The Islington Mill Art Academy was set up by students for students. It is an unaccredited, collectively run higher education experience.
Yesterday was our move-in day to studio A6. Bob is making us some DIY tables from some rescued boards (pictured). I’m considering removing all the chips from the woodchip wallpaper. Or as wikipedia prefers, ingrain wallpaper; invented by German pharmacist […]
A selection of projects that focus on the development of artists’ practice and their engagement with local communities.
Some of the socially engaged / collaborative/ participatory /relational projects we are following: >>> In London: Communal Knowledge / The Showroom http://www.theshowroom.org/local.html?id=47 The Cut / [ s p a c e ] http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/whats-on/events/the… Edgware Road Project / The Serpentine Gallery […]
One thing has been bothering me about this blog was the adjustment needed when using a different weblog. (I have been using a WordPress now for over 3 years and wasn’t really aware of how comfortable it had become until […]
Yesterday was my second residency day at Wakefield Studios. I met several more of Wakefield’s studio holders, including Paula Tod http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=4862 hose studio I was able to spend some time in and photograph. Spent the first hour or so yesterday […]
The question of artist studios keeps coming back. This is what I’m thinking about at the moment: In 1964 Lucas Samaras moved the contents of his studio-bedroom into a gallery space where it was displayed as an artwork entitled Room […]
Busy, busy, busy… The “Open West” private view last weekend was great – the show was thoughtfully curated and the work was really varied. The award winners were Shan Hur, Helen Murgatroyd, Ellen Nolan and David Theobald – and they […]
Alice Bradshaw & Bob Milner are artists currently undertaking a 12 month residency in a shared studio space at Westgate Studios in Wakefield. As artists who also curate, they are also producing a number of temporary exhibitions, events and zines […]
After a difficult financial period and following many internal changes Westgate Studios ceased operating as a managed organisation in 2010. Following a thorough search for alternative premises in order to keep the core groups of people together, artists have begun […]
Open Call for Proposals: Temporary Art Show 3 Who: Artists working in any country with any medium. What: Following on from Temporary Art Show (Bates Mill, Huddersfield, 2008), Temporary Art Space (Piece Hall, Halifax, 2009) and Warehouse Weekend (Bates Mill, […]
Studios available for rent: Studios have 24hr access, disabled access and a project space for developing and showing work. Prices range from £95.00 to £167.00 per month. The price includes water, electricity and wi-fi. The studios are self-contained units with […]
In this few weeks since my last blog I’ve not done any actual practical work but have made leaps and bounds in reference to my overall practice. I’ve applied for a studio, turned down the residency in Sheffield, been to […]
Have been looking again at the photographs from Westgate studios. One image keeps pushing its self forward; of a tap in a currently unoccupied studio on the top floor. Taps are ubiquitous… and are a conduit for something we can’t […]
Kate V Robertson (part 1) February 10, 2011 I’m now ten days into my Creative Lab residency at the CCA, and I am getting quite accustomed to the luxury of a huge, heated studio. The views on to Sauchiehall Street […]
Here and there: It’s been a few days since my initial visit to Wakefield’s Westgate Studios. Going over the material I gathered (video and photographs) a couple of thoughts have been chasing themselves in my head. The first is the […]
Yesterday was my first day visiting Westgate Studios, Wakefield. Spent a busy day photographing and video-ing around the building. Was shown around by artists Ian Smith and Bob Milner. The views from the building were amazing and so was the […]
This residency is made up of a number of visits to Westgate Studios during February and March 2011, documenting the space through as well as recording the journeys to and from Durham to Westgate Studios, Wakefield, Yorkshire. This blog will […]
There has been little movement over the past year in relation to artists leaving the studios. Then… 3 artists have handed their notice in quick sucession. It’s always sad to see people leave but on the other hand it is […]
Back from a couple of weeks in the Caribbean – Mexico, Cuba etc – sampling different cultures . After the tropical forests of the Caribbean Islands its back to rain-swept and snow- capped Scotland – and work begins on this […]
