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Performance
String Theory – and Practice
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FAB2 -
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June 01, 2018 at 02:00 PM -
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South West England
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News
News feature
In Kind and out of pocket: the hidden costs of artists working for free
During this year’s Glasgow International, artists Ailie Rutherford and Janie Nicoll presented In Kind, an action research project using the festival as a case study in order to chart the “hidden economies of the visual arts”. Fellow Glasgow-based artist Jessica Ramm finds out what they discovered and ponders where to go next.
Resource
Profile
Why artists move: Cornelius Quabeck
Originally from Germany, Glasgow-based painter Cornelius Quabeck first spent time in the city during a two-month artist residency in 2011. He talks to Dan Thompson about living and working in Düsseldorf, London and San Francisco, and the reasons that brought him back to Scotland in 2016.
Blog Post
Dividing up the space
Dividing up the space Why as artists do we do what in our art? Is there always a clear answer? How much of what we do is planned and delivered according to plan and how much is instinctive or happy […]
Resource
Profile
Why artists move: Paul McDevitt
In 2015, Scottish artist Paul McDevitt set up Farbvision, a project space in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg district that presents solo exhibitions and is also home to the INFINITE GREYSCALE record label. He talks to Dan Thompson about his reasons for relocating from the UK, and the artistic freedom and financial reality of life in his adopted home.
News
News story
FRAMEWORK: programme launched to support artists’ professional skills
a-n is partnering with three Manchester-based art and design organisations to pilot a new programme of professional development sessions for artists that will take place in the city between July 2018 and March 2019.
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Talk
Re-sight talk: Hetain Patel
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Archive
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Manchester Art Gallery -
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June 28, 2018 at 06:00 PM -
Location:
North West England
Event
Exhibition
Small affordable art exhibition and sale of work by Worcestershire artists
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Archive
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Malvern School of Art -
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June 11, 2018 -
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West Midlands
Blog
Artist
Queering Eastern European Folk
In 2016 I finalised production of ‘Niolam Ja Se Kochaneczke’ video, which was the first work in which I looked into potentialities of Eastern European queer utopias, while investigating the relationship between history, ‘national values’ and power structures. Through the work I revisited […]
Blog
Artist
TABOO: the aftershock
Curator Gayle Rogers reflects on the challenges of selecting work that may shock…
DSG Feature
Degree Shows 2018: uncomfortable landscapes and collaborating with clay
As part of our ongoing 2018 degree shows coverage, a-n members have been taking over the a-n Instagram to report from degree shows at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wirral Metropolitan College, and Coventry University. After a first week of a-n Instagram […]
Event
Talk
WAM Night June
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Archive
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Venue:
Workers Gallery -
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June 07, 2018 at 07:00 PM -
Location:
Wales
News
News story
Degree Shows 2018: uncomfortable landscapes and collaborating with clay in latest a-n Instagram takeovers
As part of our ongoing 2018 degree shows coverage, a-n members have been taking over the a-n Instagram to report from degree shows at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wirral Metropolitan College, and Coventry University.
Event
Exhibition
TABOO
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Workers Gallery -
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August 04, 2018 -
Location:
Wales
Review
Landscapes may be abandoned and derelict but not forgotten at AIR
With two solo exhibitions taking place at AIR Gallery right now it has a significantly busy programming schedule. With a focus on emerging and early career artists AIR offers a much-needed resource for these artists in the North West.
Blog Post
Getting started
I have started documenting the work being done to restore Russell Gardens. Today I caught up with the contractors putting in some new posts and paving stones. Next week there will be contractors laying tarmac which I will try and catch. Too often […]
Review
Glasgow International 2018: Second Nature and Sarah Forrest’s Again, it objects
Trevor H. Smith, one of eight a-n members selected for the a-n Writer Development Programme 2017-18, reviews the GI group show ‘Second Nature’ and Glasgow-based artist Sarah Forrest’s short film, Again, it objects.
News
News story
Degree Shows 2018: Openings taking place this week across the UK
As degree show season starts to get busy, we highlight 16 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows that are open over the next seven days.
News
News feature
A Q&A with… Imran Perretta, Jerwood/FVU Award winner exploring the migrant and refugee experience
Imran Perretta’s film 15 days focuses on the refugee situation in Calais and Dunkirk and is the result of his Jerwood/FVU Awards commission. He explains to Fisun Güner how the film came about and how his move into art making was shaped by the 2008 financial crisis and an aborted career in architecture.
DSG Feature
Degree Shows 2018: Openings taking place this week across the UK
We highlight 16 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate shows that are open from 25 May 2018. The a-n Degree Shows Guide 2018 and online interactive map at www.a-n.co.uk/degree-shows provide listings for degree shows taking place throughout the UK. As we head […]
Blog Post
Untitled blog post from "A life spent trying to find something…"
Blog Post
First steps
I have been commissioned by Dover District Council, to portray Russell Gardens in Dover Kent, the only example of Thomas H Mawson’s garden design in the South East that is open to the public: Kearsey Abbey and Russell Gardens form […]
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Exhibition
BS9 Arts Trail
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BS9 -
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June 09, 2018 -
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June 10, 2018 -
Location:
South West England
Blog
Artist
Russell Gardens, Dover
Blog about the work I am doing for a commission from Dover District Council to create an artist’s film and a series of drawings/monotypes resulting from my research into the history of Russell Gardens in Dover and its current use as a social space of work and recreation.
Blog Post
Sales….
I had a lovely evening at the preview of the SFSA Drawing Open at No Format gallery and even sold a small piece. It is going to a very good home … The Dover Print Fest was very low key but really […]