On the 07/01/2015 I performed Rock, paper, Scissors for Breeze Creatives in Newcastle, for an exhibition called Act without Expectation curated by Jade Currie. (http://breezecreatives.com/abject-gallery/act-without-expectation). Figures 1-4 display the opening moments to the performance much like The Garage (Fig 5), […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Sometimes I have to get away… I looked at the chatter about the event on facebook and thought “oh I wish I lived closer then I’d go!” But then it occurred to me that I […]
This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on the site’s Events section, includes exhibitions in Cheltenham, London, Plymouth and Southampton.
What does 2016 have in store in terms of conferences and events, exhibitions, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer – and we’ll be adding new events for later in the year as they’re confirmed.
The puzzle is lying pretty much as it was before Christmas, I have sorted out a lot of the edge pieces and even got some good runs started, though somehow I am not finding/making time for it. Actually I am […]
Spike Associate Laurie Lax gained clarity and confidence at Jamboree – and a national network of couches Only a certain kind of person would sign up to sleep on a gallery floor for three nights with a bunch of strangers. […]
I still have lots of work to do with this image. I’m not even sure if she will be included in my degree show but I think she needs to be finished.
I’m please with my first attempt at time lapse video. Next time I will set up the camera in the university studio as the lighting is very good there.
Todmorden-based studio group Fold, devastated following West Yorkshire’s highest river levels in recorded history, bounces back with crowdfunding campaign.
Experiments with using the weight of women, which is so seldom part of the art world. Enthusiastically received by older women who rarely see them selves represented. Trying to explore the concept of applying Male attitudes to war to women […]
For the latest instalment in her monthly series looking at artists’ books, Sarah Bodman introduces two new works by the Dutch artist Elisabeth Tonnard.
I am hoping to have a stall at my first ceramic craft fair this year. What top tips have bloggers got?
WEDNESDAY, 6 JANUARY 2016 Going to Walthamstow on the first sunday after New Year in the pouring rain was a mistake. So at the start of this New Year I am thinking about risk, mistakes, learning and new beginnings. Tommorow […]
Jason Pinder reflects on the experiences of artists from Cardiff’s WARP during Jamboree residential workshop. It’s been a few weeks since we roughed it on the floor of Plymouth Arts Centre (PAC), just enough time for the experience to sink in. […]
During my time at CSAD so far I have been sharing a studio space with the lovely Lisa Evans. Lisa also writes her blog here on A-N. I am really appreciative of sharing a space with someone who is so […]
Ellie Harrison’s year-long Glasgow Effect project, which will see her only doing work within the Greater Glasgow area throughout 2016, has attracted a barrage of criticism on social media and articles in the local and national press. Chris Sharratt reports on the artist’s and project funder Creative Scotland’s response.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here (tricky this one, hope it makes sense!) Is this just me…. Same pattern of activity over and over, applied to all circumstances?
When a change of government in the Netherlands reversed years of generous state support for the arts, Rune Peitersen got together with other artists to challenge anti-artist rhetoric and argue for fair pay and support for artists and arts organisations. He talks to artist and AIR Council member Joseph Young about Platform BK, the small but dynamic organisation he co-founded five years ago.
Not making work for the last two weeks has enabled me to sit back and really think and take the time to analyse my work. What have I made? What is its context? What do I continue working with? What […]
