Anything you want included in the Cafe News? All your contributions added here will be included.

[Jill]

Hi

This is an experiment to see if you, our members, want anything included in the Cafe news.

Anything you write here, from new work you have completed, to events you are attending to any other information (or good jokes) is welcome.

Please just add your comments and put the words you want included in the Cafe News in speech marks like this "words you want included here" and I will add everything you want included.

Bye for Now
Jill

[Azzami Bell]

"
Occasional News

Odd news items

Today is the 53rd anniversary of American fast-food pioneer Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955. Thus launching an enterprise that would irrevocably alter the human food-chain and eventually become the world's largest fast-'food' chain. -There's progress!"

Gordon Brown creapt into USA at the same time as the Pope in an 'I'll-tell-if-you-will' game to discover quite how much of our money they've lost through 'dodgy dealing'.

Vulture-like JK Rowling swoops on the little fella.
She's hired slaves to sue a fan because he 'stole-her-work'. She claimed to be so distressed at loosing money that she's ceased churning out her usual pulp.

A commemorative coin is being issued by the British Antarctic Territory. How long before they have Tesco and Walmart is any one's guess, but it's odds on they will. -And soon!
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[Jill]

Have added these gems to the Cafe News on Main now!

Thanks a lot for your contributions.

Bye for Now
Jill

[Leslie Wilson-Rutterford]

"Interesting exhibition at Wimbledon School of Art last Monday evening. A good turn-out of people came to see the first 'One Night Stand', one of a series of 'three teams of curators, three provocations and one space'.'The three curatorial groups are taking turns to deliver a provocation to one another and respond to a given stimulus'. Monday night's response was by 'MA curating students of Sheffield Hallam University exploring the theme of ‘defamiliarization’ in response to Victor Shklovsky’s text ‘Russian Formalist Criticism’. The provocation given to them was to take into account the nature of time-specificity'. http://1nightstands.blogspot.com/
I came across a call out from one of the participants, Diana Ali via the Arts Council newsletter. She was asking for a response to the word 'defamiliarisation'. I looked it up in the dictionary, and was none the wiser about what it meant. so, I made up a new definition: the act of obliterating all witches animals. I made an image to accompany it.
I took my little boy with me and we did the 1 and 1/2 hour journey via tube, to Wimbledon from Kentish Town. The students were friendly, and the exhibition was very good. As an artist who works with text alot, I was interested to see how words would be used in the gallery space. I also wanted to see how my contribution would be incorporated. I found out who Diana was, introduced myself and had a nice conversation with her. We agreed how dynamic it was to invite via the internet, and then integrate various contributors from around the world to make one work. A kind of global creation, which relied alot on openness and trust. I was really glad I made the effort to get there, meeting new people - artists- seeing what they're doing and sharing ideas.
Leslie Wilson-Rutterford

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[Jill]

Hi Leslie

I have now put this up in the Cafe news on Main and have directed people here to see your slideshow.
All looks very interesting.

Bye for Now
Jill

[WILMA (aka Julia)]

Just a little bit of my news.....

Ive been asked to host a craft party at a residential home where my sis in law works after she took some of my cards that I had made for her to work. Her boss liked my crafts so much she asked if I could do a craft party for the staff, residents and families so Ive got that in 2 weeks time and I am also helping with a charity day in aid of shop mobility (Gateshead) this sat at the Metro Centre where I have made and donated a variety of crafted items to raise funds to keep the shop mobility staff in jobs as they are a chairty and not funded by the goverment so every penny counts!

Julia xx

[Jill]

Hi Julia

Thanks for letting us know your latest. The craft party and the charity day both sound like really good things for you to be doing.
I will add this to the Cafe News on Main straight away now.

Take Care
Jill