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A Learning Adventure – STUDIOBOOK 2017 with a-n Bursary
I am an artist seeking new directions and guidance, luckily I have been selected for StudioBook 2017…in hope of a new road to follow.
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RÅFILM cameraman
Finally I got to actually work for the collective as camera operator for their Nordic Film Festival this year 2017
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Manchester Arena bombing: poet’s words urge strength, unity and tolerance
Manchester poet Tony Walsh’s reading of his poem, This is the Place, was a defiant riposte to Monday night’s Manchester Arena bombing.
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Standing Together in an Empty Pool
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Open House
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RÅFILM short documentary
In 2016 i was awarded travel bursary to network with like minded people in the same field as me. Even through it didn’t necessarily need to document my trip, I couldn’t help myself. So click on the vimeo link below to see what I got up to.
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Buy Art Fair and Manchester Contemporary mark tenth edition with move to Manchester Central
The annual Manchester art fair marks its tenth edition with a move to a new city centre venue along with a new October date for 2017.
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HOW TO SWIM – Exhibit A: Trying to Float
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May 14, 2017 at 12:00 AM -
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North West England
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A new order: Manchester International Festival to celebrate Joy Division, Engels and more
This year’s biennial, the first under its new director, includes an exhibition celebrating the visual legacy of Joy Division and New Order, plus a film performance by Phil Collins that will bring a Soviet-era statue of Friedrich Engels to Manchester.
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Rituals within domestic space: Edward Hollis
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April 05, 2017 at 06:00 PM -
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North West England
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Sophie Lee: Make Place
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ArtWork Atelier -
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It Stares Us Down
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North West England
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Green Walk Open House Arts & Crafts weekend
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Green Walk -
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April 29, 2017 at 12:00 PM -
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North West England
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It Stares Us Down
On three consecutive Saturdays in March I will present newly commissioned performances and sculptures at Manchester Central Library exploring how, why and what we read… Further details to follow… www.librarylive.co.uk/event/the-act-of-reading/ www.librarylive.co.uk/event/saccades/ www.librarylive.co.uk/event/circular-reading/ It Stares Us Down is supported by ACE, Manchester […]
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Maria Balshaw confirmed as new director of Tate
Current Director of the Whitworth, Manchester and Manchester City Galleries will succeed Sir Nicholas Serota who is stepping down after almost 30 years in the role.
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Manchester’s Factory arts venue receives planning permission
The £110million project is to be built on the former Granada Studios site, with Manchester International Festival announced as operator of the new ‘flagship’ cultural venue.
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New era for Turnpike Gallery, Leigh: “Art and culture are a catalyst for the town”
Built in 1971 and all but abandoned by the cash-strapped local council in 2013, Turnpike Gallery in the former mining town of Leigh near Wigan, is entering a new stage in its history with the creation of a community interest company to run its programme. Natalie Bradbury speaks to arts manager Helen Stalker as the gallery relaunches with the Jerwood Drawing Prize touring exhibition.
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Is Maria Balshaw set to succeed Nicholas Serota as Tate director?
The current director of Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Art Galleries is expected to take the top job at Tate.
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Best exhibitions of 2016: a-n writers pick their top five shows
Five a-n News writers – based in London, Birmingham and Glasgow – pick, in no particular order, their top five exhibitions of the year.
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Fair Cities: exploring the ecology of art market centres
What makes a city an art market centre? Hosted by The Manchester Contemporary in September 2016, the Fair Cities symposium brought together a number of speakers to discuss the ecologies and infrastructure of developed art markets in the key cities of Basel, Brussels and London. As a partner in the event, a-n captured the insights of these international art world professionals to produce a new set of video resources.
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Manchester International Festival: Yael Bartana and Jeremy Deller commissions announced
New festival artistic director John McGrath announces a snapshot of the 2017 programme, which includes new commissions by prominent visual artists.
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Helen Wewiora appointed director of Castlefield Gallery
Arts Council England’s current Relationship Manager for Visual Arts to take over from Kwong Lee as Director of Castlefield Gallery in January 2017.
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Traces of development: gallery mentoring scheme puts paper into practice
Coming ten months into PAPER Gallery’s year-long mentoring scheme Tracing PAPER, a new exhibition showcases the work of the nine artists involved. Polly Checkland Harding talks to the gallery’s director and two of the artists involved in the scheme.
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Manchester Contemporary 2016: conference considers ecology of art market
Art world professionals will be sharing their insights on what makes a city an art market centre at the Fair Cities panel discussion, part of The Manchester Contemporary art fair.
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WHAM – Transition at The Manchester Contemporary
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