In this issue
Hull Dance Awards
Hull Dance have announced the recipients of the new look Hull Dance Awards 2022/23. Lewys Holt receives the Development Award to create a new piece of contemporary dance in Hull. Holly Gibbs received the Transgressions Award to perform at the Transgressions event next year. Both will also work with other professional dancers.
Check out the Hull Dance Blog for more information.
City Arts Forum online hosted by Create and Express
Thursday 15 September 2pm, on Zoom with captioning available. Please let us know if you require BSL interpretation.
Chaired by Hull City Council's Arts & Culture Manager, Paul Holloway, this City Arts Forum online is an opportunity to share your work, thoughts, ideas and updates as well as hearing from us about arts development work in the city as well as from our hosts Create and Express.
It's free to take part in the Forum and places must be booked in advance via Eventbrite
We'll send the link to join in the discussion to all those registered via Eventbrite 24 hours before the event.
If you would like an issue discussed, please send your agenda items to cityartsenquiries@hullcc.gov.uk to reach us by Monday 12 September.
City Arts News
City Arts News has 5,000 subscribers, who all share an interest in the Arts. If you have an arts related idea, problem, project or suggestion that you would like to share with our readers, please let us know via the 'submit content' link in the right hand column.
If you are in need of support and advice or have an idea for a future arts project we have experienced arts development officers who can help. Part of our role is also to help develop local artists.
We can:
keep you informed of commission opportunities
help you develop your ideas
advise on pricing, effective budgeting and preparing funding bids such as Arts Council grant funding applications.
Complete the online form with your idea or development needs or email cityartsenquiries@hullcc.gov.uk
Hull City Council Grants to Arts
You may be eligible to apply for a grant of up to £5000 for activity that:
is within the Hull city boundary and open to the general public
serves an identified interest group
increases the range of art opportunities available to local communities
supports and celebrates cultural diversity
develops local artistic talent
promotes innovation and excellence
Details of the grants scheme and the online form can be found on the Hull City Council website here.
Freedom Festival Dance
There is plenty of dance to see during Freedom Festival Friday 2 - Sunday 4 September.
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Truck Theatre partner with Freedom Festival 2022, hosting an artistic and creative programme to excite, inspire, challenge, and provoke.
There is so much to explore in 2022 as Freedom Festival makes a welcome return and Hull Truck are pleased to announce that they will once again be partnering to present a unique series of indoor theatre and performance events.
La Mecànica & Teatre Principal de Palma present The Little Things (Friday 2 – Saturday 3 September), a sassy and fast-moving performance for both children and their parents, that is seen by children and adults on two very different levels. Born from a view of the world as seen at knee-height, by children, and the world they discover, The Little Things transforms from the innocence of a hungry caterpillar into a majestic butterfly, exploring and dazzling the world.
A live soundtrack performance and screening of director Paul Wright’s acclaimed film Arcadia (Saturday 3 September) will explore our complex connection to the land that we live in. Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) bring the captivating film and their critically acclaimed soundtrack to life with a specially curated 9-piece band featuring Adrian and Will, together with folk singer Lisa Knapp and a line-up of exceptional musicians and singers.
Box office information: Hull Truck Theatre, 50 Ferensway, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU2 8LB, 323638
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Truck Theatre looks to the future this autumn/winter in the second half of their 50th anniversary season
Hull Truck are excited to be kicking off the second half of their 50th anniversary season, when their Hull Truck Theatre home produced work shifts to looking to the future, whether that’s through long term friendships in Ladies Unleashed , Scrooge’s journey through past, present and future in A Christmas Carol, or a fresh voice exploring the relationships of women across three generations and the promise of new life in Mumsy.
Check out their website for more information.
Beverley Betrayal
Friday, 23 September, The Guildhall Hull HU1 2AA
and Saturday 24 September, Hull Charterhouse HU2 8AF
£7, Lord Mayor’s Charity Event
Beverley Betrayal is a World War Two mystery drama. Victoria Barracks has been bombed and a signal has been detected. Is there a spy in Beverley? Who can it be? This play is based on a true story and features singing and dancing. It was performed to a sell out audience for The Beverley Jubilee in June 2022 and is back by popular demand.
