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Creative 30 - Voting ends soon

2008-11-13T01:04:00.000-08:00

VICE, Volvo and The Independent teamed up to find the UK's next generation of hidden creative talent so that we could tell everyone about them and they wouldn't be hidden anymore. The project is called the Creative 30 and from Monday, October 20th through Sunday, November 16th, the public will have the chance to vote for one of two winners at www.creative30.net

Following the eight-week campaign to identify the UK's most promising up-and-coming creative talent, the public can now vote on who will be the winner of a Volvo C30 R-DESIGN. The runner up will be awarded ten thousand pounds in cold hard cash by our esteemed panel of judges. As well as the whole helping to launch their career bit.

Over 700 aspiring young creative types entered the Creative 30 competition to be in with a shout of winning the People's Prize of a Volvo C30 R-DESIGN and the Panel Prize of ten thousand pounds. Public voting kicks off on Sunday, October 20th where 'the people' can cast their vote for the winner. In time honoured fashion, the nominee who receives the most votes by Sunday, November 16th will be crowned the winner and get their hands on the Volvo C30 R- DESIGN. Pretty wow right? Nominees will be encouraged to use their own social networks to gain as many votes as possible. Only one vote can be cast per person per day. Oh, and the winner of the People's Prize is not eligible to win the Panel Prize.

The winners will be announced on Monday, November 24th.

Creative 30

2008-09-16T01:42:00.000-07:00

Creative 30 is a great opportunity for all creatives looking for coverage and recognition for their practice. Read on for more information...

VICE, Volvo, The Independent and Yahoo! have teamed up on a project which aims to find and celebrate thirty of Britain's most promising young creative people. We're on the lookout for emerging artists, writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians, designers, illustrators, animators...

www.creative30.net

VICE, Volvo and The Independent team up to find and celebrate the UK's next generation of promising creative talent. The first annual Creative 30 competition is an opportunity for up-and-coming UK creative talent to gain national recognition and compete to win £10,000 or a Volvo C30 R-DESIGN.To help select the Creative 30 shortlist, VICE and The Independent have enlisted UK creative icons such as fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and Turner prize-winning conceptual artist Martin Creed to select the first 15 of the Creative 30 nominees.

"The UK has always had a very strong and individual identity in almost every creative field. With projects like this, I hope that it will help our next generation of creators find success and hopefully influence the future generations to explore their own talents and pursue their creative path", said Creative 30 Icon and artist Peter Fowler.

In addition to the above, confirmed Creative 30 Icons include photographers Valerie Phillips and Gavin Watson, cultural critic Stephen Bayley, music video director Saam Farahmand, illustrators Daisy de Villeneuve and Jiro Bevis, author Philip Hescher, editor of Icon Magazine Justin McGuirk, architect Charlotte Skene Catling, musicians James Righton, Estelle, Wiley and Mystery Jets front man Blaine Harrison.

Made possible by Volvo, The Creative 30 will launch on Monday, September 8th.

"Today's mass media exposes us to mediocrity on a daily basis. Many people seek attention and instantaneous fame without having anything to contribute. The challenges we face as a society today demand intelligent and creative solutions. To be creative, one must dare to fail whilst trying new ideas. So truly creative people need all the support and encouragement they can get." Said Volvo's Studio Chief Designer Simon Lamarre.

The public will be encouraged to submit their work to creative30.net - Creative 30's official site created by digital partners Yahoo!. There will be no categories - submissions can range from photography to writing or documentary films and everything in between.

"We feel it is important not to put restrictions on what defines creativity - we want to keep it open to everyone regardless of their discipline. We welcome all-comers, from filmmakers to interpretative dance nose flute DJs," said panelist member and Vice Magazine Editor Andy Capper.

Based on the open call submissions received, a panel of judges will select 15 nominees, completing the Creative 30. Three-minute mini documentaries for each of the candidates will be aired on creative30.net and the public will then be encouraged to vote for a winner.

The campaign will be wrapped up in November when a prize of £10,000 will be awarded by the jury to one of the Creative 30 nominees and a Volvo C30 R-DESIGN will be given to the nominee with the most people's votes.

About VICE
Since its humble inception in 1994 as a 16-page Montreal punk zine, Vice Magazine has grown to become a massively influential global youth media empire. Currently existing in 22 countries, The VICE brand now includes properties in print, online, film, music, events, marketing, books, DVDs, its own branding agency (Virtue Worldwide) and online TV network (VBS.tv). Vice Magazine currently prints 89,000 copies monthly in the UK with a global circulation of 910,000. Found away from newsstands, Vice Magazine is available where its audience spends their free time: fashion boutiques, record stores, universities, galleries, bars and cafes ensuring a truly unique 100 percent pick up rate.

About Volvo
Volvo began making cars in 1927 and today operates a global business with sales companies in all major markets. Every day, thousands of people bring their knowledge, skills and common values together to build cars to fulfill customer demands, society's expectations and the needs of future generations. Volvo cars are built on the principles of safety, quality and environmental care and the designs are inspired by nature, where form and function go hand in hand. The clear defined seasons of Scandinavia inspire Volvo's approach to colour and light and the demands of the environment make the cars both robust and versatile.

