Photograph by Roger Hill
Photograph by Roger Hill
Photograph by Roger Hill
Photograph by Roger Hill
Photograph by Roger Hill
Photograph of Annouar and Joe picture by Roger Hill
Photograph of Anita's Sketch by Roger Hill
Photograph of Annouar and Joe picture by Roger Hill
Christ by Ghislaine Howard
Met with Amanda at the Booth Centre yesterday, which is a drop in centre for the city’s homeless. We sat in the garden, drank tea and discussed how we could work together in the future. I suggested we run a shortened version of Steve’s Re:Generate course in Salford. Amanda emailed today to say that the centre users are really keen on doing the photography course so I shall organise it asap. After the meeting I popped in to the cathedral, wandered around and took a few photos, inside and out. I had a chat with the lovely Joyce Hurst and listened to some young musicians (aged about 9) play complicated recitals on the piano. I would have loved to stay for the regular Tuesday Cheetham’s lunchtime concert but I had to head back to the office. Things to do. Things to do.
Anyway, there are some amazing religious canvases on display by the artist Ghislaine Howard depicting Christ at various traumatic times in his life. I admired them, photographed them and was about to leave when a minister floated over and replenished the candle tray. “Just in case you wish to light one”, he said, beaming at me. What a nice idea I thought, so I lit a sweet little tea light for my daddy.
Effigy of Hugh Birley
Whilst at the ‘goodbye my darling Urbis’ bash I met a local artist called Mit Senoj (AKA Tim Jones). We got chatting and I asked him if he had a business card as we are always on the lookout for new tutors and workshop facilitators. He handed me two postcards of his work and mentioned that he had recently won the £6,000, 2009 Jerwood prize for drawing. Click here to see Drum, his winning entry. Congratulations Tim!
You can see more of Tim’s work at Bureau Gallery in Manchester.
Today, the women on the A Stitch in Time course visited the Whitworth Art Gallery and attended a workshop on textile printing. I popped in with Fiona, to have a look at their work and chat to Wendy and Alan, the printmaker. There was a real buzz in the workshop with participants busy adding inks to their designs and choosing colours etc. The finished designs are beautiful and I have taken some photos which can be viewed here. I also conducted a very quick interview with Zubede Karim, who told me about her grandmother, who taught her how to weave in Pakistan. I will upload this to the site very soon.
As this course is proving so popular, we will shortly be running another A Stitch in Time course for adults from the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester. Check out the A Stitch in Time ticket for more details.
