The Cornwall LGBT History Sculpture Project, consisting of composite sculptures of mythical, religious and historical LGBT figures, will take place during LGBT History Month.
The exhibition will be taking place at Rivendell (Artists Studio), Nr Helston, Cornwall on February 13 & 14, 2016.
While the Cornwall exhibition sculptures ‘look’ like they are solidly cast in bronze, in reality only a thin skin veneer of bronze patina paint covers up very fragile composite assemblage construction beneath – a metaphor, it is claimed, for “theoretical LGBT protection in European Human Rights and UK Equality & Diversity Law.”
Event: Cornwall LGBT History Sculpture Project
Where: Rivendell, Wheal Vor, Carleen, Nr Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9NQ (Look for Rainbow Flag)
When: Saturday, February 13 & Sunday, February 14, 2016.
Despite digital devices being some of the most popular gifts this Christmas, many people are baffled by how to use the technology which is becoming more wide-spread.
Brighton & Hove City Council’s Libraries Service is running a volunteer scheme called Digital Friends to help people gain digital skills and learn how to use new devices.
The aim is to give people an understanding of how to use tablets, laptops, computers and smart phones to go online to enjoy email, social media, the Internet, games and pay their council tax. The scheme also recognises there can be skill gaps, so someone adept on their phone may not know how to make the most out of a computer.
Volunteers are available in libraries around the city to offer advice on a friendly one-to-one basis in scheduled session times.
Visitors to libraries are also being asked to pledge to share new skills by helping someone they know, such as a friend or relative, do something digital they haven’t tried before.
Cllr Alan Robbins
Cllr Alan Robins, Deputy Chair of Economic Development and Culture Committee, said:“Everyone has different skills and abilities when it comes to new technology. The library is a calm and friendly place to go to find out more and share your own knowledge, which is vital with everything changing at such a fast pace. It’s much more fun to talk to other people about how things work than struggling alone with an instruction manual. Maybe it could be a New Year’s Resolution to try to get online, send a text, tweet or do something else new for 2016.”
The sessions will begin again from Monday, January 4.
To find out more about when and where these will be taking place or to book an IT lesson with one of our Digital Friends volunteers contact Jubilee Library on 01273 2960800 or ask at your local library for more details.
There is also still time to complete the online consultation about Library Services in the city, which includes a section on modern IT facilities, fast internet access, more digital resources and support to help people use the equipment and resources.
To find out more and complete the questionnaire, click here:
The consultation includes questions about the proposals to make changes to Hove Library:
Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne is presenting Art from Elsewhere, a major Hayward Touring exhibition supported by the Art Fund, of international contemporary art collected by the gallery, and five other museums and galleries across the UK from January 23 – April 3 2016.
Art from Elsewhere at Towner comprises of forty-five works by twenty-six of today’s most influential artists including Mohammed Bourouissa, Jenny Holzer, Peter Hujar, Imran Qureshi, Józef Robakowski, Robert Smithson, Nancy Spero and Kara Walker.
The wide range of global themes explored in the show – migration, identity, colonialism, gender, censorship, territory, communications, class – are reflected in the rich diversity of media used by the artists, from photography, drawing and works on paper, to Super 8 film, sound and video projections, sculpture and installation works.
Curated by David Elliott, all the works in Art from Elsewhere are drawn from the collections of six museums across the UK which were recently awarded over £4 million by the Art Fund to build outstanding collections of international contemporary art through Art Fund International.
These include:
♦ Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery in partnership with The New Art Gallery Walsall
♦ Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
♦ GoMA, Glasgow
♦ mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art) and
Tailored to each touring venue, plus the Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, the exhibition will conclude at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery and Arnolfini in April following its presentation in Eastbourne at Towner.
David Elliott said:“A number of museums outside London have made remarkable purchases of contemporary art from around the world with the help of a special programme created by the Art Fund. I have selected this Hayward Touring exhibition show out of this pool with a mind to indicating how art not only continues to be a truthful and often challenging expression of our times, but also has become a way of seeing them more clearly.”
Towner has a growing collection of international contemporary art that developed between 2007 and 2012 with support from Art Fund International and Contemporary Art Society from artists including Olafur Eliasson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Anya Gallacio, Julian Opie, Tacita Dean, Yael Bartana and Eugenio Dittborn. They are situated within an internationally renowned collection of around 4,500 works including the most significant body of work by Eric Ravilious and other important works of modern British art.
Event: Art from Elsewhere
Where: Towner Art Gallery, Devonshire Park, College Rd, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ
When: January 23 – April 3, 2016
Time: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10am – 5pm
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