A Dog Called Bear
Artist commission from Cheshire West and Chester Council
Artist commission from Cheshire West and Chester Council
July marked ten years since I wrote my first ever post here and I meant to acknowledge it.* The recent heatwave, plus contracting Covid for the first time, means that life’s slowed down somewhat over the past few weeks/months, however […]
Working in our individual studios, we meet three times throughout the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions, thinking and events. Louisa Chambers: Day 1: Lists It’s a lists kind of day after a frantic […]
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows.
A sculpture trail of contemporary works installed in iconic squares and locations across the West End. Curated by Mayfair Art Weekend in collaboration with Art in Mayfair. 2-27 June 2021
I’ve just returned from The Highlands of Scotland…serendipity took me on a paid singing job to Brora north of Inverness and for such a long journey and being with the KlangHaus collective, we decide to rent a cottage and do […]
The theme for this session was ‘Relationship between art and society’ and it was our last bursary supported session. It was led by Catherine Harrington and myself. We started by looking at images of artworks that have a focus on […]
Celebrating synchronicity and queer community, with reference to Alan Turing, AL & AL, Allan Horsfall and Islington Mill.
BA (Hons) Fine Art final-year student at Leeds Arts University Archie Brooks speaks to Joanna Byrne. “I feel like my work creates a lot of anxiety.” Archie Brooks is a video artist in his final year of BA (Hons) Fine […]
Exploring ideas of materiality and absence through a combination of sculpture, drawing and text.
Continuing our series of articles on the Coventry Biennial, which each of the eight participants on the programme submitted following the November workshop, here’s Isaac Nugent’s 1,000-word feature. 7. Coventry Biennial by Isaac Nugent “It could have gone horribly wrong.” […]
As a task following on from the first workshop in Coventry, each of the writers on the programme was asked to produce a 1000-word feature on the Coventry Biennial. After feedback and a light edit, this is India Nielsen’s article. 6. […]
A selection of exhibitions to catch over the festive period, including shows in Birmingham, London, Middlesbrough, Wakefield and Gateshead.
A review of Exxxtteeenssioon by Emily Roderick & Emily Warner
Curated by Alex Billingham for Vivid Live, 2nd August 2019
Our final day started with watching the sunrise from the top of the tower out my bedroom – where a weather-beaten sundial tells the time. The low cloud cover sadly meant no sun to watch rising – so a later […]
A bit more detail that could not be included in the live interview, due to time restrictions.