Dodo debut for fine Athenian poet and theatre director       LISA KELLY             Welcome return from gifted performer and Torriano organiser         FRANCES WHITE            Reading from much lauded new collection,  Swiftscape          PATRIC CUNNANE   New and used verse from Folkestone's finest     OPEN-MIC SPOTS  sign up by 7.30                   Thursday 23 March 2017,  8pm The King & Queen, 1 Foley St, London, W1W 6DL £   7 &6 concessions - open-mic spots £4 Info: 01303 243868 ;  patric.poet@zen.co.uk Goodge Street tube. https://dodomodernpoets .  wordpress.com dodo modern poets letting fly with words

A message from Grunwick 40 and mural artist Anna Ferrie

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News from Grunwick 40 View this email in your browser A message from Grunwick 40 and mural artist Anna Ferrie Hello, especially to those who came to our mural workshops in Willesden last year. We wanted to let you know about progress with the Grunwick 40 commemorative mural as many of you have been asking for an update. We had hoped to have the mural up by now but issues with site permissions and bureaucracy have meant that we can't yet move forward to install the panels. However, the mural composite designs are done and incorporate all of the artwork that was produced in the workshops. We are working hard to speed up the process to ensure the mural can be installed and unveiled within the next few months and we hope be able to bring you a firm date soon. In the meantime, you may be interested in  The  Art of Protest event  later this month where we'll be discussing the different ways that art can be used to remember radical histories. We ho

Third Show Culture Some Love Conference

Dear Friend, (A) Show Culture Some Love Conference We are pleased to be able to announce the provisional programme of speakers for the Show Culture Some Love Conference - which is taking place on  Saturday 25 March  in TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS. To register for the conference, please email  sertuc@tuc.org.uk Conference Registration Registration on the day will  take place between  12 noon to 1.00pm . Free sandwiches and refreshments will be provided in Room 1. Conference Programme Megan Dobney, (SERTUC Regional Secretary) will open the conference. (a)  Main Session  ( 1.00-2.30pm ) Chair : Clara Paillard (President, PCS Culture Sector) Speakers : ·           Julie Ward, MEP Alan Gibbons (The Library Campaign) Hamida Ali (Equalities Officer, Equity) Hannah Bagua Lawson (National Museums Wales), BECTU Picturehouse campaign and Tate campaign (from the floor) + any other “live” campaigns will be speaking from the floor. (b)  Equal

Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park/'The Anthropocene' (Sally Buchanan)

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The Anthropocene  Installation Tapestries               Sally Buchanan As exhibited at The AAF Battersea 9th- 12th March 2017 The Anthropocene Age is the theoretical time when man's activities began to have a significant impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems. It is not yet officially recognised as a geological epoch, although proponents say it probably began as a distinct part of the Holocene in the mid 20th Century, The Holocene started immediately after the last ice age, about 11,800 years ago. In the grand scheme of things this is a very short time as compared to the age of the earth which is thought to be about 4.54 billion years old.    This Installation echoes the relatively short term yet dramatic influence. It is represented as a series of detailed embroidered maps, in themselves, they are relatively fragile and would not stand the test of geological time. The installation subverts different map conventions, questionin

"Together" Maria Kaleta private view is taking place this Thursday 9th March 6-9pm

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I kindly invite you to the private view of my latest  exhibition  opening this week. " Together " is a follow up to my 2015  exhibition  "Identity & Coexistence” and concludes my reflections on life at the meeting point of different cultures and traditions. The private view is taking place this  Thursday 9th March   6-9pm  at the  Gallery at the Library at Willesden Green. A round  7.30pm  there will be a short concert by  Zosia Bernad  -   a young traditional voice singer.  I'm very excited to share these new works with you. See you  on Thursday ! Regards, Maria About this  exhibition " Together " is a follow up to my 2015  exhibition  "Identity & Coexistence” and concludes my reflections on life at the meeting point of different cultures and traditions. In "Identity & Coexistence" I focused on our identities and indissoluble need to understand one’s own place in today’s increasing

FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY FOR ALL STAFF AT NATIONAL GALLERY

PROTEST AT EXHIBITION GRAND OPENING MONDAY 13 MARCH 6pm National Gallery Trafalgar Square https://www.facebook.com/event s/305401203196359/ This protest will take place outside the grand opening of the Michelangelo & Sebastiano Exhibtion to highlight to all the important guests our demand that the Gallery stick to their agreement for fairness.  Your support for the 100 day strike by PCS members in 2015 helped win an agreement from the National Gallery and private company Securitas that included a guarantee that new Securitas staff would be given broadly comparable terms and conditions to those employed by the gallery. But well over a year later Securitas has not made one move towards this. New staff suffer lower grades and worse pay,annual leave, sick and maternity pay. We don't believe that workers should pay the price of privatisation.  PCS have already raised this at national level with Securitas and the Gallery. Now we are asking National Gallery Director D