The Museum of Water has been nominated for European Museum of the Year, an extraordinary honour and achievement for all of us who have been working on the Museum with such care and effort over the last 3 years. The […]
Museum of Water has been nominated for European Museum of the Year. Amy Sharrocks, who began the museum in 2013, has been given an a-n travel bursary to attend the ceremony and weekend of events in San Sebastián, Spain.
‘The walls impose a simplified identity on those who cannot cross them. You are either from here or there. You are either one of us or one of them, the walls allow for no nuance, no mutually agreed apon story. […]
So pleased, one of the mono prints shown in my earlier post has been selected for Nautical Perspectives, an exhibition at St Katherine’s Docks in London in May. More details to follow.
Arriving in Portland, Oregon for the annual SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) conference to beautiful sunshine and blue skies was unexpected, due to the city’s mostly reliable reputation of being amongst the most rainy places in the USA. Thanks to […]
A-N Travel Bursary funded research trip to SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) FLUX printmaking conference in Portland, Oregon followed by a 2 month collaborative printmaking residency at KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, California.
A 7th season as Artist in Residency at the Ness of Brodgar excavations in Orkney.
This year’s Glasgow International sprawls across 75 venues, features the work of over 200 international and local artists, and features a curatorial theme focusing on the city’s post-industrial status. Chris Sharratt reports.
I’ve recently enjoyed engaging audiences directly through performing the phrase ‘A Penny For Your Thoughts’ (5 hrs per day, over 66 days). Sitting on a pavement wearing a suit, my ‘stage’ highlighted by a hazard taped hula hoop, framed by […]
I am writing to let you know that the selections have been made for our remaining three residencies. The quality of applications was very high indeed and we had a longest of over 35 artists, any of which we’d have […]
More images from my last trip to Milwyn Foundry, the silicon moulds and the ceramic coating. They are getting on with making the steel framework at the moment and I am working on the final drawings and images for the […]
Our first play through on Sunday 3rd April of “Sound Scape” was quite an experience. Because my house is too small for all the sculpture objects and the 10 musicians who had turned up to play, I had prepared drawings of […]
I was delighted to hear I had been awarded an a-n Professional Development Bursary as I had already started on my project “Sound Scape” a collaboration between myself and Julia Harding, musician and composer for this work and this will provide the wherewithal to […]
Today marked my second site visit to Glen Finglas to develop my audio project compositions. I had offered a informal creative writing workshop to the site volunteers so that they could contribute to the audio project and be more […]
To enter the space inhabited by Ben Rivers’ The Two Eyes Are Not Brothers – a joint commission by Artangel and The Whitworth – is to walk into a set of a set. The exhibition toys with ideas of narrative, […]
The work for the collaboration with the Level 5 English Students which is due to be exhibited in May is now complete. I had to modify ‘Best Friends’ because I misread the essay at the start (by reading it too […]
Megan Calver writes: Dawlish Ranger, Steve, points out the tiny flowers of the Warren Crocus. At first we can’t see anything. You need to look carefully to spot these rare and diminutive plants. Steve: “Is it rare or can no […]
(Post by Kay) The drama of the week occurred on Monday morning upon arriving in a state of high expectation with 4 kilns to open after glaze firings. This is the moment most ceramists anticipate above all else. Also I have never […]
After a long period of time, feeling lost, and without my comfort blanket of art school i plucked up the courage to enter the @twitrartexhibit for Foster pride charity in New York city. What an amazing experience it gave me, […]
As the Port Talbot steelworks crisis continues, this Saturday a mini-festival takes place at the site of the former steelworks in Ebbw Vale, curated by artist Stefhan Caddick.
Had a diabolical group crit. yesterday. I find it so hard to talk about my work. So as I have a formal assessment coming up soon, have decided to devote my time to ploughing through my copious Reflective Journals which […]
a-n travel grant award
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Recipients of the latest round of a-n bursaries have been announced, with over £32,000 awarded to a-n Artist members to support research trips to countries including Ukraine, China and USA.
