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.
Regents Park, London
15 – 18 October 2009
Another week, another significant amount of travelling, another lot of lugging my extremely heavy bag and knocking in to everyone and everything followed by my ‘Sorry, sorry, excuse me’. Some more trying to work out where I am suppose to […]
Mentoring with Bob Levene 21.09.09 I had a really useful mentoring session with Bob Levene in her studio, having posted her a DVD of my work. We discussed problems I had come across trying to fit into particular genres, and […]
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.
“There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall” Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise, 1938
This month’s blog selection.
I feel like I’m getting nearer to where I want to be in terms of art career development, but further from being the artist I want to be. Things are happening, people are interested in my work, and thats very […]
I think the issue with this government high street initiative is that it’s not part of a programme which attempts to actively deal with the underlying problems that have caused the recession in the first place.
Dan Thompson from The Revolutionary Arts Group reveals how artists are once again making use of empty spaces as a means to kick-start both the cultural and economic well being of town centres, and suggests seven steps to enable this area of practice to flourish.
Richard Taylor in conversation with MA in Fine Art at University College Falmouth student Karen Howse
Phew, it’s been a busy week. Tuesday went really well and was unexpectedly relaxing. A good mate of mine from the studio kindly agreed to come with me to Bath to help out with the installing of my stairs for […]
continued from post #6 I can’t agree with much in the second to last paragraph though, other than one doesn’t have to stop painting white squares, but even then, must it be in the context of Suprematism? The symbolic, or […]
I have lost my job share person in work – when I say lost, I know where she is, she is sat in her new flat sorting through boxes. She didn’t get kept on when her temporary contract ran out, […]
On 16 September 2009, David Cotterrell was invited to speak at the VAGA symposium Making the Case held at Tate Modern to an audience comprised of gallery and museum directors, commissioners, consultants and local government representatives.
‘Spinning plates is a skill in itself, but if you find you are constantly doing this then you need to take a step back from your practice’…………. this months a-n quote homes in on me like an exocet missile. Guilty. […]
Dear Readers, Here is the final entry for my blog on the Re-place exhibition that happened earlier this month. Having begun the blog in May looking towards this exhibition I feel relieved that we achieved what we set out to. […]
Continued from previous post; The execise was slightly broad and vague and, as i seem to be finding with the group tasks, we did go off on tangent somewhat, it seems one person tends to dominate the discussion but manages […]
Richard Taylor in conversation with Carolyn Shepherd, final year degree student at Wirral Metropolitan.
DIRT CHEAP FLIGHTS TO CLASSY PARADISE BY JAMES HOWARD FRIDAY OCTOBER 9 2009. 6-9PM AT CRATE PROJECT SPACE, BILTON SQUARE, MARGATE CT9 1DX Also open October 9-10, 12-5pm, and October 16-18, 12-5pm ——————————————- Crate presents an exhibition of new 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.
I went to Bristol last week.I spent the first day at UWE being interviewed by Mathew Partington for the NEVAC archive, alongside Rosa and David Kay. This was great practice is being precise and clear about my ideas in relation […]
Reading back through my text documentation, it still seems to be making sense. Only thing is, I’m not quite sure how to share it – I think the best thing will be to post it up here once I’ve got […]
When I’m incubating an idea, preparing to transform it into a reality, I wish I could skip the stage I’m in now – the ‘oh god what was I thinking, this is a terrible, boring, pointless idea that no-one is […]
I call this entry : A Challenging Day. There seems to be no shortage of stressful events in the Lincoln Art Programme, and today seemed to be the pinnacle of the previous weeks stresses. I am still awaiting confirmation of […]
