Supported by Visual Art South West, Exeter based writer & artist Gabrielle Hoad received writing bursary to review the ‘Prospecting’ Artists Symposium, which took place on 1st November at University Centre Somerset. Images by London based artist Léonie Hampton.
A blog documenting new work by Beth Emily Richards and Owen G Parry, funded by an a-n artist bursary 2018.
“…part of what I am is the enigmatic traces of others…” (Judith Butler)
Once upon a time, artists who wanted to pursue a full-time art career had limited options. Self-taught artists and recent art graduates could get a job, a very small percentage could be signed by a gallery right away, or they could […]
A blog about artists, historical and contemporary, who use textiles as a starting point. Written by Claire Benn, leading textile artist, teacher and curator.
A-N artist bursary 2018: The impact of mentorship whilst eating sweet potatoes.
Revealing inner vulnerabilities can radiate your courageous strength of character
Supported by an A-N Artist Bursary, I am undertaking research with Louise Hobson, exploring ways that we may find collaboration through our shared interests. The funding has supported a visit to Grizedale Arts.
bursary recipient 2018 with Bill Campbell
Portrait of a Parent is the title to my MA proposal and I aim to create a body of work that supports new understandings of parenthood and creates a platform for dialogue between parents both with and without children.
A sculpture residency engaging with Utica’s refugee community
I have been working on a series of mono prints exploring different textures and stencils.
I’m always going to fail and I’m always going to be an artist and that’s OK
Diary of my experience taking part in a project as part of Manifesta12. The related exhibition ran from 27 July – 4 November 2018
rethinking about art
more thoughts and reflections – solitude
A big thank-you to a-n for a Travel Bursary Award 2016, which will help support my travel/research costs towards producing new work this year.
Current work explores globalisation through its accelerated impact on city space. Operating at the intersection of urbanisation, postcolonialism and interculturalism, urban-spatial movements are sampled and traced within densely populated and expanding cities.
what happens if you look back….
Voids of life are true calling disguise as emptiness. Embrace them and you will find your purpose
Documentation of exhibition – Inland Project at APT Gallery for DeptfordX 2018. Collaborative project by Flora Bradwell, Sylwia Narbutt and Scott Lawrence Macfadyen.
‘8 Poor Copies’ is both a response to Richards’ show ‘Poor Copy’ at Northern Charter in April 2018, and a kind of manual for thinking through our respective practices, including our show ‘PooR Life by dog people’ at Transition Two Gallery, opening next week
I was delighted to hear I had been awarded an a-n Professional Development Bursary as I had already started on my project “Sound Scape” a collaboration between myself and Julia Harding, musician and composer for this work and this will provide the wherewithal to […]
This blog takes the form of a mystery thriller podcast telling the story of how Nick Malone came to become an artist. It underpins his upcoming exhibition of the same name which will run from 6th to 10th November at Art Bermondsey Project Space in London.
I’ve been thinking for months about Thérèse Dreaming, Balthus- 1938. Specifically, about the Met Museum’s description of the painting. The first line reads: “With closed eyes, Balthus’s pubescent model is lost in thought. Thérèse Blanchard, who was about twelve or […]
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