
Events #51: The week ahead from a-n’s members
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool has announced the six artist designer makers nominated for a new prize and exhibition in memory of the potter Julia Carter Preston. We take a closer look at works by some of the shortlisted artists.
Saltaire Arts Trail, fabulous idea, walk in and out of villager’s lounges, see art and craft by artists who are local or exhibiting in Saltaire via a local host. Events in Victoria Hall and elsewhere in this Unesco World Heritage […]
Ruth Pringle’s review of Ally Wallace’s solo exhibition at Art Gene.
Sound and Vision JANUARY 13, 2016BRIANGART EDIT On the morning of December 11th I recieved a text from a good friend informing me of the death of David Bowie. As with inumerable others, the music and lifestyle of Bowie was […]
Lieder 16 JANUARY 1, 2016BRIANGART EDIT Towards the end of 2015 I had this earworm which lasted several days …. it was Bruce Hornsby’s The Way It Is. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeKidp-iWo ) And…this earworm makes me wonder about The Way It Is could I […]
44AD Gallery /Flash Residency blog
Based on learning from the first eighteen months of the Paying Artists initiative, the paper provides a draft exhibition fee framework, with recommendations and guidance for implementing this.
My work has developed throughout studying at University Campus Suffolk as a Fine Art student. At the start, I experimented with natural and unnatural patterns, which then went on to looking at things we don’t really take much notice of, […]
I heard yesterday that my funding proposal for Metamekanix has been awarded by Ravensbourne’s Research Grant. I will be able to work with two other researchers on my proposal. The project will last about 6-9 months My research question is: What […]
Paying Artists Draft Exhibition Fee Framework, Guidelines and Recommendations published.
As Phyllida Barlow becomes the 40th artist to join Artist Rooms, it’s announced that a new, dedicated exhibition space for the collection at the Tate Modern extension will debut with work by Louise Bourgeois.
I am working on getting parts of the text of Border Country by Raymond Williams (https://www.waterstones.com/book/border-country/raymond-williams/9781902638812 ) printed onto fabric tape, but also considering how this might work on the Mobile Library vehicle. Spring action maybe so the tape reels […]
This year’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition will be selected by Anya Gallaccio, Alan Kane and Haroon Mirza.
It has been a while since I last posted an update, it’s been a busy few weeks with the holidays and then a busy January so far! A lot has been going on in the last few weeks, namely my […]
The Museums Association Cuts Survey 2015 suggests that funding cuts are putting museums under increased pressure, with more pain to come as local authorities attempt to balance their decreasing budgets.
Polemical 1937 book The Road to Wigan Pier is the thematic framework for the next two editions of North East festival of art, music and film.
I keep retiring but have just been head-hunted. So teaching again. A lovely adult class – we’re going to tackle figure drawing this week. Alongside that I’m still painting and have just completed a writing assignment for the MA. Not […]
Fancy devising your own schedule of professional development to boost your practice in 2016? Looking to expand your horizons and go places in the year ahead? a-n is offering two new bursary strands to Artist members for 2016, with the focus on professional development and travel.
LOW PROFILE look at the outcomes of Jamboree and the possibilities for taking it forwards. It feels important to know that all of the energy spent developing and delivering Jamboree might become a starting point for a productive shift in […]