After the resounding success of the small, high quality Luxury Antiques Weekends first launched in Northumberland in 2008, The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited is introducing three new fine art and antiques fairs to its schedule for 2010 (see over for schedule). These new prestigious boutique events will take place in Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Leicestershire.

The first new venture takes place at Tortworth Court, near Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire (26 – 28 February 2010) replacing The LAPADA Autumn Antiques and Fine Art Fair, which took place in the autumn at The Centaur at Cheltenham Racecourse for five years.

The next new event is The Botleigh Grange Antiques and Fine Art Fair at Hedge End near Southampton. This fair has been introduced to serve an eager audience in the south and is staged on 23 – 25 April. It is slightly larger than the Luxury Antiques Weekends with room for some 30 exhibitors.

A further fair joins the 2010 schedule in the autumn. The Luxury Antiques Weekend at Stapleford Park in Stapleford near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire (17th – 19th September 2010). Stapleford Park Country House Hotel is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World and is situated in the most stunning quintessentially English countryside.

“My small, high quality fairs featuring an interesting mix of specialist dealers have proved very popular with the public, and they attract discerning clients who find the concept of 20-25 reputable exhibitors under one roof at conveniently situated four-star hotels most appealing,” explains Ingrid Nilson of The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited. “A number of BADA and LAPADA members have been tremendous supporters of my fairs, which are vetted with a dateline of 1970 for most disciplines. Strong marketing plays a major role in ensuring all our fairs are not just regional events, but bring in a suitably wide audience, even from abroad.”

The Antiques Dealers Fair Limited’s fairs for 2010

Friday 22 – Sunday 24 January 2010
Luxury Antiques Weekend at Kilhey Court, Chorley Road, Worthington Lakes, Standish, Lancashire WN1 2XN www.kilheycourtfair.com

Friday 26 – Sunday 28 February 2010
The Tortworth Court Antiques and Fine Art Fair, Tortworth, near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8HH www.tortworthcourtfair.com

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 March 2010
Luxury Antiques Weekend at Linden Hall, Longhorsley, near Morpeth,
Northumberland NE65 8XF www.lindenhallfair.com

Friday 23 – Sunday 25 April 2010
The Botleigh Grange Antiques and Fine Art Fair, Grange Road, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GA www.botleighgrangefair.com

Friday 17 – Sunday 19 September 2010
Luxury Antiques Weekend at Stapleford Park, Stapleford, near Melton Mowbray,
Leicestershire LE14 2EF www.staplefordparkfair.com

Friday 8 – Sunday 10 October 2010
The Esher Hall Antiques and Fine Art Fair, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher,
Surrey KT10 9AJ www.esherhallfair.com

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On Tuesday, 2nd June 2009, the two-day Swinderby Antiques Fair opens at RAF Swinderby organised by Arthur Swallow Fairs.

This antiques fair usually hosts a wide selection of antiques, collectables, reclamation ware, furniture, reproduction items and jewellery.

Opening its doors at 7am on Tuesday 2nd June 2009 and runs until 6pm the first day. The entrance fee is £15 all day for Adults on day one. On the second day, Wednesday 3rd June 2009, the fairs opens at 8am until 4pm and the entrance fee is £2.50 all day.

For further details please visit www.arthurswallowfairs.co.uk

The fair will be held from 6 am slt to 11 am slt. Jorden Andrew will be the DJ for the after party and will be playing lovely jazz tunes for the crowd live from 10am slt-11am slt. The European real life job fair is held in Second Life every six months at the Working Worlds Luxembourg sim. The popularity of the job fairs have grown immensely over the past two years. This type of recruitment for real life companies is the way of the future for big corporations. Second Life has become the virtual platform preferred by GAX Technologies to help their clients reach out and connect with their future employees. Job seekers attend the fair in search of finding their dream job or their next big career move. To help job hunters learn more about the fair and how it will benefit them there will be conferences and e-learning sessions at the Working Worlds location in-world. Working Worlds offers everything possible to help ensure the success of the job seekers.

