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Glasgow weekender

As part of the NAN initiative, artists from North East England visited Glasgow. Here Alison Unsworth and David Stamp give an overview of their experiences.

Organised group visits for artists have both advantages and limitations. In this case, travelling north with nine other artists from North East England meant benefiting from a prearranged and researched ‘presentation’ of Glasgow’s art world. This entailed a two–day itinerary of visits to galleries, studio groups and artist–run spaces, ranging from The Modern Institute, a commercial gallery, to Mary, Mary, an artist’s bedroom transformed into a white exhibition space. The visit provided a general introduction to the city, which I found beneficial, simply because it increased my awareness and understanding of other artists and organisations in a different city. More specifically, I was interested in two artist–run projects that had recently advertised exhibition and residency opportunities. The visit allowed me to view the spaces and meet the people who ran the projects prior to submitting a proposal, which is a desirable, yet rare, opportunity. Being amongst a group of artists enabled me to learn more about the venues I was visiting, through the accompanying talks or slide presentations, and in slightly less obvious ways, such as benefiting from...

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