Box office: The Guildhall 615093
Check out the eventbrite website for tickets
Robin Hood: Prince of Thorngumbald
Thursday 22- Friday 30 December, Social
Middle Child’s rock’n’roll Hull panto returns with a story chosen by their audience in a public vote last year. Robin Hood: Prince of Thorngumbald sees the hotshot hero hustle the villainous King John in his jubilee year, pursued by the Sheriff of Cottingham. Marc Graham returns as the loudmouth panto dame, this time playing Sister Skeg, a rebellious nun who’s found her calling sharing the wealth of the rich. She’s joined by Robin’s apprentice, Marian, who longs to send a shiver down the spine of the gentry with her mastery of the bow and arrow. Performances include early, family shows and the return of the late-night version, which sold out in record time last year.
Check out their website for more information.
Wrecking Ball's Film Club
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Independent Cinema
Check out the HIC website for more information.
Heritage Open Days - Special events at Hull Minster
Hull Minster, Hull, HU1 2RR
Merchants of the Minster
Friday 9 September, 11am
A talk and tour with John Lawson . The talk will last one hour and take in the memorials and ledgers to prominent people and explain their remarkable journeys, trading links and the legacy they left the people of Hull.
Visit the Hull Minster website for further information.
Exploring and understanding heraldry
Friday 9 September, 1pm
Hull Minster, Hull, HU1 1RR
Join Dr Marianne Gilchrist for a guided trail at Hull Minster. This one-hour tour covers the basic features of heraldry, the symbolism and meaning of the figures and shapes, and about significant people of Hull Minster. Drawing on the nationally historic collection of ledger stones and memorials, the stories of Hull's great families are brought back to life.
Visit the Hull Minster website for further information.
Dr John Alderson, Hull's Medical Man
Friday 9 September, 2-4pm
Hull Minster, Hull, HU1 1RR
Local historian, Michael Free, will tell you about the life, work and legacy of John Alderson MD, an 18th Century medical genius who changed the life and health of 1000's of Hull's citizens and whose legacy is memorialised in Hull Minster.
Visit the Hull Minster website for further information.
John Healey Bromby's Legacy - a talk and tour
Friday 9 September, 3-4pm
Visit the Hull Minster website for further information.
The Mick Ronson Story - Book Launch
Thursday 15 September, 6.30pm, Free
Waterstones Bookshop Hull, HU1 3JX
Launch of 'The Mick Ronson Story- Turn and Face the Strange' - the new biography of Bowie's sideman written by Rupert Creed and Garry Burnett. Authors interview by Nick Quantrill with Q&A and book signing.
Check out their website for more information.
Facing the Strange-The Mick Ronson Story -Book Launch
Saturday 24 September, 7.30 - 10.30pm, £10
Wrecking Ball Arts Centre, 15 Whitefriargate, Hull, HU1 2ER
To celebrate the launch of their new book ‘The Mick Ronson Story: Turn and Face the Strange’, Hull writers Rupert Creed and Garry Burnett present an evening of stories, film clips and musical insights into the life and career of one of the city’s finest musicians. With contributions from guitarist Ched Cheesman and guests from the hit stage show, this intimate but compelling multi-media presentation reveals previously untold stories of Mick Ronson and his phenomenal career as a musician and album producer. Followed for attendees by book-signing and after show party with a Ronson/Bowie playlist.
Check out their website for box office and further information.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Artist Talk
Wednesday 28 September, 6-7:30pm
Humber Street Gallery
Online, Pay what you can, booking required
This online event is an opportunity to hear from a Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 artist, followed by a Q&A.
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Bach Choir Rehearsals
Monday 5 September 7.30 - 9.30pm
Every Monday until mid December 2022
St Mary's Church, Hallgate, Cottingham, HU16 4DD
SATB Rehearsals for 'Viva Vivaldi' for concert in Trinity Methodist Church Cottingham Rd Hull Saturday 15 October - then next concert programme. New singers welcome in all voices. "Singing promotes health,breathing, circulation and digestion" said John Henry Kellogg (Mr Cornflakes) in 1931.
