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Making the most of Interface

'Awst and Walther', 2009

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'Awst and Walther', 2009

'Shed Inside', Photograph, 2009. Joanne Lee exercises her other amateur pursuits of allotment gardening and bus stop watching

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'Shed Inside', Photograph, 2009.
Joanne Lee exercises her other amateur pursuits of allotment gardening and bus stop watching

Richard Taylor looks at how Interface can be used as a free to access learning resource

Free to access for Students

You get much more from a-n if you register with the free twelve-month student subscription (see more about this here): but for there is still a lot of free to access material available for people during their studies, such as Interface.

Interface acts as a community of critical debate on contemporary art issues and practices: its users and contributors are anything from artists, writers and students providing 'unedited' critical commentary and reviews on shows, publications and other topics in the creative sector.

All is highly relevant for students at any level wishing to hone in on their skills and get their professional profiles networked to others working in the same field. What's more is that you can register and join in with Interface to upload your own content and receive tailored e-bulletins updating you on the site's activity (this is also possible, although minus the Interface e-bulletin, if you register and use Degrees unedited as a free student subscriber: any reviews you upload through this also get copied to the Interface archive).

 

So here are some quick bullet points from a-n's Director of Programmes (she is most definitely blessed with the know how!) Susan Jones:

Through Interface students can:

  • Search our huge bank of FREE to access reviews of contemporary art exhibitions both in the UK and Internationally.
  • Develop their own critical writing skills by reading the reviews of others and by uploading reviews they have written themselves.
  • Involve themselves in current debates by using the comment function to generate feedback and ideas on existing writing.
  • Access significant professional development opportunities offered by Interface, including expenses paid trips to major international and UK arts festivals and biennials.
  • Keep informed of new writing, events and opportunities through receiving the Interface monthly e-bulletin.
  • Promote exhibitions and projects they are involved in through adding a What's On listing to the site (available to full subscribers only).

 

What's happening on Interface now:

UNPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Joanne Lee writes in praise of the amateur critic, in the second of Interface's series of articles on critical writing. Perfect free afternoon reading if you're interested in the linguistic indulgences of visual art practice! Read on »

CHRIS BROWN ON WHAT IS CRITICAL WRITING?
Chris Brown, Reviews Editor for a-n Magazine, talks to a selection of writers about the practice and pitfalls of taking up the pen. Read on »

 

Links

Get yourself more involved with what a-n has on offer for its student readership and user-groups:

Visit Interface and get involved »

The free twelve-month student subscription explained »

Visit Artists talking for Image bank resources, professional artist stories and Projects unedited to make contact with artists working now. Artists talking »

First published: a-n.co.uk September 2009

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