Project coordinator Ed Adam and consultant Sovay Berriman tell Jane Watt how Alias (Artists-led Initiative Advisory service) has developed over the last ten years. They discuss the dilemmas that artist-led organisations face and offer their survival tips.
Artist Rona Smith, public art consultant Vivien Lovell and architect Soraya Khan discuss the development of Rona’s ambitious North Elevation work which was permanently installed at Lumen United Reform Church last year.
The quality of art education offered in UK universities has been regularly under the spotlight in recent times. In this month’s Debate, an MA graduate gives an account of the critical situation, and proposes an alternative system to offer education for artists.
It’s Hard To Make a Stand by Steve Bishop
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
10 – 25 October 2009
You say that your work reflects or is influenced by film. What would you say was your earliest film influence, and what has inspired you more recently? The original version of Dr Zhivago stayed in my mind for years – […]
Dr. Julia Horn, Joint Director of the Centre for Career Management Skills (CETL) at University of Reading talks to Jane Watt about the fascinating research project and online resource Beyond the PhD
Writer and editor Jane MacNamee came to visit me in my studio during September. We had the following interview for local and wider publicity about the project.. Hi Clare, are you usually based here as an artist? I’m based here […]
Ruth Ewan, Pound Hand in the Jungle, screenprint on found page, 2009.
I thought i’d go into more detail on our development weekend, and the benefits of using some of our Arts Council budget to employ a mentor. The 11-12 of September saw us reside in Lincoln for 2 days to work […]
Abigail Branagan has been advising artists and makers for over a decade. She is a freelance business advisor as well as Business Development Manager at Cockpit Arts in London. She talks to Jane Watt about what makes a good advice session and how makers are weathering the economic storm.
Erica Donovan, If you like this, you might also like this… (I), 25-colour silkscreen print (edition of 50) 40x40cm, 2009.
Its about time I made the transition from Degrees Unedited to Artists Talking, having promised myself I would. Its an odd thing finding yourself suddenly outside the safety of the education system. I have allowed myself a break (albeit one […]
i’ve spoken to a dr in birmingham today as a direct result of not enough applications being received by staffordshire university for their ma fine art. months ago, while still an undergraduate, i added to the why do an ma […]
Curiouser & Curiouser! Dunbar Arts Hub Aug/Sept09 – Curiously lots of Mad Hatters opened the exhibition – dining around a huge table on Dunbar High St with cucumber sandwiches, fairy cakes and the queen of heart tarts! Knitted and edible! […]
I have now received information regarding my acceptance onto the plinth for Antony Gormley’s One And Other. I’ve decided how best to use the time wisely. As well as promoting the Lincoln Artist’s Network, I also need to promote my […]
Alice Ladenburg graduated in 2008 with a BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art. Continuing to live in Scotland’s capital, she works four days a week in the commercial art world at Ingleby Gallery, taking part […]
On this question of artists explaining/conceptualising/justifing what they do by intelectual juggelery to others. I am able to see it from a slightly different position because I can use time, looking back 20 years or more at this issue. I […]
We at the Lincoln Art Programme have set up this blog in an attempt to allow an online audience to follow the organisations development throughout the coming months. After initiating our inaugural event in March we have been busy writing […]
The course is a 2 year Masters degree in Fine art sculpture. The university itself is based in New York State and is about 5 hours from the city itself. It is actually only an hour or two from both […]
