Working in our individual studios, we meet three times throughout the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions, thinking and events. Louisa Chambers: Day 2: Shadows It’s been a tough day (life getting in the […]
Delivered as part of the Liverpool Biennial 2021: The Stomach and the Port, LB x a-n Artist Bursaries allowed artists to undertake a period of research in response to a new avenue of thinking. We take a look at the work of the artists who took part in the programme.
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows.
Led by Garth Gratrix from Abingdon Studios
Assembly Blackpool took place online via Zoom on Tuesday 28 September, 10am – 4.30pm & Wednesday 29 September, 10am – 4.30am
The event was free, as part of a-n membership.
Garth Gratrix, artist and Founding Director of Abingdon Studios, will be logging in from Blackpool to host a-n’s first digital Assembly of 2021. The Coast Is Queer is a two-day event inviting artists, artist-led spaces, organisations and institutions who are located on the edges of the UK, to open a discussion on coastal practice and queerness.
The event aims to address curiosity around the clandestine ways in which LGBTQIA+ artists live, work and cruise materials and spaces alone, apart and together. Contributors to the event will raise questions; How do we work to define or refine a future arts sector that considers ‘queerness’ as a better starting point to ‘new-normal’? How might we collaborate with the coast, as a space for solidarity, new systems of support and respite?
Assembly Blackpool will create space to share lived experiences of being LGBTQIA+ and promenade our future queer potential. Contributions include a breakout session with Dr Susan Jones, former Director of a-n, a new sound and film commission and an open call opportunity to LGBTQIA+ artists living on the coast.
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Abingdon Studios is a member of the Guild 2019-2023 cohort. a-n Assembly 2021 is developed in partnership with Guild, East Street Arts’ sector support programme supporting and empowering artists to help them create more resilient and sustainable work via artists’ spaces.
Working in our individual studios, we meet three times throughout the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions, thinking and events. Louisa Chambers: Day 1: Lists It’s a lists kind of day after a frantic […]
Finally I got to see a very important manuscript. In person. This has been such a milestone I could hardly believe it was reached. This bursary has been in part supporting me with ‘due diligence’ on a project and I […]
I installed the oval mirrors with prints and took photographs of them. The first print is weaker than the rest in terms of the image fitting into School of Art architecture (the geometric shapes) in the reflection, as well as […]
Virtual Artist Residency with Louisa Chambers (UK), Julia Wenz-Delaminsky (DE), Tamara Dubnyckyj (UK), Traci Kelly (UK/DE), Danica Maier (USA/UK), Clare Mitten (UK)
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I get this question a lot. Here’s my crack at a nutshell answer.
Since spending the week in the gallery space working on the Large Drawing I have retreated to home, thinking that I would be actively processing the experience, thinking deeply, making notes and plotting my next move. Instead, I found myself […]
Hi, I am a conceptual artist exploring the topics of ageing and mortality and wanted to connect with other creatives researching these. Could anyone please direct me:) My latest work focuses on the stigma and impact of dementia. www.nataliamillmanart.com Thanks!
I’ve been documenting all the prints (done on paper) from this semester using a DSLR camera this afternoon, so I can organise them in a PDF document for the online submission on the 9th. Some of the prints worked well […]
I spoke to Kate back in the winter and she was really unsure what Art in the Park was going to look like and if it could even go ahead. We chatted about ideas like ticketing to reduce numbers or […]
a-n Assembly enables artists to lead debate and open up discussion. For 2021, three Assembly events will be hosted online. Tuning in from cities across the UK, artists will build their virtual events around a chosen theme, inviting you to explore, […]
These words as I write encompass possibilities. Yes, if I wanted I could choose to defy the linear nature of the structure and conventions of the written paragraph. I could explode the visual layout and present in an alternative format […]
we’ve had another support session today. i feel giddy after the session, i love the manner in which matt has conducted the session and the resources used within it. –skips off to eat lunch–
