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| LCB DEPOT UPDATE December 2016 |
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canteen
street food night
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We're inviting some amazing street food vendors into our courtyard on Friday 2nd December, on the first of our new Canteen food nights at LCB Depot. This Canteen includes HomeboysUK's Asian comfort food; and Caribbean cuisine gently fused with Italian, Spanish, American & Latin by Leave It To Esmie.
Grays will have its bar open, with special guests Sailor Jerry Cocktails, and we'll have retro gaming stations in our cafe-bar area and music from DJ Fitz. Our Lightbox and Print Room gallery spaces will also be open.
If you're looking for a fun, foody Friday evening, this could be the tastiest gig in town!
Free admission, pay for what you eat and drink.
Friday 2 December, 5.00 - 10.00pm
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| makers' yard |
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| The designer-makers from Makers' Yard had a busy November, first with a promotional event in Leicester's Highcross shopping centre, then a Christmas Shopping Weekend, opening up their their studios for the public to browse and buy. Remember, you can contact the makers, and see what workshops and activities are happening in the future via www.makersyard.com
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| christmas & new year closing at LCB depot |
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We'll be closing at 1pm on Friday 23 December, and will open again on Tuesday 3 January.
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!
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| passion2print 2016 |
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Leicester Print Workshop’s biennial exhibition of contemporary printmaking
New work by Leicester Print Workshop’s members, on display in three venues – Leicester Print Workshop, Phoenix, and LCB Depot, plus a range of associated events.
1 November to 31 January in our café-bar & Print Room
1 November to 3 December in Lightbox
Monday to Friday 9am - 5.30pm
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| a cybernetic ecology |
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A new exhibition of interactive digital artworks by Leicester digital artist Sean Clark.
In the exhibition a collection of light, sound and screen-based artworks respond to the viewer and to each other to create a unique interactive environment. Some of this work has been shown nationally and internationally before, but this is the first time that it has been exhibited in it's entirety.
Look out for related events (tbc):
Launch night
Tuesday 6 December, 6-9pm
Anerchy
Friday 9 December, 6-11pm
Meet the Robots
Saturdays 10 & 17 December, 12-4pm
On show in Lightbox at LCB Depot
5 - 23 December
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| the state of art |
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See the range of art practice at Leicester School of Art
The inaugural annual exhibition of Fine Art, co-ordinated and curated by the students of De Montfort University, to show the range of art practice undertaken within Leicester School of Art.
The selected work is from the BA, MA, Research and AA2A (Artist Access to Art College Scheme).
4 January - 9 February
Closing party 9 February
in Lightbox at LCB Depot, free
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| creative / arts / business news |
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- Arts Development UK presents an all-day national seminar Arts & Resilience - Changes in Culture, at Phoenix on Friday 2 December 11am-5pm
- Clarendon Park Christmas Fair - 50 stalls selling mainly arts and crafts items, Sunday 4 December 11am-5pm
- Start Up Cafe - a University of Leicester Networking Event, Tuesday 6 December
- Look out for the BBC's Christmas idents this year which are played before TV programmes - with music and sound design by Phoenix workspace-based Manike Music
- Phoenix has vacancies for a freelance graphic designer to manage marketing design (closing date 5 Dec) and a social media and digital marketing apprentice (closing date 12 Dec)
- Venturefest 2017 takes place on March 22 at Derby Arena. It invites entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, businesses and organisations to come together to help bring innovative new ideas from across the East Midlands to life
- We welcome Place Dynamix, who will be working in urban design, masterplanning and landscape architecture from B201 at LCB Depot
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| advice surgeries 2017 |
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Our Creative Business Growth Surgeries are regular free sessions at LCB Depot with Matt Bateman or Russ Pacey from our Business Growth Team. Book a 20-minute slot on Eventbrite and have a chat about how your creative business could grow. Surgeries start again next year, between 10.30am and 12.30pm, on these dates:
Tuesday 24 January
Tuesday 7 February; Tuesday 21 February
Monday 6 March; Tuesday 21 March
Tuesday 4 April; Thursday 20 April
Tuesday 4 May; Tuesday 16 May
Tuesday 6 June; Tuesday 20 June
Click below for more details, and to book
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| creative business surgeries |
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Starting a creative business?
Book your free advice session with Fred Brookes, Creative Leicestershire's Business Advisor. Coming up :
6 December
17 & 31 January, 14 & 28 February, 14 & 28 March
One-hour slots on these Tuesdays between 10.30am and 4pm, at LCB Depot, free
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| creative coffee |
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Creativity, coffee, conversation. Free Fortnightly meet-up for creative people and those looking to meet creatives, alternating between LCB Depot and Phoenix.
Wednesday 7 December 10am-12pm at Phoenix
Wednesday 21 December 10am-12pm at LCB Depot
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| effective digital marketing |
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Chimps that mail, engines that search, being tagged, poked and then given cookies - what’s this digital marketing all about? A FREE workshop in how to engage new audiences with creative media on social platforms.
Seed Creativity, 95 Humberstone Gate, Leicester
Thursday 15 December, 9.30am -12.30pm
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| workshops at studio six |
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Hands-on workshops in Studio Six at Makers' Yard - Wool Beret, Silk/Velvet Headpiece, Xmas Lanterns, Snowflake Mobile, Robin Decoration, Xmas Wreath, Block Print Xmas Cards, Free Machined Little Bag, Block Print Scarf, Ring Carving, Antique Book Roses.
Various dates in December
82-86 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1SB
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| clay workshops |
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With Jo Keogh Ceramics at Makers' Yard, 82-86 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1SB
Clay Days for adults
£40/day +£5/kg clay used
Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 December, 10.30am-4.30pm
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| portrait painting workshop |
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A one-day workshop at Makers' Yard with Jane French
82-86 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1SB
Thursday 15 December, 10am-4pm, £60
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WORKSPACES & STUDIOS TO LET TO CREATIVES
We have three workspaces now at LCB Depot - 280, 435, & 690 sq ft;
and three more coming up at LCB Depot in March 2017 - 220, 438 & 456 sq ft
We have one workspace at Phoenix Square - 351 sq ft
All our studios are taken at Makers' Yard
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LCB Depot, 31 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1RE
0116 261 6800 | info@lcbdepot.co.uk | www.lcbdepot.co.uk | @lcbdepot
LCB Depot is Leicester’s leading hub for the creative industries,
providing space to
Work - over 80 workspaces and studios across three sites in Leicester's Cultural Quarter - LCB Depot, Phoenix Square, and Makers' Yard
Meet - four contemporary meeting rooms, plus Lightbox & Cafe-Bar events spaces
Eat - at Grays Coffee Shop & Kitchen, open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm, and for some weekend & evening events
Connect - regular art exhibitions and creative events
Grow - business growth support, advice and finance opportunities
Top photo Neon Reindeer ©rezis
LCB Depot is a service owned and operated by Leicester City Council
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