Email address - pandg@4winds-anlaby.karoo.co.uk
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Choral Union Rehearsals
Wednesday 7 September @ 7.30 - 9.30pm
Additional dates - every Wednesday until early December 2022
St Mary's College, HU6 7TN
SATB Rehearsals for Dvorak: Mass in D & some choral classics for concert in Hull Minster on Thursday 10 November - then 'Messiah' excerpts for December concert. Vacancies for all voices - especially tenors.
Email address - pandg@4winds-anlaby.karoo.co.uk
Check out their website for more information.
Bilton Singers require a Musical Director to commence in September 2022.
Bilton Singers is a friendly, enthusiastic mixed voice community choir, established in 2012. The choir is fortunate in having the services of a very accomplished pianist.
The choir enjoys singing all genres of music, popular music, songs from the shows, gospel, sacred music including John Rutter classics, anything with a good tune. None of the singers has had any formal music training but all are able to read music from a score.
The choir rehearses on Tuesday evenings from 7- 8.30pm in the Church Centre, Church Lane, Bilton. HU11 4DZ.
For further information about the choir and the position of Musical Director, please contact the Choir Secretary Pauline Jennison on telephone 812138, 07890 386899 or email biltonsingers@gmail.com.
LYR, featuring Simon Armitage
Monday 10 October, Wrecking Ball Arts Centre, £22
LYR is a band comprised of author and current British poet laureate Simon Armitage, singer-songwriter Richard Walters and multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Pearson.
Check out their website for more information.
Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945
Until Sunday 2 October, Free
Ferens Art Gallery, HU1 3RA
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Truck Theatre introduce exciting new playwrighting opportunities: 37 Plays in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Young Writers Groups (ages 14 – 18 & 18 – 30)
37 Plays is a new national playwriting project led by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Associate Regional Theatres, including Hull Truck Theatre, and is open to anyone. 2023 will mark the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the first time his plays were brought together in one book. The project marks this anniversary by selecting and celebrating a new series of 37 brand new plays that reflect the world we live in today.
Submissions for plays opens from 1 - 31 January 2023
Hull Truck Young Writers Group (18 - 30 years)
Dates: Each session will take place 7pm until 9pm on Tuesday evenings at theatre starting on 4 October until 13 December (no session on 25 October.) Tickets: Free
Hull Truck Young Writers Group (14 - 18 years)
Date: Each session will take place 6.30pm until 7.30pm on Wednesday evenings at theatre starting on 5 October until 14 December (no session on 25 October.) Tickets: Free
Check out their website for more information.
Join in the Creative Voice Conversation
What would you like to see in a Youth Arts Festival that celebrates diversity?
Creative Voice will continue the conversation exploring how young people are creative at youth centres and youth arts projects this Autumn. However after a day of workshops during the summer holidays as well as an exhibition of young people's art work already produced we are now working towards programming for a Youth Arts Festival 2023.
Follow @youthartshull twitter and creativevoicehull facebook and get involved in the conversation.
Creative Voice is a youth arts initiative led by Hull City Council Arts Development and Youth Development Service in partnership with Artlink and Hull Dance.
Creative Voice - Youth Arts Network
Monday 9 September, 2pm, MakerSpaceHull, Central Library, Albion Street, HU1 3TF
Don't miss the chance to discuss and share all things youth arts and shape its long term strategic development. Including the chance to find out about the work of Generation Hull.
Booking: creativevoice@hullcc.gov.uk
Freedom Festival
Until Sunday 4 September
A packed and varied programme of performances, including an offering from our very own Hull Freedom Chorus.
Check out their website for more information.
Humber Street Gallery Exhibitions
Hull Television Workshop, Harold Offeh
Until Sunday 4 September
Space 2
Check out their website for more information.
Heirloom
9 September 2022 – 15 January 2023
Studio Eleven Gallery, 12 Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TG
2 artists designers and one brewer have created a new collection of unique products. Inspired by the iconic Hornsea Pottery.
