Trans-Form presents a selection of major works spanning the last three decades of award-winning artist Trevor Bell’s career, including the most recent paintings and favoured works from the artist’s personal archive.
Along with other significant artists who were working in St Ives in the 1950s, Trevor Bell (1930-2017), helped establish British art on the international stage. He also spent 20 years living and working in America and showed work on both sides of the Atlantic.
Trans-Form is the last exhibition supervised by Trevor Bell who passed away in November 2017. Recently...
University of Plymouth Music Week showcases the enormous diversity and quality of music that happens in and around the University.
The majority of the performers are staff and students both from the music degree course and the University ensembles that are open to all.
Designed for all to enjoy, the second annual Music Week will feature gospel, jazz, improvisation, rock, contemporary composed music, electronics and the amazing sound of the Balinese gamelan.
Featuring:
• Plymouth University Gospel Choir and Plymouth University Big Band – Tuesday 8 May • The...
University of Plymouth Music Week showcases the enormous diversity and quality of music that happens in and around the University.
The majority of the performers are staff and students both from the music degree course and the University ensembles that are open to all.
Designed for all to enjoy, the second annual Music Week will feature gospel, jazz, improvisation, rock, contemporary composed music, electronics and the amazing sound of the Balinese gamelan.
Featuring:
• Plymouth University Gospel Choir and Plymouth University Big Band – Tuesday 8 May • The...
Exploring childhood, adolescence, nationhood and citizenship, Dr Carly Adams, Associate Professor of Kinesology and Physical Education at the University of Lethbridge considers how social and moral reform initiatives have impacted leisure spaces in early 20th-century Canada.
Looking at illustrations from oral history research on women who attended municipal playgrounds as children in a small Canadian city from 1920-1950, Dr Adams sheds light on the ways in which urban parks and supervised playgrounds shaped the nation’s youth.
Rising is the successful debut production of Aakash Odedra Company in 2011.
Featuring four works tailor-made for Aakash as a soloist, this production explores different processes and aesthetics using Aakash’s traditional background in Kathak and Bharata Natyam to create a distinct flavour of contemporary dance.
The solos are choreographed by Russell Maliphant, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan and Aakash himself.
Solo One: Nritta – by Aakash Odedra Solo Two: In the Shadow of Man – by Akram Khan Solo Three: CUT – by Russell Maliphant Solo Four: Constellation – by Sidi...
During Trevor Bell’s long career, the fortunes of abstract painting rose and fell, but Bell always remained committed to abstraction.
Writer and independent art historian, Michael Bird, explores the changing ideas and ideals embodied by abstract painting in the second half of the 20th century, beginning with Bell’s arrival in 1955 in the abstract outpost of St Ives.
Date: Tuesday 22 May Time: 19:00 Ticket information: £6/£4.20/Friends free
In 2014 and subsequent years, Trevor Bell collaborated with the choreographer, the late Roger Belman. It was a collaboration that explored the relationship between mark making and contemporary dance.
As a fitting homage to this work, and congruent with the University of Plymouth’s seasonal theme of ‘transformations’, this reflective and dynamic engagement between Bell’s paintings, Jamie Mills’ sound score, and dance co-devised and performed by Sarah Fairhall and Lois Taylor, both celebrates and makes palpable, Bell’s...
With Sarah Fairhall, part of the Trans-form: Trevor Bell exhibition
Experience the magnitude and intricate detail of Trevor Bell's works first-hand, as you join Sarah Fairhall in a very special dance workshop held among his paintings in the gallery. You will be guided on a sensitive journey, experiencing the paintings directly through movement, absorbing light and colour and vibration as an enquiry leading towards improvisation.
Sarah Fairhall is an experienced dance performer and teacher specialising in improvisational forms for performance. A Laban graduate, she...
In homage to Trevor Bell’s lifelong interest in Zen Buddhism yoga teacher Jodie Hansen – Yoga with Jodie – will guide us through a gentle yoga practice suitable for all abilities.
During each session, we will move through a gentle sequence, keeping a strong focus on tuning in and becoming present through movement and breath. Moving from the head into the body and using yoga as a tool for mindfulness and self-discovery.
Mats are provided or you can bring your own.
Dates: Thursday 26 April or Thursday 3 May or Thursday 17 May Time: 19:00-20:00 Ticket information:...
In homage to Trevor Bell’s lifelong interest in Zen Buddhism yoga teacher Jodie Hansen – Yoga with Jodie – will guide us through a gentle yoga practice suitable for all abilities.
During each session, we will move through a gentle sequence, keeping a strong focus on tuning in and becoming present through movement and breath. Moving from the head into the body and using yoga as a tool for mindfulness and self-discovery.
Mats are provided or you can bring your own.
Dates: Thursday 26 April or Thursday 3 May or Thursday 17 May Time: 19:00-20:00 Ticket information:...
