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New Polish Poster Exhibition
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The Flying Duck -
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February 10, 2019 -
Location:
Scotland
Blog Post
Insta filters in the room
My work on the Robin’s eye was a way of testing if you could navigate an audience using a visual effect over the camera feed. At first I looked for AR compass apps, then Peter from VR Craftworks suggested I […]
Blog Post
A walk for Terminalia with Thread and Word
Here a cement block which will be part of our walk in Seasalter celebrating the Roman God of Boundaries Terminus. Terminalia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the god Terminus, who presided over boundaries. His statue was merely […]
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Royal Society of Sculptors
I’m delighted to be a new member of the Royal Society of Sculptors this year.
Event
Exhibition
The Advantages of Poisonous Plants
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Venue:
Zaratan -
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Location:
Portugal
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February 19 opportunities
News
News story
Olafur Eliasson to install 45-metre tunnel of fog at Tate Modern
More News In Brief: The Watercolour World aims to capture how the world looked before photography; Glasgow School of Art issues new response to fire safety criticism; James Turrell’s skyspace work temporarily closed due to encroaching scaffolding; New York galleries face lawsuits over the accessibility of their websites; plus Ai Weiwei criticises US for ‘complicity’ in China’s arrest of two Canadian citizens.
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Members’ Events: the sublime, tea ceremonies, multi-disciplinary drawing
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in London, North Wales, Stroud and Vienna, all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by a-n members.
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Proper dog walking
I walk every day with my Irish Terrier Fred. These are not done in the manner generally associated. A 20 minute round the block, down to the co-op for milk or along the coastal path with visitors on a windy […]
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Hanne Darboven
Thinking about other German artists ahead of the 2019 Joseph Beuys in Connemara Residency (www.beuysconnemara.space) I turn to Hanne Darboven. Her work endlessly fascinates and confuses me, and I find it hard to pin down this interest. Maybe it is […]
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News feature
A Q&A with… Simeon Barclay, artist exploring the construction of identity
Leeds-based artist Simeon Barclay brings to bear in his work a 16-year career in manufacturing and an interest in how identity is shaped. Amelia Crouch discusses a practice that encompasses sculpture, film and installation.
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Going with the flow
I’m probably not the only one thinking that January has been an incredibly hard month to get through. Cold, damp… dark mornings and nights. I really couldn’t get myself going again. I had the right idea last year of planning […]
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Profile
Residencies: Wysing Arts Centre
In 2017, Wysing Arts Centre restructured its residency programme to be more responsive to artists’ situations and to support a more diverse pool of practices. Drawing on a conversation that took place between Wysing’s director Donna Lynas and resident artist Tessa Norton at the ‘Pivotal Moments’ conference, Lydia Ashman explores how and why the programme has changed.
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Residencies: Visual Arts in Rural Communities
Visual Arts in Rural Communities hosts residencies in the remote hill-farming area of Tarset in Northumberland. In August 2018, the organisation piloted its first residency for a disabled artist. Lydia Ashman speaks to Project Director Janet Ross and artist, curator and disability advocate Aidan Moesby about the development of the pilot and its impact on the organisation’s programme.
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Residencies: The Art House
Based in Wakefield, visual arts development agency The Art House continually explores ways to work with artists who face barriers to their practice. Its residency programme supports artists at different stages of their career and is shaped around individuals’ needs. Lydia Ashman speaks to Programme Producer Simon Boase and artist Rosanne Robertson about the tailored support the organisation provides to artists.
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Residencies: The Mothership
The Mothership is an independent residency programme run by artist Anna Best from a purpose built studio nestled in Dorset woodland. Lydia Ashman speaks to Best and former resident artist Dominque Golden about how the flexibility of The Mothership is particularly supportive of artists with families.
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Artist
Cycles of Studios
Creative spaces on the road – triumphs and tribulations of adapting to ever changing spaces.
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Language as drawing
One of the most interesting aspects of drawing, its the connection with language. Language is drawing, and drawing is language. Not only because drawing is a language in itself, with its set of rules, but also because in historical terms […]
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i’m reviewing the situation
as a boy the film oliver had a huge impact upon me – especially fagin played by ron moody. i would spend hours doing the actions with my hands – i was told this when i was older. as we […]
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News story
Susan Hiller, pioneer of ‘paraconceptual’ art, dies aged 78
The London-based, Tallahasse-born artist who explored language and the paranormal in her art has passed away after a short illness.
Event
Performance
Tomorrow’s Great Pageant
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Archive
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Venue:
The Place Bedford -
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February 02, 2019 -
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Location:
East England
Blog Post
Value In Kind
Today’s coffee break musing has got me thinking about ‘Value In Kind’. While drafting a humungous document to support a funding application, I listed in great detail the huge amount of work that I will be doing to create an […]
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News story
John Ruskin Prize 2019: selection panel and ‘agent of change’ theme announced in Ruskin’s bicentenary year
Artists Barbara Walker MBE, Hew Locke and Jessie Brennan announced as selectors of multidisciplinary prize which forms part of the Ruskin200 celebrations marking the bicentenary of John Ruskin’s birth.
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What is it? Where are we at?
As I write, the uncertainty surrounding Brexit continues. Like many people, I am finding it hard to digest, to understand what means what and what I should believe. There is no stake in the ground as the political surface we […]