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AltMFA International Jamboree at Guest Projects (May 5th - 29th 2015)

In May 2015 Alt MFA created a month long 'DIY University' at Guest Projects, E8, London. After applying for a residency we were given the space for 25 days to make ours.

Throughout May 2015 London’s original peer-led MA course Alt MFA will be in residence at Guest Projects, hosting a jamboree of education, events and exhibitions in collaboration with many collectives and institutions we have an affinity with. While sharing space, peer-led critique, and resources, Alt MFA will transform Guest Projects into a DIY university, studio and evolving show, enlivened by a daily programme of events and gatherings.

Address: Guest Projects, Sunbury House, 1 Andrews Road, London E8 4QL. Tube: Bethnal Green (see map below).
Opening times: 12.00 – 20.00 most days. Opening times will also depend on events. 
All the events are free of charge and open to everyone. (Some workshops may require pre-booking)

Current Alt MFA members 
Alt MFA Jamboree collaborators
BBKP, Mark McGowan, Kathryn Miller, Linday Seers, Ilona Sagar, Newton Whitelaw & Ross McNichol, Jack Brown, Charlotte Hayley-Watts, Crit Group, Eve Wilson & Elly Thomas, Lucy Thane & Oriana Fox, The Drawing and Dancing Society, Cluster Bomb, Cushion Collective, Dunya Kalantery, Marina Tsartsara, Jude C Montague, Charlotte Hailey Watts, Peer Sessions, SAMPLES film festival, School of the Damned, Open School East, Extra Special People (Eastside Projects) and more...


The following events happened:
WEEK 1 - (5th - 10th)
Tuesday 5th     
19.00 - Westmonster screening Mark McGowan, The Artist Taxi Driver    
Thursday 7th       
18.00-21.00 - Opening of AltMFA Jamboree & exhibition of works by AltMFA artists    
Friday 8th             
19.00 - 21.00 - MUSICKING Art Band Night (BBKP, Ochlocracy Orchestra,Rainham Sheds)    
Saturday 9th        
12.00 - 18.00 - Cross-Pollination Practice - Micro-residency with Meghan Allbright, Beth Kettel and Emily Warner (from Extra Special People, East Side Projects Associate artist members scheme, Birmingham)
Sunday 10th         
16.00 - 18.00    'On Claims of Radicality' with Alt MFA, School of the Damned & Open School East.
18.30 - 20.30     Night of the Long Spoons curated by Dunya Kalantery - El Bulli meets Red Dwarf… 
      
WEEK 2  (11th - 17th)
Monday 11th        
18.00 - 21.00 - OPEN altMFA MEETING - Join us as an honorary member for a night!
Wednesday 13th        
12.00 - 20.00 - 12HRS workshop with Kathryn Miller. See open call here
Thursday 14th               
18:30 - 20:30 - Reading Group   
Friday 15th           
18.30 - 20:30 - OPENING of video-sculpture exhibition (Natalie Sanders& Rebecca Glover)
Saturday 16th        
12.00 - 16.00 - Symposium on video-sculpture.    
Sunday 17th       
16.00 - 17:30 - Artist Talk with Lindsay Seers    
                    
WEEK 3 (18th - 24th)
Monday 18th        
18.30 - 21.00 - OPEN altMFA MEETING  Join us as an honorary member for a night!
Tuesday 19th         
12.00 - 16.30 - Eldi Dundee R&D rehearsals of 'Playful Menace'  
18.30 - 20.00 - ANTHROPOLOGY & INTERVENTION - two talks, one by anthropologist Eve Wilson & artist Elly Thomas , and another by Lucy Joyce.
Wednesday 20th        
14.30 - 17.00 - Marina Tsartsara - 'Auto-Bio-Graphy in Movement' workshop (sign up in advance)
19.00 - 21.00 - Ilona Sagar artist TALK 
Thursday 21st            
19.00 - 21.00 - The Drawing & Dancing Society with Lucy Thane,  Ella Guru, Adam Vass and Arkem.  (sign up in advance) 
(NB: workshop will start promptly at 7pm)                 
Friday 22nd              
18.30 - 21.00 - SAMPLES film festival curated by Maru Rojas & AnnaMaria Kardos     
Saturday 23rd           
12.00 - 19.00 - FRIANDS by Newton Whitelaw & Rross McNicol    
Sunday 24th       
OPEN WEEKEND Day 1 WORKSHOP day. Curated by Sadie Edginton
11.00 - 14.30     'Art for your sake' Therapeutic arts workshop with Charlotte CHW (sign up)
10.00 - 17.00    Cluster Bomb Cut [a drift] Live Art Labs (sign-up in advance)
12.00 - 17.00     Lucy Thane & Oriana Fox - 'A Mother of a Project: The Pilgrimage' (sign up )
15.00 - 17:00     Jack Brown - Floor Plans : Drawing Workshop - Drop in or sign up here 
18.00 - 22.00 + PERFORMANCE curated by Sadie Edginton
Calum F Kerr, Jude C Montague, Hysteresis (Charlotte CHW and Jason Williams), Cluster Bomb                                                                         [collective] + workshop participants, Sam Reynolds, Jasmine Lee, Scarlett Lassoff, Robert Foster, Andre Neely

WEEK 4  (25th - 29th)
Monday 25th (bank holiday)
OPEN WEEKEND Day 2 Post-Event STUDIO Day                   
14.00 Collective LUNCH    
15.00 TALK Carla Cruz and António Contador Gasworks and Open School East International Resident Artists    
Tuesday 26th             
14.00 - 17.30 - Crit Group - artist-led crits    
Wednesday 27th        
19.00 - 21.00 - Artist-led crits hosted by Peer Sessions     
Thursday 28th            
18.30 - 21.00 - UNPERFORMING 5 event curated by Louise Ashcroft 
Friday 29th                  
18.00 - 21.00 - Closing Party with Dj Chalmers, Alt MFA and friends

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