The Sporting League project moves on to Bath.

In Other Words explores our evolving relationship with text, language and writing, through an exhibition and series of events taking place from Friday 24th May to Sunday 9th June 2013.

The participating artists practice in a range of disciplines, including painting, installation, photography, performance, sculpture and video. The exhibited work responds in different ways to the posed question: Does writing have a future?

In Other Words is a project curated by Rowan Lear for Fringe Arts Bath, an established annual visual arts festival in Bath.

24th May - 9th June.

Exhibition open 11am - 6pm every day.

First Floor,
The Officer’s Club,
35 Stall Street,
Bath BA1 1QG

http://inotherwordsbath.org/

The illustration has re-located to it's brand new home at  http://www.marcrenshaw.blogspot.co.uk

The tour is now underway with the first stop at Grimsby library...here is the official press release...

From Saturday 25th August, Grimsby Library foyer space will be showcasing a portable exhibition by the Grimsby based artist collective Top Draw.

In a first for the library, digital artworks will be on the tourist information LCD TV screen in the main lending library on the ground floor, with an exclusive introduction to the artists and their respective practices shown in the main foyer area.

Formed in 2009 the Top Draw collective specialise in drawing. The eight artists meet weekly within the local community with the support of Care4all’s Disability Services.

The exhibition features award winning depictions of Humber Bank factories, factual and fictional accounts of the Titanic story, confident ink drawings of vehicles, birds and buildings and charming figurative paintings to name just a few.

The members have recently moved from St Hugh’s Community Centre to their current workspace at Freeman Street Resource Centre, where they attend their sessions on Mondays facilitated by Community Access Worker and artist Marc Renshaw.

‘I like the fact that the group is directed by each individual’s particular interests. They bring in their projects and work independently. I think that the key to the success of the group is an informal social setting where each person can do as much or as little as they want in a relaxed and sociable environment. During an ‘Artist of The Week’ slot at the end of each session, the artists give each other positive critical feedback’.

The library show ties in with the official launch of the group’s new website (www.topdraw.yolasite.com) with a page for the eight artists and a section devoted to associate members.

The GRID story will feature at Derby QUAD.

Friday 27th July to Sunday 7th October
Extra Gallery Spaces | Free

Collated from a national open call featuring paintings that were never completed; exhibition proposals that were never realised; rejection letters; broken sculptures; over exposed photographs and any other works that initially weren’t a success! Failure, trial and error is an unavoidable part of any artistic practice. In writing these lines, we’re probably failing to communicate exactly our thoughts to you. Is that a failure? We want to share with you the fascinating stories behind creativity and experimentation, something that we can all relate to!

Artists include:
Jonathan Alibone & Alexander Small, Richard Bradley, Sophie Cullinan, Joseph Davis, Sarah Dixon, Bryan Eccleshall, Nansy Ferrett-Campbell, Mira Graham, Charlie Hurcombe, Susan Martin, Paul Matosic, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Barry Morris, Marc Renshaw, Miriam Robson, Heather Rudd, Frances Ryan, Estelle Rocca-Serra, Martha Webster, Elizabeth Wewiora and Simon Withers.

Collated from a national open call featuring paintings that were never completed; exhibition proposals that were never realised; rejection letters; broken sculptures; over exposed photographs and any other works that initially weren’t a success! Failure, trial and error is an unavoidable part of any artistic practice. In writing these lines, we’re probably failing to communicate exactly our thoughts to you. Is that a failure? We want to share with you the fascinating stories behind creativity and experimentation, something that we can all relate to!

Artists include:
Jonathan Alibone & Alexander Small, Richard Bradley, Sophie Cullinan, Joseph Davis, Sarah Dixon, Bryan Eccleshall, Nansy Ferrett-Campbell, Mira Graham, Charlie Hurcombe, Susan Martin, Paul Matosic, Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Barry Morris, Marc Renshaw, Miriam Robson, Heather Rudd, Frances Ryan, Estelle Rocca-Serra, Martha Webster, Elizabeth Wewiora and Simon Withers.

The Sporting League Trophy will be on show at the following event...

Meghan Allbright, Bristow & Lloyd, Nisha Duggal, Grimes & Jones, Bob Milner, Tabitha Moses, Marc Renshaw, Alicja Rogalska, Beth J Ross, Mark Scott-Wood. Trophy is derived from the Greek tropaion, translating as “of defeat” or “for defeat” and more generally “of a change” as in to turn or alter. Trophies symbolise competitiveness and individualism. They stand for the best but also the worst in human nature. This exhibition seeks to explore the broad and often conflicting notions of trophy through contemporary art practice across sculpture, installation, video and performance. Curated by Alice Bradshaw for East Street Arts as part of a series of Common-all Games at LAB in collaboration with Comm(o)nist Gallery TV, Live Art Bistro (LAB) and Live Art Development Agency and Graeme Murrell, is linked through city walks for Ludus Festival and coincides with the PS1 conference at Leeds University.

Live Art Bistro (LAB), Cross York Street, Leeds, LS2 7EE, UK

1pm–7pm and late night events Friday 29th and Saturday 29th June.

www.eaststreetarts.co.uk

Marc is this weeks 'Axis Choice.' Visit the link below for further details
http://www.axisweb.org/Directory.aspx

The Sporting League would like to congratulate Laura Mahony as the official winner of the score prediction competition held at Beacon Bimonthlies 9 in Wellingore, Lincoln on 02.03.12. She wins a signed print, The Sporting League book and a mini engraved Sporting League trophy Laura fought off the other submissions by correctly predicting the following results:

Novia 2 Haaveno 0
Delta 1 Bolsov 0
Red Star 1 Metronova 0

She also correctly predicted seven further results (win, lose and draw).

