- Venue
- Althorpe Studios and Gallery
- Date
- Wednesday, August 29, 2012
- Address
- Unit 6b Althorpe Street Leamington Spa Warwickshire
- Location
- West Midlands
Students Never ChangeArt Student Parties & Nights Out 1930s to Present DayWednesday 29th August 2012 7:00pm onwards A one night solo presentation by Grace Williams charting the adventurous and performative antics of the Midlands Art student party brigade 1930s to present day.Inspired by a selection of archival photographs taken between 1930 -1950 at the bi-annual School of Art ball ‘Students Never Change: Art student parties and nights out 1930s to present day’ explores the creative night time antics of historical and contemporary Art students, tracking how celebrations have developed over the years. This night time exhibition will be transformed into an event providing guests the opportunity to participate in the creation of a new set of images for inclusion in the work. Adorn fancy dress and become part of the future exhibition of this work whilst enjoying a varied soundtrack reflecting the generational musical changes of the art student party. Through an interaction with Birmingham City Universities Art & Design Archive held at BIADs School of Art, this exhibition re-contextualised at Althorpe Studios and Gallery marked the first in a series of events, exhibitions and workshops developed by Williams that drew inspiration from Archival collections and coincided with the launch of a new web resource focusing on improving accessibility to the Archival artefacts.For further information please visit:www.archivesandcreativepractice.posterous.com
