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Exeter Craft Festival
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Exeter Cathedral Green -
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July 01, 2021 -
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July 03, 2021 -
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South West England
festival - a-n The Artists Information Company
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Great Exhibition Road Festival
Fantasies of Exhibition Road ‘Artists and scientists re-imagine Albertopolis’
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51zero/festival 2019
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Rochester and Canterbury -
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October 25, 2019 -
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November 17, 2019 -
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South East England
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Lithuanian Days in Scotland 2019
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Multiple -
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October 22, 2019 -
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October 25, 2019 -
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Scotland
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British Ceramics Biennial 2019 returns to Stoke-on-Trent for 10th anniversary edition
This year’s city-wide celebration of contemporary ceramic art features an expanded programme of exhibitions and increased prize money for its ‘Award’ competition for new and innovative work.
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Plymouth Art Weekender 2019: community engagement commission to highlight city’s textile history
Dartmoor-based artists Tabatha Andrews and Tim Bolton will collaborate with former Jaeger seamstresses for their sculptural project Make It Up, which draws on the port city’s textile and naval history.
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Piece Hall Wellbeing & Community Festival, Halifax, 20 & 21 July 2019
I’ve been at the Piece Hall Wellbeing Festival today and yesterday, talking and interviewing people for Dwell Time. I didn’t want a stall and opted for milling around talking to other practitioners who had stalls and visitors. I met some […]
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The Tavistock performing Arts Festival
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Portobello Road / Tavistock Square -
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July 07, 2019 at 12:00 AM -
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London
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Piece Hall Wellbeing & Community Festival, Halifax, 20 & 21 July 2019
Piece Hall Wellbeing & Community Festival, Halifax, 20 & 21 July 2019 Saturday 10am – 6pm, Sunday 10am – 4pm We excited to be interviewing participants and visitors at the ucpoming Wellbeing & Community Festival at the Piece Hall in […]
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Welland Festival: Cap Stories
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Bethusda Church / Wainwright Hall -
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June 08, 2019 -
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June 09, 2019 -
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Yorkshire
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Augmented Chinatown
Reflecting/Documenting the ideas from my last commission by Chinese Arts Now as part of the CAN Festival 2019
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Exhibition Opening
Yesterday was the festival launch and opening of my exhibition Recyclables at Smith Art Gallery and Brighouse Library. The festival launch had some performances and a community choir which we enjoyed and I had some good rubbish conversations with people. […]
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Deptford X 2018 festival: embodying artists’ concerns with personal and social histories
The 19th edition of this annual festival in south-east London features a curated programme of work by emerging artists plus a sprawling and diverse Fringe – all within a 1km radius of Deptford station. Carrie Foulkes reports.
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Plymouth Art Weekender
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Plymouth -
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September 28, 2018 -
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September 30, 2018 -
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South West England
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Middlesbrough Art Weekender 2018
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Middlesbrough -
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October 04, 2018 -
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October 07, 2018 -
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North East England
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Judith Stewart: My Family Others
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Chateau Marcus -
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July 14, 2018 -
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July 16, 2018 -
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North East England
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A Q&A with… Teresa Gleadowe, founder of CAST and curator of Groundwork, Cornwall
Taking place in venues across west Cornwall including an abandoned church, a telecommunications station and a snooker club, the five-month Groundwork programme of international contemporary art is organised by the Cornubian Arts & Science Trust (CAST). David Trigg discusses art and place with the organisation’s influential curator.
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Cross-Channel collaboration: the diep~haven festival and its post-Brexit future
Founded in 2014 and inspired by the busy schedule of the Newhaven–Dieppe ferry, the diep~haven project sees artists exhibiting across Normandy and East Sussex as well as the ferry itself. As this year’s festival launches, Dany Louise talks cross-Channel collaboration and life after Brexit with the projects creators and artists.
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Whitstable Biennale 2018 review: an exquisite gem with emphasis on narrative and language
The ninth Whitstable Biennale is its first as an Arts Council England national portfolio organisation and this year sees film and performance works that respond to a theme of displacement inspired by Deborah Levy’s novel, Swimming Home. Dany Louise reports from the unique nine-day art festival on the north Kent coast.
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Glasgow International 2018: recommended shows and works from across the festival
With nearly 100 exhibitions and featuring more than 250 artists, the eighth Glasgow International festival, which continues until 7 May, is a bustlingly busy affair taking place in venues across Scotland’s largest city. To help you navigate it, seven writers on the a-n Writer Development Programme 2017-18 offer their recommendations following an intense and varied opening weekend.
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A Q&A with… Richard Parry, Glasgow International director
Richard Parry was appointed director of the biennial Glasgow International festival in May last year, following a move from Blackpool where he was director/curator at the Grundy Gallery. Chris Sharratt talks to him about the artistic rhythm of Glasgow’s rich and vibrant art scene, and his approach to curating the festival, which is now in its eighth edition.
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DRAWin 2018 – An International Festival of Live Drawing Performance
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Fabrica - Center for Contemporary Art -
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April 03, 2018 -
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April 04, 2018 -
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South East England
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51zero/festival 2017
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Rochester Cathedral, Guildhall Museum, Royal Dockyard Church -
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October 29, 2017 -
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November 02, 2017 -
Location:
South East England
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Coventry Biennial 2017 review: a springboard for new responses
The inaugural Coventry Biennial takes as its theme ‘the future’ and has as its main venue a relic of the city’s past – the former offices of the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Selina Oakes reports.
Blog Post
Entry for September
So these past few weeks have all been about the ‘Hidden Altrincham’ which is an art festival near Manchester in…erm…Altrincham. It has been a well organised event with lots of different and exciting creative types kicking about. I personally have […]