I’ve recently had a solo show as part of the ‘Margate NOW 2019’ art festival. My exhibtion was called ‘Displaced Portraits’ and consisted of thirty-three, mostly metalpoint, drawings. I’ve always been a little unbelieving of artists who can easily say […]
This Christmas, ditch the high street and discover original artworks and handcrafted gifts by independent artists and makers who will be opening their studios or putting up market stalls at a range of venues. Lauren Lomax makes a selection from across the UK.
Our regular selection of shows to see around the UK, including Antony Gormley’s iconic terracotta figures at Firstsite, Colchester, and Keith Coventry’s collage works at new London gallery Upstone Soho.
I’ve been struggling a bit since the exhibition. It’s right that each exhibition becomes a little pinnacle at which you can assess progress, and where you are and what’s important. And then move on… maybe down a different alley, a […]
After a hectic summer and autumn of engagement events on the Wirral, I am now just two weeks away from the exhibition opening at the Williamson Art Gallery – 7 December 2019 – 2 February 2020.
A place to be. Sharing responses to COVID-19
I am looking for good places to research gallery spaces for hire in London. I have just joined a new studio and we want to put together a group show. If anyone could recommend either – a likely venue – […]
Proactively seeking out opportunities to realise exhibitions and projects is an important strategy in the arts. Adam Smythe, Curator at the Bluecoat in Liverpool, gives some advice on the best methods of approaching galleries with exhibition proposals for your own work or for curatorial projects.
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in Derby, Scunthorpe and Hampshire – all taken from our busy Events section featuring events and shows posted by a-n members.
Watch my progress at https://www.instagram.com/louise_rea/
Current sorting and sifting through boxes and files in the studio continues to throw up reminders of past work. Today I came across a series of images of my ‘Sweet Nothings’ assemblage – a collection of altered ceramic female figurines. […]
a-n is partnering with three Manchester-based art and design organisations on a programme of professional development sessions for artists that will take place in the city between January and March 2020.
The film Sliding Doors holds significance in our family. It’s used in multiple ways, one: an affectionate teasing of grandma, long since gone, who was unable to grasp the concept of the dual storyline… two: the inability of anyone else […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t987Lxt1t4 Do we really know how to dialogue? Listen to the Founder of the Institute for Socratic Dialogue & Professor at ESADE Business and Law School, explaining how and why to engage in real dialogue.
Beachtime stories runs until the end of the month and alongside the exhibition is a programme of the trilogy of artists’ films made by Us3 (me, Joanna Jones and Helen Lindon) for Folkestone’s SALT festival. It has been rewarding to get […]
Screen grab of my Instagram account. Sometimes we need to look back. Sometimes we need a little bit of encouragement to take the time for reflection. An art practice is (I find) so often about looking forward, and about creating […]
Creation of art is not meant to be the worst thing in the day. Frequently it it the best thing. But getting started is SO often the worst thing. Talking with my mentor Rosalind Davis – I realised how much […]
‘Like a penguin in the desert’ is how I would describe my first experience of crowdfunding. It was in 2018 and I was in the final week of one solo exhibition and just three months away from another. It has […]
