MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY Harriet Hill and Jenny Steele 19th– 29th October 2011, Open Wed- Sun12-6pm Open Day Event – Saturday 22nd October 2011, 12pm -6pm South London Art Map Last Fridays – Friday 28th October 2011, 6-9pm ‘MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY’ is a […]
This morning I made 2 new prints using the subtractive method that I have adopted recently, I’m very pleased with some of the results and I think there are plenty of directions to push this and limnk into other mediums. […]
Thank you for your comments Richard, David and Sam. Yes, space = time! It was felt last year by tutors that 60% of the studio had been underused. This year Fine Art has lost some space to the Foundation course […]
WINTER WONDERLAND Westgate Studio and beyond, Wakefield (UK) Wednesday 30th November 2011 (November Artwalk) OPEN CALL: Everyone is a little fed up right now, not much to feel good about. The economy is in a mess and for many this […]
Monday-Wednesday Where to start? I have been at Standpoint since Monday and looking back it feels a little like a whirlpool of activity has taken place in adjusting from life in Manchester to the big smoke; a whirlpool that very […]
University of Incidental Knowledge students will be compiling a quiz for This Is Not A School participants from their collective incidental knowledge. Friday 28th October 2011, 3-4pm Five Years Unit 66 Regent Studios 8 Andrews Road London E8 4QN http://www.fiveyears.org.uk/thisisnotaschool.html […]
Over the past five years, the words Turning Point have been read, heard, written and spoken with increasing frequency by people in the visual arts in England, but for many individual arts practitioners, in particular, the origins and activities of Turning Point remain a bit opaque. This briefing paper is for them and for anyone interested in understanding more about what Turning Point is and does.
Since our last meeting with Green Estate (see previous blog entry) Penny emailed Mike and Andy a more detailed diagram of removable bricks at the base of the flue and slots for dampers in the chimney base. She also visited […]
We allow no geniuses around our Studio.Walt Disney I’m busy nicing up my new, bigger workspace for Rogue’s Open Studios this coming weekend. As well as the 100 or so artist rooms in the building, there are also two exhibitions […]
A6 Part 2 was launched as a limited edition of 20 on Wednesday 28th September 2011 at Westgate Studios. A further 20 will then be available for sale at the Leeds Alternative Comics Fair #3 on Saturday 1st October, 12-5pm, […]
A6 Part 2 features a guest page by Birmingham duo Sparrow+Castice who undertook the July residency at Westgate Studios Project Space. http://sparrowandcastice.tumblr.com/
A Slight Diversion Work in the arts is a bit like the old bus cliche. Sure enough the barren times relented and now I find myself going from Dundee to Leeds and Wakefield with regularity – I have almost forgotten […]
I went to the Charles Matton show at All Visual Arts, and I was left with a particular envy of the space that some of the artists whose studios Matton reproduced in miniature, had at their disposal. One especially that […]
Heading back in to the studio this week will be different to previous years. The tutors want to refigure the studios to allow for more opportunities for students to work at different scales and to have the space to be […]
Well, we have signed the papers for Forth Valley Open Studios to become a C.I.C – Community interest Company. This does not give us charity status – which would require us to jump through many more hoops- but it ensures […]
New developments in the gallery sector.
Now in its fourteenth year, Deptford X is counting down a programme of events that will build towards the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2012.
A selection of projects, residencies and exhibitions taking place outside the big cities this autumn.
Elizabeth Wewiora looks at allotment-based practice among contemporary artists.
Current professional development support schemes for visual artists in the UK.
My head is full. the case is in overdrive and we have an open studios to organise. Fortunately we have a new volunteer called Kayleigh who is keen to market the studios using Facebook and Twitter – something I’ve never […]
