http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson What's on listing published over the last 7 days Thu, 23 May 2013 18:31:59 +0000 a-n rss generator a-n The Artists Information Company and contributors edit@a-n.co.uk technical@a-n.co.uk http://www.a-n.co.uk/img/logo.gif http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3390692/1 Aid & Abet are pleased to present Like a Monkey with a Miniature Cymbal, a large group exhibition of UK based artists curated by Mermaid & Monster.   Like a Monkey with a Miniature Cymbal is an exhibition about obsessions, repetition, perseverance and the drive needed to carry on, as an artist, or in any way of life. This can be found in the subject matter and methods used, as well as in knowing (or sometimes not knowing) what you are doing, or where you are going.    What is the intense belief or energy needed to make you get out of bed each day, often to little attention or small reward? Could it be that despite all of life’s trials and tribulations, it could be, whisper it, ‘fun’… that you actually enjoy it, like a monkey with a miniature cymbal.... Fri, 19 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3377332/1 lure is a major exhibition of new work by Helen Sear. One of Wales' most important and insightful artists, Sear's practice can be characterised by her exploration of the crossover between photography and fine art, her focus on the natural world and the startling beauty of her work.... Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3377288/1 Textiles, video, photography, paintings all woork together to make this a very exciting show. New work by Wendy Tate concerned with the human spirit through a study of the Landscape alongside 'Time and Tide', a video instalation and textiles by Helen Birmingham... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3371629/1 The works of nine artists from the MA Fine Arts programme at Camberwell & Chelsea are brought together for one night in this vibrant and exciting exhibition at Space Station Sixty-Five. The unexpected associations and fortuitous relations that occur when these seemingly disconnected works are presented together create a garden of playfulness and provocative connections. The contemplative and the frivolous converge, the point where the two meet creating an atmosphere of suspense; a plot of creativity ripe with intrigue and amusement. The artists will present their ongoing practice of object-based work, video installations, paintings and photography alongside newly commissioned works for this exhibition. A limited edition screen-printed poster will accompany the exhibition.... Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3371028/1 workshops on friday24th , sat 8th, 15th, music night fr 14th 8-9... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3370927/1 BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree Show (full/part-time). Private View: Fri 31st May 5 - 8pm. Exhibition continues: Sat 1st June 10am - 4pm, Mon 3rd - Fri 7th June 10am - 5pm... Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3370863/1 Aid & Abet are pleased to present easy does it, the second in an evolving trilogy of exhibitions curated by Kevin Hunt examining the complexity inherent within the simplest of actions.   Bringing together works by Carwyn Evans, Fiona Curran, Hannah James, Jo Addision, Jo Coupe, Leo Fitzmaurice, Littlewhitehead, Sean Edwards, Tom Godfrey and Tom Ireland alongside Hunt’s own, these exhibitions seek to question the highly crafted, time consuming pursuit of making art via a conglomeration of objects and artefacts created with ease. Presenting a world where the seemingly trivial can be proven to produce powerful and surprisingly sublime effects.   easy does it at Aid & Abet follows the first exhibition at David Dale Gallery & Studios in February 2013. The third and final part opening at Supercollider in Blackpool on August 23rd 2013.... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3370817/1 North South Divine. Alison Wilding, Kate Davis, Annie O’Donnell, Phil Illingworth, Deb Covell, Tony Charles, Boa Swindler, Chiara Williams. Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough. Friday 17 May – 20 June 2013. Preview 6 – 9pm Thur 16 May. WW and Platform A are pleased to present North South Divine, an exhibition of works by eight artists across two cities situated at the North and South of the country. The exhibition, organised in partnership between the two galleries, opened in London at WW Gallery and has toured to Middlesbrough’s Platform A Gallery. North South Divine makes obvious reference to the age old traditional geographical and social tensions between both ends of the country. This opposition is brought into focus by the locations of the two collaborating venues: WW gallery is situated in Hatton Garden, the diamond district of London, home of the purveyors of expensive decorative finery. In contrast, Platform A exists within a North Eastern railway station deep in the heartland of heavy industry.  Strength meets sensitivity, serious creative practice meets humour. Ultimately, the show expresses the very simple beauty of shared belief, the unity of ideas and the pleasure of real conversation.... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3370808/1 After intensive creative and critical study, over 500 final year students will show their work at the annual University of Brighton Faculty of Arts Graduate Show this Summer.The event marks the beginning of an exciting future for this year’s graduates many of whom will emerge as leading lights in their chosen discipline.The show offers visitors the opportunity to seek out, purchase and commission work from those destined to follow in the footsteps of alumni such as fashion designer Julien Macdonald OBE or Turner Prize winners Keith Tyson and Rachel Whiteread.The show, which is free and open to the public, features exhibits in architecture, fine art, design, film and performance at the university’s city centre Grand Parade and Pavilion Parade buildings. The students have been involved in all aspects of creating the show, from hanging and organising building exhibition spaces, to designing the graphics. This year’s advertising campaign for the show features fonts and graphics designed by final year students Lottie Markworth and Barney Stepney.Architecture and Interior Architecture students will again be building an exhibition pavilion in the faculty's quadrangle to showcase their design projects sharing the location with the Brighton ‘Waste House’ project.To get a sneak peek and to get involved by sharing your views follow us on twitter@artsbrighton using the #gradshow13.... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3363225/1 CRITgroup is a Manchester based artist's networking group who recently initiated a research project investigating the perceived differences between 'art' and 'craft'.How does the apparent need to label oneself as a particular kind of practitioner affect individual practices and how do those descriptions of discipline relate to differing methods of producing work?Creative Whispers has been the first of a series of collaborative projects run as part of this investigation and we are now pleased to invite audiences to view the outcomes and participate in a day of workshops that will review, respond and reflect on the work.... Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3361784/1 What is broken in our world and what can we do to mend it? Artsadmin's biennial festival on climate, consumerism and community returns to Toynbee Studios in East London this June. With new works from UK and European artists the festival includes Kate McIntosh's Worktable, which invites audiences to disassemble and reassemble everyday objects, a new immersive performance from arts activists Platform in the guise of a spy thriller, Davis Freeman's 7 Promises, where your environmental pledges are rewarded with shots of vodka, and an opportunity to contribute your most precious water to Amy Sharrocks' Museum of Water plus more. See the full programme on the website. ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3361783/1  Artsadmin bursary recipient Nicola Canavan discusses her work with Lois Keidan of the Live Art Development Agency. Canavan’s practice is rooted in action based performance and spans live work, documentations of its products and traces and the representation of these in other forms. She questions notions of beauty, pain and expectation, transforming brutal acts into tender and generous anecdotes of allegiance. By acknowledging and resisting the sacred and divine she installs layers of symbol through the modification and manipulation of the flesh, and pursues rituals that transcend the body.... Thu, 27 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3361778/1 Join members of Rajni Shah Projects for the first screening of video documentation by filmmaker Becky Edmunds and a special installation of costume and other artefacts from the company's three-year project Glorious. The evening will also mark the launch of a brand new Glorious publication, including Becky's DVD, The Glorious Storybook edited by Mary Paterson, and a new creative evaluation of the project by Elizabeth Lynch.  This event is part of Beyond Glorious: the radical in engaged artistic practices. On Saturday 1 June you can also join the company at Toynbee Studios for the Glorious Closing Party (from 7.30pm). ... Thu, 30 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3361436/1 This summer Artsadmin invites you to work with celebrated perfomance artist Nic Green as part of our 2013 Summer Project: Make Space. What is space? Why do we think of space as nothing? How can we go beyond our spaces into the spaces of others? What kind of space could we create ourselves and what could grow there? These are the questions we will use as inpiration for a challenging four week-long project on how we see and experience the space around us.  You'll get a chance to experiment, collaborate, and take time to create your own work as part of a creative group of like-minded people. Make Space is a free four-week project open to anyone aged 17 - 24, no performance experience necessary. The project runs from 12 August - 4 September (10am-5pm Monday to Friday) and you need to be able to commit to all the dates. Deadline for applications/ expressions of interest is 17 July.... Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3353199/1 In Other Words explores our evolving relationship with text, language and writing, through an exhibition and series of events taking place from Friday 24th May to Sunday 9th June 2013.The participating artists practice in a range of disciplines, including painting, installation, photography, performance, sculpture and video. The exhibited work responds in different ways to the posed question: Does writing have a future?In Other Words is a project curated by Rowan Lear for Fringe Arts Bath, an established annual visual arts festival in Bath.... Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3351942/1 12HRS is a series of artist focused events which brings twelve creative minds together to create in the same space over a day. It provides practitioners the opportunity to MEET/CREATE/DISCUSS with artists from a range of creative backgrounds and in different sites. There are no limits to what can be done in this time frame, just that it is done in 12HRS. MEET : a chance to meet other visual artists, musicians & performers. CREATE :make in the site and then be up for sharing processes. Develop skills. Try something new, perhaps collaborate. DISCUSS: share, ask questions, talk. Reveal something about your practice. Learn about other peoples. Get involved! Registration required, if you would like to meet/create/discuss with other creative people over a day get in touch at twelvehoursin@gmail.com.                                                                                                          Organised by artist/curator Kathryn Miller.... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3351901/1 Paris-based Swiss artist Felice Varini takes King's Cross as his canvas by applying metallic geometric patterns on to the buildings which populate the skyline north of Regent's Canal. The vast aluminum motifs mould to the shapes of the Victorian brick, their reflective surface contrasting with the dark undertones of the heritage architecture.As onlookers wander through the site, they enter a three-dimensional painting, which playfully engages with the reality of the urban fabric. From a single viewpoint, accessible from the top of an elevated platform, the geometries of 'Across the Buildings' unify into one continuous pattern. Once liberated from the point of perspective, these fragments appear in unexpected and ever-changing configurations existing as independent and yet connected entities.This is the third artwork to be revealed as part of RELAY, the dedicated art programme at King’s Cross curated by Michael Pinsky and Stéphanie Delcroix. From 16 May until 18 October. RELAY is funded by the King's Cross Central Limited Partnership and has received the support of Eurostar, the Universith of East London, Arts Council England and the Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom. ... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3351742/1 Sling yer heels and at TORTURED SOLES a humorous exhibition of unwearable shoes that confronts fashion and habits within the feminine realm. By artist and designer Anne Tilby creator of Pret a Porter Pret a Manger edible fashion collection in the late 70s - thirty years before Lady Gaga started wearing it. www.bigfrieze.com/tortured-soles-exhibition/... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3346133/1 Join artist Patricia Ogundero for this exciting interactive art installation - unleash your inner artist and transform our entirely white room into a wildly colourful artwork. Bring a smock and an open mind... Sun, 26 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson/single/3346031/1 Join Patricia Ogundero to take part in a workshop where you can paint directly onto a canvas. Wear comfortable old clothing that you don't mind getting a bit of paint on. No need to book, just turn up... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/degrees_unedited/whatson