October 2006

19thCall for submissions: A6 Christmas show

Every year Peacock visual arts gives local, national and international artists the opportunity to submit artworks for the always popular Christmas exhibition. 2006 sees a 'down-sizing' of the works from A5 to A6: postcard size! Submit your work before the 31st of October. Exhibition opens Friday November 17th.

18thOpen now: exhibition by comic book artist Ventedspleen

Comic book artist Tom Humberstone, alias Ventedspleen, shows 16 of his illustrations related to art and music. 'Making a virtue of disappointment' runs from 7 Oct-11 Nov.

2ndMonth of Mayhem starts with night of electronic music

Friday 6 October is the start of Peacock's Month of Mayhem, a dynamic short season full of events including an exhibition, contemporary dance and a lot of live music in the gallery! From 8pm Interesting Music Promotions brings you Wixel, Talkingmakesnosense and Andy da Kipp.

13th19 + 20 October: DanceLive! in the gallery

On Thursday and Friday night 19 and 20 October Peacock visual arts hosts two 'DanceLive' performances in the gallery space, part of a series of dance and live music events in Aberdeen from 12th -21st October, organised by Citymoves Dancespace.

23rdSunday 29 Oct: Neptune + Jessica Rylan

After two contemporary dance events last week Month of Mayhem continues next Sunday with an evening of musical DIY. Boston band Neptune and musician Jessica Rylan come to Peacock to perform live with their home-made instruments made of bike parts and old metal chairs...

25thPhotography classes starting again

We are pleased to announce that Photography courses are coming up again at Peacock visual arts. Photographer Nicole Plumb has recently started as Peacock’s darkroom technician and will now be available for inductions. Classes are coming up in November, December and January...

30thMore music this weekend with Isan + Tomcats in Tokyo and Audrey

Halfway through 'Month of Mayhem' Peacock visual arts is now turning into a real all-round contemporary arts venue with even more live music coming up this weekend. On Friday Isan (UK) and Tomcats in Tokyo (France) will bring you electronic music; Saturday promises to be a wonderful evening with a performance by Swedish all-girl band Audrey.