During the November 2008 fair 3,500 candidates submitted their CV’s, the May 2008 fair brought 2,767 CV’s, and for the November 2007 fair there were 1,500 CV’s submitted by candidates. Every six months the numbers of CV’s submitted continues to increase which proves that people are responsive to an in-world job fair. Presently, there are over 3,500 CV’s submitted for the May 2009 fair which will make this job fair the most successful one yet. In order to participate as a career seeker go to the Working Worlds’ website www.working-worlds.com and register your CV, it’s a very easy process and will put you on the right track to finding your new livelihood.

Cornelia den Hartog, Managing Director of ‘GAX Technologies’ and organizer of the Career Fairs is entirely convinced; ‘The need for companies to attract new profiles from beyond the territorial limits is becoming more and more important. ‘The ‘Working Worlds’ Career Fairs are in itself the most efficient solutions currently available to these companies without having to deploy significant resources. Our partners will be directly in touch with candidates who will not have to travel, but who may meet their future employer “Live” on Second Life’.

As we have stated before, it really does not get any easier than this and the results can be just as rewarding for both the employer and the job seeking employee. The Working Worlds sim gives a career seeker the opportunity to do something they cannot do outside of a virtual world. One can get up out of bed, walk over to the computer, and be interviewed without having to change clothing or pay travel expenses to interview with recruiters from prestigious companies for a job that he/she is qualified for. Using Second Life as a complimentary recruitment tool is just the beginning of the many uses of Second Life for real life corporations. Come down and discover a creative, fulfilling, and exciting world of opportunities. There is opportunity for everyone, you are invited to come and find that career you have always wanted it is just a teleport away!

Date: May 28, 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 6 am slt to 11 am slt (which is 3pm to 8pm Luxembourg time)
Venue: Luxembourg Business
Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Luxembourg%20Business/20/127/21

For more information regarding Working Worlds, please contact Gaxdirector Weston (Managing Director) of GAX Technologies and organizer of the Career Fair, or Annette Wilder (CEO) of Wilder Public Relations Firm.

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The 20/21 British Art Fair is the only fair specialising exclusively in modern and contemporary British art. It will take place again this year at the Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7, from 16th to 20th September, 2009. The Royal College of Art can justly be called the spiritual home of British art and, as such, provides an ideal setting for the fair which attracts some 60 of our leading dealers showing works by the great names of the 20th century: Bacon, Farthing,Freud, Frink, Frost, Hepworth, Hockney, Hodgson, Lanyon, Lowry, Moore, Nash, Piper, Riley, Scott, Spencer and Sutherland to name a few.

Alongside these will be a large selection of work by emerging and established contemporary artists, some of whom already have achieved international reputations – like Hirst, Emin, Grayson Perry et al – as well as work by emerging artists who may be the stars of tomorrow.

Market Still Strong
The market for good quality, well priced modern British art is holding up well, according to reports from the most recent fairs and exhibitions. The market today is also much deeper than it was at the time of the previous recession of the early 1990s and this will help sustain prices. ‘What’s the point of leaving the money in the bank earning little or no interest when I can buy a work of art which I can enjoy now?’ is often quoted by buyers.

The 20/21 British Art Fair, is now in its 22nd year. More than 90% from 2008 are returning this year, demonstrating the strength of this fair which, not only offers an enormous variety of art under one roof, but also an opportunity to tap into the expertise of the 60 leading dealers. Whether your taste is for the earlier work, Scottish Colourists, Pop Art, or the contemporary, the breadth and depth of more than a hundred years of British art may well surprise. With prices from the low hundreds to hundreds of thousands, it is not to be missed!

Monster Worldwide has announced the “Keep Europe Working” tour – a series of free careers fairs designed to link employers and job seekers across Europe. The fairs will bring together the tools and expertise job seekers need to find work and manage their careers. Job seekers will gain advice and techniques from career experts through live theatre presentations that will help them stand out from the crowd in today’s tough job market. They will also have the chance to meet face-to-face with market-leading employers with job opportunities. The Keep Europe Working tour will kick-off in France and the Netherlands, visiting four French and Dutch cities* during June. It will continue throughout the EU, with further fairs already planned in Germany and the UK during September and October.

