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This month we profile a selection of open exhibition and public art commissioning projects, from applied arts opportunities to innovative site-specific works.
Director of Situations Claire Doherty and artist Stephen Hodge (of Wrights & Sites) give their account of how they developed a contemporary public artwork to reanimate visitors’ experiences of Weston-super-Mare.
Throughout this year the nation’s attention has been focused first on the prospect of a new government, and then on the shifting messages emanating from the resulting coalition – messages about how we are expected to address the nation’s debt alongside visions of a ‘Big Society’ and coupled with swingeing cuts to public services.
Polly Morgan, Morning, taxidermied robin, plate glass, 2007.
Having worked in the public realm since 2004, I regularly consider who is my primary audience when curating a project.
It’s a peculiar sign of the times that the announcement by the Arts Council of Wales at their annual conference today of a 4% cut to the arts over three years was greeted by the audience of arts professionals with enthusiastic applause and pats on the back all round for securing such a good settlement from the Wales Assembly Government.
“Things are always changing
So don’t be sad and blue
Change can make you happy
‘Cause it brings you something new”.
(Lyric © Sesame Street)
Steve Dutton reflects on the exhausted Biennial model and gives his account of how curators are finding ways to overcome this syndrome.
New Art Exchange, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery and Nottingham Contemporary
23 October 2010 – 9 January 2011
Various locations, Nottingham
22 October – 18 December
Collyer Bristow, London
22 September – 1 December
Various locations, Lincoln
23 – 29 October
This year’s visual arts recipients of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists are Angela de la Cruz, Luke Fowler, Christina Mackie, Ben Rivers and Lindsay Seers.
Wilton Music Hall, London
4 – 6 November 2010
Picture This, Bristol
20 November – 18 December 2010
“What’s the difference between an arts graduate and a pizza? A pizza can feed a family of four.” Today, I have been looking into what I will do following my degree. I’d be quite interested to go into art writing/journalism. […]
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The curse of the blinking cursor I have been staring at a blinking cursor for days. When things are going well it can’t keep up with my high-speed-two-fingered typing, but when things aren’t going so well, it lurks at the […]
The Golden Ticket This morning I have been re-thinking how to plan the tours of the gallery and feel that I need to simplify the instructions. Originally I wanted to have ticketed spaces on the tour and communicate that you […]
A highlight of today was the 20-minute metro ride we took from Yang Jia Ping in to the city centre, Lin Jiang Men, a rollercoaster of a journey that swept us through the city above and below the streets of […]
