Showing posts with label performance art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label performance art. Show all posts

Friday, 21 October 2016

Dandifest 2017 We need you!


Were getting ready for Dandifest 2017 and we need all the budding and blooming artists to prepare for a Spring festival of art. This is open to any level of art we are a festival that is inclusive of all people and diversity.

You need to create an artwork that is something to do with Bees. For a Bee show that is collaborating with Australian Bee artists. That will be showing too! So this is a great cross continental show. For this show were looking for sculptures, paintings, performance. This will be held in St. Margaret’s church of art along side Dandy happenings, exhibition and workshops Percentage of sales goes to Bees, Dandies and the rest to the artist.


1ft by 1ft paintings Submit a foot square painting and we will put it in a shop window in Norwich creating an arts trail across the city in accessible places. Open theme of work. But you can also do work with venue in mind. Contact us and the shop in mind for us to ask or if you know the shop and they have accepted a painting then please get in touch. Sales goes to the artists and percentage to dandies. Or name a charity that you would like the sales to go to.


Birds for the Birdcage pub in Pottergate they have a lovely gallery called The Bridge. Every year we have an animal theme and give the money made from paintings and art works to an animal charity the first year it was for Petfood bank, last year the RSPCA and this year Wing and a Prayer bird rescue.  The Bridge gallery is accessible through the side door.


Bicycle paintings, photos 2D work no bigger then A2 framed for the Eaton Park cafe. Where the arts trail will start. The cafe is open daily and is accessible from car parking area or bus stop, the palladium style building, circling the band stand, is in the centre of the park and great for families. Sales to artist and small costs for Dandies.


Postcard paintings send us your postcard paintings from anywhere in the world. Open theme of art. Creating a multicultural universal exhibition. This will be showing at one of the wonderful galleries along St.Augustines in Norwich.  Sales to artist and send us return postage if you want it sent back or we can hold on to for other events and try and sale.



Celebrity Portraits will be held in the library in Great Yarmouth. The style and material is up to you. A local celebrity or your favourite star. Create a picture and exhibit in the library. Norwich Dandies plan to have a Dress, Pose, Paint workshop in the library where you can dress as a celebrity or be a celebrity for the day and let the public paint your portrait . Sales to artist and small costs for Dandies.


Have work finished by March ready to exhibit. Get in touch through www.norwichdandies.co.uk

If you would like to help the Dandies create a match fund for arts council funding and would like to sponsor the festival get in touch. www.norwichdandies.co.uk



Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Norwich Dandies Winter Norfolk tour


Norwich Dandies are going on a winter tour around Norfolk starting at the NNUH Hospital Winter Fayre. We will be doing Dress, Pose, Paint like a Dandy and were touring with the Nice Ice Queen. Look out for us on level 2

Saturday, 11 April 2015

Dandifest Colouring in Poster


This year we thought we would let you do the inking in. Colour this poster in and send it to Ships Cottage, NR11 6NU Multiply entries welcome. One random winner of 100 pounds. Colouring in is suppose to help mental health. Colour in the poster and monitor your happiness levels.
27th April to 9th May Dandifest. With fun things happening everyday. A incredibly packed out launch night, exhibitions all over town and Norfolk from here and all over the world. Get yourself to Launch night 27th April 7pm and pick up a programme. There will be workshops in art everyday so be prepared to join in. If you want to volunteer to invigilate or do exhibition tours or help hang shows or help with workshops or evening events get in touch on our Norwich Dandies Facebook Page.

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

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

Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Dandy Disco


Dandy Disco held at the Birdcage in there ballroom. 
Thanks to all the DJ's at the Disco from Future radio who played. 



Di Cunningham playing some cool tunes in the DJ booth


Dugald Dandy and Julie Bremner


Lumenated love


Lots of dancing and disco


Lots of us came to disco after Epic Studios Art with a capital F. 


Friends were made. 


A week of Dandifest already past of happenings and a week to go


Photos by Eloise O'Hare 2014©

Monday, 20 October 2014

Dandifest launch night


Photos by Ruski 

Dandifest launch night everything is up in the church of art and other exhibitions around Norwich 


People start arriving


Ceramics is standing by


Dugald is ready 


People are listening


Artists are talking


Vince Laws is poeting


Pequlia Bigtopp officially opens Dandifest 2014


The Norwich Dandies get rapped in ribbon and get the ribbon snip


Group photo


Pequlia tells all and Telly Shelly films


The place becomes filled with people


Shelly films Dugald Ferguson in bed


Ann Nicholls says a few words


Dandy Angel films on the i-pad


Happy days


Pride shop is well looked after. Dandifest teamed up with Pride so they could get there awareness and fundraising in early Norwich Pride is funded by people buying rainbows


Vince Laws and Ad Thacker in red and white costumes. The Dandies like to dress up nearly all the time


Vince Laws chatting to Shelly Telly


Johnny Jump band tune up


Michelle from "Hate Free Norfolk" teams up with Dandifest 


My Mental Helmut. Vince Laws Poem while wearing a moterbike helmut with words all over. When Vince wears the helmut this is how he feels when depresses, a feeling of isolation, heaviness.


Johnny Jump band hit the notes and rock out


Andy Hines manages the band and plays


Pat Garmen on Drums


Alexandra Blythe on double bass





Babies asleep ceramics



Dugald read Pequlia a story


Eloise O'Hare and Pequlia


Eloise is given a tambourine to join in thats Dandifest


Dandy Angel 


Laughing is had


Dancing begins


Clapping along


Secret reviews of the show


Cuddling up


Letting hair down