Tuesday 13 November 2012

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Thursday 8 November 2012

CREATIVE SELF-EMPLOYMENT

See Jonathan's lovely article about CREATIVE SELF-EMPLOYMENT at Now Then on-line:
http://nowthenmagazine.com/issue-56/localcheck/

Thursday 25 October 2012

Propolis


"Propolis" Mixed media by Trevor Tomlin
20x20 2012, Access Space 


Wednesday 24 October 2012


Allotment Soup 2012 (Morley Street, Walkley) 

New site specific photo-collage by Trevor Tomlin












Saturday 20 October 2012

Community Art Services


Community Art Services
All enquiries: dhtgohj@yahoo.co.uk

Guide Prices
Arts Event Management (festivals, fundraisers, exhibitions, publications) from £200
Graphic Design (leaflets, posters etc) from £100
Art Class (half day = 2-3 hrs delivery - maximum 5 participants) £100 per group or £20 each
Art Class (full day = 4-6 hrs delivery - maximum 5 participants) £150 per group or £30 each
Children Art / Play Activity (full day, 6 hrs delivery - maximum 35 children) £100
Portrait 1 hour photo shoot session + digital, machine print £100
Wedding (basic package e.g. CD only) £750
Wedding (full package including prints, album, CD) £1500
Event Photography £750-£1500
Design - Website £500

Saturday 13 October 2012

Sharrow Festival 2012

Princess JimJam

Sheff Spiritual Wrlrz

Nic Harding

Uken

Nycha Dance

Tandem

Mc Nige

Audrey Horne

Pallav Roy

Spiral Navigators

Rowan Colver

Pro-Verb

Gorilla Poets

Theo Parmarkis
(C)  2012 Trevor Tomlin - All Rights Reserved

Friday 5 October 2012

Sharrow Festival Saturday 6th October 2012 12-5.30pm in Mount Pleasant Park, Sharrow, Sheffield


Sharrow Festival Saturday 6th October 2012 12-5.30pm in 
Mount Pleasant Park, Sharrow, Sheffield 

http://sharrowfestival.btck.co.uk/

Line-Up
Programmed by Trevor Tomlin 
www.trevortomlinfineart.blogspot.com
www.tumblr.com/blog/trevortomlincommunityart

12 Theo Parmakis
Solo banjo - old timey
http://hoverfly.lowtech.org/

12.30 Gorilla Poetry 
www.gorillapoetry.co.uk

1 Pro Verb 
Hip hop acoustic lyricist
www.Soundcloud.com/pro-verb

1.30 Rowan Colver 
Solo guitarist / singer / poet
www.Indigopoet.co.uk 

2.00 Spiral Navigators 
Righteous Heavy Space~Boogie
http://www.myspace.com/spiralnavigatorshttp://Spiral-Navigators.soundawesome.com

2.30 Audrey Horne
Shoegaze / post punk 
http://soundcloud.com/audrey-horne-music/honey-final

3 Tandem
Talented young persons band

3.20 Nycha Dance 
Demonstraton of contemporary dance 
www.nychadancecreations.co.uk

3.40 Uken Dixon
Singer/ songwriter of easy going, soulful and insightful reggae 
www.myspace.com/uken14 

4.05 Nic Harding 
Singer-songwriter from Rotherham; contemporary folk with soulful and heartfelt lyrics
and maybe even a Spice Girls cover.
www.myspace.com/nichardingmusic 

4.30 MC Nige 

4.40 Sheff Spiritual Wrlz
Sufi music

5 Special guest (to be confirmed) 

Friday 28 September 2012


Sharrow Festival: Sat 6th October
Line-Up

Programmed by Trevor Tomlin 


12 Theo Parmakis
Solo banjo - old timey

12.30 Gorilla Poetry 

1 Lornnah Stewart 
Contemporary R&B with an urban twist

1.30 Desi D 
Solo reggae artist specialising in roots and lovers rock

2 Rowan Colver 
Solo guitarist / singer / poet

2.30 Audrey Horne (to be confirmed)
Shoegaze / post punk 

3 Nycha Dance 
Demonstraton of contemporary dance 

3.30 Uken Dixon
Singer/ songwriter of easy going, soulful and insightful reggae 

4 Nic Harding 
Singer-songwriter from Rotherham; contemporary folk with soulful and heartfelt lyrics and maybe even a Spice Girls cover.

