New Website Launched

I've finally launched my new website www.michellebarker.co.uk, which showcases my vector illustration work. Have a look here. Prints in this style will be available to buy from Drawn in Bristol on the Southbank Arts Trail this weekend or can be ordered by contacting me directly.

Southbank Arts Trail 2011

This weekend (Sat 21 & Sun 22 May) I'll be exhibiting and selling work as part of Drawn in Bristol at the Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bristol, BS3 1DB, one stop on the Southbank Arts Trail. There will be lots of affordable prints, cards, badges, t-shirts and bags, so come down and have a look! Drawn in Bristol features lots of fantastic illustrators from the Bristol area plus great music from Feel the Folk all weekend. For details on all the Arts Trail venues visit www.sbaweb.co.uk

The Big Draw 2010: DRAWFEST

Sat 30 Oct

12-4pm

Arnolfini and the Architecture Centre present DRAWFEST, part of The Big Draw 2010. This year's event is inspired by the Architecture Centre's Marcel Breuer exhibition and focuses on tents, pavilions and temporary structures in 2D and 3D. Come along to Arnolfini and help us create a festival scene full of your weirdest and wackiest ideas!

http://www.arnolfini.org.uk

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

Limited edition Christmas card packs are available from www.alliwantforchristmascards.com with all proceeds going to charity. Spread some joy!

The Big Draw - Update

YOUR BIG IDEA
Thanks to everyone who came down to Arnolfini to participate in the Big Draw on Sat 10 Oct! The day was a huge success, with some fantastic drawings and ideas on the theme of climate change. We'll be doing it all over again on Sat 31 Oct and it's FREE, so come along! There's still time to pick up a postcard from Arnolfini to write or draw your message to Gordon Brown - we'll be posting them off to him at the end of the month.

www.campaignfordrawing.org

www.arnolfini.org.uk

www.100days.org.uk

The Big Draw - Your Big Idea

	Arnolfini 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, Bristol BS1 4QA Tel: 0117 917 2300 www.arnolfini.org.uk
	You are invited to come and draw your Big Ideas for how to fight climate change on our large blackboard wall in the foyer of Arnolfini, with the help of Michelle, our resident illustrator. You can also tell Gordon Brown your Big Idea for the Copenhagen climate change conference by drawing him a postcard.
	All ages This event is open to the public
Dates:	October 10, 31 12:00 - 18:00 FREE

I've seen the future...and it's chalk

I've recently been enlisted to produce the exhibition text and information in chalk on a blackboard wall at Arnolfini in Bristol. This led to another commission, recreating a chalk diagram by Roy Ascott for his exhibition 'After the Net (2.0)' at Peninsula Arts in Plymouth. Both projects were done by using an overhead projector to project the image onto the wall, then tracing over it in chalk. The effect has a really nice aesthetic, particularly with hard-edged digital text softened by the chalk outline. This could be a new direction for my work!