#04 I 10:18 The soil from my mother’s garden crunches in the hand shells of snails accumulated grit roots as strong and delicate as greying hairs. Ground that welcomes rain and pushes between toes on bare feet leaving marks like […]
Following the announcement of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020 Awards winners last week, we take a look at the works of a-n members included in the online show.
Professional Practice Two: How Outsider Artists Get Heard.
I’m somewhat overawed to be supported by Arts Council England for my new R&D project, Neurophototherapy! This time I haven’t rushed onto social media immediately to announce my good news. It’s taken a few days to process what I want […]
My journey to getting a degree in Fine Arts- 2nd year project 1
2020 graduate Jody Mulvey discusses founding SADGRADS and her hopes for the future.
Keith Piper, a founding member of the Blk Art Group and now a member of a-n’s Board, outlines the evolution of his practice during the 1980s.
Sunil Gupta discusses making work about the experiences of gay men in his hometown of Delhi and setting up Autograph in the 1980s.
Professional Practice Two.
It’s ten years since I attended a series of meetings in which a number of regular a-n bloggers were invited to speak about the advantages of writing as part of their creative practice: Alex Pearl, Emily Speed, Rosalind Davis, Rob […]
As predicted the making of artwork has been exceedingly slow and patchy over the last year, primarily because of my MRes studies but also of course impacted by this ongoing pandemic. Despite the issues we have all faced, I am […]
Review of the Year… a long read… sorry… get some tea and biscuits first maybe? 2020… yes… it’s been a bit crap really hasn’t it, generally? But I don’t want to write a review about a virus, my fury at […]
sharing processes from an earth-based practice
I realise that reflecting on this particular past year focusses very much on what has been happening for and to me. Living and working (for the most) in a small town during a pandemic my focus has been rather limited. […]
Efi Haliori presented her latest photographic project‘ Transformations’ at CAN Gallery, in Athens.
Reflection 23/02/21: I decided to take this series of work as experimentation for Are You Watching? for Congruous. I felt they were boring and something was missing in these. I have realised projection is my medium that I work well with and with […]
Devon based artist and printmaker, whose work is currently on show at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer/Winter Exhibition, discusses what she has achieved over the last 12 months, the impact of Artist Support Pledge, and her plans for 2021.
Royal College of Art graduate discusses campaigning during the final year of his MA, and going from RCA painting student rep to supporting with Pause or Pay UK – from the backroom of a café in Cyprus, where he has spent two months tracing his family and find his grandfather’s birth certificate.
Canadian-born Ian Kirkpatrick is best-known for his image-encrusted sculptures, but in a year that included commissions and a funding award, his highlight was a creative re-centring on two-dimensional art.
Production Director of Alchemy Film & Arts explains how the organisation responded to the Covid-19 crisis by moving its festival online to make the best of a challenging situation.
Russian-Ghanaian photographer based in London reflects on lockdown in the darkroom, finding new narratives in her city’s streets, and continuing conversations long overdue in 2021.
Suddenly things are a lot calmer. Catching up on unread emails from Thursday evening and Friday I learn that my show in Uppsala is postponed. It should have opened on 16 January but Swedish regulations regarding covid-19 restrictions were strengthened […]
Session summary written by Catherine Harrington This session explored self-care and empathy, through physical exercises and readings – and a focus on elevating our approach to each other, through using compassion: We started off with an exercise set by Colleen […]
Martha Rosler was a name from my group crit 24/11/20, to explore the male gaze, effects upon women and the “oppressive women’s roles” (MoMa, 2020) of the kitchen further. Reflection 19/03/21: Rosler’s performance piece within the kitchen inspired me to […]
After my formative assessment with Jane, I wanted to continue the exploration of performative art as the feedback was so successful from my group crit 20/11/20. Hannah Wilke did this in her performative work I researched last year L5 which impacted […]
