The Joy Exhibition
Sponsored by Pallant House

From the 8th to 14th August 2011, the 5th ‘I Am Joy Arts Festival‘ will rise from our old city streets like a burgeoning new forest of greenery and shades and light. Pockets of Joy will grow throughout Chichester bringing a multitude of arts and activities:

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! 

Submissions for the Joy Festival Art Exhibition Now Open.

The exhibition will showcase a fantastic variety of painting, drawing, print and photography. Submissions are open to all artists from all backgrounds, with the final deadline being Friday 16th July.

The show will take place in the historic Guildhall situated in Chichester Priory Park from Monday 8th to Sunday 14th August. Artists may submit up to three images of their work to iamjoyarts@gmail.com. Submission is free, and all work submitted will be selected by a judging panel from The Pallant House Gallery in conjunction with “I Am Joy”.

The private view (open to all) will be held on Monday 8th August from 6pm to 8pm.

This exhibition is a unique platform for a plethora of artists to exhibit their art in an exciting and diverse event. The show will be open daily from 10am, and will close at 6pm with talks by special guests arranged throughout the week. Admission is free, so do not miss this opportunity to be a part of a contemporary art exhibition in the heart of Chichester.

LIVE MUSIC

On Saturday 13th, we will celebrate the best of the local scene along with the best touring acts at The Chichester Inn for an all-day music feast. Twenty acts will perform on two stages. Plus a BBQ! Organised by I Am Joy / Nice Weather For Airstrikes Records / This Charming Sound.

On Friday 12th, our night of tunage at The Vestry will be headlined by an absolutely incredible act who will be stomping all over festivals this summer. Scroobius Pip describe their vocalist thus: “She has no right whatsoever to be as good as she is. It astounds me. Her writing is epic, her delivery piercing, and with the addition of her band her potential is realised. Inspirational.” Watch this space and we will reveal all!

Plus more music to be announced soon…

WORKSHOPS

The Boys’ Club in Little London will once again host a week of workshops (Monday to Friday). The entrance fee is £5 per day or £20 for 5 days.  Pre-booking can be done via iamjoy2007@gmail.com

GoCreate will be running mask and costume making workshops and sharing their famous Junk Modelling skills with all.

Graffiti has been a popular workshops over the past four Joy Festivals, so we thought we had better do it again!!

The Pallant House Gallery are also getting involved by supplying two artists that will team up with two Joy artists to provide Mural Painting Workshops.  The inspiration for the murals will be taken from Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, two of Mexico’s most influential painters. This workshop will coincide with the Pallant’s exhibition of their work – the murals will be exhibited at the Gallery alongside these greats!!

Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera logo

There will be plenty more workshops that guarantee to keep young minds alive with creativity.

CABARET

The Dirty Cabaret will return bringing burlesque and blood, mischief and madness, darkness and delight!

Incorporating themes taken from the circus and fairground beneath the cover of darkness, Dirty Cabaret is a night of bands, burlesque and circus performance. Inspired by Tim Burton’s Red Triangle Circu’ from ‘Batman Returns’, Willy Wonka’s riverboat trip and ‘The Childcatcher from ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, the evening brings these diverse influences together in a dizzying eruption of sound and colour.

THE FIFTH JOY FILM JOY

“YOUNGER – FRESHER – LETHAL INJECTIONS OF ASSISTED VISUAL TREATS

AN EVENING OF 2 DIMENSIONAL SHORT FILMS AT A PLACE THAT SELLS ALCOHOL”

MASQUERADE

‘Animals at the Cross’ – A Masquerade of Creativity in the City Centre – Thursday 11th August @ 6.00pm

If you were there for the Masks in the Park happening (http://issuu.com/thejoymagazine/docs/issue1),

or The Thunder on the Trundle (http://vimeo.com/9136296),

or you visited The Joy Gallery Garden in the gallery (http://vimeo.com/9054503),

then do not miss this! -

On Thursday 11th August, come in masquerade as an outlandish creature of the forest, adorned in masks and/or fancy dress, and meet at the Cross for a big promotional photo-shoot; free participation for all artists and people who like to dress up and frolic.

I Am Joy will be inviting the Chichester Observer to document this wild and whimsical happening. Meet 6.00pm.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE

We are delighted to announce that Dance is back at I Am Joy Festival!  This year’s line up is curated by Jerrel Jackson and Dougie Evans, and we are looking for performers and companies who create and choreograph physical and theatrical contemporary dance. If you would like to be part of this years festival, then please email a 100 word description of your piece alongside any supporting material you may have online (including websites/facebook pages/youtube videos etc) to jjde.info@gmail.com.

For more information about Jerrel Jackson and Dougie Evans please visit www.jjde.co.uk

ADDITIONAL:

For all updates and news on line-ups go and ‘Like’ our new facebook page here – I Am Joy Arts Festival – and feel free to ‘Share’ too or check out WEBSITE.

You can check out videos from past events here – www.youtube.com/iamjoyfilm

I AM JOY AS CHEAP AS EVER!! :
There is a small entry fee for the workshops, but all other events will be FREE ENTRY!! Any DONATIONS (sparkly things you can spare for our little magpies will be most appreciated).

So put the dates in your diaries, and get ready for Chichester’s best multi-genre Arts and Music Festival this Summer!!!