Keep Europe Working is part of Monster’s contribution toward rebuilding the European workforce by investing in local economies and helping job seekers get back to work. The events provide the opportunity for employers and candidates to connect personally, and to fill available jobs. Employers who attend will meet the highly qualified talent they need to strengthen their recruiting pipelines and fill their open positions in a free and efficient way.

“We’re looking forward to working with employers across Europe to facilitate the important task of helping people back into work. This tour will extend our efforts across the U.S., where our Keep America Working tour has been a great success, visiting 25 cities to-date and attracting tens of thousands of job seekers. The U.S tour will call at 140 locations by the end of 2009,” said Andrea Bertone, senior vice president, Monster Western Europe. “Monster is ideally positioned to deliver these events through our strong existing relationships with employers, and our broad familiarity as the leading career Web site among consumers.”

Monster is working with a number of key European employers as well as its broad base of local partners across Europe to drive the availability of employment opportunities at each event.

The Keep Europe Working tour will offer workshops and advice alongside employment opportunities. The events will seek to improve a candidate’s ability to get a job by providing free guidance to help build confidence, develop interview techniques, and advice about how to ‘stand out’ as a candidate.

Notes

* Planned visits for the Keep Europe Working tour already include:

* France – Paris (June 9); Marseille (June 15); Nantes (June 23) Lyon (June 25)
* Netherlands – Den Haag (June 17) ; Amsterdam (18 June); Eindhoven (June 30); Groningen (July 2)

About Keep America Working
Launched in March 2009, the Keep America Working tour has been immensely successful and will visit more than 140 stops by December 2009. So far tens of thousands of people have attended the 25 events, with thousands of jobs made available through fairs. Monster is also involved with a number of non-profit organizations to highlight the breadth of support within the community. Dress for Success and Career Gear are just two Monster partners in the US which have contributed to the programmes by offering dedicated help for disadvantaged and under-served men and women. For more information, click here to view a video about the tour.

About Monster Worldwide
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), parent company of Monster, the premier global online employment solution for more than a decade, strives to inspire people to improve their lives. With a local presence in key markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, Monster works for everyone by connecting employers with quality job seekers at all levels and by providing personalized career advice to consumers globally. Through online media sites and services, Monster delivers vast, highly targeted audiences to advertisers. Monster Worldwide is a member of the S&P 500 index. To learn more about Monster’s industry-leading products and services, visit www.monster.com. More information about Monster Worldwide is available at http://corporate.monster.com/

The London Design Festival has announced its plans for the seventh Festival, running 19–27 September, with an array of innovative and creative events, installations and exhibitions taking place all over London. Speaking at the Press Conference held at the V&A Museum, Ben Evans, Festival Director outlined some of the major highlights of the Festival. This year’s Festival also promises a unique blend of up to 200 events and activities taking place in the capital. The varied programme will include international exhibitions, trade events, local showcases, installations, talks and seminars, product launches, receptions, private views and parties – all reflecting London’s place at the heart of the international design community and its position as a world creative capital.

The Tournament – At the centre of the Festival will be a gigantic chess board in Trafalgar Square. Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has designed thirty-two ceramic chess pieces, each up to 2m tall that will be located in the centre of Trafalgar Square. The installation – supported by Arts Council England and the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade – will be interactive, inviting the public to stage giant-scale chess matches; a design reinterpretation of the Battle of Trafalgar.

The V&A – This year, for the first time, the London Design Festival will take up residence within the V&A, one of the world’s greatest museums of art and design, signalling the start of a closer on-going relationship. The museum has set aside the newly opened Sackler Centre and other areas of the museum for Festival events, shows, talks and installations. Highlights include:

The Wallpaper* Chair Arch – a dramatic outdoor installation reviving a great Victorian tradition. In honour of Britain’s creative industries Wallpaper* is commissioning a contemporary arch from one of the city’s most prominent and exciting young designers.

A specially commissioned installation in the Tunnel Entrance to the V&A commissioned by Arts Co created from reclaimed waste.

