Year 10 pupils at Oulder Hill Community College, spent the day working with printmaker Alan Birch, producing prints on the theme of Day of the Dead. The colourful Mexican Festival provided rich subject matter as pupils were shown a slide show of festivities and craft objects. Pupils depicted themselves as skeleton ( calveras ) carrying […]
The new exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park features sculptures and large prints by Joan Miro. For anyone who has not been to the Sculpture Park I would highly recommend it. The galleries feature etchings, aquatints , lithographs and carborundum prints by the Spanish maestro.
Alan Birch and Jill Randall drop off works by six artists from Prospect Studio, at the Royal Academy in London. Prints by Lynne Kirkley, David Norris, John Hamilton, Karen Lester, Lucy Gell and Alan Birch were submitted and the artists must wait until May to discover if they are successful. Who knows you may see […]
Explore the Hajj experience Saturday 31st March, 1pm-4pm. Look at Idris Khan: The Devil’s Wall and Ahmed Mater: Magnetism, and take part in artist led workshops. Free!Explore the Hajj experience in various spaces around the gallery. Look at our exhibitions, Idris Khan: The Devil’s Wall and Ahmed Mater: Magnetism, and take part in artist led […]
A whole host of creative activities took place in Manchester Hospitals as part of Museums and Galleries Week in February 2012. Artists and curators worked with patients, nurses and visitors , delivering over 70 workshops , lectures and drop in sessions over 5 hospitals. Alan Birch delivered a colourful printing session at the Manchester children’s […]
Over the half term break nearly 400 children and their parents worked with printmaker alan Birch, transforming their drawings into exquisite five colour relief prints. Basing their drawings on the recently opened exhibition Global Threads, participants cut shapes from a range of embossed wallpapers, which were then printed by Alan and his team. The work […]
In the run up to the February half term alan has been working in a number of schools , introducing pupils to the creative world of print. Most recent schools have been Stockport School and Accrington Academy, where over 50 pupils developed their work into three print techniques. Over 200 proofs were taken as […]
Congratulations to artists who have had prints selected for the Waterside Open 2012 exhibition. Jo Beggs, Pete Marsh, Karen Lester, Lucy Gell. The show at Waterside Art Centre in Sale runs from 11th February to 21st of April, will feature prints, paintings, sculpture and photography. www.watersideartscentre@trafford.gov.uk
Alan Birch will be running fabric printing workshops inspired by the upcoming show at the Whitworth Art Gallery “Global Threads” . The exhibition from 11th of February to 13th of May 2012 tells the compelling story about the production, consumption and global trade in cotton. The workshops are free and will take place on 14th-17th […]
The combination of Paisley pattern and Mehndi imagery were combined to brilliant effect by Year 4 pupils from Cavendish Primary School at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Pupils worked from sketchbook studies and gathered visual sources to draw and cut out a range of shapes and patterns. These were later inked and printed, the ink bringing […]
Children from St Cuthberts Primary School in Withington worked with artist Alan Birch at the Witworth Art Gallery, to produce a body of vibrant prints. The prints based on a combination of the textile designs of William Morris and natural forms were transformed into colourful printing blocks and then printed by the children themselves. The […]
Pupils from St Andrews C of E Primary School, Hadfield proudly exhibited their work at school, as part of a project for the Hadfield and Padfield Heritage Trail. Children printed a range of logos on t-shirts, symbols of mills and history on shopping backs, made metres of bunting and a bound book of their prints […]
During March and April, printmaker Alan Birch spent 8 days working with in all the primary schools in Todmorden. Over 400 pupils Key Stage 2 pupils produced relief and engraved prints based on a range of themes from Easter and Spring to fish, rivers and sea to the creative work of Kandinsky, Matisse and Van […]
Thanks to all those members of the printmaking class who took part in the Christmas Market Stall on King Street in Manchester. Despite the weather and the recession, 14 of the 18 printmakers, who displayed work, sold pieces. Undoubtedly had Sunday not rained all day we could have broken previous records. Congratulations to Chris Waites who […]
New for 2011-2012 , Prospect Studio offers gift vouchers for those who wish to transform their work into limited edition prints. For £46 the voucher enables newcomers to attend the class and covers all materials, ( maximum zinc plate size 8 x 6 inches and take up to 4 final prints on Fabriano paper ). […]