This week I have spent a lot of time on Photoshop CS6 digitally manipulating medical illustrations. As you are probably aware from my previous blog posts I did struggle doing this to begin with, however persistence and step-by-step guides meant […]
NVA has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Creative Scotland to save the iconic modernist building and bring it back to life as an arts centre and heritage destination.
Four artists have been shortlisted for UK’s first dedicated award for sculpture, with the winner receiving £30,000.
I have been up to my ankles (literally!) in porcelain slip for the last 10 days. My studio has turned white and everything in it is covered in a white residue left over from the slip that abounds. This is […]
Thank you a-n for focusing on my work over on the your Instagram account this week . Its really given me a high :-) I feel like I should be writing a really interesting post just now as I’m getting so much […]
I have been thinking about my subject matter recently and my choices behind who I decide to paint or draw in my portraits. Thinking about the story behind my work isn’t really something I have consciously done before; I tend […]
An exhibition of the seven finalists for this annual prize that showcases artists from UK art schools will take place at Londonewcastle Project Space in central London, with the winner of this 10th anniversary edition receiving £5,000.
Artist and former teacher Henry Ward is head of education at the Freelands Foundation, founded last year by Elisabeth Murdoch. a-n Writer Development Programme participant Lydia Ashman finds out more about the foundation and its forthcoming Art Is… symposium at Tate Modern.
Outdoors performance piece set within the excavation of a Bronze Age burial mound
S1 Artspace has announced more details of it planned relocation to Sheffield’s brutalist Park Hill estate, following last week’s budget announcement of £1 million of government funding for the scheme.
A team of artists, including six from Teesside, is visiting the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident which happened nearly 30 years ago. The impact of the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in […]
As time passes so too does it seem to speed up. With the intense experience of the passing of time and the impending assessment, self declaration and judgement, the level of introspection also seems to deepen. I am so in […]
For NVA’s Hinterland, a derelict former Catholic seminary near Glasgow has been bathed in light and sound before it is partly transformed into a new space for art and performance.
So there is this magical thing, the way that we tell stories, the way we project ourselves into the lives of others and the way that those stories reflect back at us. There is the moment a baby recognises his […]
This week’s selection includes Simon Starling in Nottingham, Iwan Lewis’s paintings in Llandudno, and Sara Barker’s stage-like installations in Edinburgh.