‘In Praise of Shadows’ – an exhibition organised by EUNIC (the network of European Cultural Centres) with the support of the European Commission to mark the advent of the EU directive to phase out low-efficiency light bulbs by 2012. The project – curated by Jane Withers – is opportunity to challenge the way we think about light, allowing visitors to enjoy a choreography of light in darkened galleries.
A unique poster exhibition curated by Domenic Lippa, Partner at Pentagram Design, featuring the work of 25 leading graphic designers.

Design tours within the V&A, led by a small number of key London designers pointing out collections or objects with special significance.

A major party to celebrate The London Design Festival 2009 within the V&A, 24 September.

Size + Matter at Southbank Centre – Now in its third year the Size + Matter project goes from strength to strength in 2009 – with Shiguru Ban and another leading designer commissioned to use materials to create a temporary piece of public design. The installations will be on show outside Southbank Centre, Phillips De Pury & Company will auction the pieces in the autumn. Past Size + Matter commissions include works by high profile designers Amanda Levete, Zaha Hadid and David Adjaye.

Mayor Boris Johnson said: ‘There has never been a better time to support London’s thriving creative industries and highlight the dynamic design that continues to boost our economy and attract investment to the capital. The London Design Festival helps promote our world-class innovative design and I encourage everyone to attend and experience London’s creative brilliance.’

Ben Evans, Director of the London Design Festival said ‘in times of adversity design should be bold and ideas driven. Now is an opportunity for a creative approach. We hope this year’s Festival will be a platform for the best that design can offer’.

The Edinburgh International Science Festival (www.sciencefestival.co.uk) is the world’s first and Europe’s largest celebration of science and technology and takes place in Scotland’s Capital City- Edinburgh in April.

Since 1987, it has been inspiring people of all ages and backgrounds to discover the wonder of the world around them. That’s 21 years of show-stopping, jaw-dropping, eye-popping science!

This year is no exception as 2009 marks the International Year of Astronomy and the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Events will take place at various venues across Edinburgh from 4-18th April celebrating a variety of fantastic contributions, including a look at the cosmos, From the Earth to the Universe, and a fascinating debate, Darwin, Ideology and God.

Those who are keen to attend this showcase of events are encourage to book accommodation early to avoid disappointment so why not book now with Edinburgh Apartment Agency Dickins (www.dickins.co.uk) who have a fantastic selection of apartments from as little as 3 nights. Enjoy the comfort and space that a self catering apartment can offer as well as the money you’ll save from being able to feed your kids at home rather than eating out at expensive restaurants. Prices start from as little as GBP275 per week for a 1 bedroom apartment and GBP350 per week for a 2 bedroom apartment.

Highlights of this years Festival are set to include:

ASIMO the worlds most advanced humanised robot which will visit Scotland for the very 1st time. It can walk, run, dance and speak! ASIMO can be seen between 4-5 April at various times throughout the day at Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall.

Hauntings: The science of ghosts is a special preview to event you get you right into the spirit of the Science Festival including how scientists investigate haunted houses and offers the chance to meet the man responsible for the ghostly goings on in the harry potter movies! Showing at the University of Edinburgh on 4 April.

As well as the above, Edinburgh’s City Art Centre will be opening all of its seven floors to families so whether you’re a budding Einstein or interested in outer space, there’s something there for all the family to enjoy!

So don’t miss out, book your accommodation today with Dickins (www.dickins.co.uk) and open your mind to the World of Science…! One of the Dickins team will be happy help you so please contact them on 0131 558 1108 or at enquiries@dickins.co.uk.

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Robotic, sound and solar sculptures, mechanical writing machines, laser and subliminal installations are just some of the incredible exhibits at Kinetica Art Fair, the world’s first art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art.

Over 30 galleries and organisations specialising in kinetic, electronic & new media art are taking part with more than 150 artists exhibiting, providing unparalleled opportunities to view and buy work in this thriving international field and participate in the programme of talks, workshops and performances.

