In a piece originally published by The Conversation, Jade French – a writer for Disability Arts Online – argues that, with an exhibition from Unlimited and other initiatives, this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is foregrounding great art rather than paying lip service to diversity.
A covert artist residency is uninvited, unfunded and self directed, so undercover, if you will. What is an artist residency anyway? They seems to vary as much as the places they happen, but basically, an arrangement is made for an […]
Last year, artist and curator Emma Sumner took a research trip to India which saw her visit an extensive network of organisations at the heart of this vast country’s contemporary art scene. Here she highlights three of them and explores what can be learnt from their approach to art and funding.
Last night we had another round of crits, Paul Jex, Melanie Kyles and Nick Christie showed work, here is a little round up; Paul Jex is currently showing in the Project Space at Vane Gallery. His large scale posters pair […]
The sixth edition of the Oxfordshire festival offers an alternative to traditional music festivals by placing visual art at the centre, including commissions resulting from an a-n Go and See Bursary. Jack Hutchinson reports.
A decision to save time and money and travel to the residency by train was made yesterday and so I found myself stressing unnecessarily, like in my old commuter days,about missing my train. Of course there was no need as […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here The work feels best when it intersects with life – for me anyway. Those moments when I suddenly find that my response to real life has an impact on my practice and ultimately the […]
Last week in a Twitter conversation Kate Murdoch kindly asked me how things were going post-degree – “trying to find order in the chaos – need to be patient and let the dust settle I think!” I said, to which […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Going over old ground. I’m boring myself now! I look at the sketch book I’m working in and it all looks stupidly familiar. I dig out the books I worked in when Bo and I […]
The beginning of July heralded the start of the second part of the MSB residency exchange between Castlefield Gallery, Bloc and Stryx. This time we were with Bloc Projects in Sheffield. A great venue and a great bunch of fellow artists. […]
I have found that the bonds of academia have restricted my creative side and note that many others feel the same.. Be what it may: i am now looking forward…. into a world of possibility and have many good ideas […]
Are traditional arts organisations the best vehicles for meaningful participation or should we be looking elsewhere? These are dangerous times for people and for our world of arts values. Uncertainty can cause us to be safe, edit complexity, be secretive, […]
For the last few days I have been in Reykjavik with Andy and busy pretty much the whole time, so I’ve not been able to write until now, on the plane flying home again. I have 2 workshops coming up […]
Susannah Thompson’s review of Ally Wallace’s solo exhibition at Rothesay Pavilion.
As part of his 18-month Chisenhale Gallery Create Residency, artist Yuri Pattison has been looking at the world of tech start ups, hack spaces and peer-to-peer sharing. Prior to the launch of a new website and series of digital sculptures, Michaela Nettell met him to discuss transparency, data and what contemporary art can learn from the networked society.
Joseph Cornell was the subject of the last blog post, and it’s very fitting indeed for The Museum of Object Research to run another post dedicated to this remarkable object artist. It’s a particular pleasure to provide a link to […]
This week’s selection features a film installation exploring queer intergenerational relationships, an exhibition charting the emergence of contemporary art in China, and a glimpse into how, for a short period during the 1950s, St Ives challenged the then contemporary art capitals of Paris and New York.
I though now would be as good a time as any to finally start a blog “regarding the bursary I was awarded last year. The aim of my research is to develop new skills in the art pulp printing and lithography.
The performance, video and installation artist discusses Hercules Rough Cut, his new commission for Bloomberg SPACE which explores empire, civilisation, London and language.
The Nottingham Trent University graduate has been announced winner of the £20,000 prize for a final year painting and sculpture student during the unveiling of an exhibition of twelve shortlisted artists at Baltic 39’s Project Space in Newcastle upon Tyne.
A recent symposium in Swansea, organised by Q-Art, brought together speakers from across the UK to explore the impact of location on art education and the art school. Rory Duckhouse reports.
As the degree shows season draws to a close, we republish the last of three interviews with art professionals from the 50-page a-n Degree Shows Guide 2015. Here, Louise Hutchinson, director of S1 Artspace in Sheffield, talks about how to present work and the tyranny of the student business card.
I often struggle for a title when writing a new post – but not today – it springs to mind immediately! I have been waking really early recently (like 3am) my mind is wide awake and whirring like crazy. I […]
Another project we worked on whilst being exiled from the studio was A World of Ego Close to the Gods. Given the opportunity to use the Embassy Gallery in Edinburgh for 4 weeks, we had to come up with a […]
2015 will see the Philippines showcase at The Venice Biennale, after a hiatus of 5 decades. A soul searching discovery with artist, Vanessa Scully.