Visit the Studio Eleven Website for further information.
Ailish Treanor | Tableau Retro at 87 Gallery
Until Saturday 10 September, Free
87 Gallery (Artlink Hull), HU5 3QP
Check out their website for bookings and more information.
Brick by Brick – International LEGO® Brick Art
Until Sunday 11 September, free
Ferens Art Gallery, HU1 3RA
Check out their website for more information.
Folklore Imaginary | Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell at 87 Gallery
Launching Friday 23 Sept, 6-8 pm, free
Open Thursday - Saturday 10am - 4.30 pm 24 September - Saturday 17 December
87 Gallery (Artlink Hull), 87 Princes Avenue, HU5 3QP
Drawing inspiration from the longstanding traditions of mask-making and masquerade in the Caribbean and Nepal, Brixton-based artist Maya Gurung-Russell Campbell creates evocative landscapes that explore her dual heritage. Incorporating sound, moving image, oral history, poetry and analogue photography, her practice centres matrilineal mythologies and lived experience, whilst interrogating universal themes. Folklore Imaginary is a part-personal, part-cultural mythology, woven using oral histories and intergenerational memories of migration. It explores the fluidity of the artist’s transcultural identity. The liberation from having “one self” is toyed with through wearable avatars that utilise the traditional techniques of ritual mask-making in Nepal.
Check out their website for more information.
Re/Locate Art:Nature:Environment
Until Saturday 15 October
Every Thursday family arts activities (12-4pm) are run and on Fridays there are Hull Zine Library activities (2-6pm). Free.
Hull Artist Research Initiative, 47 King Edward Street, Hull, HU1 3RW
In their arts research and experimentation space HARI will be presenting an evolving display of works to initiate conversations that put nature and the environment at the centre. The season begins with Lauren Saunders and her Land Empathy Development Lab, and an exhibition of works by Jessie Davies – more artists to be announced. You are invited to pop in and speak to the artists when in residence through the week, and in addition to their Activity Thursdays and Zine Fridays they will be programming a number of talks and events at other times. See @hari_artsresearch for regular updates.
Email address - hullartistresearch@gmail.com
Check out their website for more information.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022
Friday 23 September - Sunday 27 November
Launch party - Thursday 22 September, 6-9pm, no booking required, Humber Street Gallery
Space 1 & Space 2 @ Humber Street Gallery and Gallery 4 @ Ferens Art Gallery
New Contemporaries annual exhibition of emerging and early career artists launches in Hull at Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery. The hotly anticipated 2022 exhibition includes artists selected through an open submission by internationally renowned artists James Richards, Veronica Ryan and Zadie Xa. Established in 1949, New Contemporaries gives visibility, recognition and support to the incredible breadth and depth of emerging talent, enabling artists’ practices to become more sustainable long-term.
Check out their website for more information.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Guided Tour
Sunday 25 Setemberp/30 October/27 November, 1pm/2pm/3pm
Humber Street Gallery & Ferens Art Gallery
Free, no booking required
Experience a guided tour of the exhibitions at both Humber Street Gallery and Ferens Art Gallery from HEY Volunteers. This tour includes a 10-minute walk between the two host galleries so you may experience the full exhibition.
Check out their website for more information
Angela Bell & Saskia Berkin, Beverley Open Studios
Saturday 8, Sunday 9, Saturday 15, Sunday 16 October, free entry
Gallery 21, Beverley, HU17 8BH
Mixed Media paintings and embroideries
Email address - angelabell55@yahoo.co.uk
Check out their website for more information.
Thursday Lates
Thursday 13 October, 7-9pm
Humber Street Gallery
Pay what you can, booking required
One Thursday a month, Humber Street Gallery showcase new commissions relating to the themes of its latest exhibitions.
Check out their website for more information.
Wild: MILD Sonics For Sculptures
Tuesdays and Saturdays 11am-1pm
A performance will be held on Saturday 29 October.
Free/Pay As You Feel
Hull Community Diggers, 48A Beverley Road (behind Kingston Youth Centre), HU3 1YE
No booking, just turn up and join in inventing instruments with others - using scrap and recycled material incorporating Music Improvisation and Life Drawing into their design. Help build sonic sculptures and be part of a musical performance and creative celebration at Hull Community Diggers.
