The Great Art Auction Dandifest 2015

Tuesday 12 May 6-8 at the Mustard Coffee bar. Selling the work on show of Barrington farm and Nansa Artists money goes to artists to help them support there work. Also some work by Norwich Dandies artists. 

Nicola Lane & Karl Somers 13a Gallery

Nicola Lane and Karl Somers are having an art installation and painting show at 13a Gallery in Norwich on St. Ausgustines from 27th April till the 11th May. 

Mustard Cafe exhibition for Dandifest

Mustard Cafe exhibition for Dandifest. Modern art our Take on the Tate. Modern art from the artists at Barrington Farm art Barn and NANSA art project shop. On now till mid May. 

Pets win Prizes with all the logos

Pets win Prizes 2015 The Bridge at the Birdcage its on now so go and look for yourself. Wheelchair access at the side of the birdcage. There will be Prizes for the best portrait and the work will be sold to make money for the RSPCA. 

TaDa Costume Ball at the Norwich Arts centre

TaDa Costume Ball at the Norwich Arts centre 2nd May from 7pm to Midnight Lots of great bands and live performances lined up and Dj's in the Bar. Make a costume out of trash and you may win a competition for King or Queen of the ball. This is going to be one of the most exciting events of the year in Norwich. 5 pound a ticket so everyone local can afford to go even Cinderella. If u have a performance art piece we may waver the 5 pound let us know in advance.

Self Publish

Looking for people that self publish that have books to sell and want an outlet for two weeks in Norwich Gallery 13 St. Augustines in return for a few days invigilating (looking after an art exhibition by a couple of Irish artists) Leave a message if your interested

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

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. 

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