newcastle international festival of Comic Art
MWOWM
10 - 16 June 1996
Britain's first European style festival to showcase and celebrate
the art of comics will be held in the North Eastern city of
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Newcastle is home to Viz a hugely successful comic; so where better
to celebrate them than on the City's historic riverside. See the
already larger than life Viz characters come alive before your
very eyes...
Hunt Emerson started his life in this city. too, and his
internationally acclaimed work will also feature in a major
exhibition on the quayside.
Hunt has designed our based on the historic River God Tyne.
Exhibitions of the work of Carol Swain, other British women,
and the 'Breakfast Project', with contributors from around the
world, will represent women comic artists.
European and Scandinavian artists will make up the International
exhibition, with a selection of work showing the diversity and
breadth of the comics medium.
Workshops, films, music, events, publishers' stands, education projects
and visiting artists will add to the festival atmosphere.
The Riverboat Shuffle is an essential experience, the cities
vibrant social life will satisfy even hardened party goers,
and Newcastle United Football Club are hosting three Euro 96
football matches during festival week.
Visitors and artists will be in town over the festival weekend of
13, 14, 15, 16th June
Visitors and artists will have opportunities to meet and exchange
information.
Newcastle upon Tyne is situated on the stunning North East coast of
England with good rail, road and ferry links, as well as an
international airport
The natives are friendly!
For further information contact
Suzy Varty
Festival Co-ordinator on
(Tel) (44) 0191 284 9052
95, Salters Road, Gosforth,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 1DU
ENGLAND
Supported by Newcastle City Council and The Evening Chronicle
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Festival Web site:-
WWW: http://www.angel.co.uk/recombo/festival/
maintained by mw...@cix.compulink.co.uk
Dave McKinnon - winner, with Terry Wiley, of 1994 British Comics
Creators' Guild Best Small Press/Self Published Title
for Tales From Sleaze Castle/More Tales From Sleaze Castle
Gratuitous Bunny Comix
MWOWM
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= The Festival =
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Newcastle's Contribution to Visual Arts UK
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A major festival showcasing Comic Art is planned as Newcastle's
contribution to
Visual Arts UK, which takes place from 10th to the 16th of June 1996.
This has
been core funded by Newcastle City Council.
During that same week, Newcastle will host Euro 96, with European
football
matches at St. James Park, and the Comic Art Festival will add an extra
dimension to these celebrations.The Festival will provide an exciting
visual
experience for people in the region and for the many thousands of
overseas
visitors who will be in the City.
A full programme of exhibitions and events, including seminars,
workshops,
films, publishers stands, and education projects is now in olace. There
will
also be artists visiting from Britain and Europe during Festival weekend.
The Concept
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To showcase and celebrate the art of comics
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Festival exhibitions will feature original art work by
British and European artists, presented within three
dimensional interpretations of the comic strip ideas
and characters. Each exhibition will be designed
by a professional theatre designer. This is a culturally
innovative and highly successful model developed
and used at the major European Festivals of Comic Art.
Exhibitions will run from 1Oth June for at least a week.
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Workshops for young people by working comics writers
and artists will be provided over the Festival weekend,
some of these run by a French group under the auspices
of the Council of Europe and their Youth initiative against
racism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and intolerence.
Seminars and talks by artists and publishers about
censorship, comic art history, disability and the comics,
and other topics will be on the agenda for more serious
students of the medium.
Artists from Britain, Scotland, Europe and the Nordic
countries will be represented at the Festival, too, and
publishers will be on site to sell comics.
The annual gathering of women comic artists will move
from its regular London spot in Covent Garden to a
Newcastle venue.
The Venues
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Venues already identified range from the Museum of
Antiquities in the Haymarket to the Live Theatre on the
Quayside, taking in the Newcastle Arts Centre on Westgate
Road, the former Newcastle Bookshop on Side, and
the Castle Keep.
Additionally, local booksellers Waterstones and Dillons
have been approached to have window displays of mini
exhibitions, and other city centre shops and businesses will
carry publicity material for the Festival.
An education project in schools in the region will provide
larger than life papier mache figures of comics characters to be
displayed in city centre venues.
Live Theatre : Hunt Emerson's Max Zillion
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Arts Centre : House of Viz, International Exhibition, Workshops,
Stakhano
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Museum of
Antiquities : Hunt Emerson's Phenomenomix (sponsored by Fortean
Times)
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Newcastle Bookshop: The Breakfast Project
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The Keep : Cartoon Arts Trust Exhibition
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Waygood Gallery : Carol Swain
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TALKS
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Bryan Talbot Artist slide show
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Al Davison Artist talk on being disabled artist
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Tony Bennett Talk on censorship
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Paul Gravett History of Comics
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WORKSHOPS
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Stakhano from France Council of Europe
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Steve Whittaker Beginners or advanced
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Peter Pavement Self Publishing
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Alan Moore Script writing
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Cultural Profile
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Headline attractions for the Festival will be :
Viz Comics
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The most successful comic to emerge from the
region, and the nation's bestselling comic.
Hunt Emerson
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A comic artist with a huge national and
international reputation, originally from
the North East.
Carol Swain
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Carol's work is published and acclaimed in
Europe and America.
International Exhibition
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Featuring artists from Europe and the Nordic
countries.
Comic Art History
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Comics from the Cartoon Arts Trust
heritage collection.
The Breakfast Project
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Famous women having breakfast, drawn
by women cartoonists from around the world.
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Newcastle International Comic Art Festival home page:-
http://www.angel.co.uk/recombo/festival/
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mw...@cix.compulink.co.uk
Dave McKinnon - winner, with Terry Wiley, of 1994 British Comics
Creators' Guild Best
Small Press/Self Published Title
for Tales From Sleaze Castle/More Tales From Sleaze Castle
Gratuitous Bunny Comix