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Fleur de SelVenice • 5th June - 30th August 2009An Installation by Steve Messam & Hannah Stewart A dual site-specific installation for Venice and Cumbria launched to coincide with the 53rd Venice Biennale. Over a distance of 3 1/2 miles a series of forms made from lace parasols explore the multi-layered relationships between Venice and the Lake District through cultural tourism, Ruskin, lace and mineral extraction. A new publication will be launched on the 4th June featuring articles by Keith Hanley, Catherine Spooner and Hannah Stewart with a foreword by Howard Hull, Director of Brantwood. |
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Lighthouse Lullaby29th - 31st January 2009Ailis Ni Riain Commissioned as part of a season of site-specific works across Cumbria, composer Ailis Ni Riain has composed an electro-acoustic piece for the old Lighthouse on Maryport Harbour. For a few days only, the very fabric of this 200 year old cast iron building will accompany the music inspired by this wild and unpredictable location. |
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Fold at SCOPE London16th - 19th October 2008Fold brought a taster of contemporary rural art to the heart of London for the art fair season. We were invited to show at this year's SCOPE art fair at Lord's Cricket Ground (a short walk from Frieze) so expect some pulling out of the stops and something so not London.. stand 121 SCOPE art fair |
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FRED - get out there26th September - 12th October 2008an art invasion across Cumbria Our annual art invasion kicked off for the 5th and final time. This year's theme was 'Get Out There' with projects located in some of the most beautiful locations in the county and beyond, but you had to explore new places to find them... |
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Jet Set Trash30th September - 12th October 2008Vincent James Continuing our programme of video-works in the window of the gallery, Vincent James presents a new annimation based on the background imagery of classic cartoons. Explosions, tin cans, half eaten apples and other detritus from the world of roadrunner are trapped in an endless annimated loop. |
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Curate-a-SpaceMay - August 2008Hannah Stewart, Kat Östlundh, Su Grierson, Lauren Healey, Doireann Ni Ghrioghair The gallery space at Foldgallery was been programmed by four artists from England, Scotland and Ireland and Sweden for a series of new exhibitions. Each has responded to the challenge of our four-metre cube and rural location in ways we wouldn't normally programme ourselves. |
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Jump Start!26th April 2008
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In the Window...January - March 2008Sally Barker, Lee Cavaliere, Steve Messam, Irene Sanderson, Paul D Stevens, Patricia Townsend, Rupert White It's way too cold in the gallery over the dark winter months. As a solution, In the Window... does just that. For three months there will be a changing programme of contemporary rural work in our 1m wide window. From 2D work and installations, to moving image and interactive pieces. |
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Snowcase#61st December 2007
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LandlinesAs part of the DOTT07 project in the North East of England, Fold is organising a major landscape intervention beside the East Coast Mainline. Six artists and designers will work with local farmers as part of a 10-day sustainable tourism design camp. Expressions of interest are welcome from artists and designers from any part of the world. |
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FRED 200728th September - 14th October 2007Eighteen thousand sandcastles on St Bees beach, models of iconic buildings made from sheep droppings and twigs, and a light installation under Coniston Water were all part of this year’s FRED. From Sept 28-Oct 14 Cumbria hosted Europe's biggest outdoor art show, turning its forests, paths, lakes, mountains and coast into a giant al fresco gallery. This year we had the best part of 80 artists and 43 projects in 50+ locations across the length and breadth of England’s largest and most rural county. |
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Personal Expressions16th June - 1st September 2007The Personal Expressions project, run by the Rural Education and Arts Project (REAP), gave Young Farmers in Derbyshire a unique opportunity to use photography to reflect the hardships and joys of rural life. The exhibition is a social documentary about the issues faced by young people in rural communities. |
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Art Strike!8th June 2007 - KendalFeel marginalised by the art world? Isolated and alone? Speak up at the Art Strike at Art '07. Art Strike gave a voice to artists during an innovative and enjoyable intervention at Art '07 in Kendal. Artists from across the UK (and beyond) were invited to this placard-waving gathering. There were badges for everyone who took part, and the lucky few got to wear the t-shirt. |
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Gravity!221st April 2007A day of Gravity-sports related activities hit the town on the 21st April for Gravity! 2. Featured were Parkour demonstrations, mountain boarding, performances by Euphoric Circus and Extreme Kung Fu Positioning workshops. |
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Festive FrolicsFrost Fair in Kirkby Stephen
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FRED 2006
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teetotum
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The Animals Went in Two by Twoan installation by Helen Snell
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Travelling East'Souvenir'
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Ivan Black - Kinetic Sculptures
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Street Dance
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Stick it where?
