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Brighton Media Centre ENews - December 2004
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BMC News
PARTY TIME
Remember, remember, BMC's party this December.
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Most of you should have received invitations to our Christmas party by now. It will take place at Sumo bar on Thursday 16th December from 7pm to 1am. There will be a jazz band, a free drink with your invitation, nibbles, a raffle and dancing downstairs. Raffle tickets will be on sale soon, with all proceeds going towards the Rocking Horse Appeal. |
HALL OF FAME
Don't forget the BMC 'Hall of Fame'.
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Pass on your newspaper clippings and other promotion to your reception point so we can include your successes in the Hall of Fame! If we get enough material from you, it will be up and running in the reception points some time in the new year. |
Make the most of the opportunity and pass news clippings and press releases to your reception today!
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY
We have had a lot of birthdays at BMC recently and to celebrate we held a surprise party in the BMC Gallery for Technical Manager, Sam Tolton, Chairman, Ian Elwick and Managing Director, Don Elwick.
It proved to be a very sociable event, enjoyed by a good number of directors from our client companies - very nice to see you there!
Happy Birthday, Sam, Ian and Don!
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BMC Staff
CHARLY COOPER
BMC's own Charly Wood is playing with her band and performing in a pantomime. Go and see both this December!
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See Charly perform as Charly Cooper with her band on 7th December at the Joogleberry Playhouse in "A-Live Lounge" from 9pm. Charly describes the music as contemporary rock with funky undertones. Check our her web site www.charlycooper.com to find out more about her music and visit the Joogleberry web site for more information on the gig. |
Charly will also be starring in the pantomime, 'Lord of the Ringos', a hybrid of The Beatles, their music and JRR Tolkien characters! It is playing on 9th and 10th December at the Clarendon Centre, New England Road. To book tickets (be quick - they have nearly sold out), email Charly at charly@mediacentre.org, or call on 201371.
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BMC Exhibitions
THE BLUE FOREST
Hanamaro Chaki's paintings are on display in the BMC Gallery.
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Hana says of her work, "Paintings with symbolic motifs such as the animal head portraits try to focus on
states of mind such as anxiety, cruelty and insanity. My paintings are about the hidden nature of such feelings."
"Although the themes of my paintings are based on personal experience...the narrative of these images could inspire their own story...this happened on [my] last exhibition in Barcelona. Some audience members later wrote me stories and poems about my paintings." |
Hana is a Tokyo-born artist and studied printmaking at the University of Brighton. She has been living and working in Barcelona since she graduated and this exhibition marks her first in the UK. For more information, contact Hanna at hana@hanamaro.com, or the gallery at gallery@mediacentre.org
BMC Gallery, 9-12 Middle Street from 3rd December to 16th December. The private view is on Friday 3rd December between 7 and 10pm. Please do come along.
MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF ITSELF
This is the first show from the Neighbourhood collective of international artists in the Friese Greene Gallery.
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'Neighbourhood' artists work across different media using distinct styles, from canvas to light, abstract to conventional.
The common theme is a fresh modern approach with intelligent influences. This exhibition features the recent
work of four artists: William Rowe, Bevan Parker, Amy Olds and Richard Copping.
William Rowe's Protein Profiler is a DNA Art concept that allows viewers to extract, display and analyse their own genetic code. Bevan Parker is exhibiting his contemporary, modern acrylic paintings. Amy Olds is showing four large paintings that combine poured paint - fluid and accidental - with bold pattern and subtle colour relationships. Richard Copping produces maximum impact artwork using precision cut vinyl, for this exhibition, celebrating the back stage world of the rock 'n' roll arena. |
For more information contact neighbourhood@gmail.com, or the gallery at gallery@mediacentre.org.
Friese Greene Gallery, 15-17 Middle Street from 2nd December to 9th December. The private view is on Thursday 2nd December from 6 to 9pm. All BMC clients are welcome.
