Thursday 30 October 2014

Dandifest last Hurray


Dandifest last Hurray had some hiccups
Prizes for those who had worked hard, art auction for the Reigning cats and dogs show, comedians, musicians and art auction


Really we could not have done it without Maria


One the of dapper dressed Dandies who enlightened the evening


Labelled everything that is now a hate crime if you called someone these names



Ann Youngs review of the Giant still life


Candy Dandy signing the poster.



Hilary Coe comedy performance


One of Vince Laws inspiring books rewriting history


Cutting up the words and recreating your own


Thinking in Pink


Hilary's hosting the auctions


Everyone having a giggle




Taking the mike


Group hug


Thursday 23 October 2014

Back in 5 minutes


Karl Somers work back in 5 minutes, exhibited at Nuns Yard Gallery 


Karl Somers makes thousands of funny fake advert cards


People are completely taken by them and not what there expecting at all


As soon as the first few adverts were pinned to the window of the gallery people started to look in.


The gallery owner said over the two weeks of Dandifest, crowds drew in the front window or desperate to get a look at these funny adverts, everyone walking away with a skip in there step


Karl loves convenience stores and at art college specialised in them. Back in 5 minutes was a big success and we hope to see Karl's work next year. Karl Somers is an artist and lives in Ireland. 

A very Dandy Village fete time-lapse film



While the very Dandy village fete was all happening Ruski from the Art of Norwich made a fantastic time-lapse film. Its like a dream looking at the film and we all looking like were buzzing around doing lots of fun things. There is so much in the film Ivanov teaching art by the giant still life, the stalls, Norwich rising Drum for justice drumming, Dress, pose and paint like a dandy in the garden, Poets on the 5th plinth, Dandi the clown and the end is Eloise O'Hare's Lewis soft scultpure chess set being played Link to film is here http://norwichdandies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/flaps-theatre.html

Wednesday 22 October 2014

Dandifest at St. Margarets on the walls


There was a lot of art at Dandifest. 
Paint like a pansy on the left of the photo which was Debbie Sutton's workshop. going up the pillar in the middle Kally Ann Davidson's woolly workshops. 


The Back of Mark Mann and his mum Bridget Mann's Turing Quilt which a letter that is all embroidered in white cotton and grey fabric.
On the right of the photo is a rail of handmade clothes by various artists at Dandifest


In the middle of the photo is a DJ tent. The artist painted the tent over and over every time he went to a festival to DJ in the tent and here he exhibits it.


The left is Vince Laws Pope is Pants flying high across the church and the pillar which is completely yarn bombed by Kally Ann Davidson who also ran Yarn bomb workshops


Christina Violet Sabberton's I love my .................. giant A-board which was covered in peoples messages of love.


Ann Nicholls photo of an EDL protest in Norwich above Vince Laws windscreen hand painted poem



Chaise long waiting for the first models to dress up and pose for artists


Eloise O'Hare's detailed drawings in pen series with Vince Laws Mental helmet 


This corner is all about health Vince Laws sign Honk if you give ATOS about the Sick. Vince made the sign for the first protests about ATOS in Norwich where they make the disabled climb stairs to get into the building to then put them through tests to see if they deserve sickness benefits.  


More Poems and pictures of Health


Here is the banner in full view. On the floor is peoples paintings that they have added after inspiration and workshops during dandifest. The pictures are on the floor because we ran out of hanging space from the ceilings. 



A piece of art in the form of a flag


Hayley Hare's are up the walls. 


Christina Violet Sabberton's paintings 


More art everywhere


A dark art corner


A series of photographic prints by Sophie Crow


Dugald Ferguson's Russian corner


Eloise O'Hare's Constant crucifixion, which is about women constantly crucified verbally, physically, mentally by people who claim there not perfect or want them to slave away more.  


Sara Lambs swan painting 


Kayleigh O'Keefe's film land of the giant woman and Christina Violet Sabertons flesh film


Guest artists work


The Pride shop 


The 5th plinth with Claire Freer and Alexandra Johannsens work


Eloise O'Hare's feman doll


A wall of freedom by the Dandies and guests


Prints from Christina Violet Sabbertons mono print workshop


Toffee Noses by Nicola Lane 



Entrance with lots going on




Notice board in the whispering gallery with Eloise O'Hares Golden Ears which were places around the festival


Eloise O'Hares giant still life


Close up of the still life


Abundance


The still life was the stomach of the exhibition. The whole exhibition was divided into body parts


The shop


Poppy Rose wrote a whole book while working at Dandifest


Ai Wei wei chilling out


Ann Nicholls wall of large protest photos 


Turing Quilt by Mark Mann and Mum Bridget


Whispering gallery in the foyer


Kally Ann Davidson's yarn bomb above the entrance to the church


Outside poems were lamanated and hung for two weeks on the railings


Award with Dandifest posters



More poems and comics







The Ian Duncan Smith poetry in the loo exhibition


his exhibition extended for 100's metres out side the loo


Vince Laws Boudicca's found object