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| LCB DEPOT UPDATE August 2016 |
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| summer art trail |
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Summer Art Trail is a ten-day visual arts festival from Silver Vine Arts, taking over the city of Leicester, from 20 to 29 August.
LCB Depot will host:
The Summer Art Trail launch event with Magic Teapot
Live music, spoken word, pop-up stalls, food & artwork at the festival launch
Saturday 20 August, 1pm - 9pm, £3
Feelmorelove Boutique drop-in bead & jewellery workshop with Elizabeth Dyer
Saturday 20 August, 2-4pm, £1 - 5
Summer Art Trail Marketplace and Improvisation Garden
Arts & crafts, live music, dancers, poets...
Saturday 27 August, 11am - 5pm, free
Artists in Residence exhibitions
At LCB Depot / New Walk Museum & Art Gallery / Krafthaus Arts / StudionAme
Work by Marcus Dove, Andrea Jaeger and Jenny Pyrah
19-31 August at LCB (closed Mon 29 Aug)
Artists in Residence talks at LCB Depot
Marcus Dove Tues 23 Aug 2-3.30pm
Jenny Pyrah Weds 24 Aug 11am-12.30pm
Summer Art Trail Open Exhibition
At LCB Depot / New Walk Museum & Art Gallery / Krafthaus Arts / StudionAme
19 - 31 August at LCB (closed Mon 29 Aug)
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makers' yard
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Meet the makers, see their studios, buy their work
Makers' Yard Open Studios Day offers the perfect opportunity to buy original gifts direct from the talented artists and designer-makers at 82-86 Rutland Street, Leicester.
Take your pick from artwork in wood, ceramics, and glass; interior and fashion textiles, fashion, jewellery, picture framing, millinery and more.
Saturday 27 August 10am - 5pm, free entry
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| journeys festival launch party |
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Journeys Festival celebrates and highlights the extraordinary and powerful artwork, music, creativity, culture and experiences that refugee artists bring to the UK - in Leicester 5-28 August, and in Manchester and Portsmouth in October. LCB Depot is pleased to host the 2016 Festival launch event.
Grays Coffee Shop & Kitchen will be firing up their grills on the night for a courtyard barbecue. Pay bar & BBQ.
Thursday 18 August, 6-8pm, all welcome
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| grays & lcb depot barbecue |
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Where once busses parked
burgers will be cooked
George Foreman
Grays Coffee Shop & Kitchen grill their famous burgers in our courtyard - everyone welcome, pay bar & BBQ
Thursday 18 August 5.30pm+
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| Looking to grow your business, customer base & profits? |
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1. Is it time to take a strategic overview of your business to check Its performing as you expected at this stage of its maturity?
2. Do you want a business robust enough to withstand the possible choppy economic waters that may lay ahead?
3. Do you want to stay ahead of the game and have clear plans to achieve your 3 year growth objectives?
If you answered Yes to any of these questions, then sign up to our Business Growth Team's new FREE Pathfinder Review that will help you to look at the key areas of your business to see if, and where, improvements can be made, help your business become more robust and create a plan to achieve your long-term business goals. To book your Review email growth@lcbdepot.co.uk
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| leicester business festival : host your own event |
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The Leicester Business Festival 2016 (24 October - 4 November) is looking to incorporate as wide a range of events as possible in order to showcase the full spectrum of Leicestershire business capability and capacity to the UK and the rest of the world.
Hosting your own event will deliver superb networking opportunities for you and your representatives to make connections with influential business leaders, Festival partners and entrepreneurs.
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| pitch up 2016 |
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Notonthehighstreet.com is looking for the next generation of online sellers at a Pitch Up 2016 event in Leicester in conjunction with the Leicester & Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP).
"This is your opportunity to meet our lovely team and let your product or idea shine and tell us the story behind it. Not only will we assess it, we’ll provide valuable advice regarding positioning, development and more. And it’s all free!"
Friday 30 September, 9am - 4pm
St Martins House, 7 Peacock Lane, Leicester LE1 5PZ
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| ornamentum precious objects |
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Beautiful objects in textile, porcelain, paper and metal by eight Leicestershire makers. In Lightbox at LCB Depot.
Work by Ruth Singer, Katie Almond, Samantha Robinson, Sharyn Dunn, Anna Calvert, Amelia Kirk and Kelly McRobie.
1 - 13 August, free
Plus Sketch and Sew Day:
Saturday 13 August, drop-in anytime 11am-3pm, free
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| summer art trail exhibitions |
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Artists in Residence exhibitions
At LCB Depot / New Walk Museum & Art Gallery / Krafthaus Arts / StudionAme
Work by Marcus Dove, Andrea Jaeger and Jenny Pyrah
19-31 August at LCB Depot (closed Sundays 21 & 28, & Monday 29 August)
Artists in Residence talks at LCB Depot
Marcus Dove - Tues 23 August, 2 - 3.30pm
Jenny Pyrah - Weds 24 August, 11am - 12.30pm
Summer Art Trail Open Exhibitions
At LCB Depot / New Walk Museum & Art Gallery / Krafthaus Arts / StudionAme
19 - 31 August at LCB Depot (closed Sundays 21 & 28, & Monday 29 August)
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| meta 4 : alchemy |
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Meta4 are four Nottingham-based artist-printmakers - Jeannie Clark, Carol Savage, Kate Hooper & Linda Dearden - who actively collaborate, share ideas, inspire and creatively challenge each other. They have chosen 'alchemy' as a theme to unite their practices.
