On the Outdoor Gallery and the Bearpit Cube, this time it’s all about voting, democracy and electoral reform.
Bristol elections
For the June election, after a dreadful Tory campaign, our Outdoor Gallery was adorned with the political opposition colours.
INVITATION
An Exhibition of original lino and woodcut prints from Oaxaca, Mexico at Hamilton House.
In the days leading up to October 15th, The Bearpit was transformed by artists from The People’s Republic of Stokes Croft and Kiptik, primarily using artwork sent to Bristol by The Assembly of Revolutionary Artists of Oaxaca.
Anita MacCallum from Misfits, based at Hamilton House, has been working on a little project with The Misfits Theatre Company CIO in conjunction with PRSC at the Bearpit Bristol
A group of adults who have learning difficulties have been creating poetry with Anita.
The artist writes:
“This piece was something I wanted to paint following the disappointing news at the start of December that the Government would begin bombing Syria.
Protests against TTIP, the free-trade deals which would prioritise profits of corporations over protection of the environment, are hotting up in Bristol.
Ursa Print by Jamie Gillman now available.
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Below: a set of images by Claudio Ahlers taken on Friday 10th May in the Bearpit,
at the unveiling of Ursa by Mayor George Ferguson.
It’s coming up to the last day of the Jacknife exhibition in the PRSC arts container down in the Bearpit on Saturday 4th May, so we’re holding a big final last day sale.
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The first sculpture on the Bristol BearPit Plinth is by Patrick Joyce. Patrick was a key figure in Bristol’s independent art scene of the 1990’s and 2000’s.
On Thursday afternoon Roy, who is caretaker of Elim’s sheltered housing on the corner of Hillgrove and Jamaica Street, alerted me to the fact that yet another fine specimen had been laid at his doorstep… A regular occurence.
For an area full of pubs, clubs and street drinkers, the lack of nearby Public Toilets has meant that Turbo Island’s sub-station has been an open latrine for many years.