Distinctive Sharrow Action Group Agenda Tuesday 11th May 2010 6pm (TONIGHT!)

1. Introductions and apologies

2. Lloyds Corner

3. Empty Shops and Artists

4. Art Trail II

5. Portland Works Open days

6. Sharrow Signpost

7. Any other business

8. Next Meeting

Portland Works Exhibition at Bank Street Arts

From Tuesday, 30 March 2010 - 10:00 To Saturday, 17 April 2010 - 17:00

Portland Works A curated group exhibition designed to draw attention to the traditional skills practiced at Portland Works and the people whose livelihood depends on it continuing as a working/creative community. Portland Works is under threat of closure as one of Sheffield’s remaining small industrial works, because of plans to redevelop it as apartments and offices. This lively and diverse exhibition of art and craft is designed to engage Sheffield people in an awareness of their industrial heritage and its relevance to their lives. The exhibition blurs the boundaries between art and industry, situating the objects of production, both past and present in an art gallery context, for public viewing. It juxtaposes artefacts produced by craftspeople against artists’ responses to the objects and their environment in the form of paintings, photographs, installations, sculpture and film. This exhibition runs from 30th March to 17th April Nic Bate and Matt Risby An installation comprising of video and sounds depicting one whole day in the working life of Portland Works. This comprises of multiple screens showing edited footage of the inhabitants of the Works; craftspeople, musicians, artists etc to portray the diversity and breadth of talent that exists there. This exhibition runs from 30th march to 1st May, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm For more information, please contact Bank Street Arts on 0114 346 3034‎

Location : Bank Street Arts, S1 2DS‎

Portland Works: Alternative Futures

The next meeting about Portland Works will be held in the Sharrow Suite of the Old Junior School on South View Road at 5pm on Tuesday 12th January. Please RSVP if you wish to attend.

Galvanised Festival- Portland Works...

Please come down to the Galvanised Festval at Portland Works, which is running for the following three Wednesdays; the 18th, 25th Novemeber and the 2nd December between 12-2pm...

For more details please contact Andrew Cole at Wigful Tools on 0114 2725681 or email info@wigfulltools.co.uk

Portland Works and the John Street Triangle

Update on Portland Works/ The John Street Triangle.

http://portlandworks.blogspot.com/2009/07/english-heritage-traditional-crafts-and.html

Portland Works, Photos by Helen Munro

Helen Munro of Forge Press has taken some evocative photos of Portland Works, which are now posted on to the blog... to see them and find out more about portland works please visit http://portlandworks.blogspot.com

Portland Works is under threat!

Portland Works is under threat!

A group of metalworkers, cabinet makers, musicians, artists, sole traders and others based in Portland Works, a grdae II* listed 'little mesters' works in Sharrow, Sheffield who are gathering to keep Portland Works alive and save it from development as bedsit flats...

Please visit the website if you are intertested in being involved or knowing more about what is going on: http://portlandworks.blogspot.com/