From graduate makers to established artists Ilkley's Manor House hosts it's annual contemporary craft exhibition - Presence, featuring Yorkshire's finest crafting talent. For the first time the show's curators have included crafts from Bradford Museums and Galleries permanent collections giving us a wonderfully eclectic mix of images to play with for the design!  The finished Presence design was used across exhibition panels, invites and signage. 

Presence, Ilkley Manor House  26 Nov - 22 January 2012

Tags: Craft Exhibition, Ilkley Manor House, Presence, Bradford Museums and Galleries

Here at Out of the Blue we were super excited when we received the brief to design invites and posters for David Hockney's Bigger Trees near Warter. This remarkable fifty-panel painting, created using traditional techniques and new technology is the largest painting David Hockney has ever produced.

Shown as part of Art in Yorkshire and supported by Tate, this is a year long celebration of the visual arts in 19 galleries throughout Yorkshire. Works from Tate's collection of historic, modern and contemporary art will be showcased through a compelling programme of exhibitions and events.

David Hockney Bigger Trees near Warter
1 October 2011 – 4 March 2012
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Lister Park, Bradford BD9 4NS
Free Admission

David Hockney "Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou  Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photographique" 
2007 Oil on 50 Canvases (36 x 48" Each) 180 x 480" Overall
© David Hockney Collection: Tate Britain, London, England Photo Credit: Richard Schmidt

Tags: David Hockney, Art in Yorkshire, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Tate, Bigger Trees near Warter

We were thrilled when our latest design job landed in the mailbox this week. The Watershed Landscape 'Inspired by Landscape ll' exhibition at Cliffe Castle features the work of two very talented ladies; the multi talented poet, playwright and writer Char March and visual artist and printmaker Angie Rogers. The exhibition celebrates the work of the Year 2 artists in residence and also includes the work of local audiences who have been exploring the South Pennine landscape.

Out of the Blue designed the A6 concertina exhibition invite and also designed and produced interior graphics panels. Inspired by Landscape is showing at Cliffe Castle from 24 Sept 2011 - 15 Jan 2012.

For more information visit:
www.watershedlandscape.co.uk
www.charmarch.co.uk
www.catch-water.blogspot.com

Our client Naseem Darbey’s stunning exhibition ‘Between the lines’ leaves Cliffe Castle in Keighley and heads North to a new venue for the second stop of its UK tour. The Bowes Museum in County Durham will be showing Naseems hollow drawing from 20 August to 20 November. Naseems work is simply stunning and her innovative use of  thread for hollow drawings makes her work very much in demand throughout the UK.  See more work at Naseems web site www.naseemdarbey.com

Images © Naseem Darbey all rights reserved

Tags: Art, Design, Embroidery