4.30 MC Nige & friends

Wednesday 26 September 2012

Current Activities


Current: Exhibition
20x20, Access Space
14th September - 17th October
Tues-Sat 11-7

Forthcoming: Art Workshop
2-4 p.m.: Puppet making using natural materials
Harvest Festival, Lynwood Gardens, Broomhall
Sat 29th September

Forthcoming: Exhibition
Allotment Soup "Growing Magic"
Sunday 7th October (noon onwards)
Morley Street Allotments, Walkley

Saturday 19 May 2012

Sharrow Today: Artist Of The Month



12 Sharrow Today
Artist of the month:
Trevor Tomlin
April - May 2012
“Getting everybody making stuff”
By Steve Fryer
“I’ve been adopted by Sharrow.”
Trevor told me as we chatted over
coffee in the Harland Cafe on John
Street.
Trevor is very interested in politi-
cal activism – “the kind of positive,
grass roots activism that celebrates
diversity and encourages a fairer,
more sustainable world for every-
one” – and he’s been involved for a
long time now in initiatives inspired
It was only a day or two after the
Sharrow Lantern Carnival which
Trevor had helped to organize – he
ran lantern-making workshops at a
number of different venues in the
area – something he’s done for
several years now. He’s also been
heavily involved in the running of the
Sharrow Festival in recent years – this
year he’s responsible for organizing
the community stage at the festival.
Trevor doesn’t live in Sharrow but
he’s been drawn to the area be-
cause, in his words “it’s a hotbed of
artistic creativity - one of the main
anti-racism, disability awareness,
and anti-poverty campaigns.
Feather print
Event photo - Lantern workshop
to develop them.
He initially worked in nursing & so-
cial work before joining the NHS
Management Training Scheme and
taking a job as a senior manager.
He eventually realised that this didn’t
“All my art is about communica-
tion” he says. The photos I take
communicate something about
me, and are a comment on who I
am. “The aim of my group-work is
to get everyone involved – to help
2002 to try and make a living as an
artist.
He is a very versatile artist although
his main focus is on photography. “I
Digital manipulation of several photos of Ecclesall Woods
prints in the darkroom when I was
a student at Lancaster University”
he said. Much later, after moving to
“I recently worked as an education
techniques – these are often the
only barriers to people’s creativity.
Two thirds of the time I’m a facilita-
tor” he says, rather than an artist in
the conventional sense. Although
creative when preparing for his
workshops.
refresher course at Site Gallery and
However, it’s hard to make money
from photography so he has ven-
-
ramics, illustration, teaching, and
producing campaign materials
- combining his youth & community
work, political activism and art mak-
ing with varying degrees of success.
He explained that his interest in
political activism has made his art
less individualistic and more col-
laborative with other people, more
community focused. To him the
three most important aspects of
his art are:- that it has a message;
that it looks good; and that it brings
people together. He hopes that his
work with community groups will
Silver Gelatin Portraits
Wildlife Trust where I got to do a lot
of muddy, wet artwork outside with
kids in parks and school grounds”
– including mud painting in Rivelin
“These days, I work as a freelance
artist full-time” he says “and, start-
ing over the next few months, he’s
planning to run a series of art work-
shops for adults at the Old Junior
School in Sharrow, as well as at
Bank St, and Burngreave Chapel.
The activities will include photog-
raphy, print making (eg lino cuts),
making sculpture from recycled
materials, and also natural materials
art – probably at Ecclesall Woods.
Trevor’s work has been exhibited
many times, including last year at
the Sharrow Festival, with an exhibi-
tion called “Mayday” planned soon
at the Black Rose Centre in Burn-
greave.
He is also available to photograph
weddings, portraits, and to record
peoples’ events.
colours of mud to use in the river.
“I also got heavily into making sculp-
tures from found objects and junk,
and at various times I’ve worked for
arts in health organisations like the
For further information about Trevor,
including prices etc., visit
well as a few art organisations like
Access Space and Creative Action
www.trevortomlincommunityart.
tumblr.com/
Event Photo - Des at the Sharrow Festival 2011

Wednesday 29 February 2012

QUEER













QUEER: an exhibition of local artists' work in response to "LGBT History Month" and the first event to be held at The Black Rose Centre, let's make it a good 'un!

Exhibition opens FRIDAY 24th FEBRUARY 6PM.

The exhibition will be held at the Black Rose Centre which is just up the hill from the Riverside pub:

Black Rose Centre
268 Verdon Street,
Sheffield,
S3 9QS

Expect vegan canapés on the opening night and drinks at the Riverside to follow each evening.

Exhibition opening times:
Friday 24th – 6pm-10pm
Saturday 25th – 6pm-10pm
Sunday 26th – 12pm-9.30pm

The deadline for submissions is WEDNESDAY 22nd FEBRUARY. The space is not massive but most installations will be considered. To take part in this exhibition or help organise please contact us at blackroseart@riseup.net or facebook.com/BlackRoseArt.

The Black Rose Centre is run by Sheffield Social Centre Collective; an anti-capitalist, non-hierarchical, non-discriminatory group. The centre is a ‘safe space’ that rejects racism, sexism, homophobia and all other forms of oppression. The centre is also dry and drug free for your enjoyment.