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Alternative art schools
Pippa Koszerek investigates the recent revival of alternative art schools within the context of contemporary artworld preoccupations and cultural movements. She profiles eight alternative art school projects and invites three opinion articles from Students' Union officer Robyn Minogue, art historian Martin Patrick and artist Terry Smith.
Features
Alternative art schools
Artist Pippa Koszerek considers recent student protests within the context of alternative art school strategies.
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Feature, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: Edu-Factory Conference
Robyn Minogue reports from the 'For a New Europe: University Struggles Against Austerity' conference in Paris that looked to discuss and organise a common network based on European -wide issues including autonomous knowledge production, self-education and networking. Read on…
Feature, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: The Cedilla that smiles
Martin Patrick on Robert Filliou and George Brecht's collaborative shop project La Cédille qui sourit.
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Feature, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: The unnatural order of things
Terry Smith discusses the Experimental Art School. Read on…
Feature, Research papers March 2011
Profiles
Alternative art schools: Department 21
Department 21 is a school within a school where designers, artists and architects can meet, collaborate and share working space beyond the institutional boundaries of their own disciplines. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: Elements MA
Elements MA is an unfolding proposition for a educational pathway based around a titular masters course. Initially the MA will manifest itself through a series of events, exhibitions and activities from its base at Trade, Nottingham. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: Free School (in a New Dark Age)
Set up in 2008 for the New Dark Age exhibition, Free School is a non-hierarchical, collectivist, no-cost, peer-led art school. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: Hedgeschoolproject
The Hedgeschoolproject is a participatory work by Glenn Loughran that combines art, architecture and activism to explore forms of critical pedagogy and emancipatory learning. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: The Islington Mill Art Academy
The Islington Mill Art Academy was set up by students for students. It is an unaccredited, collectively run higher education experience. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: The New International School
Set up in 2006, the New International School's peer-network of fifty members organise events, publications and collaborative works in Finland, France, Serbia, the Netherlands and the UK. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: The Parallel School of Art
The Parallel School of Art engages in collaborative workshops and projects that explore and redefine models of learning. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
Alternative art schools: The Public School
Emerging from the self-organised culture of the Los Angeles art scene, The Public School is a peer-led education model. Read on…
Profile, Research papers March 2011
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