Pankhurst in the Park presents Legacy Fatale

Pankhurst in the Park kicks off with a Suffrajitsu Wonder Warrior performance

Alexandra Art is kicking off the 'Pankhurst in the Park' 2016 programme of events by taking part in 'Wonder Women'. For this radical fem fest Alexandra Arts are working with New York based collective LEGACY FATALE, led by artists Coco Dolle and Shawn Bishop.

LEGACY FATALE is a performance choreography group founded in 2008 that celebrates the ancient nomadic warrior women of the Amazon. The collective represents a breed of hybrid historic and pop cultural icons, a cross-pollination of mythical and contemporary female archetypes.

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LEGACY FATALE

A Thousand times Thy Light

BYRDCLIFFE CENTER

Woodstock, New York

2015 

This commissioned choreography piece is a fusion of Mrs Pankhurst’s ‘Suffrajitsu’ bodyguards - the elite secret society of “Amazons”, women trained in the martial art of Bartitsu - and an animal print extravaganza that will be popping up across the city (look out for locations via social media) between Tuesday 8th March (International Woman's Day) and Friday 11th March. This micro-residency will lead up to an interactive 'Wonder Warrior' performance and artist presentation as part of PitP's official launch party with DJ Andrea Trout at the 'Tea Hive' Pavilion in Alexandra Park on 12 March, 2016.

“Through a series of intensifying performances, Legacy Fatale will expand upon the lexicon of the female power struggle, bridging myth, history and pop culture. Taking cues from the legendary Amazon Warriors, the iconic Wonder Woman, and the fierce Suffragettes, we will integrate social protest, ancient symbology and Bartitsu practices paying homage to feminisms' ferocious heritage” - Coco Dolle and Shawn Bishop of LEGACY FATALE

Alexandra Arts

Pankhurst in the Park 2016 – presents Legacy Fatale

'Tea Hive' Pavilion, Alexandra Park, M16 8PJ Manchester

Date: 12 March, 2016

Times: 6pm - midnight (18+)

Free

Wonder Women

This event is part of Wonder Women, Manchester’s annual feminist festival. From 3-13 March 2016, 'Wonder Women' celebrates the women’s movement, which was born in our city, through film, art, music, walking tours, gallery takeovers, comedy and debate, asking how far we’ve come in 100 years – and how far we have yet to go.

Pankhurst in the Park

Pankhurst in the Park 2016 is an Arts Council England funded, public programme of free age-friendly events, artist commissions, an international artist in residency and educational programme, taking place in Manchester March – May 2016.

Stay up to date with with the 'Pankhurst in the Park' 2016 programme by following us:

Pankhurst in the Park 2016

Alexandra Arts is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded funds from Grants for the Arts for Pankhurst in the Park! Kicking off in spring 2016. Thank you Arts Council England!

'Pankhurst in the Park' 2016- taking inspiration from Alexandra Park's rich heritage connected to Iconic Suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst; this years programme includes a International Artist Residency (AiR), artist commissions and age friendly engagement opportunities. Accompanied by an integrated Arts Awards educational program with St Mary's Primary School in Moss Side.

This year we will do things a bit different with the Artist in Residency – it will be done by invitation only. We secured our funding later then expected, so unfortunately we have run out time to do a open call for this years AiR.

We will continue to strengthen our ties with New York, capitalising on the connection made during 'Pankhurst in the Park' 2014. In the pipe line is a series of transatlantic exchanges and an exhibition in New York. Watch this space......

The full park programme, including the Artist in Residency and New York venue will be announced on Friday the 29th of February 2016.

Gifs by Pablo Melhor

The Maverick Expo

Alexandra Arts founder Lotte Karlsen will exhibiting at the Maverick Expo

10th - 13th December 2015

Bargehouse
Oxo Tower Wharf
South Bank
London
SE1 9PH

Thursday December 10th - Opening Night 5-10pm

RSVP for Opening Night

Opening Daily 10th - 12th December 11am - 10 pm. December 13th 11am - 5pm

Entry is free, please register to avoid queuing

Register to attend

The Maverick Expo is curated by Joseph Latimore gallery owner, curator, collector, artist and film maker. He has been active in the New York art scene for many years, managing and founding renowned galleries Passerby, Panda and Gallery Sensei. These spaces were galleries and late night hangouts for New York's vibrant community of artists. It is this mix of quality, informality and surprise that The Maverick Expo will introduce to London this December.

The event will feature the artwork of over 30 emerging artists from seven different countries.

Featured artists include, Animamus Art Salon, Aurelie Freoua, Ben Brunnemer, Damon Johnson, Derek Des Islets, Elena Moaty, Eli Elysee, Holly Anne Buck, Lotte Karlsen, Michael Amter, Philippe Nuell, Sarah Anderson, Sylva Dean, Ventiko, Yuliya V Krylova, Zdzislaw V.

