
Friday update: 29/04/2016
News from the previous week
News from the previous week
The shortlist of five for the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2016 has been announced, with the winner of the £100,000 prize to be revealed in July.
There is something very creepy about stairs at night. The way they creek and the shadows the bannister makes on the walls. And what is inside the cupboard under the stairs? Why is the door half open? Alfred Hitchcock taking […]
To begin our research into immersive art Sarah and I went to Waterman’s art centre to see UnReal: XYZ / s, a performative guided tour on Friday 18th March. When we arrived the carpark smelt amazing! It was going to have […]
I am changing direction. Yesterday I completed some drawings of a series of rotating lengths of square section timber. On each side I would have an image. The timbers would be rotated by a more powerful 24V DC motor via […]
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Film and performance artist Doug Fishbone’s latest project is an alternative take on bus tours around Aberdeen for the Look Again Festival. Jack Hutchinson finds out more.
Canson, the paper manufacturer from France’s Ardèche region, has announced details of the five finalists for the annual international award that celebrates art and paper.
photo by Stu Allsopp of me in the Empathy Booth – I think it looks like a curtsey to ACE. My goodness me. Arts Council England have said YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH ACE for believing in the project and […]
Mr Bath wisely confessed to enjoying a cigarillo on his jaunt to York, realising at lightening speed that he had been rumbled. The disappointed clerics withdrew, pondering on their next target and the veracity of Bath’s claim. The Wife of […]
Last year I saw the Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Royal Academy. His installation S.A.C.R.E.D consisted of six large plain iron boxes. To see inside the viewer has to peer inside small windows which are situated on each side as well as above […]
I find it really interesting that many successful creative people have the same personality trait in common: they are open to new experiences. Having an open mind, a willingness to try new things or at least entertain the prospect of […]
Edited by artist Steve Pool, this research paper looks at the year-long Co-producing legacy research project which explored the legacy of Connected Communities from the perspective of the artists involved.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here The closed boxes…. Whether they belong to Schrödinger or Pandora… While closed, they hold the possibilities. While closed, the world is safe. While closed, everything holds promise of wealth and glory, but can never be […]
With recent high-profile appointments of women in the visual arts, from Frances Morris as the new director of Tate Modern to Sarah Munro at Baltic, gender equality and the underrepresentation of female artists in the UK’s major art galleries has been put in the spotlight. Dany Louise speaks to female gallery directors who are making sure that the issue gets the attention it deserves.
Research produced as part of the year-long Co-producing legacy project, which explored how artists worked within the 2009 AHRC-led Connected Communities programme from the perspective of the artists involved.
New works and drawings are beginning as I begin exploring a couple of sites in the Mersey Estuary. I am working with The Cheshire Wildlife Trust to access and walk on a couple of reserves they manage. Gown Meadows is […]
Research and development exploring reconsiderations of landscape through my fine art practice as part of the A-N Travel Bursary 2016
I am writing to let you know that your proposal for the European City of Science Artist in Residence has not been selected. I’m sorry if this is disappointing news. Thank you very much for your interest in the project […]
– It showed weaknesses in relation to the activity’s public engagement outcomes. We noted that: It was not clear how the project would produce good artistic outcomes. More convincing public engagement plans would also have strengthened the application.
Completed a week long residency at the Cyprus College of Art, for the second year running. with it being my second visit, I felt like I already knew the place and was able to get straight into the studio […]