June 2011
6 posts
Sumi Ink Club & Papergirl Manchester Exhibition...
We are pleased to announce that Papergirl Manchester 2011 exhibition launch will feature Sumi Ink Club, creating topsy-turvy, detailed, collaborative drawings using ink.
Sumi Ink Club is a Los Angeles based drawing collective founded in 2005 by Sarah Rara and Luke Fischbeck. the group holds regular, open-to-the-public meetings to draw on various surfaces. Sumi Ink Club takes place in Salford...
May 2011
7 posts
roll call
Here is the list of artists taking part in Papergirl Manchester 2011.
Alexander Illustration
Andrea Pazos
Art School Wank
Beverly Cottrell
Block Kind
Chris Sleath
Claire Curtin
Claire Birtwistle
Creative Ginger
Denise Tench
Double Up Collective
Ellen Stapleton
Funky Kitty Productions
Gisele Bone
Hallows
Hannah Martin
Hayley Stanton
Hermann Josef Hack
Jean McEwan
Katie Spencer
Laura Drawer
Laura...
We heart Signs of Affection
Hello you. I first found an image of an electric box with a red and white sign saying ‘hello you’. I knew nothing of who created it or where it was. Today I saw Signs of Affection featured on NOTCOT showing a sign in Leeds.
To me, this is Papergirl. Apply / Submit / !Try! / Chance becomes opportunity. Submitting your work to be given away on the streets to find strangers by...
Papergirl Manchester on Manchester Click! →
Hallows & Papergirl Manchester
himhallows:
I supplied this original to the Paper Girl Manchester free art event. The pen and promarker illustration will be handed out to a random member of the public. I like this idea a lot, hope it winds up in safe hands and not lining the bottom of a budgie cage. Or worse…
Check out what they do at here.
announcement
Illustration / Photography / Design / Screen prints / Zines
Papergirl Manchester is back for 2011, distributing rolled art by bicycle to passers-by. Come see the art before it is distributed at the launch of our exhibition. Join us at the Soup Kitchen, 6pm - late, 15th June. Following the launch of Papergirl Manchester last year, Papergirl has taken over the UK with projects in Glasgow,...
April 2011
7 posts
WatchLast year I took part in Papergirl #5 with Papergirl Berlin, PaperGirl-NY, romanian papergirl and Papergirl SA. Check out our summer memories and join in with Papergirl Manchester 2011.
Help Japan Art Sale: launch night
This is our Help Japan Art Sale launch night. Thanks to Chris, Vicky & Alan for the photos.
Help Japan Art Sale: the exhibition
The Help Japan Art Sale & Exhibition will be on at Common until end of Sunday. To request a piece ask at the bar and I’ll get back to you this week.
March 2011
15 posts
Help Japan Art Sale at Common / 31st March 2011 /...
Designers, illustrators and photographers from around the world have donated work including originals, prints, knitted beards and fans to our Help Japan Art Sale.
Come down to Common’s Kestrel Suite from 6pm on Thursday 31st March.
You will be able to buy our hand-screenprinted poster for £1 and learn how to make an origami crane. Thanks to Chris Shearston, Alan Dalby, Vicky Carr and John...
david ryan robinson for Help Japan Art Sale
David Ryan Robinson has donated a couple of screenprints, card and beermat featuring some Manchester Salford landmarks. Available at the Help Japan Art Sale from 6pm, Thursday 31st March at Common.
See more of his work at http://www.davidryanrobinson.com
beard envy
If you’re suffering from beard envy you maybe lucky enough to get your own beard at our Help Japan Art Sale courtesy of Oyunga Gombo-Ochir. Featured in last year’s Papergirl Manchester you can now get your own wooly beard to keep your chin warm.
Fancy a fan?
These beautiful fans have been donated to our Help Japan Art Sale. Depicting a surrealist floral scene where a bearded lady and a three-eyed girl play musical instruments.
Designed in London and assembled in Valencia. The illustration by Barbara Ana Gomez is screenprinted in black on an ivory fabric. The sticks are made out of natural wood without varnish or artificial paint.
If you...
sneak peek
Here is a quick sneak peek at some of the art that will be for sale at the Help Japan Art Sale on Thursday 31st March at Common.
by Marion Innes
by Me&MyPen
by Jimmy Edmondson
by Anita Farkas
by Robert Shadbolt
Let Hope Rise: Make an origami crane and I will... →
1000forjapan:
All you have to do is make a crane, take a picture of you and your crane (or just your crane), submit it, and on April 30th I will donate 5 cents to the American Red Cross for Japan relief for every crane I receive. My goal is 1000 cranes, just like the old Japanese legend.
I am doing this to…
how to take part in donate art for japan
1. Email papergirlmanchester@gmail.com to say you want to take part
2. Decide on a price for your prints.
3. Send your prints, tees or tote bags to Donate art for Japan/Papergirl Manchester, 7 Ophthalmic Works, 2 Naples Street, Manchester, UK, M4 4DB. See here. Or drop your work off in an envelope or cardboard tube at Common any day before 6pm. Clearly mark your work Donate art for...
donate art and help japan
Following yesterdays earthquake and tsunami I want to hold a print sale to raise funds for the relief effort. If you would like to donate prints please email me at papergirlmanchester@gmail.com
I will organise a venue in Manchester. Please spread this to other cities. If you can help in any other way such as promoting the art sale then please get in touch.
I’m afraid I don’t know...
Latest submissions
By Martin Jessop www.artschoolwank.com
By Ellen Stapleton www.ellenstapletonart.com
February 2011
3 posts
Notion & Papergirl
Pick up a copy at WH Smiths or read online at http://www.notionmag.com
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
1 post
Could you be Nexus’ new artist in residence?
Nexus Art Café is looking for an artist in residence to occupy our newly refurbished studio.
“We’re looking for someone who has an interesting idea they would like to develop and would benefit from use of a studio space. Ideally, we’d like someone who could really get involved with the goings on at Nexus by joining in with events, delivering workshops and interacting with our visitors.
...
November 2010
4 posts
Papergirl & Article Magazine
In the early hours of the morning I was interviewed by the brilliant Kathryn Hall for Article Magazine. The Drift Issue is available for free (yes free!) from lovely shops throughout the country. Find one here.
October 2010
13 posts
I Bike MCR & Papergirl Critical Mass
Thank you to everyone who distributed Papergirl Manchester rolls during tonight’s critical mass. We handed out 212 rolls of art! Well done to everyone.
The people who stop the traffic for critical mass are the best people in the world. Thank you I Bike MCR.
We want your photos and video. Please upload photos to
http://www.flickr.com/groups/papergirlmanchester/ or email them to...
adidas x Forces of Nice
Love the combination of illustration and bike in this Chairman Ting and adidas collaboration. adidas Originals, Hong Kong. via we heart.
I BIKE MCR FESTIVAL
From I Bike MCR:
A week long festival to celebrate the bicycle through a variety of FREE events and activities from Sunday 24th October to Sunday 31st October Events shall be open to everyone in Manchester with the aim to give cyclists skills and confidence to ride a bike as a form of transport. BUT! also to have loads of fun on bikes too. Timetable +++++++++ Sunday 24th October...
Write a Bike
Spotted on Behance, Write a Bike by Juri Zaech.