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snowcase#5
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Street Dance
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FRED! it happened again...
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Motorway Art BreakJenny Holzer at the service stationFold presented the latest work by American icon, Jenny Holzer. "For Cumbria" was a series of texts printed on the reverse of till reciepts at Tebay Services on the M6 and at Rheged Discovery Centre, Penrith. this work was commissioned as part of the FRED art invasion. |
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Barrie J Davies Is An Artist5th - 25th August 2005The Title Says it all really. A look at new and nearly-new works by the Cardiff-based artist. Davies work centres on the premise, that he is an artist, and by default, everything he does or makes is therefore art. |
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Flowers in the Gardens of EdenArtist-in-Residency programmeAs part of the 7th annual Kirkby Stephen Garden Trail, artist Sue Flowers worked with the gardeners in the town to create a new piece of work for the Garden Trail Weekend - 30th - 31st July 2005. watch this space for details.. |
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Pui Lee in the windowFoundation student Pui Lee created this piece in the gallery window during refurbishment closure. details to follow... |
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Balls to Grasmere
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Kirkby Stephen Winter WonderlandSeasonal sensationsAs part of the Kirkby Stephen Winter Wonderland day, Fold organised a number of events to put contemporary art into the annual shopping panic experience!
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Off the WallBy Andrew Bracey, Arabella Harvey, Carl Colley, Debby Akam & Gary Power, Lee Cavaliere, Niki Russell, Tobias Sternberg.Off the Wall is a group show of artists who responded to the challenge of redefining ways that gallery walls function in presenting art. It features seven artists from across the country working in a variety of media and scale, from video projections to rolls of insulating tape. What unites the individual pieces is the variety of ways in which the work incorporates or references the wall but goes beyond just being on the wall. |
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Arcane Specimensby Stephen ButlerPart 1 of the Plant Life series of exhibitions about gardens. Stephen Butler takes items found in the garden, on the beach, in the kitchen, or on the pavement, and grafts them together to create a beautifully strange collection of twisted, but familliar objects. |
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Dancing Plantsby Paul MastersPaul takes the Ronseal approach to video art - it does exactly what it says on the tin - there's plants and they're dancing to disco classics. Shown in the gallery for one weekend only as part of the Plant Life series of exhibitions. |
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Paper Cutby Rob IvesRob is best know for his range of easy to build cardboard mechanical toys, under the name of Flying Pig. Paper Cut sees Rob's first UK solo exhibition of prototypes and experiments together with large-scale versions of his most popular work. Paper Cut also sees the launch of 'FarmArt' our major project for the next year. Watch this space for details soon.
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Snowcase#3 (2003)Paul Scott • Russell Mills • Maddi Nicholson • Conrad Atkinson • Jac Scott • Malcolm Mitton • Ian Waltonan exhibition of multiples and editions by the cream of Cumbria. A "wunderkammer" of the wierd and wonderful suspended from the ceiling in metal cages or nailed to the wall in wooden boxes. Proof, if it were needed, of the international calibre of contemporary art in Cumbria. |
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Snowcase#2 (2002)by Steven Barrett, Kate Brundrett, Kate Calico, Lawrence Cassidy, Adam Clarke, Claire Fell, S.Mark Gubb, Susie MacMurray, Steve Messam, Kate Robinson & Christine Stringfellow
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Menagerieby Melanie Wickham
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Sandsheepwith Kate Robinson
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punctuate:more than just marks on a page to let you breathe when reading out loud, this interactive piece looks at ways that punctuation can define new meanings to text. It's a bit of a word puzzle with 'Looking-glass' logic.... confused? you will be.... |
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crammed with crimson, stuffed with scarlet:a feast of all things red and scrumptious by resident artist Richeldis. Crammed with Crimson.. Is a selection of new work comprising of painting, textiles and text combined to present a unique look at valentines day, and connotations with the colour red. |
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Baa Codes:To coincide with the Kirkby Stephen Charter Fair, this inaugural exhibition by Steve Messam contemplated the themes of sheep and shopping. A hands on exhibition, where visitors were encouraged to rummage through a sheep's shopping trolley! |
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