BV studios: July News

Midge Naylor & Alex Korzer-Robinson at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

Midge Naylor, Studio M6, and Alex Korzer-Robinson, G6, both selected from amongst 12,000 entries to hang in the Royal Academy summer exhibition. Alex appeared on ‘The Culture Show’ and Midge got a mention in the very literary ‘Spectator’ mag.

“A much needed shaft of wit can be found in ‘Max Ernst’s Trampette’, carefully spiked by Midge Naylor.” Andrew Lambirth writing on the RA summer exhibition.

Inner Life by Alex Korzer-Robinson 2010

Harriet White at the BP National Portrait Awards

Harriet White Studio M4, successful for the second time in being selected for the BP National Portrait Awards exhibition.

Wanderflower by Harriet White

Deborah Feiler at Great Ormond Street

Deborah Feiler, M4, selected by Axis, the artist’s database to take part in a digital group exhibition at Great Ormond St. Hospital.

Hannah Cummings new publication

Children’s author and illustrator Hannah Cumming, M6, is about to publish her second book, ‘The Lost Stars’.

The Lost Stars by Hannah Cummings

Will Kendrick in Oxford

Will Kendrick, G10, shows in ‘Circumference’, until 16^th July, a mixed exhibition at Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Summertown, Oxford.

Helen Ward: Ethical Awards commission.

BV paper artist, Helen Ward, M1, commissioned to make 12 trophies for the Observer Ethical Awards on the subject of Butterflies, was overwhelmed to be mixing with the stars at the awards ceremony in the V&A on June 10th. She rubbed shoulders with celebrity hosts Colin Firth and Lily Cole. James Lovelock was honoured with a lifetime achievement award www.birdface.net

Louise Short at Los Gazquez

Louise Short, G4, is to return to Los Gazquez for part three in a series of residencies for Joya: arte + ecologia. www.losgazquez.com/blog

Mariele Neudecker in New York, Berlin & Norway

Mariele Neudecker, G5. Currently has 3 exhibitions until September:

‘Otherworldly’, Artist Dioramas and Small Specacles, curated by David McFadden, MAD Museum, New York, USA.

‘Screaming From The Mountain’, Landscapes and Viewpoints. Curated by Pontus Kyander, Sörlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway.

Rohkunstbau, Schloss Marquart, curated by Mark Gisbourne Berlin, Germany.

Ruth Piper at RUH

Ruth Piper from M6, shows ‘Mini Abstractions’, with Mivart artist Cath O’Leary, at the Royal United Hospital, Bath from 19th July.

'100 Small Pictures' No. 91 by Ruth Piper

Tamany Baker

Tamany Baker, M3, has show on until 13th August at Prema Arts Centre, Uley, Gloucestershire and is working towards getting her book, 'Living with Wolfie', published by Dewi Lewis, with a launch early next year at the Tobacco Factory.

Young Magpie by Tamany Baker

Gallery

Founded in 2009 by artist Penny Jones, Motorcade/FlashParade was an artist-led project space in Bristol. It provided a platform for emerging artists, particularly from the South West region, and hosted an annual programme of exhibitions and events.
S
adly, practical considerations forced the closure of Motorcade/FlashParade at the end of 2013.

Motorcade set out to excite. We offered a tantalising vacuum to fill, an empty space ready for exploration, experimentation and adventure; where boundaries could be pushed, ambitions exceeded and where both artists and audience could be challenged.
Our full programme of solo and group exhibitions included a competition for curators - Blueprint, and the hugely popular INCUBE8 - a series of competitions offering artists their first major solo show. We also ran an annual Summer Residency, a mini-residency and exhibition for our team of volunteers, and our annual National Open Competition. We also hosted a range of other important activities to support contemporary practice, foster peer learning and invite participation from a wider audience.
Artist Ruth Piper added her organisational skills in November 2010, joined by Gordon Bonn. Julie McCalden joined in April 2011 and thus began Motorcade's strongest period. Our busiest year was in 2012... Arts Council funding enabled a glorious expansion to our programme and we showed some sensational work. Julie was integral to this intense year and when she left at the end of December 2012, she was very much missed.
Throughout the four years of its existence, Motorcade was supported by hosts of volunteers, always willing to give of their time and energies. In particular Garry Edison Cook, who time after time produced remarkable posters for our exhibitions. He also designed our brilliant logo and, not least, provided chilled DJ-ing at most of our Private Views.
Big thanks also go to Elizabeth Dismorr, Poppy Pitt (who established MotorMouth - regular peer critiques) and Charlie Cousins, who curated the last show, also Will Kendrick and Tom Johnson for their consistent technical support. Core volunteers included the redoubtable James Mark Whittet, Heather Wallace, Alex Hardy, Gareth Pitt, Lisa Friedberg, Joe Deighan, Charli Clark and Zara Bird-Wood, artists all. Gratitude and admiration extended also to Steve Norton, whose photographs of many of our PVs form part of his unique and invaluable archive of artist-led projects connected to the University of the West of England.

PENNY JONES