In addition, there will be a curated selection of cinema works by up and coming filmmakers and screenings of select short films by Andy Warhol.

The event will include a program of music including local singer songwriter Lisa Marini, performance, and talks.

Every evening there will be a series of DJ driven sundown dance parties in a 2,000 square foot space above the exhibition.

For general information and press enquiries about The Maverick Expo please contact rory@designersblock.org.uk

How to travel to the Maverick Expo

Bargehouse is 5 minutes walk from Blackfriars and Waterloo stations. Accessed from The South Bank through the Oxo Tower.

Tube

Blackfriars, Waterloo, Embankment or Southwark

Bus

1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68 to Waterloo Bridge, 45, 63, 100 to Blackfriars Bridge, 381 to Stamford Street, RV1 to Upper Ground.

Dig the City 11am coffee morning talk: Pankhurst in The Park

11am Coffee Morning Talk: Pankhurst in the Park

When: Mon 3rd August, 11.00am until 12.00pm

Where: Dig the City Den @ St Ann Square

Free Talk

Join Dig the City Coffee Morning Talk and hear about Emmeline Pankhurst’s links to Alexandra Park and how she inspired the Park’s artistic regeneration.

Alexandra Arts is an artist-led collective based in Manchester’s Alexandra Park, founded in 2010 by Artist Lotte Karlsen. During Autumn 2014, Alexandra Arts curated the widely successful Pankhurst in the Park programme and are currently planning for its return in 2015.

Pankhurst in the Park is an Arts Council England funded programme of free events, artist commissions and an international artist residency. It celebrates Alexandra Park’s rich historical connection to the iconic leader of the Suffragette Movement, Emmeline Pankhurst, who was born and bred only yards from the Park in the neighbouring Moss Side estate.

 

RE-COLLECTION - memories into ANALOGIC 3D GIFS

@AlexArtsMCR's very own Pablo Melchor exploring film photography and obsolete cameras, after he came across an 80s japanese 4 lens beast. This camera takes 4 frames at once and allows him to animate them into a GIF and give this "tilt 3d effect". Check out his work on Behance

The Gif below was taken during Pankhurst in the Park Autumn programming

Taken 31st of August 2014, at the grand opening of the Alexandra Park Restoration

Tea Hive Alexandra Park

Family Day at Tea Hive Alexandra Park

Following a series of successful pop ups for Pankhurst in the Park over the last year, we are very excited to announce Tea Hive have secured the tender to run the Alexandra Park cafe permanently!

To celebrate this join Alexandra Arts for a family open day on Saturday 6th June from 1-4pm featuring Tea Hive refreshments, kids activities, park heritage and wildlife activities and sports activities plus much more.  

Web shop launch 26th of March

In connection with our Pankhurst in the Gallery event on the 26th of March at Manchester Art Gallery, we are launching a brand new webshop!

Alexandra Arts have been working with Photographer Zuza Grubecka throughout the autumn programming Pankhurst in the Park and we are excited that her signed photo book will be available at our Manchester Art Gallery event. But also in our webshop.

Zuza'a photo of Rodin remake at Withworth Art Gallery was recently featured on Instagram's own blog - http://blog.instagram.com/post/112133477802/150226-zuza-g

The evening also includes a showcase and sale of artworks from this years 's International Artist in Residency Go! Push Pops and their final performance Holy Creatrixxx. We have limited edition screen prints of Katarzyna Jablonska's portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, and signed photo books by Pablo Melchor and Zuza Grubecka . As well as original mono print by Naomi Kashiwagi 

Pankhurst in the Park is part of the fabulous Wonder Woman festival 2015. Check out  creativetourist.com's  Wonder Woman Week Four: The highlights where our event is featured. We are also thrilled that Manchester Confidential picked our Thursday Late Pankhurst in the Park at Manchester Art Gallery as their TOP 10: Exhibitions in March

Age Friendly Gallery visit

Alexandra Arts has been awarded funds through the Cash Grant scheme from the Whalley Range wards , to engage the elderly in the community through a series of art activities.

We are kicking this off with an invitation to older resident of Whalley Range to join Alexandra Arts as a special guest on the 26th of Match at Manchester Art Gallery for the age-friendly 'Pankhurst in the Gallery'*.  FREE transport and refreshments provided. 

Please spread the word! We are particularly keen to see older people who don't usually get out and about get involved. More age-friendly event to be confirmed shortly, so watch this space.

If you would like to come along please contact Alexandra Arts on hello@alexandra-arts.org.uk
Ring or send a text to: 07816683171
Landline: 01618813744 (In care of Chris at JNR8 Community Centre)  

This opportunity is funded by a Cash Grant from the Whalley Range Ward.

