Dot Howard - Expo 2004       Richard Peel - My House Gallery       Ed Orton - City Gallery

Dot Howard - Expo 2004                                       Richard Peel - My House Gallery                                     Ed Orton - City Gallery 

Critical Meet is a Critical Contemporary Arts Festival happening across Leicester, Derby and Nottingham on the 9th/17th/23rd of September. It's aim is to broaden the reach of debates that exist around art, and increase the opportunities for artists and non-artists to experience contemporary art debate first hand.

At each event will be a lecture and a panel discussion by leading, emerging and established artists, and a Group Crit, which is for artists, curators and writers to discuss art and ideas in a informal situation. (places need to be booked in advance see - Group Crit sign up tab at the top of the page).

The focus of the three events is to specifically reflect the feel of each city’s art scene, to bring artists and audiences together from the three cities, and promote cross city collaboration.

  
       
PROGRAMME  
    
 
Saturday 9th September 2006
  

Leicester

Lecturer

Locus +

Seminar Panelists

Kathy Fawcett, City Gallery Leicester
Hetain Patel, artist Nottingham
Ellie Harrison, multi-media artist, Nottingham

Group Crit Facilitator

DOT

Performance (Ale Wagon Art Party)

Ed Wheels of Steelefox

Leicester Venues

Group Crit at 'The Function Room Studio'
Unit 1, 1st Floor, 27-35 Sussex Street, Leicester, LE5 3BF
>MAP

Lecture & Seminar at 'The LCB Depot'
31 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE
>MAP

Art Party at 'The Ale Wagon'
27 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE
>MAP
Time Table
11am-2pm : Group Crit*
2pm : Lunch
3pm : Lecture
4.15pm : Break
4.30pm : Seminar
7pm : Ale Wagon Art Party
* sign up required - please see 'Group Crit' tab at the top of the page
 
Sunday 17th September 2006
  
Derby

Lecturer Sean Hawkridge, The Royal Standard


Seminar Panelists

George Harris, Independent photographer
Corey Mwamba, musician and composer
Jerry Hope, Dust Collectors

Group Crit Facilitator

graft

Band/Performances include:

One Toy Soldier
BET4 MOTION - Synaesthesia
+ Guests

Derby Venue

The Victoria Inn, 12 Midland Place Derby, DE1 2RR
>MAP
Time Table
12pm : Group Crits*
2.30pm :Lunch
3:15pm : Lecture
4:30pm : Break
5:00 : Seminar
6:00 : Drinks,Food+Chat
7:00 : Band/Performances
* sign up required - please see 'Group Crit' tab at the top of the page
 
Saturday 23rd September 2006
 
Nottingham

Lecturer Mark Hutchinson

Seminar Panelists

Jonathan Waring, Stand Assembly
Stuart Tait, AAS
Ray White, Piggyback arts ex-disco member

Group Crit Facilitators

Ayling & Conroy

Band/Performances include:

Michael J Coxx

Vegan Child

King Bad Boy

Nottingham Venues

Old School Hall, Sneinton, Nottingham, NG24QB
>MAP

Bunkers Hill 36-38 Hockley NG11FP
>MAP (opposite Hockley Music Academy)
Time Table
12pm : Group Crits*
3pm -3:30: Coffee Break
3:30pm : Lecture
4:30pm : Coffee Break
4:45pm : Seminar
7:30pm : Bunkers Hill Performance Event
* sign up required - please see 'Group Crit' tab at the top of the page
 

Group Crits: A group crit will take place in Nottingham, Derby and Leicester with artists mixed from all three cities.

Lectures: The focus of the lectures is to critcally debate current artistic practice in the three cities area. It will also be a platform to exchange information about what is happening in each of the cities.

Seminars: The seminars will be lead by leading East Midlands Artists

 
 
 
Contact: criticalmeet@yahoo.co.uk