October saw the opening of the John Moores Painting Prize 2012. Judges this year are artists Fiona Banner, Angela de la Cruz and George Shaw with Whitechapel Art Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick and Creative director of the BBC, Alan Yentob.
Emily Speed – already well known for her Artists talking blog ‘Getting paid’ and her regular reports for a-n Magazine – added curatorship of an artists’ books project to her portfolio of skills last month, through a commission from a-n.
Textile designers Wallace Sewell’s ‘Barman’ seating fabric was launched this summer as part of the TfL Investment Programme to refurbish Central Line trains in London. The first phase of the new seating is in situ and over time all Central […]
With September’s forecast of a one in six chance of another recession burning in our ears, it’s vital that non-profits like a-n maintain their critical edge.
Comings and goings amongst arts professionals and curators, designed to aid networking and collaboration.
Highlighting just some of the festivals, events and exhibitions taking place across the North of England this season.
This month sees the culmination of a two-year project at Siobhan Davies Dance, one of the country’s most distinctive dance companies. Choreographer Davies has paired dance artists with visual and applied artists to bring their creative practices together and create new works ranging from performance to film and installation. The commissioned dance artists are Henry Montes, Sarah Warsop, Gill Clarke and Deborah Saxon who are partnered respectively with Marcus Coates, Tracey Rowledge and Lucy Skaer. Henry Montes and Deborah Saxon have also made a piece together with Bruce Sharp. Here, three of the visual artists relate their experiences.
Andrew Bryant discusses a new series of events that take Artists talking ‘out of the virtual and into the actual’.
Jo Fairfax, 180° of Light, 2011
The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
13 October – 3 November 2011
Oh we are all tired today. But – The dinner last night went well. I am still to go through the footage properly. The idea for this dinner started about ten days ago, when we met laurens tan at Jean […]
First of many… Whilst I should be slaving away on my 3rd year dissertation, I find myself strangely drawn to anything but!!! Avoidance techniques would get me a first I am sure! so after walking the dog to clear my […]
Oh its a smoggy day today. You can’t see too far, and the sun is just seeping through the pollution – a weak little orange blob. Pablo asks ‘whats happened to the sun?’. It needs to rain soon, or we […]
BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA FLOW PENGUIN COLLECTION AS PART OF ONGOING PROJECT ADD TO MY LIBRARY VOL.III PRESENTED AT EMBLEM: DECONSTRUCTED & DESTROYED ,A HOMAGE TO JOHN LATHAM SKOOB TOWER I, AFTER JOHN LATHAM, by Christina Mitrentse. A geological ‘core sample’ or […]
Feeling much more positive than I have over the last few days. The work is going well. I think I have resolved the lullaby/textiles problem, at least in my head, and enough to show at a group tutorial to get […]
Sporting League 2010 – 2011 Game 6 Bayerns moved to the top of the league after breaking a stubborn Saints defence with just a minute of normal time to spare. Bayerns boss: ‘We’ve got a fantastic forward line. I had […]
Well, I’ve been back at uni for a few weeks now, and have ended up with a studio space I love, the personal tutor I was hoping for, and a very good dissertation tutor! Let’s hope this promising start sets […]
The focus has shifted mid-UFO-investigation to all things Liverpool, as we research aspects of that city for our talk this Saturday. All internet and from afar research, quite a contrast from our hands and feet-on forays into the two East […]
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