Our regular selection of shows to see around the UK, including a group show exploring the mind at Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, plus a show looking at connections and alliances between women artists of the early 20th century at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.
A fairly quiet day ending with a lovely communal meal and movie watching. I’ve been focusing on reading some of Fryn Tennyson Jesse’s writing today – something I’ve been meaning to do for ages but never seen to find the […]
Our final bursary funded meet up took Dean and myself back to London to the rare book archives of the Wellcome Library. I had requested in advance some of their 17th century alchemical manuscripts and these had been bought up […]
Dwell Time Interview with Richard Price, British Transport Police on World Mental Health Day 2019. Content warning: Discusses suicide prevention on the railways. Part 1 https://vimeo.com/372175283 Dwell Time Interview with Richard Price, British Transport Police (Part 1) from Dwell Time […]
A good day of looking at the bigger picture in combination with the details. I am beginning to get a sense of what some of the work will be, how it will come together, and what needs to be […]
A welcome day of sun so we took advance with a group cliff walks – and then a visit to town for shopping and preparing to be on our own for the weekend. I tested my performative reading along the […]
For this follow up to her Approaching galleries guide, Jennie Syson asked artists, arts managers, curators and gallery directors to share their top tips, and dos and don’ts advice.
Jennie Syson offers some advice on approaching galleries, through setting out the different research routes and methods you might use.
Chris Sharratt, who as a freelance writer and editor has written for Frieze, the Guardian, Art Agenda, Sculpture Magazine and Art&Education and been arts editor at Metro, shares his experience and offers some top tips to consider when writing art reviews.
News of the project which this year received Arts Council Lottery funding is really spreading and was recently featured in the press. Momentum is building and I now hope to secure more funds to take this to the next stage.
As a photographer I’ve been commissioned to take an image of an artists original artwork. Under normal circumstances the artist holds the copyright in the original artwork and I, as the photographer, hold the copyright in my image. However, the […]
This week I have worked with Dr Ben Bridgens examining the potential of heat activated pistons which can be used to mechanically move objects. Wax within the piston responds to changes in temperature – as the temperature increases, the wax […]
Sooner or Data Dominic Smith in association with Aude Charillon (Library and information officer) at Newcastle City Library, funded by the Carnegie Library Lab – Carnegie UK Trust 20 July 2019 My first undertaking for this bursary was to take part […]
In my practice I explore a performative, as opposed to scientific, understanding of ‘lively material’ (cells, viruses and DNA). I am using my a-n bursary to develop content for a sound art workshop that focuses on performative ways of relating to lively material through sound.
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in Bristol, Swansea and across London – all taken from our busy Events section featuring shows and events posted by a-n members.
Day of getting on undistracted in the studio. Trying to remember an old native American rug of my grandparents and re-draw it; reflecting on a live performative reading to a mirror; aspects of lives crossing over; titles have emerged today; […]
Aesthetics of Doing: Learning as Social Empowerment Kemi Ilesanmi, Executive Director of The Laundromat Project Pepón Osorio, artist & Laura Carnell Professor of Community Art, Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadephia George Emilio Sánchez, performance artist, writer & educator http://www.abladeofgrass.org/events/the-aesthetics-of-doing-learning-as-social-empowerment/ How can […]
Today I got on in the studio – beginning to plan out thoughts and ideas for my time here. We had an in-depth tour of the house, learning more about its history and objects within; we even got a cheeky […]
ART AS DIALOGUE: TRICIA VAN ECK http://www.indirajohnson.com/uploads/2/5/3/4/25348956/tricia_van_eck.pdf “ART, DIALOGUE, COMMUNITY, ACTION. These are large, messy words. But despite their ambiguities, when they intersect and interact, flames of power ignite. This power is what public art desires: to connect people—in words […]