There have been a total of 120 submissions in the last 3 events ( Temporary Art Show 3, Wakefield, The Sporting League Show, Barton upon Humber and the Beacon event) that have taken place and Laura also shares the overall top spot with the winner of The Sporting League show Andy Gutherson who also correctly predicted three exact scores as well as 7 further results ( win, lose and draw) back in November 2011.

Marc will be discussing the Sporting League history at the next Beacon Bimonthlies event.

An evening of artists’ presentations and interventions
Friday 2 March 2012, 7pm - 10pm

Krystina Naylor, Nottingham based artist

Marc Renshaw, Lincolnshire based artist

A Beacon Conversation: Audience John Plowman and Nicola Streeten, Beacon directors

Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be available.

Venue Address

Reading Room & Chapel

The score prediction winner from The Sporting League Show at The Ropewalk in Barton upon Humber last November is Mr Andy Gutherson.

Marc presents his final shift of relaying scores from The Sporting League this Saturday 19th of November in The Artspace at The Ropewalk Gallery.

Come along on Saturday 26th of November and challenge the artist at table soccer with a chance to win a bespoke Sporting League soccer rattle.

The Ropewalk

Maltkiln Road
Barton upon Humber
North Lincolnshire DN18 5JT

Admission Free
Open Monday – Saturday – 10am – 5pm, Sundays & Bank Holidays – 10am – 4pm

t: 01652 660380
f: 01652 637495
e: info@the-ropewalk.co.uk
w: www.the-ropewalk.co.uk

Marc will be relaying scores live from The Sporting League tomorrow (12th Nov) and next Saturday (19th Nov) from 1pm - 5pm. Come along and play your own version of The Sporting League on the Rayinado sponsored table football game.

The Ropewalk

Maltkiln Road
Barton upon Humber
North Lincolnshire DN18 5JT

Admission Free
Open Monday – Saturday – 10am – 5pm, Sundays & Bank Holidays – 10am – 4pm

t: 01652 660380
f: 01652 637495
e: info@the-ropewalk.co.uk
w: www.the-ropewalk.co.uk

The first session of the official Sporting League scores were relayed to visitors to The Ropewalk Artspace between 1pm to 5pm today. Visitors of all ages tried their luck on the soccer table. It was great to see the exhibition activated and enjoyed. The next scheduled live performance will take place at the same time   on Saturday the 12th of November.

 Visitors to the Sporting League exhibition in can do far more than just take in the intricate detail of the show – they can also participate in score prediction and compete at table soccer.

And to bring some immediacy to the exhibition, Marc will be relaying The Sporting League fixtures live in the gallery space each Saturday for the duration of the show.

The Ropewalk
Maltkiln Road
Barton upon Humber
North Lincolnshire DN18 5JT

Admission Free
Open Monday – Saturday – 10am – 5pm, Sundays & Bank Holidays – 10am – 4pm

t: 01652 660380 f: 01652 637495
e: info@the-ropewalk.co.uk

The Sporting league on Radio Humberside:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00kymh3/David_Burns_28_10_2011/

The Sporting League show is now on and looks truly spectacular complete with book to celebrate the winners of the 2010 - 2011 season. Please visit the following link for a sneak preview.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2575403

The Artspace

The Ropewalk Gallery

Maltkiln Road

Barton Upon Humber

North Lincolnshire

DN18 5JT

Tel: 01652 660380

Admission Free
Open Monday  Saturday  10am - 5pm, Sundays & Bank Holidays 10am - 4pm

The Sporting League will feature on Radio Humberside at 11.40am on 28th of October.

The Sporting League begins on 29.10.11. Come along and find out who won The Sporting League in season 2010 - 2011 and  participate in score prediction and table soccer.

The Artspace

The Ropewalk Gallery

Maltkiln Road

Barton Upon Humber

North Lincolnshire

DN18 5JT

Tel: 01652 660380

Admission Free
Open Monday  Saturday  10am - 5pm, Sundays & Bank Holidays 10am - 4pm

http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/article/1556455

The Sporting League is the Latest blogger interview for a-n's Artists Talking in October.

'Marc Renshaw's The sporting league is a table of football results with no explanation or contextual information. In this interview Marc discuses how the League came about, it's status as a blog, its relationship to truth, drawing, and the 'unfunny' joke.'

The Sporting League gets a plug on the BBC 6 music Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconi show. The article is at the 2hr 20 minutes section of the show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b0134lz9

 Insight is an open studio event celebrating the artistic talents of Northern Lincolnshire. Over two weekends in September artists will open their doors to the public, making themselves available to explain and demonstrate the processes involved in developing their work. This is the eleventh year that Insight has run promoting Northern Lincolnshire’s visual arts and craft practitioners. All studios and galleries, unless otherwise marked, will be open 10.30am to 5pm on each of the four days.

Studio 10
The Ropewalk
Maltkiln Road
Barton upon Humber
North Lincolnshire
DN18 5JT
t: 01652 660380
m: 07935 361341
e: marcrenshaw@yahoo.com
w: www.marcrenshaw.com

Come along for a sneak preview to The Sporting League Show, which takes place in The Ropewalk Artspace Gallery from Oct 29th - Nov 27th 2011.
The legendary annual Marc Renshaw awards will be up for grabs as a prequel to his autumn exhibition. Take a foil cup and vote for your No. 1 local artist/artisan on the Insight Open Studio trail.