I should imagine lots of artists will be thinking about 2023 now. How things went, what could have gone better, what to do next… I can honestly say that I’ve had a good year. I’ve done a lot of travelling, […]
Hello lovely people of A-N, I am writing my first application for a drawing residency, and would very much appreciate any advice on structure, what to include and exclude! Many thanks, Lucy
As my project EcologyNOW approaches its completion, I have been doing some reflecting. Given the experimental nature of the artwork I will in future extend my time contingency for production. I have learned a number of new techniques and worked […]
Serious business… One of the hardest things about being an artist is taking it seriously. By this I don’t mean being a pompous ass. I mean taking the work seriously. Understanding that however you regard yourself, the work has something […]
Review/Preview… Before I do these end of year things, I go back through my diary to remind myself what I have done. But it is not just the list that is useful, but whether things worked out, how I felt […]
Yesterday afternoon I received an email letting me know that my funding application has been approved – I am going to receive project funding from Uppsala City. I am very excited and more than a little surprised by the […]
It’s been a few days now since the exhibition ended and I’d collected my work. It was, for want of better words – an experience. Although I did initially disagree with what was exhibited and how things were set out, […]
I could just keep going, making and drawing and staggering about in the fog of thoughts and ideas as mentioned in the previous post. And I do do this a lot, there is a joy in it, and even purpose. […]
a-n member and film maker Ayo Akingbade reflects on a busy 2023, which included being nominated for the Film London Jarman Award.
Artist and a-n member Rory Pilgrim reflects on being nominated for the Turner Prize, during a year of professional and personal change.
Artist and a-n member Letty McHugh discusses her 2023 highlights including winning the Barbellion Prize for Book of Hours, a commission at the Bronte Parsonage Museum and creating a lighting installation for BD is Lit.
Artist and a-n member Jeanette Barnes discusses her 2023 highlights including winning the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, a solo exhibition in Harrow, and showing work in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Manchester based artist and a-n member Kelan Andrews has had a busy 12 months, including completing his MA Fine Art at Manchester School of Art and being awarded the Castlefield Gallery mentee prize. Here he discusses how living with a chronic illness informs his practice and how he hopes to help open up conversations around disability and illness within the arts and society.
Esther Salamon, who was a valued contributor to a-n between 1995 and 2011, has passed away after a period in Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospice.
Sarnia de la Maré FRSA has big plans for the Tale Teller Club Academy of Arts on Vimeo.
Does constructing and retelling the narratives of our dead say more about us than them?
