Poetry
in Durham: Open mic with Geordie Poet Keith Armstrong
Saturday
14th June, 7.00pm
Calman
Learning Centre
Admission:
£2.00,
Tickets
on the door
Poetry
and the local landscape with Doctor Keith Armstrong - plus open
mic so all can share their talents! Hear Durham’s own Dr Armstrong
perform his poetry & bring your own poems to read out at the
Calman Learning Centre, University of Durham.
‘Keith
is a noted Geordie wordsworth, a bloke whose musings were always
radical, though of their place.’ (Folk Roots magazine).
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Asthetics
Conference:
“What
is an Artwork?”
Sunday
15th June, 7.30pm
Calman
Learning Centre
Admission
Free
As
the boundaries that define art are constantly reworked and challenged
by artists working in all media, it is important to establish whether
any real definition remain, or if we have reached a state of pure
limitless expression. Our keynote lecture includes an address from
the Durham University Philosophy Department and an exclusive panel
of curators, artists, theorists and critics. We invite the public
to ask questions of the leading names in the art world and hope
to create a fertile environment for debate on a crucial question
in post-modern times.
The
Panel includes:
Katrina
Crear - Registrar of the White Cube Gallery
Gavin
Delahunty - Curator of Fine Art at MIMA
David
Jasper - Professor in Literature and Theology at the
University
of Glasgow
Ed
Baxter - Programming Director, Resonance FM
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Tony
Penrose:
“Lee
Miller: Life and Work”
Monday
16th June, 6.00pm
Calman
Learning Centre
Admission
Free
Lee
Miller’s son Antony Penrose will give a talk titled The Legendary
Lee Miller at the Calman Learning Centre on 16th
June at 7.00. This lavishly illustrated lecture shows the exchange
of inspiration between Lee Miller and those closest to her – Man
Ray, Edward Steichen, Aziz Eloui Bey, Jean Cocteau, Roland Penrose,
Pablo Picasso and her wartime buddy David E. Scherman.
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Bahram
Radan and Adrian Clarke: ‘Art and Addiction’
Thursday
19th June, 7.00pm
Calman
Learning Centre
Admission
Free
Linking
two exhibitions from opposite ends of the world, ‘Art and Addiction’
brings together star of Iranian cinema Bahram Radan and photographer
Adrian Clarke to discuss how artists deal with the challenging topic
of addiction. With an address from the County Durham Drug and Alcohol
Action Team to contextualise the forum, the artists will discuss
their individual approach and contrast their experiences working
in Iran and County Durham.
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Colpitts
Poetry,
Thursday
19th June, 7.30pm
Durham
Town Hall
Tickets
on the door
Meet
Durham's established poets at the Durham Town Hall Thursday, June
19th at 7.30 p.m. The event is contributed to the Student Festival
by Colpitts Poetry, a group which has presented in the City since
1975 readings by 700 regional, national and international writers.
Poets at the event include Gillian Allnutt, Jo Colley, Cynthia Fuller,
Ian Horn, S.J. Litherland, Anne Stevenson and Michael O'Neill. Each
will give a short reading, including a poem about a work of visual
art, accompanied by its projected image.
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Scopic:
“Science is Art”,
Friday
20th June, 7.00pm
Calman
Learning Centre
Admission
Free
Leading
scientists Peter Edwards, from the University of Durham and Brona
Mcvittie, from Imperial College London will be giving an exciting
lecture to support the Scopic exhibition. Revealing the aesthetic
beauty behind science the pair will take people on a tour through
the mysteries of outer and inner space.
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Lecture
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