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Other News
FAIRTRADE FAIR & FARMERS MARKET
Don't miss the last fair before Christmas on Saturday 11th December between 11am and 4pm.
The Friends' Meeting House in Ship Street holds a farmers market and fairtrade fair once a month. You can buy food, clothes, arts and crafts and it may be an opportunity to buy some great gifts for Christmas.
KING ALFRED & BRAD PITT
Have your say on the proposals for a new development at the King Alfred Centre.
Brighton & Hove City Council, Karis Holdings and the property arm of the Dutch bank ING have signed the agreement for a £220m development which proposes to build a sport and lesiure centre and 590 homes at the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove.
The architectural team of Frank Gehry, Piers Gough and Hok Sport are working with artist Antony Gormly. According to the Argus, Brad Pitt is also involved, working as an intern with Frank Gehry in his Los Angeles studios! The designs will be available for public viewing come June 2005 but the Hove Business Association is keen to get views from businesses in the city about the plans. They have arranged a meeting on Tuesday 15th February. If you would like to attend, email Martin Lawrence at hba@lawrence.co.uk.
Visit these links to find out more about the project: The Argus and Brighton & Hove City Council.
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Services for BMC Clients
DELICIOUS & NUTRITIOUS
New mobile lunch Service at BMC.
Delicious & Nutritious will deliver healthy, seasonal food daily to your office. All you need to do is call and book your order.
The new venture is run by Dawn Wilson who has worked as a nutritional chef for many years. Having moved to Brighton from London three years ago Dawn has been employed as the healthy chef at the Mad Hatter and more recently at Planet Janet in Hove.
Dawn will be holding two taster days this week to introduce you to her menu. She will be at Friese Greene House on Thursday 2nd December and at the Old Steyne on Friday 3rd December, at 12 noon on both days, so you can have a taste on your way out to lunch. There will also be some full-size portions for people to buy, having tasted.
For more information, you can call Dawn on 729158.
TRAVEL ACTION
Discounted and personalised travel service.
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Travel Action is a new Brighton-based travel agency keen to work with local companies to offer staff discounts on all manner of travel products. |
They offer a wide range of deals for flights, packages, hotels, theatre breaks, etc. You can also contact them with particular requirements. Although their products are already discounted, they would be willing to offer BMC residents a further discount on any of their products except for travel insurance. The size of discount would vary from product to product.
They already have similar arrangements with other businesses in Brighton, such as DMH Solicitors, ASB Law and Natwest/RBS. To find out more, contact Paul Buskell at info@travelaction.co.uk, or visit www.travelaction.co.uk
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Seeking Work
ILLUSTRATION POSTGRADUATE
Karolina Hedstrom is looking for creative work whilst she studies for her Masters in Illustration at Brighton University.
She has experience in picture editing with Intersection Magazine, picture research, maintaining the stills archive at the BFI and has run a photographic studio.
Contact karolina@mail12jazz.com, or call on 0779 5634 330.
EXPERIENCED PERSONAL ASSISTANT
Wendy Law has worked as a PA at Time Warner and at Atlantic Records for the Head of A&R and the Managing Director. She has also worked as an Assistant Manager for West, Massive Attack and Melankolic Records.
Contact wendylaw18b@yahoo.co.uk, or call on 01273 677 029, or 07957 341 925.
INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL WITH TEACHING SKILLS
Mike Lewis has extensive experience of working as an Assistant Librarian at the University of Sussex and is currently working freelance as a Bookshop Manager for Pavilion and an IT Trainer for Bailey Solutions.
He is looking for more freelance work or for voluntary work after taking early retirement.
Contact Mike at mglewis@btinternet.com, or on 507600.
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otherstuff.com
Read the first issue this December of new online comic book, Night Warrior from Brighton's Modern Life? and Raging Psycho Comics.
See the largest ever digital camera image, 2.5gb, here
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Office Space
BMC clients always receive priority on new space. Contact info@mediacentre.org or call 201374
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