Usurp Zone5 Film Festival
Over 80 experimental shorts from filmmakers and artists from 15 countries including Japan and Peru. This international festival brings a host of experiences to Harrow, including spatial sound exploration, post-internet performative actions and clandestine video art.
Until 17 August 2015, Usurp Gallery, 140 Vaughan Road, Harrow, London HA1.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/usurp-zone5-film-festival
Making up for Lost Time
Stockport Art Gallery is presenting an exhibition of paintings by Manchester and North Shropshire-based artist Ian Rayer-Smith. These abstract works, both large and small-scale, draw inspiration from Old Masters and abstract expressionism.
18 August – 18 September 2015, Stockport Art Gallery, Wellington Road, Stockport.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/making-up-for-lost-time
Summer Art Trail
Artist-led collective Silver Vine Arts organise this city-wide arts trail alongside Leicester’s City Festival 2015. Exhibitions include a members show at artist-led space Two Queens and an exhibition exploring the history of Arab pop culture at Cube Gallery at Phoenix cinema.
21-31 August 2015, various venues, Leicester.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/summer-art-trail
Hampshire Open Studios
This county-wide programme sees over 200 artists open their studios to the public. For those wishing to take in art within the context of a seaside day trip, Havant’s Hayling Island is home to a number of artists.
22-31 August 2015, various locations, Hampshire.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/hampshire-open-studios
Urban Loneliness
London-based Polish painter Gosia Lapsa-Malawska‘s monochrome series Urban Loneliness takes inspiration from observation of how individuals negotiate the anonymity of crowds and everyday city life; a meditation on the choices, proactive and passive, that lead to this.
Until 23 September 2015, The Library at Willesden Green, London NW10.
https://www.a-n.co.uk/events/urban-loneliness-2
All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members
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