DAY ONE: 2 November 2010 at Chapter Arts Centre DAY TWO: 3 November 2010 at Wales Millennium Centre DAY THREE: 4 November 2010 at Chapter Arts Centre
Tuesday 2 November 2010 Venue: Chapter Arts 13:00 Introductions with Tea, Coffee and Biscuits at Chapter. 14:00 A Welcome and Introduction by Amelia Johnstone Keynote Speaker: Roderick Mills Followed by papers from: Helen Murdoch Marius Valdes Mario Minichiello Q&A (Chaired by Amelia Johnstone) Followed by: Craig Thomas & Mark Collins-Wren in Cinema 2 ‘Murmur’ 19:30 [...]
Michael is a full time professional storyteller who tells to all ages and frequently collaborates with dancers, visual artists and musicians. He works throughout Wales as well as appearing in international festivals in Europe and South America. A recent collaboration with the Brazilian visual artist, Renata Bueno, led to the publication of the picture book [...]
Eleanor Glover is a truly remarkable enchantress with her suitcase of shadows and stories to tell, strange hand made instruments and beautiful performance. I first saw Ellie’s Shadows after a fairy tale supper since then her shadows have crept and been kept in my imagination as I am sure they have in others. The finale [...]
Registration is now open for ‘Shadow Play: Alchemy, Redolence and Enchantment’; the first symposium run by Illustration Research at Cardiff School of Art & Design. 2 – 4 November 2010 a the Wales Millennium Centre and Chapter Arts, Cardiff Copies of the registration form can be downloaded below. If you require the document in a [...]
*illustration: Ericailcane 2009 Title of Paper: Housing the Beast. This paper sets out to explore the recurring image of the house and the beast manifest in contemporary illustration, its connections with literature, and its redolence of the tensions between self and other, and the familiar and unfamiliar within contemporary society. Derek Bainton lectures in Illustration [...]
Anna Bhushan is an enchanting illustrator and serious thinker. Her delicate works tackles themes in a way that really inspires and help understanding. She manifests a space in illustration for herself as a real individual with a unique stance and voice, From Anglo Indian origins Anna works both in London and New York as both [...]
Sophie Herxheimer straddles the illustration world with real life. Magnificent and colourful Sophie’s world is mythical and magical, whilst also being raw and gritty. Sophie has a strong stance on where illustration should go, and confronts the word with disdain as it begins with ‘ill’, she is bold, imaginative and not scared of challenges her [...]
William Blake (1795) Isaac Newton, Colour print with pen ink and watercolour. 23.6×18.1 inches. Tate Gallery, London Robert Fludd – title page Utriusque cosmi historia 1617 The metaphysical, physical, and technical history of the two worlds, namely the greater and the lesser, published in Germany between 1617 and 1621 Provisional Title of Paper: ‘To perfect [...]
Title of Paper: “Transformative Imagery for Shakepeare’s ‘The Tempest’ – Towards a ‘Visual Poetry’” I work at North Wales School of Art, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, North Wales where I am a senior lecturer, co-ordinating the visual culture modules and teaching Illustration at BA and MA level. I have a particular interest in character design and [...]
