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Day 9 Responding to my materials in space

by April Yasamee

Having cleared the 5mX5m floor space, I’ve made room for the 9m wire mesh roll to dictate what happens next. It’s a combination of careful balancing & weighing the inherent tension within the wire mesh coil & unfurling it into […]

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Class of 2020: Shonagh Kelly

by a-n Degree Shows

BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. “My degree show work is an exploration of aesthetics inside religious buildings. I focus on everyday and mundane objects that are usually completely forgotten and […]

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Class of 2020: Morgan Black

by a-n Degree Shows

BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. “As a gender non-conforming artist, my work embraces non-binary bodies and being, and challenges hetereonormativity in art, culture and society, whilst breaking down barriers between […]

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Getting online with your work

by Nigel Wayne Sables

Hi fellow a-n members, I have created a workshop for creatives and freelancers about getting their work online, protecting their intellectual property, standing out through the noise, safeguarding and increasing their visibility. I’ve had some great feedback and thought I […]

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Blurring reality and the perception of scale

by Lisa Cole

Continuing the exhibition of Susan Plover’s ‘A Feast for Your Eyes’ and taking some candid shots of the goings on in the gallery space. The Instagram account reached 50 followers on the same night as formation dancing practice in the […]

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Day 8 End of first week

by April Yasamee

Reflecting on how this gallery space has affected my practice after a week. I’ve seen other artists from studio spaces within Phoenix, but due to social distancing, we’ve had no collaborative chats in the studio space. This has reinforced the […]

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Class of 2020: Shawna Milligan

by a-n Degree Shows

BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. “While the main themes throughout my practice are predominantly about experimentation and freedom of expression there is also a depiction between human and non-human identities […]

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Class of 2020: Holly Watkins

by a-n Degree Shows

BA (Hons) Fine Art Mixed Media, University of Westminster. “What would it be like if your phone screen could think and feel? What might it say to you? What information would it know?” Treating the human body as a ‘vessel […]

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Class of 2020: Ruth Heaton

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Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation “My work explores spatial complexity and perception, architectonic composition and colour.” Ruth Heaton’s work consciously explores boundaries and crossovers between two- and three-dimensional practice. Sculptural lines transfer over into […]

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Exploring bioplastic to visualise the unseen

by Katie Taylor

I have been interested in experimenting with gelatine bioplastic to make simple stitched clothing to reference invisibility/unseen unidentified deaths – but also decay and decomposition and the circle back to the earth/land/water. I’m interested in the trace elements that remain […]

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Artists Make Change: Discussion Reports published

by Jack Hutchinson

Five Discussion Reports, made in response to a series of 90 minute Public Group Discussions, published as part of 12-month research and development project initiated by a-n Artists Council members Rachel Dobbs and Glen Stoker.

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Day 6 using my time mindfully

by April Yasamee

The light and airy feeling of the empty gallery space is conducive to creating temporary sculptures. I document the multiple versions I make with quick photos. The transience & processes of making the sculptures are the art for me, rather […]

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Conversations and the Internet…

by Elena Thomas

Thank goodness for the internet! I’ve so missed the conversations in my studio with my fellow General Office colleagues and friends. I’ve missed the prodding at my brain that makes me continue to question. Especially at the moment as I […]

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Setting up the Susan Plover solo exhibition

by Lisa Cole

I’m setting up the Tiny Cat Gallery for the preview of ‘A Feast for Your Eyes’ tonight. The artist wanted a draped background and an ornate frame. The best I could do was a nip to Wilkos and some distressing […]

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