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The SHRUG Ladies took to the road in style this weekend, performing at MOG 2010 in Buxton.  The weather was glorious and the ladies had a super time entertaining the members as they picnicked on the lawn.  It was a real treat meeting so many interesting people and of course getting to sit in a few of those truly amazing Morgan Cars!!  Well done to all those winners!!

Below are just a few of the instant photos we took on the day but watch this space for the official photos coming very soon, we cant wait to see all those glamourous shots!!  xxx

This week, SHRUG ladies dusted their way into lincoln town to find out what the lovely folk who lived there thought of ART. It was an exciting day as a new SHRUG Lady ‘Sarah’ was with us and it was her first outing, she did splendidly and much fun was had. With flowers starting to peep from their buds and the sunshine making a more regular appearance, it only meant one thing to SHRUG and that was time for a glamourous clean.

The ladies sprinkled glamour through the town, stopping the unsuspecting public to write spring thoughts on paper flowers, between manic cleans to music. When it all got too tiring the ladies stopped for a tea and cake break and much needed rest. The sun shone all day for us and the Lincoln lovlies welcomed us with open arms. May I add, we left the town SPOTLESS and GLEAMING.

The SHRUG Ladies will be out in Nottingham city center as part of the Sneinton Showcase day.  Enjoy an alternative Christmas Market and be entertained by the many performers and events.  The SHRUG ladies will be creating their own 12 days of Christmas, so join them for a little Christmas cheer!

Merry Christmas 2009  xx

Nottingham visual arts website

The SHRUG Ladies were recently interviewed for the Nottingham Evening Post in the run up to the launch of the Nottingham Contemporary. The lovely article is right here…

This week saw the opening of the brand new modern art gallery, Nottingham Contemporary. The SHRUG Ladies had the pleasure of entertaining the crowds as they queued in anticipation. Gallery punters were invited to play SHRUG Human Scrabble by making words on the Ladies’ dresses using sticky letters! Younger audience members were given the opportunities to draw portraits on the Ladies’ chalk boards and fun was had by all.

This piece was inspired by the exhibition featured in the gallery by Frances Stark.

The event was also the first outing for new SHRUG Lady, Katie. Well done!

Nottingham played host to a wealth of artistic talent at their Hatch Abroad event on Nottingham’s Broad Street. SHRUG performed some new devised & durational pieces to the onlooking crowds.

The SHRUG Ladies set up shop to launch a unique range of SHRUG merchandise, including aprons, knapkins and doillies, bracelets, broaches and scarves, and a selection of our photographic prints from our many ‘City Happenings’.

The Ladies had the fantastic opportunity to show this range of hand made goodies as part of Wayne Hemingway’s KiosKiosK project.

The man behind Red or Dead first launched his KiosKiosK pop-up shop concept next to City Hall in London earlier this year, in a bid to provide fledgling creative businesses with a rent-free showcase.

Now he has brought this idea to Nottingham.  The Kiosk will be based on the corner of Pelham Street and Thurland Street, from October to December, with the SHRUG Ladies kicking things off in true style.

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5 SHRUG Ladies set out on a fantastic weekend trip to Wirksworth festival.  They were ready and prepared to present their newly devised performance piece as part of the ‘What is SHRUG’ research project. The piece included 3 sections entitled ‘SHRUG Tea Dance’, ‘Day at The Beach’ and ‘Sailor SHRUG Hand Jive’.  The setting was superb; Wirksworth truly is a village of extreme beauty and quant character, which suited the SHRUG Ladies to a tee!! The SHRUG Ladies performed their piece at various locations on the festival trail including the station, the church yard, a bench on the square and the farm as well as doing their usual walk about meet and greet.  There were so many amazing photo opportunities, not to mention the awesome new costumes well done our new SHRUG Lady Helen!!!!!