Wondering what 2013 has in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a look ahead to provide a snapshot of things we think are worth noting in your diary.
Speaking at the British Museum last night, outgoing Arts Council England Chair Dame Liz Forgan defended the arm’s length principle of arts funding and attacked plans for the EBacc.
Burnley-based art commissioning agency Mid Pennine Arts launches two new projects following Arts Council England investment.
Scottish web service to publish results of online survey asking: How can artists weather the recession?
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
9 – 20 October 2012
The Griffin Gallery & CHARLIE SMITH London, London
11 January – 16 February 2013
31 January 2012. Soho, London. Recording Time: 56 minutes
As part of Joshua Sofaer’s Artist as Leader research, Kate Love, Senior Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, interrogates the idea of the ‘artist as leader’ by considering both the meaning and use of the phrase: “If you are allied to the left you are far more likely to be sceptical of the idea of leadership.”
I have so much to write this week; so many different themes I want to write on that there is a distinct possibility that this could all end up muddled and confused… I’m back at school and the analytical assassin […]
Something different Exhibition activity has gone quiet so I am turning my hand to a submission for the Green Door ‘Transitions’ show. I have decided to ‘play’ with my photographs on the theme of transition. I could have gone out […]
Tuesday Talks at the Whitworth Art Gallery: Samson Kambula 15/01/13 Artist and author Samson Kambalu has co-curated the exhibition Tattoo City: The First Three Chapters with Castlefield Gallery’s in house curator Clarissa Corfe. The exhibition includes Kambalu’s work interspersed with […]
Eduardo Coutinho – Scavengers: Boca de LixoBrazil, 1993, 49 Min, Color, Portuguese Synopsis: The daily routine of poor people of Itaoca, São Gonçalo, state of Rio de Janeiro, who make a living out of revolving garbage. Boca de Lixo roughly […]
Me drawing! The first video I have made of me recording myself drawing.
ROUND 2. I have posted two videos tonight as the first did not go exactly to plan. Through this drawing I have developed a new piece of machinery in the factory to get rid of the the empty human vessels, […]
Graphite powder, 6 pencils, A3 300gsm paper, A4 tracing paper, rulers (plastic 30cm and metal 45cm), black and white acrylic paint, 4 paint brushes, Photomount, Pritt Stick, camera and card reader (I couldn’t find the connecting cable – argh), pencil […]
Read all the blog posts over the last couple of years. Deleted them. Next is the website. May even clear the studio and start all over again.
a-n Director Susan Jones visited DIY Art School in Manchester where the focus is on collaboration and research.
Artangel and BBC Radio 4 launch a £1 million initiative for new site-specific commissions across the UK, with a series of introductory events in January and February.
16 November 2011. First Draft Gallery, Sydney. Recording Time: 36 minutes.
As part of Joshua Sofaer’s Artist as Leader research, 4 directors of Sydney based First Draft discuss how the project’s reputation for “conquering the new” has developed as its aims have shifted from supporting emerging women artists to encompass all new and emerging practitioners.
28 December 2011. Soho, London. Recording Time: 50 minutes.
As part of Joshua Sofaer’s Artist as Leader research, artist Richard Layzell and businessman Richard Hicks discuss Layzell’s 7 year tenure as ‘Visionaire’ at AIT software where he created bespoke events that addressed the problems and needs of the developing company.
