Saturday, 20 March 2010

Helly to Selly (Help for Heroes)


As many of you will know, on July 3rd a charity bike ride will set off from St Helens to Selly Oak, Birmingham in order to raise money for Help for Heroes.
This was organized by a lovely lady called Claire Smith, as on October 13th 2009 Claire's partner Andy Reid was horrifically injured by an IED while serving in Afghanistan with his regiment, 3 Yorks. Thanks to the amazing medical care he received at both Camp Bastion and Selly Oak, Birmingham, he is now out of hospital and at Headley Court as a triple amputee. His strength, courage and determination have seen him walking unaided less than 3 months after the incident.

In order to help with the fundraising, the Dont Think Twice Collective will be supporting the event and charity, with Stephen Ball jumping on his bike and joining the ride, 3 fundraising exhibitions, and in collaboration with Renaissance Film Productions, will be producing the ‘Helly to Selly documentary, and exhibition.


If you would like to get involved or help, there are several ways to show your support
*donate online at http://www.justgiving.com/HellytoSelly2010
(If you would like to donate, but cant donate online, each rider will most probably be carrying round a sponsor form, and also very soon at various locations around town look out for the helly to selly collection tins)
*Join the Help for Heroes St.Helens Pub Crawl......Get your army gear on and show your support to a great cause...turn up...cough up.....and drink up! http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=401058995585&ref=ts

ARTISTS NEEDED!!!!!!!!!
The Venues been confirmed but the date hasn’t yet so I’m not going to announce it till closer to the time, but in mid may, the Don’t Think Twice Collective will be hosting a charity exhibition, and fundraising night in St.Helens.
Can’t hold an exhibition without artwork, so we need YOU, all work will be for sale, you choose the percentage of the sale that you would like to donate to the charity....simple as........ Because of restricted wall space, I’m firstly asking all artists who are interested to drop me a link to examples of your work......or email me a photograph at Dontthinktwice@hotmail.co.uk

ALSO NEEDED, during the bike ride, and during all press opportunities, the riders will be wearing ‘HELLT to SELLY’ t-shirts, but they haven’t decided on a design yet, want to design a t-shirt, that will be seen by a lot of people, get in the papers, and might even be on telly, message me for the details!!

Thank you! ;-)

Dont forget::::
Donate at- http://www.justgiving.com/HellytoSelly2010
Keep upto date with the riders progress at- http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=251425958629&ref=ts
Get involved with the exhibitions at- http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=10189801871&ref=ts

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Welcome To The Soapbox:::

Welcome to the SOAPBOX

Don't Think Twice invite you to the SOAPBOX festival taking place in St Helens throughout the following months.
Please see the list of confirmed events below for details



The Don't Think Twice collective invites you to the SOAPBOX

An exhibition of work by Stephen Ball, Nicola Ellis, Ian Edmondson and Neil Rothstein



'This exhibition aims to challenge the format of The Godfrey Pilkington Art Gallery, opening the space up to form a creative arena, offering visitors a selection of video, sculpture, painting and installation and providing St.Helens with a community arts platform that encourages creative collaborations between art, music and commercial spaces'





Exhibition runs from Monday 25th January to 13th February 2010
Godfrey Pilkington Gallery, gamble building, victoria square, sthelens




Private view Monday 25th January 6pm-8pm

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Refreshments provided
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Exhibition continues at Bar Java from 8pm till late









You are also invited to SOAPBOX LIVE



Held at Fluid Live Lounge Friday 5th February

7:30pm

£2 entry



For your entertainment, there will be performances from the following dj's:

The 2009 UK DMC Battle champion Dj Rasp

China or die

Rubadub

Skana's John Hayhurst



Along with the following artists for your visual pleasure:

Stuart Harris with L.A.S.E.R Graffiti (follow this link to see video explanation of this ( http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgraffitiresearchlab.com%2F%3Fpage_id%3D76%23video&h=39e7d57ae0e312a12705c98a1216f23c )



For one night only, the gentlemen from up at SkinKandi will be doing a LIVE TATTOO SHOWCASE, bringing their art form to the center stage




St.helens UCCREW will be showing more than a few Orthopedically challenging turns, jumps, spins and flips on the dance floor throughout the evening








The SOAPBOX is a series of events organised by the Dont Think Twice Collective. the festival aims to provide a platform that offers local creative individuals the opportunity to showcase their talents, along with encouraging collaboration between their chosen art forms.



Don't hesitiate to hit reply with any queries or for any further information about any of the above events or the collective itself, or follow the links below.
(SOAPBOX) http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=284103926351&index=1
(SOAPBOX LIVE)http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb#/event.php?eid=250407408569&index=1
( Don't Think Twice collective) http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=182790725323

Monday, 22 June 2009

This Is Hans

Imagine if Lichenstein had a child with faile........Check out the work of Hans...






http://www.flickr.com/people/you_need_hans/

Monday, 18 May 2009

Vhils.....

Alexandre Farto Aka Vhils,

Ive seen this artists work a few times but only just really checked out the website, absolutly amazing use of space!,,,

see for yourself!!






Monday, 11 May 2009

James Diable and Wayne Hill @ @ once less harmful & more pleasure-giving

Media factory 4th floor Tuesday 5pm-6pm start@ once less harmful & more pleasure-giving

Working from a Preston based studio space, James Diable and Wayne Hill are affectionately inspired and driven by the observation of and connectivity with the day to day traditional market place and the tangible Preston lives that exist within this space. Through collaboration and creative liaison they negotiate and blend the mediums of paint, creative writing, mechanical art and drawing. UCLan graduates and connoisseurs of Northern mustard, '@ once less harmful and more pleasure-giving'is an amalgamation of personal study and retrospective work investigating portraiture, the application of paint and symbolic connotation. Regards James Diable


Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Dan Witz

Possably one of my favourate street artists, his use of space, and attention to detail is un rivaled!!!!


http://www.danwitzstreetart.com

Wednesday, 25 March 2009

We only went and won it!!

Dont forget to pencil this exhibition in your diary.

Dont Think Twice Collective, Winners of Best Visual Arts award at this years St.Helens Culture Awards..............but we wouldn't have won it without the help, support, and submissions from you!

to celebrate this we invite you down to Bar Java, Westfield Street, St.Helens on April 2nd (from 7pm) for our celebration Exhibition, all work shown on the night will be by some of st.helens Freshest and finest artists, this is a show NOT to be missed, All work will be for sale, and all the money goes directly to the artists, the collective, and bar java will not be taking any commission on the sale...

...So come down, support the growing creative culture of St.Helens,
and basically join us in celebrating our award win!!!

::::::artists confirmed so far for the celebration exhibition so far::::::

*Stephen Ball (St.Helens)..........................Graphic Street Art
*Neil Rothstein(Manchester/St.Helens)..............Twisted oil Painter
*Nicola Ellis(Preston/St.Helens)...................Fine Print and sculpture
*Dan Greenham(The Strawberry....lol/St.Helens).....Portrait fine artist
*Stuart Harris(Liverpool/St.Helens)................Graphic Artist
*Lee Guy(St.Helens)................................Tattoo, Street Art
*Paul Cousins(St.Helens)...........................Fine Landscape Artist
*Jayne Murphey(Manchester).........................Fine Portrait Artist
*Phil Swaine (St.Helens)...........................Graphic Artist/Photographer
*Helene Hughes (St.Helens) ........................Illustrator