Convenience 2019 Workshop Series
Various Dates: August 19 - December 19
Convenience Gallery @ Birkenhead Market & Bloom Building
Facilitators: Jocelyn Allen, Helon Conning, Lo Tierney, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, Rob Flynn, Ash van Dyck, Ellie Brennan, Andy Shaw & Ryan Gauge
With support from the Awesome Foundation (our first ever grant (£500)), Convenience Gallery commissioned artists to deliver either free to access or affordable workshops for local people to take part in. Covering a number of disciplines. You read a brief overview of each of the facilitators sessions here.
Session leaders
Ellie Brennan
Teaching traditional Punch Needle techniques for rug making
This session took place at Bloom Building.
Ellie Brennan is an emerging artist from Middlesbrough, currently based in Manchester. Her work is an exploration of class, food and comfort,and provides a critical look at the state of a country in desperate need of change. Through the creation of labour intensive rugs, banners and miscellaneous textile pieces, she attempts to reinvent traditional making methods and adapt them for modern applications.Ellie hopes that her work champions therapeutic self-teaching, as well as communal learning and supporting one another.
Ash Van Dyke, 35mm Slide making and experimentation
This session took place at Bloom Building.
Jocelyn Allen
Performance based workshop. We also provided free space for Open Door Charity Mentors at this session.
About Jocelyn:
Born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 1988, Jocelyn is an artist who mainly works with photography, video, performance and dance. Jocelyn primarily uses herself within her personal work, whilst exploring the themes of hiding & revealing, body image, self-esteem, self-confidence and anxiety. She is based in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Contact: https://jocelynallen.co.uk/about
Helon Conning
Helon lead a portrait practice session which was great fun from birkenhead Market. Andy and Ryan even did some modelling for the group!
Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro
Joana lead a session about painting, and creative blockbusting to create narrative lead images.
Rob Flynn a.k.a. Surreal Life Drawing
Rob created a wonderful alternative to Life Drawing, making a performative experience where the model slowly changed form in unique costumes.
Lo Tierney
lo delivered a really fun session exploring exquisite corpse. As an approach to drawing collaboratively.
Running the session for free at Birkenhead Market.
Ryan Gauge - Ceramic introduction
Co-founder Ryan lead a session teaching beginners skills in Ceramics. This took place over 2 sessions with participants making models and then painting them.
Andy Shaw
Our other co-founder, Andy lead 2 different sessions on Painting and Drawing. Introducing techniques and approaches to improving drawing skills and colour theory.