Workshops will be running up to 25 October.
Email address - ceaac@protonmail.com
Check out their website for more information.
Makerspace Hull
First Wednesday of every month 5 - 7 pm, Free
Hull Central Library, HU1 3TF
Hosted in Hull Central Library, our space has state of the art manual, digital and electronic equipment, skilled staff providing support and workshops, as well as space to create, invent, explore, learn, think and exhibit. Pop in anytime to have a chat or come along to one of our open evenings on the first Wednesday of every month to try your hand at some making.
Telephone number - 613395
Check out their website for more information.
Are you thinking of crowdfunding?
Art Happens is Art Fund’s free crowdfunding platform which gives audiences the power to bring exciting arts projects to life together. Designed specifically for museums and galleries, Art Happens is completely free to use, meaning 100% of funds go directly to your project. Art Fund will support you by providing all the tools you need to run a successful campaign.
Crowdfunding is more than just fundraising. Using Art Happens can help you raise awareness of your organisation, reach new audiences, and engage existing supporters in new ways. They have a 97% success rate and have raised over £1 million with 55 museums already.
If you have an idea in mind, take the online quiz to see if you’re ready for crowdfunding. If you’re ready, join their next workshop on Wednesday 14 September, 10.30am – 1pm, to begin your crowdfunding journey with Art Fund and learn more about using Art Happens to fundraise for your project.
Check out their website for more information.
Icon Painting workshop - 5 day retreat style
22, 23, 28, 29 & 30 September
At Hull Minster, HU1 1RR
Price - £185 for whole course
This is a retreat style workshop with prayerful painting at the heart of the activity. Over 5 days Canon Ian Holdsworth will guide you through the process of creating an icon using traditional methods and materials. No experience is necessary. All materials including brushes, wooden board, paint and gold will be provided. Choose either the Lux Mundi or St Michael the Archangel to recreate and take home at the end of the workshop. Each day begins with prayer at 10.00am and finishes at 4.00pm Lunch can be booked each day at the Minster cafe. The Yorkshire Icon School is a small group of iconographers committed to establishing icons within the mainstream of Church life. Overseers
Book online via the Hull Minster website
2-day Stained Glass workshop with artist, Jane Littlefield
30 September and 14 October
At Hull Minster, HU1 1RR
Cost, £240, Payable at time of booking includes all materials, refreshments and lunch.
2 day Glass painting and Stained Glass Workshop covering all the traditional techniques needed to create a small painted stained glass panel. The workshop is a fun and informal 2 day course that covers glass cutting, design, glass painting, firing, leading and soldering. Set in the magnificent Minster, you can be inspired by their incredible collection of stained glass from across the centuries. Participants need to be available for BOTH workshops days which are Friday 30th September and Friday 14th October 2022. The workshop is suitable for absolute beginners or people who have some experience. If you would like to bring some sketches and art works, please do so. High contrast images work well. We will be making a panel 20-25 cm square in total.
Please advise of any dietary requirements when booking.
Health and safety, please bring a face mask, this is required for glass painting and wear covered shoes not sandals. Don’t forget any reading glasses for close up work and an apron.
Book online via the Hull Minster website
Arts Council Investment Principles Resource Hub
Get started with some resources to embed the Arts Council Investment Principles in your work.
Check out their website for more information.
Arts Council England - DYCP
Developing your Creative Practice (DYCP) opens for applications on Tuesday 6 September. Arts Council are now accepting requests for Access Support for this round.
Check out their website for more information.
Best Hope Hull Talent Show
New Walton Club
Sunday 4 September, 7-9.30pm
Applications welcome from singers, magicians, dancers, poets and comedians. Open 5 plus and free entry. Winners trophy, give away prizes, radio tour.
Email: info@besthope.org.uk
Check out their website for more information.
Bursaries Available for Television Documentary Ideas by Women
The Pat Llewellyn Bursary has been established to support women with an idea for a talent-led documentary. The fund was first launched in 2018 in memory of award-winning producer Pat Llewellyn.
