The Upstairs Gallery BECCLES

Association of Suffolks Art Teachers, 27th Feb – 27th March 

LAYERS, 500 works by educational teachers who work and live in Suffolk.  Throughout all galleries. Open evening 5th March 6-8pm come and critique the teachers works!  Opening times Tues – Sat 10 – 4.30 01502 717191 www.theupstairsgallery.co.uk

All about Beccles, June 4th – 30th 

An open exhibition – all submissions accepted: theme is Beccles and surrounding areas. A visual offering on our wonderful town and the beautiful pleasures it offers.  If you wish to submit entries please contact the gallery in the first instance. Opening times Tues – Sat 10 – 4.30

The Upstairs Galleries, Exchange Square, Beccles Suffolk NR34 9HH .

Tel: 01502 717191  www.theupstairsgallery.co.uk

Yarmouth Tango

Not to be missed!  Kate and Tony are experienced teachers of tango who dance a close milonguero style tango which ultimately derives from the crowded dance floors of Buenos Aires – a style of social dancing which suits all ages and levels of dance experience, where the aim is simplicity, musicality, creativity and dailogue. 

Kate and Tony are offering a starter pack of 4 Friday classes, 7.45-9.00 p.m, 26th February – 19th March, 2010 at New Bodies Fitness Centre, King Street.  The fee is £30 for the four sessions.  Booking is essential – contact kate@yarmouthtango.com  or for more information go to www.yarmouthtango.com.

Great Yarmouth Choral Society

Rehearsals have started for the Society’s next concert, Faure’s Requiem and Vivaldi’s Gloria.  The Society meets on Monday evenings, 7.30 p.m., at Oriel High School, Gorleston.  New members are always welcome – contact Jane Freeman on 01493 843816 or simply turn up on the night.

Half-term Events at the Time and Tide

Spring half-term activities at the Time and Tide,  from craft activities to storytelling, there was lots on offer. For further information please contact Jonathon Tooke at Time and Tide on 01493 743930.  Workshops  run from 12.00-16.00 hrs.

Library Volunteer – Local Studies Support

We are looking to recruit volunteers to assist with local studies enquiries. Great Yarmouth Library is lucky enough to have a wealth of local information and is often the place people look to help them with their studies and general interest enquiries about the local area.

The volunteers would be instrumental in assisting library staff to deal with enquiries from the public about what information the library holds and help to access anything from our online directories, maps, microfilm, books and other resources.

We feel the kind of person who could be a real help to us would have the:

• Ability to ask questions and clarify details
• In-depth local knowledge
• Ability to use the internet, scanner, printer and microfilm

We would provide any relevant training which was felt to be necessary.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in please contact: Rachel Houghton tel 01493 855441 or email mailto://rachel.houghton@norfolk.gov.uk

TRANSITIONS

Transitions: past meets future!

Great Yarmouth arts group ARC, is delighted to announce an Awards for All grant to run Transitions. This project will enable old and young to delve into the Borough Archive and the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service’s permanent art collection housed at the Central Library in Great Yarmouth. Looking into the past, participants can seek connections with, or comparisons to, the present and use new media to share their findings with local people. The project will run workshops to look at cultural life in the Borough and bring the town’s creative past into the light. Who knows what might be discovered?

The aim of the project is to raise the profile of the vital grassroots culture in the Borough, past and present. There is a long and distinguished cultural history in the locality but much has been buried and not celebrated. Transitions intends to bring it to life and to cast an optimistic eye on the future thanks to the all the talent currently demonstrated amongst the young people, especially in music, dance and drama.

Rupert Mallin, the lead artist on Transitions, says “With this touchstone to the past, participants will be able to pursue their own cultural response – in any medium – to the present and the future. Captured online at East Coast Net, the work will form a record which others can explore and/or add to in the future. It is a very exciting project.”

Transitions will conclude with an exhibition at the Central Library in November 2010. EastCoastNet will be used throughout the project to gather and share materials and as a focus for discussion as the project develops.

In collaboration with Great Yarmouth Library Service and

RENEWAL: OPEN ART EXHIBITION

AN OPEN EXHIBITION for Norfolk and Waveney artists, to be held at GREAT YARMOUTH LIBRARY GALLERY, 12TH APRIL- 24TH APRIL 2010

Seachange Arts is inviting artists to submit work for an Open Exhibition, which will run from Monday 12th April to Saturday 24th April 2010 in the recently refurbished Great Yarmouth Library Gallery. The theme of the exhibition is ‘Renewal’ and artists can interpret this theme as they wish.

The exhibition is open to all artists living in Norfolk and Waveney aged 16+. The aim of the exhibition is to showcase and celebrate artistic creativity in the region whilst providing an opportunity for artists to sell and exhibit their work.

Selection of artwork is by a panel of judges from the local arts community. To take part, contact SeaChange Arts for an exhibition entry form outlining conditions of entry. The deadline for entries is Friday 26th March 2010

Contact David Jones, Exhibition Co-ordinator: David1@seachangearts.org.uk or telephone 01493 846187

Cinema Club

Are you interested in Film?

Great Yarmouth Cinema Club are looking to offer the local community a low cost cinema experience once per month in Great Yarmouth Library.

The cinema club is looking for volunteers who would like to help run the club which could include:

· Learning how to set up and run the equipment

· Promoting and advertising the screenings

· Becoming a committee member and helping decode what films to screen

· Offering light refreshments

· Selling tickets

If you would like to know more please contact Rachel Houghton Tel: 01493 855441 or email rachel.houghton@norfolk.gov.uk

Lost Generation: Broadcast Yourself

It so often seems we’re waiting for someone on high to deliver us. Today, with the Internet and YouTube it is cheap and relatively easy to broadcast oneself. The best of the Net is when you can be sitting in Great Yarmouth and some young person in Ohio, say, comes along and Speaks To You!

Lost Generation is the best of poetry. See what can be done with a few words, an image and sounds. Don’t be fooled. This poem turns! Click on Lost Generation.