Chloe Mandy: In Residence at the Project Space November 4 – December 15 2013 Part 2 It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be, the project space, like my metal state fast became cluttered with […]
It’s been a month since my last post due to commitments related to my course so I’m a little out of sorts. I often feel my entries onto this blog are overly eclectic. Having read back on a few of […]
I had my first mentoring session at Art Space Portsmouth (ASP) today as part of my residency award-Set up page on ASP website and a-n blog. Thank you so much ASP and especially Natalie for your help and patience. This […]
a-n/AIR-commissioned research exploring artists’ experiences of exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries. Phase 1 is based on an online survey exploring artists’ experiences of exhibition practice.
This year’s Arts Development UK national conference took a food-related approach to professional development, networking and debate. Steffan Jones-Hughes donned a hairnet, plastic gloves and apron to join the lively conversations in the conference’s World Cafe, where a menu of playful ingredients from artists in residence SSoCial kept the conversations on track.
Research study commissioned by a-n and AIR looking at artists’ experiences of exhibiting in publicly-funded galleries. Phase 1 is based on an online survey exploring artists’ experiences of exhibition practice.
The Spa, Scarborough
23 – 24 November 2013
The Spa, Scarborough
24 November 2012 – 23 November 2013
It’s been a while… And I know as I sit here and type this, come the end, this might be a futile effort that just ends up in the trash… unpublished yet exorcised… we shall see what courage remains… I […]
Pants then. I’ve been working with clothes and household linens for years, doing all manner of things with them. The last two or three years I have been using old children’s clothes, the sort I would have worn as a […]
Tomorrow I’m buying tennis balls, flour and black paper.
It’s late and I’m tired so this will be a pathetically short post. Today was a day of contrasts. As it was such a beautiful morning, I decided to spend it at People’s Park – an incredibly calm place despite […]
Proposals, Submissions & Commissions…. I have spent the last fortnight sat looking at photographs of buildings, making site visits and whizzing off emails for quotes. Its sad to say that the life of an artist isn’t just about pottering in […]
The Sporting League: Game 6 Results. Champions Pointeso squandered a three goal half time lead against Novia in a highly charged fixture at Novian heights. Novia boss: ‘That’s what we’re all about. Yeah, we’re not gonna be winning titles again […]
Lower Vaconsoft Commissions and other musings. Guy Halstead. I am not the most efficient reporter I have to admit, but its been a very busy period the last 5 months. Here is a short summary of my activities, I will […]
Today was really productive. I had a quick catch up with my mentor John and then there was a meeting about our degree show in the studios today. David chaired the meeting and talked us through what to expect and […]
This Monday’s meeting was the last meeting of this portion of the residency. There were 5 of us. 9 said they were coming. Don’t know what happened there, but it meant we could get away a bit earlier… and as […]
(Monday’s meeting, Part 2) I explained that as my iron broke, I haven’t been able to cut into and reshape this fused plastic bag form, and that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the shape I’d acheived. It’s too wide and […]
London-based French artist Laure Prouvost has been announced winner of this year’s Turner Prize.
A new centre for contemporary art and learning has just opened in a landmark heritage building in Leeds. Tina Jackson paid a visit to The Tetley’s opening weekend to find a “buzzing and inclusive event” that pitched agitprop public discussion and an artist’s open studio alongside a selection of curated artefacts from the the building’s former life as a brewery, and provided a fascinating perspective on the relationship between art and labour.
For this week’s selection of must-see shows, we’re watching ‘superb video works’ in London and Derry, exploring the radical side of Conservatism in Manchester, and experiencing performances at the ‘limits of knowledge’ in London.
The idea of an ‘American Model’ of arts funding is gaining traction in the UK along with growing calls for artists to be ‘entrepreneurial’. But, writes American critic and curator Andrew Horwitz, the funding system in the US is deeply problematic, while those who espouse entrepreneurship miss the point that the real ‘business of art’ is not for profit.
9 Brindley Place, Birmingham
27 November – 8 December 2013
Suburban Pavilion, Edinburgh
23 November – 7 December 2013
