CONTRAcurricular
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Archive
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Venue:
St George's Theatre -
Date:
March 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM -
Location:
East England
It’s been a few days now since the exhibition ended and I’d collected my work. It was, for want of better words – an experience. Although I did initially disagree with what was exhibited and how things were set out, […]
I could just keep going, making and drawing and staggering about in the fog of thoughts and ideas as mentioned in the previous post. And I do do this a lot, there is a joy in it, and even purpose. […]
a-n member and film maker Ayo Akingbade reflects on a busy 2023, which included being nominated for the Film London Jarman Award.
Artist and a-n member Rory Pilgrim reflects on being nominated for the Turner Prize, during a year of professional and personal change.
Artist and a-n member Letty McHugh discusses her 2023 highlights including winning the Barbellion Prize for Book of Hours, a commission at the Bronte Parsonage Museum and creating a lighting installation for BD is Lit.
Artist and a-n member Jeanette Barnes discusses her 2023 highlights including winning the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, a solo exhibition in Harrow, and showing work in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Manchester based artist and a-n member Kelan Andrews has had a busy 12 months, including completing his MA Fine Art at Manchester School of Art and being awarded the Castlefield Gallery mentee prize. Here he discusses how living with a chronic illness informs his practice and how he hopes to help open up conversations around disability and illness within the arts and society.
Esther Salamon, who was a valued contributor to a-n between 1995 and 2011, has passed away after a period in Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospice.
Sarnia de la Maré FRSA has big plans for the Tale Teller Club Academy of Arts on Vimeo.
Does constructing and retelling the narratives of our dead say more about us than them?
I’ve been reading back over the last few posts. I feel I need to find a sharper focus, I need to know what I’m doing. There’s a wooziness, fog, I’m skirting round the edge of something… My grandson is now […]
I am at the studio wondering how I will manage to do everything that I want to do today: two video calls/meetings, an opening, a magazine (final edition) release, a Christmas dinner (where I need to be at the venue […]
Delighted to be exhibiting with FLUX again! For the tenth edition celebration, held in the heart of London: 178 St James, Piccadilly (opposite the Royal Academy, next to Fortnum and Mason). The opening event is this evening. Tickets are sold […]