The Gathering - Patrick Studios - Next Wednesday

To attend The Gathering please book asap by emailing newworkyorkshire@googlemail.com

New Work Yorkshire presents…
The Gathering

Weds 18 March
6pm – 9.30pm

Venue: Patrick Studios (East Street Arts), St Mary's Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH
FREE – Open to all

Bringing the live art / new work community together in Yorkshire for the first time in over a year. For a heady concoction of interactive art and performance, food, wine, the launch of the new visual publication A Guide to Live Art in Yorkshire, infomercials from regional and national organisations … and a raffle!

BOOKING ESSENTIAL – contact newworkyorkshire@googlemail.com
by 13.3.09 to take part in this indispensable event.

Programme

Throughout the evening, The Gathering will feature the following activities.
Launch

* The Guide to Live Art in Yorkshire
Art
* Sohail Khan – site-specific performance
* Bryony Pritchard – interactive installation
* Stuart Bannister / Jez Riley French – sound installation

Infomercials

* New Work Network – the national network for supporting new work artists - on Critical Communities - the dialogue, discussion and writing project exploring and expanding on what it means to be critical in writing on and as new work (live and interdisciplinary art).
* Leeds Met Studio Theatre – on Performance – a new festival of international performance - a collaboration across Leeds venues - premiering work by companies never before seen in the UK.
* New Work Yorkshire – on Stock Exchange – a new professional development project for new work / live art practitioners in Yorkshire.

Also…

* Food
* Wine
* An information stall on regional and national live art activity
* An information stall on local new work / live art practitioners
* … the raffle!

This event is kindly hosted by East Street Arts (ESA), a member of the Programming Live Art Network. ESA is a contemporary arts organisation in Leeds, with a focus on the development of artists through an events programme, professional development and studio/facility provision - www.esaweb.org.uk

Funded by ACE, Yorkshire