Ok , I’ve begun my phd , officially we started on 03/10/16 with a weeks on-boarding programme at the Jordanstown campus of the University of Ulster.That was 5 days of getting to know other phd students across the different disciplines […]
The first day on of the course was focused, engaging, practical, shared and contemplative. My central thought from today is around listening and the types of listen we engage in during different situations. Much food for thought. Listen verb 1 […]
It was only while I was mindlessly scrolling through twitter , that a tweet made me sit up and realise – OMG I am so behind with this blog! I’m supposed to be accounting for what we are doing with the […]
Created specially for the Paying Artists Campaign by artist Dan Thompson, the Artist-Led Manifesto sets out the principles of fair payment for artist-led groups and collectives who may be in receipt of public funds, but who may also operate without funds at the directive of the artists involved.
S.M.I.I.F 2016 (Sculpture, Moving Image, Installation, Folkestone) Threads, a DIY Gallery based in Folkestone have selected six Artists from a free, International, Open Call to Artists working in Installation, Sculpture and Moving Image (Projection, video art, data mapping) created in […]
I have now finished the antiviral tablets and hope that I will soon have my pre-shingles energy back. I’ve started going out – gentle dog walking – and feel the cold a little less! I have been developing the small Chinese Zodiac […]
a-n and AIR to launch landmark piece of guidance for securing payment for artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries, with an event today at the Jerwood Space, London.
I have decided to leave an account concerning the process of making an artwork. The artwork in this case is a triptych of three 120cm x 150cm acrylic paintings on canvas, entitled ‘The Walls’. The images above show the first […]
Hi Guys, I am looking into starting some affordable studios for artists in London, currently writing a proposal to do so. I know there is also a need for studios but I am looking for quantifiable numbers to help […]
This blog tracks my reflections and investigations into coaching from attending the RD1st Coaching Course 2016. Course fees funded and attendance supported by a bursary from a-n The Artist Information Company.
I started to think of old connotations of the space and how it was previously an old club; and instantly thought about the mass of people that have previously passed though the space and began to wonder what bodily fluids has touched […]
Tips on negotiating and agreeing contracts in line with a-n’s Exhibition Payment Guide.
Paying Artists aims to secure fair payment for artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries. Our Paying Artists Campaign was launched in 2014 to secure payment for artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries. The campaign was developed with support from 2,000 […]
For over 30 years, New York’s Guerrilla Girls have been the feminist conscience of the art world, exposing sexism through protests and original research on posters, stickers, billboards and artwork. Fisun Güner spoke to two of the founding members about their new Whitechapel Gallery show, ‘Guerrilla Girls: Is it even worse in Europe?’
On Saturday I visited the Eva Rothschild exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall with the Artist Teacher crew. We then visited the gallery studio for a workshop with the current artist in residence, Chloe Ashley, whose work you can see here. Chloe […]
Coming ten months into PAPER Gallery’s year-long mentoring scheme Tracing PAPER, a new exhibition showcases the work of the nine artists involved. Polly Checkland Harding talks to the gallery’s director and two of the artists involved in the scheme.
I am ten days in to a new way of working – posting a daily image on instagram. Eventually there will be 98 images in the series. Each image is a photograph of a monoprint taken directly from my body. […]