Kinetic art is art that has a life of it’s own. Pioneered by world famous artists such as Maholy Nagy, Jean Tinguely, Marcel Duchamp and Alexander Calder during the early 1900s, modern contemporary kinetic and electronic artworks utilise and warp technology itself, to explore, nurture and comment on our evolutionary processes and challenge scientific and universal exploration.

Kinetic artists exhibiting at the Fair include:

Tim Lewis creates automated sculptures that blur the boundaries between man and machine. He gives inanimate objects attributes they do not normally possess allowing them to interact with people and the environment around them.

Daniel Chadwick creates mobiles made up of kinetic solar systems, which rotate and revolve as they orbit each other. Sometimes using tiny solar-powered motors to propel the kinetic elements, he also employs light and lasers to illuminate the struggle between two and three dimensionality.

Martin Richman works with light, colour and space in both the private and public realms to explore our experience of the space that we occupy. He has worked on major public projects and collaborative works with architects and engineers through to discrete sculptures that occupy a variety of spaces from whole rooms to the space between two books.

Giles Walker, is a scrap artist, creating work from readily available rubbish and scrap. For Peepshow, his pole dancing robots are powered by 12V motors found in cars (windscreen wiper motors etc) and then controlled through a PC.

Sam Buxton’s work continually blurs the lines between art, science and design, he specialises in developing objects that can communicate the delicate relationship between the human body and its environment.

Material Beliefs have created a Carnivorous Lampshade Robot inspired by the pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant that attracts and consumes insects to survive. The insects fall into the plant and are unable to escape. In the same way, this spherical lampshade has multiple holes in its surface which are long funnels going deep into the lamp. Insects are attracted to the light shining out of the holes, enter the lamp and are trapped. Eventually they die and fall into the microbial fuel cell underneath. This generates electricity which is stored and used to power a series of low power ultraviolet LEDs. A light sensor detects when the house lights are turned off and switches on the LEDs, attracting insects throughout the night.

Material Beliefs is a collaboration between designers and scientists/engineers and comprises of Aleksandar Zivanovic, James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau. The project explores an alternative approach to bringing robots into the domestic environment, exploring both the aesthetics and functionality that may elicit a symbiotic coexistence with humans in their homes.

Exhibiting artists included:
Jason Bruges, Balint Bolygo, Tom Wilkinson, Chris Levine, Elias Crespin, Tim Lewis, Sam Buxton, Daniel Chadwick, Ray Lee, Roger Vilder, Adrian Baynes, Kineticus (Bernward Frank), Michael Markert, Martin Richman, Peter Sedgley, Stewart Warren-Hill, Hans Kotter, Giles Walker, Chris O’Shea, Dominic Harris and Ivan Black. Further artists will be announced shortly.

Exhibitors included:
Node London, Laikingland, Shadow Robots, Patrick Heide Gallery, Computer Art Society, Holotronica, Themersons Press, Mute Magazine, Giles Walker, Tim Lewis, Contemporary Art Society, Kinetica Museum, FACT/ Bosch & Simmons, Gallery [DAM] Berlin, Material Beliefs (James Agar/Alex Zivanovic), Jason Bruges Studio, Kinetic Art Organisation and Chris O Shea/ Cinimod Studio.

25 February 2009 at 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM location Space2, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA

An exhibition to showcase the best in design and built environment services and partnerships. Drop in for informal networking, a seasonal cafe and the chance to catch up with the latest developments.
The current operating environment demands that we pursue the highest quality for the designed environment – product quality and market differentiation have the potential to mark out our activity in an otherwise difficult market.
This exhibition event is about benchmarking and making connections with others in the field, allowing you to stay informed and do business. We will bring together substantial expertise across the public and private sector, showcasing and sharing skills and knowledge.
This informal event will take placein the specially design and animated Space2 at the Custard Factory, Birmingham, with a networking cafe serving hot snacks and drinks.
This informative and fun event is hosted by Designed Environment West Midlands – a partnership of regional organisations promoting quality in the built environment.

More info www.regenwm.org

The London Book Fair takes place April 20-22, 2009 at its new location, the East End near Docklands. Publishers from across Europe focus their efforts at this event on international sales & rights, including foreign acquisitions & translations.