My studio space, more photos: These photos are relevant for potential hanging of work. Notes I use the Notes app on both my I-pad and I-phone a lot, I find it is easier than pen and paper for general notes […]
On Thursday 23 June, the EU Referendum will ask UK voters whether the country should remain a member of the European Union or leave. As the debate for and against Brexit intensifies, Munira Mirza makes the case for artists and those in the arts to vote to leave, while Clymene Christoforou argues that the UK should remain ‘at home’ in Europe.
Back from our ten days visit to Austria. We had our second and third meeting with the architect and I’m translating each meeting into a drawing. I ‘m reading the notes I made over and over again and transport myself […]
Play has been on my mind recently … to be completely honest Play has been on my floor recently! Since return from Stockholm in late February the piece has been lying on my living room floor waiting to be […]
I feel like I need a few days of nothingness ….. time in the studio, listening to music, scribbling out some ideas…. thinking time. Barely a day after Paris, I was back in work. A day later installing the houses […]
<post by Joseph> Into the final week… I’ve been holed up in my studio for the last few weeks trying to figure out how to organise my large archive of recorded material to make the final piece(s) of work. It’s […]
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section, take us to Bolton, Cardiff, Fife, Manchester and Wrexham.
PART 2 Please see Part 1 of this blog for an introduction. Ways of working: studios and public programmes During the research trips we sought out organisations that we felt Primary could learn something from, in some way reflecting our […]
Primary is an artist-led space in Nottingham. Through the A-N Go & See bursary, we went to visit artist-led spaces and arts venues in Scotland and the Netherlands to learn about different organisational models, approaches to public programming and supporting artists.
For the past few weeks I have been focusing on writing the person specification for the upcoming residency in Tampere, Finland that is taking longer to pull together than expected. To research how to structure the residency call out I […]
The London-based artist Ben Cove, whose work explored art and design history with particular reference to modernism, has died unexpectedly after a short illness. Artist Emily Speed pays tribute to her friend and his work, while also collecting the thoughts of other artists and curators.
Recently I have been working on a series where the narative is that of the origins of international trade of food stuffs, rather than the personal narative of market users. Last summer we spent a fantastic afternoon walking though the […]
The STEAMHouse project will see the former Typhoo tea factory in Digbeth transformed through over £14 million of funding into a creative space featuring studios, workshops, equipment and support staff.
New work by leading international and Scottish artists, alongside a focus on the work of ‘The Next Generation of Artists’, will be among the highlights of the 13th edition of the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art.
S1 Artspace has announced more details of it planned relocation to Sheffield’s brutalist Park Hill estate, following last week’s budget announcement of £1 million of government funding for the scheme.
A team of artists, including six from Teesside, is visiting the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident which happened nearly 30 years ago. The impact of the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in […]
The Walking Reading Group (TWRG) is a project that facilitates knowledge exchange in an intimate and dynamic way through discussing texts whilst walking together. For our a-n Go & See bursary, we visited Scotland and Cornwall to explore possibilities for developing the project.
John Hoyland: Power Stations, Painting 1964 – 1982 Newport Street Gallery Newport Street London SE11 6AJ Advance Town 29.3.80, Acrylic on cotton duck, 84 x 78 inch (2134 x 1981 mm) Firstly, the exhibition. John Hoyland: Power Stations, Paintings 1964 –1982, […]
This week’s selection of events and exhibitions, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on our Events section, takes us to Wales, London and Cambridge.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a brief blog about meeting another artist by chance and how we connected through our Instagram accounts. This week, I’ve made another connection…. It was while searching the Art Athena website (http://www.art-athina.gr/parallel-programme-2015/platforms-project-art-athina-2015/ ) for […]
A trip to visit Sam Wingate, MA Visual Communication student brought with it a tour of the architectural rabbit warren that is the Royal College of Art. A complexity of stairs and doorways, upwards, downwards, sideways: studio rooms, technology rooms, […]
AirSpace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent is celebrating 10 years of artist-led activity amidst the shifting environment of the city’s post-industrial regeneration. a-n Writer Development Programme participant Anneka French talks to its directors and takes a look at the gallery’s ten-strong birthday show.
It’s been an interesting few weeks. Postgraduate RCA sculpture students visited to tell us about their practice, and then give tutorials. My tutorial with Luana Duvoisin Zanchi was really rewarding: the stop motion clip seemed to interest her, and reminded […]