About The Independent
The Independent and The Independent on Sunday are modern newspaper with a mission to take the broader view. Launched in 1986 and 1990 respectively, these innovative newspapers with steady circulations are changing the face of British national newspapers in the 21st century. With award-winning journalists, The Independent has been twice chosen as Newspaper of the Year. In addition to this, Simon Kelner,
Editor-in-Chief, was chosen as Editor of the Year at the GQ Men of the Year awards in September 2004.

About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the busiest Internet destinations worldwide. Yahoo! is focused on powering its communities of users, advertisers, publishers, and developers by creating indispensable experiences built on trust. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Yahoo UK and Ireland is an accredited IASH member, the trade body devoted to encouraging best practice among online advertising sales houses through the adoption of an effective code of conduct.

'What Can I Do 2?' event in Eastleigh

2008-08-29T01:19:00.000-07:00

'What Can I Do 2?' is a free event to be held on Saturday 27th September 11 - 4pm at Leigh Road recreation ground in Eastleigh. It's aim is to show 11-25 year olds, who live in Eastleigh, the range of exciting spare time activities available.

Organised by Solent Youth Action in partnership with Eastleigh Borough Council and Hampshire County Council, 'What Can I Do 2?' is set to show live bands, circus skills, youth service climbing wall, army cadets, fire service, aikido and much much more.

Pictured below, the flyer we have created to promote the 'What Can I Do 2?' event. Grish art are proud to be marketing this event for a second year, producing printed event promotional material and e-invites.

Emotional First Aid Launch

2008-08-06T04:30:00.000-07:00

grish art were proud to witness the launch of 'Emotional First Aid' on 1st July 2008 at the Harbour Lights Cinema. Commissioned by Solent Youth Action to design and produce the Me and U Booklet pictured here, our vision was to create a document which, although private and very personal, had been offered by the group to others with a view to helping them through negative experiences.

grish art focussed on tactile, creative surfaces, images and type resulting in a very personal design reflecting the content created by the young people.

The presentation launch screened the DVD which filmed the performances of every young person who contributed to the Me and U booklet including artwork, poetry, rap and diary entries. The Me and U Booklet offers help and support to those who are witnessing a young person with mental health issues or a young person experiencing a problem themselves. The peer advice contained in this document, as opposed to a more prescriptive one, is proving extremely successful amongst the Southampton Primary Care Trust who are eagerly supporting the various projects and creations.

Carys Wilson - artist under the spotlight

2008-06-23T03:48:00.000-07:00

As part of grish art's ongoing promotion and support of artists and creative professionals, we are posting a series of 'artist case studies' of which this is the first. We are proud to present Carys Wilson, a UK based practitioner who has recently employed grish art to design and construct caryswilson.co.uk

Carys Wilson outlines her practice and promotion techniques below.

"My practice is based primarily within drawing. Paintings, printmaking and 3D work are all derived from drawings, and in turn feed back into further drawn imagery. I am influenced by natural objects found in my surroundings and immediate environment where ever I happen to be. This organic matter has provided a source for observational studies of form, line, depth and structure. These images are then pushed around on the canvas: relationships between lines, shapes and colours are brought to the surface, and patterns retrieved. The original subject matter becomes purely a starting point as other more painterly elements surface.

Our human relationship with nature, or sometimes lack of, is a constant factor in my work. I equate the hand made, the well-crafted, signatory and drawn mediums, with nature. I want my paintings and drawings to flow, mirroring the beauty of nature, a record of layering, reflecting the enjoyment of observing, yet also simultaneously to jar and feel fractured. I sense a push and pull between leaving an organic object behind and letting the drawn line take over. I use charcoal, pencil, ink, oil bars on paper, oil on canvas producing mostly 2D images. Drawing is the basis for everything.

I get people to visit my website through putting a link to it with every email I send out to anybody. I have business cards that have strong images on them that are the same as ones prominent on my website, and the lettering on the cards matches the red theme of the website. The website is on my CV, and I advertise myself and my site through Saatchi website and North Devon Arts websites. I also use reciprocal links from other artists' websites to my own.

My website is my main tool of communication when applying for exhibitions and residences. I recently secured a project with a dance / theatre group in London through my website and also have a pending group show 'The Great Create' in South Devon. Images of my work on my website definitely helped me secure a space in this exhibition along with a recent group show 'Women's Art Show 2008' in Fairfield Arts Centre, Bas.

I am currently in the midst of selling a couple of large pieces to someone in America who saw my website, and decided to ship a fair quantity of work across which is fantastic! The website has been really useful in acquiring school workshops. It's great that I can build up a decent amount of experience and document it all on this site and I think it is generating me more work.

I am not taking advantage of the updating of my website. I know it is really important that I do, as I have missed out on putting up a couple of things that I was involved in, that have now been and gone, so I didn't make use of my website in this way. This has been due primarily to lack of my own computer and lack of Internet - now I have both these facilities I intend to make full use of this updating system. I also might need to make use of grish art's online tutorial if this is still on offer! I'm not great with computers so this has also been part of problem - but one I intend to rectify!

