Thursday 11 July, 6-8pm, Lightwoods House
Join us as we celebrate the launch of From Where I Speak, the first issue of The Printing Room, a new yearly journal that publishes art writing from Sandwell and the Black Country. The launch is a chance to pick up your own copy of the journal, as well as an opportunity to hear the artists read from their pieces, and meet other creatives in your local community.
The Printing Room is published as part of Multistory’s artist development programme BCN, and provides commissions for local emerging artists to experiment with their writing. Seven artists were commissioned to write pieces for this inaugural issue; Marley Starskey Butler, Polly Brant, Amelia Fox, Neoliberalizard, Rupinder Kaur Waraich, Rachel Magdeburg and Leah Hickey. Writers the Black Country’s stories and socio-political conditions, canal walls and underpasses, green spaces, its dialect and interconnected, supportive communities, and reflect on forging of a practice via alternative means, through spirituality, walking or gleaning. The programme was supported through a workshop led by Maria Fusco for the group, focussing on art writing and critical auto-theory / fiction. The Printing Room Journal is designed and printed by The Holodeck, a printmaking and design studio founded in 2013 in Birmingham, specialising in Risograph, Letterpress, and traditional printmaking techniques.
The event will feature short readings from Polly Brant, Marley Starskey Butler, Leah Hickey, Rachel Magdeburg, Neoliberalizard and Rupinder Kaur Waraich.
Copies of the journal will be available to pick up for a special price of £3, and you can also purchase a limited edition A3 risograph print of an artwork by Neoliberalizard for £15 (and £25 signed) on the night. All proceeds for the sale of the print go to the artist.
Details: Light refreshments will be provided. Drinks can be purchased at the bar. This event is free and is open to all artists, creatives and those working in all areas of the arts and the creative industries.
Access: The event will take place in a ground floor space with wheelchair access. Hand sanitiser and face masks will be available.
Please let us know if you have any access requirements, or allergies or dietary requirements, by texting us, or calling us on: 07922 571832, or emailing us: renefrancis-mcbrearty@multistory.org.uk
This event is free, booking is required.
This event sits under BCN, Multistory's artist development programme, which offers artists in Sandwell and the wider Black Country a free annual programme of talks, workshops and social events and is a space for mutual support and knowledge sharing. It was set up to provide artists in the local area opportunities for critical engagement and collaboration outside of formal arts education. The BCN programme informs, and is informed by, Multistory’s wider arts programme that is produced with and by artists and communities living in Sandwell.