A Ruthin Craft Centre Seminar Monday 12 April 2010 10am – 5.30pm £15 Fee includes light lunch A day seminar that examines the relationship between Architecture and Applied Art in the creation of the public realm and the creative relationships at the heart of successful projects.
The seminar uses the experience of the design team of the new Ruthin Craft Centre Sergison Bates architects, Jim Partridge & Liz Walmsley and Brian Podschies, together with speakers from public arts agencies Isabel Vasseur, ArtOffice and Tracy Simpson, Safle and the artist Yuko Shiraishi. The seminar will be chaired by Tom Dyckhoff, architecture critic of the Times.
For further information and details of how to book please visit www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk or contact Ruthin Craft Centre on 01824 704774. Closing date April 2.
Places are limited to 50 and must be booked and paid for in advance. Cancellation of a place does not automatically qualify for a refund.
Tom Dyckhoff (Chair)
Tom Dyckhoff is the architecture critic for The Times and has written a regular series for The Guardian, entitled Let’s Move To, about different UK locations each week. Tom Dyckhoff is also a regular presenter on the Culture Show.
Jonathan Sergison, Sergison Bates architects
Sergison Bates architects designed the new Ruthin Craft Centre that opened to the public in July 2008. Ruthin Craft Centre was awarded the Dewi Prys Prize for Architecture in 2009. Current projects, include the new City library in Blankenberge, Belgium and projects in Italy, Portugal and Switzerland. Sergison Bates architects represented Britain at the Venice Architectural Biennale in 2008.
Jim Patridge and Liz Walmsley
Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley designed the furniture for Ruthin Craft Centre. They have always said that their intention was to make “work with a strong but quiet presence in the landscape”. Projects include an altar for Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, seats for Compton Verney Art Gallery, and many private commissions. Currently they are undertaking projects that include a large bridge in north Wales, and designing a reception desk for The Point in Eastleigh.
Brian Podschies
Brian Podschies designed the stainless steel gates for Ruthin Craft Centre working with Sergison Bates architects. Brian Podschies is a jewellery designer and metalworker with work in collections such as the National Museum of Scotland. The Ruthin Craft Centre gates were his first large scale commission.
Tracy Simpson, Safle
Tracy Simpson is Safle’s project manager for north Wales. Safle are the principal public arts commissioning agency in Wales. Safle partnered RCC in two residencies soon after the new centre opened. The three-month residency at Ruthin Craft Centre by Jessica Lloyd Jones culminated in a work that has now been adopted as semi permanent lighting. Tracy will talk about the work of Jessica Lloyd Jones.
Isabel Vasseur, ArtOffice
Isabel Vasseur is the diector of ArtOffice. Recent projects include a seven-year art and architecture programme with Allies and Morrison for the BBC White City site development which embraces a variety of commissioning strategies including permanent and ephemeral works, artist in residence schemes, education and outreach projects and the contribution of artists, such as Yuko Shiraishi, to the built environment.
Yuko Shiraishi
Yuko Shiraishi worked with architects for the first time on the BBC White City site development where she advised architects Allies and Morrison on the architectural use of colour both internally and externally. She has since collaborated with other architects including Nissouken and Penyore and Parasad.
Ruthin Craft Centre is part of Denbighshire County Council and is supported by the Arts Council of Wales.