Other marketing material? The website is my main tool, but business cards are really important too. They have been really useful for giving out to groups / individuals during seminars and small business discussions I have been too recently. I am in the planning process of getting sets of postcards / posters made of my work, although this is still in the preliminary stage at moment. I would aim for there to be a connection with layout / colours of website to maintain a professional and consistent artist identity."

Thank you to Carys Wilson for her marketing case study, we are sure it will help a lot of other creative professionals. If you are a creative professional or practicing artist then please contact us at grish art and we can help you.

grish art's updated portfolio

2008-05-15T01:44:00.000-07:00

To coincide with the relaunch of our updated website, grish art is proud to present fully updated portfolios for both our design to print projects and web site design and construction. Please click on the following link to download our new portfolio: graphic and web design portfolio

grish art has also constructed a specific artists' marketing portfolio which includes promotional catalogues, exhibition invitations, branded my space pages as well as individually designed websites to present the work and practice of contemporary artists. Please click on the following link to download our new artist portfolio: artist portfolio

Please contact us if we can help with any forthcoming creative projects, we look forward to hearing from you.

grish art launches revamped website

2008-05-02T01:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the newly revamped grish art website! Now featuring extensive gallery examples from our graphic / web design, photographic and artist portfolios. Also our new 'just for artists' section which outlines what grish art can offer creative practitioners covering promotional material and artists websites. Downloadable pdf case studies highlight individual projects with client testimonials.

Enjoy your visit and please let us know if we can help you with any forthcoming ventures.

grish art is a combination of graphic / web design, photography and art which gives the
perfect mix of creative ability and technical skills. Our team consists of industry experienced professionals who have joined together to offer you this holistic approach, from corporate identity through to the management of promotional events, grish art offers your business / practice the whole package and is guaranteed to get you noticed.

New website for animal rescue club

2007-11-19T00:23:00.000-08:00

grish art has just completed a new website for Cyprus based animal rescue club PARC.

Donating our skills and experience to create an easy to use and updatable blog site for Peyia Animal Rescue Club, grish art has produced parc-cyprus.org and it is proving a great asset to PARC. With high visitor numbers, the animal rescue club has already seen a great interest in the re-homing of animals along with donations to PARC.

Ruth from PARC said, "thanks to Chris at grish art for providing us with this fantastic website which has helped us home so many animals. Long may it continue."

Please take a look and see if you can help their cause, thank you.

A Weird and Wonderful Wedding

2007-10-01T01:26:00.000-07:00

A bride to be commissioned grish art to produce a 'sculptural wedding bouquet'.

Moving away from the 'throw away' of the usual wedding accessories, grish art created a bouquet from sculpted wood profiles and white silk with corseted handle in line with the bride's dress on the day.

Pictured below, the original design inspiration came from current artwork our artist is producing using hard, aggressive forms against the soft, feminine exterior skin.

The ceremony took place in the theatrical Opera House in Bournemouth. Congratulations to the bride and groom!

SYA ask, 'What Can You Do?'

2007-10-01T00:51:00.000-07:00

Solent Youth Action asked grish art to create promotional material for the 'What Can I Do?' event, aimed at providing 11-25 year olds in Eastleigh with 'something' to do.

Young adults and older teenagers being bored, hanging around without anything constructive to do can only lead to one thing and this event was aimed at motivating these young people to get involved in projects run by SYA and other local community groups.

Tapping into that notion of 'hanging around' and waiting for something to happen, grish art produced the following for the front of the design.

We then portrayed the effect this event had on these young people on the reverse, a true call to action. With live bands and activities it was a great success and has led to more young people moving into volunteering projects.

solent youth action website

2007-07-02T00:38:00.000-07:00

In January 2007, grish art redesigned Hampshire based charity Solent Youth Action's existing website. Initially this was to bring the charity's web presence in line with branding we created for print based material including their annual report and other displays.

This month it was announced that www.solentyouthaction.org.uk is one of ten shortlisted sites in line for a Hantsweb Award.

Three finalists are to be chosen at the end of July and an award ceremony will take place in September.

ela, ela

2007-07-02T00:28:00.000-07:00

grish art sponsored 'ela, ela', two exhibitions by international artists showing in Limassol and Pafos, Cyprus.

We not only provided financial support ourselves but also helped to secure an additional 850 pounds from five other businesses including media sponsor Rock FM.

grish art were responsible for the design and production of all promotional material including artist brochure, website, posters and invitations as well as managing event reception evenings, press, radio and television advertising.

The shows were a great success and sold over 6000 pounds worth of artwork.

For more information on the exhibitions and artists' details please visit www.artelaela.org

a big welcome

2007-07-02T00:07:00.000-07:00

grish art is proud to announce the launch of our revamped website. A single page site gets straight to the point outlining what we offer, examples of our work and how to get in touch. Easy to use, simple navigation within our creative design.

grish art will keep you up to date with our projects, events and personal ventures in the news section of this site.

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