LCB Depot Print Room
4 July - 30 September, free
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| open 27 prizewinners |
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| Artists awarded LCB Depot prizes in Leicester Museum & Art Gallery's Open 27 exhibition earlier this year now have their work on the walls of our meeting rooms for users to enjoy until Spring 2017. Marcia Blagg's striking abstracts are in our Garden Room; Danquella Slaughter's exquisite ink landscapes are in our Courtyard Room; and Paul Barrand's Dear Old Albion collection (Drive By, pictured right) is in our Old Gallery space.
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- Leicester City Council is to provide a one-off £35k grant to the Leicester Comedy Festival, after its main sponsor Dave TV ended its funding of the event, to ensure that festival organisers LCB-based Big Difference Company can put on the festival in 2017
- The City Festival 20-29 August celebrates Leicester in the heart of the city. For ten fun–packed days, the city will be buzzing with activity for all the family as streets and venues are filled with entertainment, street arts, sports, culture, music, heritage and more.
- Jessops is back! The Leicester-born photo company opens its new store in Highcross on 19 August, offering a range of cameras, photography products, printing services and academy training workshops. Jessops, Jacobs, Youngs - those were the days!
- Join Interact Digital Arts and Genetic Moo at Wot SPACE in Highcross for Microworld Leicester, a week of digital art experimentation and free workshops, 20-27 August
- LCB Depot-based Holland Alexander has set up a new events company, FORE Events
- Seed Creativity is running a free Effective Digital Marketing Workshop at 95 Humberstone Gate, Leicester on Friday 26 August 9.30am-12.30pm
- Find out all about franchising on a FREE 2-day workshop with NBV in Nottingham, 8-9 August
- Join Startups - the UK's No.1 service for starting a business, and get their weekly email update
- We welcome Helen Howe Atelier, designer of tweed and suede womenswear, to Makers' Yard
- Bon Voyage to Leicester Hackspace who have left Makers' Yard for a new home in the DMU Innovation Centre
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| business growth surgeries |
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Our Creative Business Growth Surgeries are regular free sessions at LCB Depot with LCB Depot's Business Growth Team. Book a 20-minute slot on Eventbrite and have a chat about how your creative business could grow. Upcoming dates are:
Tuesday 6 September 10.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday 22 September 2.30 - 4.30pm
Tuesday 4 October 10.30am - 12.30pm
More advice surgeries are scheduled for later in 2016 - click below for dates and details
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| creative business surgeries |
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Starting a creative business?
Book your free advice session with Creative Leicestershire's Business Advisor.
Tuesdays 2, 16 & 30 August
One-hour slots between 10.30am and 4pm, at LCB Depot, free
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| studio 6 workshops |
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Workshops in August from makers at Studio 6 in Makers' Yard
at 82-86 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1SB
Giulia Mio Millinery
Cotton Head Piece Tuesday 9 August, 10am - 2pm, £60
Ribbon Roses Headband Thursday 18 Aug, 10am - 3pm, £75
Lilac Pearl
Lampshade Making Friday 12 August, 10am - 1pm, £40
Lanterns Sunday 21 August, 10am - 1pm, £40
Rare Folk
Earrings Sunday 7 August, 12-1pm, £14
Necklace Saturday 20 August, 11am - 1pm, £24
Name Plaque/Garland Sunday 28 August, 1 - 4pm, from £40
Mandeep Dhadialia
Book Binding Saturday 13 August, 10am - 1pm, £55
Rebecca Winder Jewellery
Ring Carving Sunday 14 August, 10.30am - 1pm, £55
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| creative coffee |
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Creativity, coffee, conversation. Fortnightly meet-up for creative people and those looking to meet creatives, alternating between LCB Depot and Phoenix.
Creative Coffee is taking a break over Summer, but will be back in September!
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| clay workshops |
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With Jo Keogh Ceramics at Makers' Yard, 82-86 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1SB
Family Clay Days for children
Thursday 4 & Tuesday 9 August,
Tuesday 18 & Thursday 20 October,
11am-1pm / 2-4pm
£15 per child per session +£5/kg clay use
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WORKSPACES & STUDIOS TO LET TO CREATIVES
We have four workspaces at LCB Depot - 335, 355, 456, & 690 sq ft
We have two workspaces at Phoenix Square - 351 & 466 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
LCB Depot is a service owned and operated by Leicester City Council
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