The following pieces are a continuation of my exploration of using mixed media and photography whilst concentrating on transitory moments of urban existence. In my head, they are a kind of utterance of modern impression – capturing a moment of […]
Before I go ahead and tell you all about the show and everything else, I’m going to fill you in on a few details. E and I have broken up, for good. I found it hard enough dealing with […]
We are delighted and also a little overwhelmed by the amount of responses we have received to our email asking for interested parties to contact us! People have been so generous in offering to share their skill, knowledge, creativity and […]
I’m delighted to say that my project, in addition to the Travel Bursary from The Artists Information company, is now also supported using public funding by The National Lottery through Arts Council England. This means I can afford some really […]
The decline in the take-up of arts subjects at GCSE has increased five-fold over the past year, coinciding with a dramatic rise in young people studying EBacc subjects. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
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This year’s top prize goes to Clara Drummond for her third BP Portrait Award of the same sitter.
Starting drawing into the wax panels, nervous beginnings…..it is learning a new drawing language, exploring which tools make which mark. The wax is easier than I thought it would be to work into, helped by warm weather.my new tools. Decided […]
I will be making a flying visit to Sint-Niklaas to meet curator Stef Van Bellingen on July 3rd and 4th. This meeting will predominantly be about the logistics of installation and also about the catalogue. Here are the previous ones […]
I’m making some progress with the work for Coup de Ville – It’s extremely time consuming and labour intensive but the results are good and I am getting closer to what I want.
The five painters shortlisted for the biennial open submission prize have been announced, with the winner set to take home £25,000 while the other prizewinners each receive £2,500.
within this process of residency i’m finding i’m often returning to looking at myself and my own practice, considering what my own needs are and are they being met. i’ve tried to be open to the challenges being set and […]
More degree show views from a-n’s Instagram as Sheyda Porter visits the show at Northumbria University and discovers artistic collaborations and a focus on the everyday, Chris Sharratt enjoys a perfect pint at Glasgow School of Art BA show and Richard Taylor uncovers a number of site-specific works at the MFA.
Saturday, the 18th of June, we had ‘open studios’. Curious Leipziger’s came into the work-spaces to see our projects. Luckily most spoke some English as I was alone. From there to the festival centre down the road for music, food […]
Crossing Borderless Borders-Art Valley in the Upper Rhine region of Europe
Stills from Alain Resnais’ “Toute La Memoire du Monde” (1956) via www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0RVSZ_yDjs (Criterion Collection)
I found last week to be an intensely emotional period. From hearing of the killings in Orlando, to seeing members of my gym choosing to stand with the rainbow flag for their post-workout Instagram photos, and then reading of the […]
In a piece originally published by The Conversation, Eleonora Belfiore looks at what Tate Modern’s new Switch House extension says about the organisation’s attempts to engage with a wider, more socially and economically diverse audience.
This week’s selection includes Spiritualist watercolours in London, North Indian art in Glasgow and an exhibition curated by a former Turner Prize winner in Manchester.
When Alexandra Darbyshire first came to the UK from Canada four years ago she was making paintings that, whilst tending towards abstraction, never quite transcended their starting points in photographic images, sometimes of underwater scenes and, most strikingly, of military […]
Six artists up for £10,000 award focusing on moving image work by UK-based artist filmmakers.
