Queer artists

The Future for Queer Artists in North West England
Free Daytime Workshop for NW-based Queer Artists making Performance in Manchester

The Cake Tin Foundation conclude their feasibility study to determine the wants and needs of new and emerging queer artists* based in the North West with the last in a series of workshops where we’re looking for artists to tell us their aspirations, their challenges and their expectations of support.

The study was piloted in Manchester in July 2012 before moving to Liverpool and Lancaster in November and now arriving at Contact Theatre in partnership with Queer Contact. The information gathered will help CTF create an appropriate infrastructure to support and develop emerging queer artists and performance in the North West. 

Manchester
Saturday 9th February 2013, 11.30am - 1.45pm
Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA
Venue information www.contactmcr.com
Free, limited capacity: reserve a space now
 
To express interest in a future network for NW queer artists, please email ideas@caketinfoundation.org

*Artists – living and/or working in North West England AND making new work for live performance (includes: cabaret, circus, comedy, dance, live art, musical, performance art, poetry, puppetry, song, spoken-word, stand-up, theatre, variety or music hall).

Special Event

In partnership with London-based performance artist Owen Parry, CTF is pleased to announce a practical performance workshop on the same afternoon following the Future of Queer Arts workshop (details below):

The Only Way Is Freaky
Saturday 9th February 2013, 3pm - 5pm (following a short break after the CTF Future of Queer Arts Workshop)
Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA
£3 http://www.contactmcr.com/whatisfreaky

This 2 hour practical workshop will harness the powers of the freak for its creative and critical potential. From stamp collecting to unashamed exhibitionism, we will begin building an institution for our own freaky exploits.Owen Parry is a UK based artist and researcher working in performance, video and writing and across gallery, theatre, and club contexts. His practice engages the “difficult” and often “humorous” affects of failing bodies, histories and narratives, and has been described as “intimate and daringly pornographic” as well as "engaging, bemusing and, at times, embarrassing".

Published: 31-Jan-2013: (1726)