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Artist membership – who it’s for
Artist membership is open to practising visual and applied artists. Find out more about eligibility criteria for becoming an Artist member of a-n.
power, suits and interventions
The current, high-profile, sexual predator cases are incidental to Sally Barker’s work but the resonances ring clear. Deliberately provocative and inevitable disquieting, Barker’s work challenges the viewer to consider the role assumed by some powerful men in a patriarchal society. […]

Threads Celebration Event
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Sidney Cooper Gallery -
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August 04, 2018 at 01:00 PM -
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South East England

Artists + Instagram: Ben Sadler is @bend_laser
@bend_laser is described by the artist as “a crap anagram” of his name. But can the format of Instagram become an anagram for everyday life and work? Richard Taylor looks at the Birmingham-based artist, one-half of the collaborative duo Juneau Projects, and takes a dive into his extensive Insta-collection of solo work.
Week 3, Tuesday
A deeper sense of involvement on site today. Not that I don’t already feel immersed in the dig. The archaeologists are increasingly showing me what is going on – from sharing a find to explaining the process. Some things are […]
Day off
Not really. I’m away from the day job today and spent it slowly going through the ‘to do list’ before going back to work again tomorrow . I really wanted to see some of the Biennial and Independents exhibitions in […]
St Nowhere
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London
Troublesome and Torturous
Troublesome and Torturous I have used both these words this morning to describe my drawing. I’ve moved the drawing from the single sheets of thick-textured cartridge or watercolour paper to a roll of cheap stuff. The cheap stuff does not […]
New trailer – the pleasures of learning
Nothing makes me happier than the possibility of learning something new. This year, I decided to dedicate myself to my ‘On Drawing’ project, as well as to develop new works in video. Thanks to a-an Artist Bursaries 2018, not only I can reward […]
Shoresearch Survey
Sussex Wildlife Trust is one of the organisations to routinely survey the beaches along the coast of Sussex. Involving volunteers, it makes for a great afternoon of legitimately staring into rockpools. Looking with a guide and with a clipboard to […]
Applying for Arts Funding is Bad for Mental Wellbeing
I remembered why I don’t usually apply for arts funding: it’s far too stressful. Last time I wrote a funding application was when Contents May Vary did a group show called Under Maintenance at Manchester Victoria Baths in 2007. We […]
Join the CCN ‘Celebration’
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Sam Scorer Gallery -
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East Midlands

More mince, less sausage: making art that doesn’t look like art
At the recent Jamboree 2018 event on the Dartington Estate in Devon, the London-based German artist Rosalie Schweiker presented an improvised slide show about the difference between being a conventional ‘sausage’ artist and a hard to pigeonhole ‘mince’ artist. Here she turns that talk into a short explanation of her thinking – with added drawings of sausages, mince, and mince-based products.

27 educators seek recognition as employees rather than freelancers from National Gallery following alleged sacking
In Brief news briefing featuring national and international stories including: Stolen Robert Motherwell painting returned to the Dedalus Foundation after 40 years; Pussy Riot invade pitch during World Cup final in Russia as political protest; and museum planned at Thai cave where 12 boys were rescued. Plus, 2019 Venice Biennale theme revealed.
And finally???
This , I THINK’, the final version. Like I said before – each painting is like reinventing the wheel. I knew something wasn’t working but it’s taken a while and several reworking to discover how to get it right. But […]

Liverpool Biennial 2018 review: “Don’t believe in separated worlds”
The tenth edition of the Liverpool Biennial has just opened with its theme ‘Beautiful world, where are you?’ offered as a chance to reflect upon global uncertainty and change. Bob Dickinson reports from the opening weekend when, amid news of Trump’s visit to the UK and the protracted Brexit negotiations, the notion of a world in social, political and economic turmoil seemed especially pertinent.
Week 3, Monday
Yesterday was the first Open Day on the Ness of Brodgar site. We had over 200 visitors in the Art Hut, which meant going out to draw in the trenches was difficult. So I began a repeat of my ‘play’ with […]

Rock Paper Scissors
Alongside to ‘Niolam Ja Se Kochaneczke’ (2016) video – that I wrote about in the previous blog post – I also have been developing series of collages deconstructing and re-defying how women and love have been represented in Eastern European […]
weaving a new language
Weaving with willow is like speaking another language. The timing and emphasis is one of its own, you cannot help but become involved in the process of growing, cutting, storing, soaking then selecting and weaving. It feels different to anything […]
Wednesday Textile Muse
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Atelier -
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July 25, 2018 at 07:30 PM -
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South West England
My Poison Bible
Created during my residency at Orchard Square, Sheffield last September as a mere piece of mise en scène, I feel as though Poison Bible has not been afforded the attention it deserves as a stand alone piece of work as […]

Liverpool Biennial 2018: opening weekend highlights from “a serious-minded biennial”
Catch up with the opening weekend of Liverpool Biennial 2018 with our look-back at coverage by Narbi Price and Chris Sharratt on a-n’s Instagram.
Ecce Iterum
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Chester Castle -
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North West England

Now Showing #253: The week’s top exhibitions
This week’s selection of must see shows includes a celebration of 250 years of the circus at Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, and mass extinction laid bare at Gallery North at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.