I explored the Art Trail thing a bit further but I still feel it's a no-goer for me. Laurence Rushby (currently blogging on this site) has a proposal in for an installation/performance so I'll let her pave the way first […]
MEETING no. 2 On Wednesday evening 6 of the 12 (or 13?) Artists in the WET exhibition met at the pub, and things got off to a slowish start, but picked up once we started discussing the pieces that we […]
We've got all the studios on the first floor of 2 Elthorne Road, and people are working hard to get the space cleared of old work and collected junk that was going to get turned into work, but didn't, or […]
Jack Hutchinson is an artist, writer and critic. He studied MA: Drawing at Wimbledon School of Art (2006-07), receiving a Professional Preparation Master’s Award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Following graduation he has contributed regularly to a-n Magazine […]
I’ve just had the most bizarre experience. Last week I was emailed by a student from St Louis, Missouri, she wanted to interview a printmaker – she had googled print studios in St Louis and came up with the name […]
Crunch! We have just been notified that the HMS Erewash residency funding has been pulled for the 2009 Derby graduates. You always know when there has "been a long discussion" and it was "a hard decision", that the news is […]
What is an artist-curator? What makes a good collaborative partnership between a curator and an artist? What financial, practical and critical support is available to curators? Do you work with an organisation or go it alone?
The past week has flown by – clearing studios, trying to ensure that things required for show setup will be in place (electric sockets functional, scaffolding booked etc etc) and of course veiled threats to the second years who were […]
Update on the Birmingham/Bordeaux exchange I am involved in. The idea for this exchange show came out from conversations I had with Joss Burke -an artist formally based in Birmingham, but now living and working in the Bordeaux area. From […]
Tether is a Nottingham-based artist collective that forms the nucleus for a cluster of associated activity, including studios, exhibitions, off-site projects, a video programme and podcasts, even stretching to a ‘Tether’ festival.
This month’s artworld movers.
Today, at lunchtime, a small group of us had our first meeting in relation to the exhibition "WET" at the STEW Gallery in Norwich towards the end of June. It was decided that "WET" would be the title of the […]
First Bristol meeting (1) I just had my first trip up to Bristol. As well as the excitement of a museum project/solo show on the horizon, there is also the added bonus of some really good friends plus some family […]
Just sat down to write this and I am already out of time lunch hr once again taken up with domestic chores and getting presents for children’s parties etc. I have to send some feed back to Emma as well […]
Rachel Garfield explains how a desire to critique dominant models of the mainstream informs her curatorial practice.
Open studio events around the UK plus calls to take part.
There's a clear line becoming apparent in the emerging empty shops movement. On one side there are artists and organisations who have been engaging with empty spaces for a long time. Often, there's no clearly stated reason – but some […]
Well, four months until the show opens. I attended a talk by T.J. Demos at the newly refurbished Whitechapel Gallery on Thursday on ecology. He spoke about sustainability and its relation to the expansion and stretching of social relations, activities […]
