January 2008
• The New Year brought exciting news from Buckingham Palace as our Director, Ammo Talwar, was awarded an MBE for services to the music industry and the community in the West Midlands. Ammo has worked quietly over the past 10 years to make a real difference to the lives of many young people and musicians and everyone at Punch HQ would like to congratulate him on this well deserved recognition!
• Our ‘Bhangra: Birmingham and Beyond’ book continues to go from strength to strength and the official North West England launch will take place this Saturday 26th January. Members of the public are invited to join the author, Rajinder Dudrah, for an exclusive Q& A session at Waterstones, 32-36 Deansgate, Bolton BL1 1BL from 12 pm to 3pm. This is sure to be a lively event and an excellent opportunity to get your own copy of the book personally signed. For more info contact Paul @ Waterstones: 01204 522 588 or Josie @ Punch Records: 0121 224 7444.
• As the deadline for the BASS 2008 commissions draws near (31st January!), we’re really excited to announce a new competition to find and expose fresh, new design talent.
The Brief
Create an advert for the BASS Festival highlighting this year’s theme of ‘The Four Elements of Hip Hop’ (BBoying, DJing, Graffiti, and MCing) as the design inspiration. The design should be bold, eye catching and unique, featuring the following text:
BASS FESTIVAL
THE MIDLANDS, JUNE 2008
www.bassfestival.co.uk
[Space for four logos]
The design must be your own original idea and although you will retain the intellectual property rights, Punch will own the copyright and right of use. All entries must be newly created and previously unpublished.
There will be a cash prize of £500 and the winning design will receive huge exposure by appearing for six weeks on billboards in a central Birmingham location. The artist will also get one month’s exhibition space in a key Birmingham venue, as well as a launch event and PR support. Finally the lucky winner will get two full pages dedicated to their work, the project and their profile in the BASS festival brochure – of which there are 50,000 distributed nationally and internationally.
How to Apply
Designs should be emailed to josie@punch-records.co.uk following mechanical spec below:
1. 36,000 pixels x 18,000 pixels at 150dpi – for print
2. 1700 x 850 72 dpi – for email/web
3. Jpeg or PDF
The winning design will also be required in a higher resolution (up to 300dpi) on disk.
For more information or to discuss your idea, call punch on 0121 224 7444.
• You can also check the footage from BASS 07 below:
• Its commission galore at the moment as another opportunity is available for visual artists and contemporary designer-makers. Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service would like to hear from visual artists in all media whose work is inspired by ‘Bollywood’ also contemporary craft makers inspired by pattern, colour or the cultural influences of South Asia. Suitable work will be selected for inclusion in a group exhibition at the Shire Hall Gallery from 19 July – 7 September 2008. Deadline for submissions is Friday 15 February 2008. To apply, post or email up to eight images, CV and artist statement to:
Kim Gould
Gallery & Exhibitions Development Officer,
Shire Hall Gallery
Market Square Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 2LD
Tel: 01785 278345
kim.gould@staffordshire.gov.uk | www.staffordshire.gov.uk/sams
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