*Pankhurst in the Gallery is part of the Wonder Woman festival 2015

Pankhurst in the Gallery

As part of the Wonder Woman* festival 2015, we are pleased to announce that on Thursday 26th March 2015 Alexandra Arts will be ‘taking over’ Thursday Lates at Manchester Art Gallery to present Pankhurst in the Gallery, a free event for all.

Our Holy Creatrixxx infused Pankhurst in the Gallery will celebrate the life and work of Emmeline Pankhurst. Inspired by Manchester Art Gallery’s fashion collections, the event will explore the Suffragette movement in terms of fashion activism and empowerment.

People will be invited to dress up – take inspiration from the Suffragette colours of green, purple and white or even the gallery’s collections. Or simply rock up as you are and join in on the adornment making station. The evening includes a showcase and sale of artworks from this years Pankhurst in the Park's International Artist in Residency Go! Push Pops and their final performance Holy Creatrixxx. We have limited edition screen prints of Katarzyna Jablonska's portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, and signed photo books by Pablo Melchor and Zuza Grubecka . This will be all topped of with a performance from Naomi Kashiwagi and a screening of our video artist portrait of Go! Push Pops. Expect funky tunes and slashes of neon.

Pankhurst in the Gallery will take place from 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Manchester Art Gallery.

*Wonder Women is back. From Cornelia Parker to the Pankhursts, No More Page 3, Sarah Hardacre, The Unthanks and Kim Kardashian, Manchester’s feminist festival returns throughout 1-31 March. Over 35 organisations across the city are taking part, with debates, music, art, cinema, gigs, bike tours, exhibitions, football, live literature, pub quizzes and much more shining a light on some of the incredible, creative and campaigning women working in Manchester and Salford today.

www.creativetourist.com/wonderwomen

Artist portrait #3 : Go! Push Pops

Artist portrait of Go! Push Pops, a radical queer performance art collective from New York City directed by American Katie Cercone and Chilean Elisa Garcia de la Huerta. The Go! Push Pops was Alexandra Arts first ever International Artist in Residency, during the 'Pankhurst in the Park' Autumn 2014 programming.

HOLY CREATRIXXX: Moss Side Residents, Architects and Artists celebrate feminism

On Friday 28th November at Alexandra Park Pavilion, Moss Side residents will join the radical, feminist art collective Go! Push Pops for a final live performance inspired by the legacy of the iconic, local suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst.

The Go! Push Pops collective, directed by Katie Cercone and Elisa Garcia de la Huerta, was invited to Manchester in September to undertake the first-ever international Artist Residency at Alexandra Park, as part of Alexandra Arts’ Pankhurst in the Park programme. The collective’s forthcoming performance forms part of Pankhurst in the Park’s final Autumn event, which will be hosted by local comedienne, Kerry Leigh.

For two weeks leading up to the final event, Go! Push Pops have invited local residents to become part of an intentional community which will participate in the final live ritual performance, HOLY CREATRIXXX. In addition to the performance, there will be screening of the stop-motion animation film Illuminate with an introduction by Nataly Lebouleux. In collaboration with students from Manchester University's School of Architecture, Architect Julie Fitzpatrick will also be exhibiting her new installation at the Pavilion, and music will be provided by The Mighty Quinn.

Following this event, Curator of Pankhurst in the Park, Artist Lotte Karlsen, will join Go! Push Pops at SELECT Art Fair in Miami during Art Basel Miami. There they will support Milk and Night, a collective of guest artists and curators who explore the role of feminism in the art world.

Commenting on the programme, Lotte Karlsen said:
"We are thrilled that the Pankhurst in the Park has attracted such broad interest and involvement locally, and I am delighted to have been invited to SELECT Art Fair in Miami to share my work and the inspiration behind Pankhurst in the Park."

Commenting on the contributions from Moss Side, Coco Dolle, Founding Director of Milk and Night, said:

"Our booth at Select Fair comes forth as a unique project on the map of Miami Art Basel, the only commercial booth solely dedicated to feminist artists and its various conversations. We will stand as ambassadors of this feminine consciousness and activate its presence on the art market."

Since launching in September this year, hundreds of artists and local residents have visited Alexandra Park to take part in the Pankhurst in the Park programme, which aims to create a platform for female artists in the birthplace of Suffragette leader, Emmeline Pankhurst. The Autumn programme has featured woodland exhibitions, artist talks, and even hosted workshops as part of the international drawing festival, The Big Draw.

The final event is free to attend, however booking is essential. Bookings can be made online: https://www.facebook.com/events/369224939918691/ or Evenbrite Suitable for over 18s only.

Comments, photos, and interviews are available. Please contact Amy Clancy, email press@alexandra-arts.org.uk.

Where to find the Alexandra Park Pavilion