I am organising a Museum’s Learning Day in Sittingbourne at the Ideas Test head office, Jan 29th 2016. I am looking for interesting and provocative speakers who can bring new ideas about how Museums work with artists. Suggestion are welcome! […]
I am a third-year undergraduate student currently studying at UCS. Perception Series:
While working on my dissertation, with the focus on Augusta Savage & Kara Walker’s artwork. I work with the same focus on Identity, perceptions, and the representation of these subjects.
Beth Bate, director of Great North Run Culture, has been appointed head of the Dundee arts organisation.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here I am aware it has been over a week since I posted, and it’s not like me is it? As I sit here, not sleeping, again, I mull over the reason why. It is because […]
Looking for Christmas present ideas but want to avoid the high street? Why not support artists and/or organisations that promote contemporary art by purchasing unusual or limited edition works online instead. Here’s 10 ideas to start you off, from a 50p badge to a £400 print.
The chancellor George Osborne announced surprisingly positive news for Arts Council England in his spending review speech, with expected cuts turning into a modest increase in cash. But, cautions Mark Robinson, there’s much more to funding the arts than national portfolio organisations and major museums.
I am preparing a funding proposal for Ravensbourne’s internal research. I teach there on the Postgraduate programmes. My research centres on using programming to control the movement of motors
A blog about working in both traditional and digital media with electronics
What an amazing experience I had today visiting the Silent Explosion exhibition of Ivor Davies’ work at the National Museum in Cardiff; also the chance to hear about the work from the curator of the exhibition, Judit Bodor. The first […]
Da lasses in 1958, Agnes’s diary started in 1957 the first season, recording their wages and the amount of herring from each boat, and she has listed all the boats in the back. A precious little book.
Chancellor George Osborne delivers Autumn Statement and Spending Review, outlining cuts to government departments, whilst promising increased funding for the Arts Council.
We all know the benefits of art on our health. The arts can substantially enhance lives and positively impact on patient care. Therefore it seems only right that art is being used…
Austmarka | 3 degrees | fog before getting up there was the world of Norwegian writer (Karl Ove Knausgaard) autobiographical exact, descriptive he is moved by Constable’s sketches of clouds and fears his responses to art are not appropriate emotional […]
Tactics: take 30 seconds of film either side of the still. Play it at normal speed, freezing it every 1 second to draw the skyline. I don’t like the mark-making in this – too controlled – lacks expression More […]
After a guest lecture by artist Lol Sargent I went over to the drawing studio to work with first and second year BA (Hons) Fine Art students to construct a Lens Based Media installation. Each artist had brought different LBM […]
The findings of a recent survey into social mobility in the arts reveal that it is becoming increasingly difficult for those without financial support to break into the sector.
Da Lasses……Agnes Kay, Joan Sutherland, Elisha Simpson, Ruby Williamson, 1957. The herring gutters from Whalsay, the crew of 4, worked together, lived together, 3 to gut and 1 to pack, still friends. Today at Mareel, the arts centre in Lerwick, […]
Similar tactics as before: use a new still shot, take 30 seconds of film either side of it, play this at 25% speed and draw the results. Repeat this four times, quickly, one after the other. These are the results: […]
In our previous meeting together, back in September, some of the artists mentioned their own experiences of being part of other peer groups or crit groups and possible formats that could be adapted for this group. Some individuals spoke of […]
He told me the story of hiding from his father in his bedroom. He told me of the fear he felt when he heard the bee come into the flat attracted by the fish his father was frying, unexpected as […]
Darren and I will turn up on Sunday next and occupy The Minories. Mirroring the research we’ve been doing over the last few months and the images installed in the show Making Space, we will endeavour to fit in to the […]