Four bursaries of £10,000 are available in 2022. Successful applicants will be matched with a mentor to help them realise their ideas.
To celebrate Pat Llewellyn’s Welsh roots, and to encourage other women from Wales to follow in her creative footsteps, two places this year will be held specifically for any woman either born in or living in Wales, or with a Welsh parent.
The bursary can be used for the development of a proposal, which might involve meeting potential contributors, visiting locations, writing a treatment or shooting and editing a taster tape.
Any woman or anyone who self-identifies as a woman and who is resident in the UK can apply.
Applications must be submitted online by the deadline of Friday 16 September.
Check out their website for more information.
Grants to Support Cultural Collaboration Between the UK and Germany
Cultural Bridge celebrates intercultural artistic exchange through the collaboration of UK arts councils and leading German cultural institutions. There is a total funding pot of £180,000, with two tiers of grants available:
Tier 1: New Partnerships - £5,000 to £10,000 per partnership
Tier 2: Established Partnerships – Up to £30,000 per partnership.
The fund is open to all cultural organisations with experience of socially engaged/participatory practice.
Activities cannot start before February 2023 and must be finished before February 2024.
The fund will open on Wednesday 14 September and close at 12pm on Wednesday 26 October.
Check out their website for more information.
September Deadline for PRS Foundation's Open Fund for Music Organisations
Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations based in the UK to support new music projects led by promoters, large performance groups, talent development organisations, venues, festivals and curators.
Eligible projects must involve the creation, performance and promotion of new music and enable songwriters, composers, artists, bands and performers of all backgrounds to develop creatively and professionally.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available. Projects should have a clearly defined start and end date.
The deadline for applications is Wednesday 14 September (6pm).
Check out their website for more information.
Hull Bach Choir Rehearsals
Every Monday from 5 September until mid December, 7.30 - 9.30pm
St Mary's Church, Hallgate, Cottingham, HU16 4DD
SATB Rehearsals for 'Viva Vivaldi' for concert in Trinity Methodist Church Cottingham Rd Hull 15 October '22 - then next concert programme. New singers welcome in all voices.
Visit the Bach Choir website for further information about cost and how to join
The Arts Society’s Autumn Grant Round Open for Applications
The Arts Society is offering grants of up to £3,000 for UK-registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3 million to deliver projects and activities that engage young people with the arts, support skills development and training in the arts and heritage sector and support local and regional art organisations and museums. Funding will support projects that make a positive contribution to people’s lives through the arts and engage people who wouldn’t typically participate in arts activities.
The deadline for applications is Friday 30 September.
Check out their website for more information.
Art Fund Grants to Support the Commission of New Work
Art Fund recognise that there are distinct opportunities and fundraising challenges in realising a commission, and that the acquisition of a commission can be conceptualised and carried out in many different ways. Grants are available to all public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives in the UK or Channel Islands to support the commissioning process. For an application to be successful applicants will need to make a strong case in the following three areas: Benefit to the Artist, Benefit to the Organisation, Benefit to Audiences.
There are several deadlines per year for applications for main grants. These deadlines correspond to Art Fund Trustee meetings. Please contact the Programme's office at the Art Fund for these deadlines.
Applications for small grants can be submitted at any time.
Check out their website for more informtion.
Launch of the 2022 C21 Drama Series Script Competition
The C21 Drama Series Script Competition is designed to identify and nurture a new international drama. The funder is looking for a pilot script for a drama that will appeal to audiences and co-producers worldwide. The winning writer will receive £10,000 from Studio21 to develop and acquire the script. Studio21 will further develop the project in association with the writer to take out internationally.
The deadline for applications is Friday 30 September.
Check out their website for more information.
Funding for Heritage, Music and Health Projects Across the UK
The Hamish Ogston Foundation is offering grants starting from £1.5 million for charities throughout the United Kingdom to deliver heritage, music, and sustainable health projects that have measurable social outcomes and make a long-lasting difference.
Applications can be made at any time.
Check out their website for more information.
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