As we all try and combat the January blues (again), I find it a useful pick-me-up to reflect on the previous year hoping that it will serve up some interesting revelation. 2014 was a productive year for me; I entered […]
We propose to create a sound and ceramics collaboration of wall based ceramic relief features and a multi-channel sound installa2on, both inspired by and created in response to Shetland’s landscape. We will work closely together to translate the geological and […]
Freelance Assistant Curator Position Posted on 9 January 2015 Art: Audience, Development Discourse & Skills (Art: ADDS) is a two-year Arts Council funded project that will invest in a number of development opportunities for artists, arts organisations and art […]
Artists have to write blurbs for shows. Come and see ours! EXILE: Jonathan Moss and Sonia Boué met by chance at Magdalen Road Studios in the Summer of 2013. Jonathan was at the end of his eight year project Are […]
The last of our three Open Studios will be at Metal in Peterborough on the evening of Thursday 29 January. We have a Time and Space Residency at Metal between 27 and 31 January and will be installing work emerging […]
Aims for 2015 Have a dedicated studio space Build going to lectures and giving talks into year Go out of my area to see art twice a month (book ahead!) Aims for January Train self to get up at 615am […]
Open exhibitions are becoming an increasingly common aspect of the visual arts landscape, with high-profile big hitters such as the BP Portrait Award and Royal Academy Summer Show joined by a growing number of smaller-scale shows. But with most charging an entry fee and with no guarantee of being included, are artists simply being asked to subsidise the sector with their own money? Jack Hutchinson investigates.
The paintings have made it to the CEAC gallery in one piece. It was a little stressful getting them from my studio, over the balcony to the ground floor, into in a truck that was too small so they stuck […]
A 10 metre high lightning bolt by artist S Mark Gubb has been unveiled as a new permanent beacon in Cardiff city centre.
My residency at Airspace Gallery is moving into its fifth month and getting ever closer to my Solo show which will be held on the 16th – 24th January 2015. Trip to London In November I spent a few days […]
There is something I’ve not talked about much which is actually so very important in describing my experience here as a whole; The way I feel about Xiamen. I absolutely love it here and although I am only half of […]
The five artists selected for the fifth Jerwood Makers Open, who will each receive a £7500 commission, have been announced.
The UK now has representative cities for five of the seven creative industries championed by the Creative Cities Network. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
Artist-run Edinburgh space Embassy marks its 10th anniversary with a party, a publication and a new commission. Richard Taylor reports.
Following the Ullapool residency I began making woodcuts- the prototypes for this project. I tried naively to create multiple colour layers that each needed registration, and I cut holes through the blocks that helped (slightly) to align each layer in […]
Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery is celebrating its 30-year history with a forward-looking exhibition featuring artists who are ‘shaping the future of contemporary art’. Liz West, an artist based in the city, speaks to the gallery’s director and to fellow Manchester artists, about the important role it plays in the area’s art ecology.
Today I saw some art, which I think was really needed, as the overall overload of information yesterday made me doubt how I could make that translate into Art, but seeing Art always provides inspiration. I first went to 50 […]
A report into the Glasgow School of Art fire has confirmed that the fire was started when inflammable gases from a foam canister were ignited – and that a new fire suppression system was not operational at the time of the blaze.
Looking for Christmas present ideas, want to support artists and/or organisations that promote contemporary art? There are loads of opportunities to buy unusual or limited edition works online, while also putting some much-needed money back into the visual arts ecology. Here’s 10 ideas to start you off.
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop opens its £3 million purpose-built studios and hub with a number of new artists commissions.
What I’ve found great in books and films recently along with all-time favourites. The books I’m absorbed and getting a lot out of now are: Sanctuary; Britains artists and their studios edited by Hossein Amirsadeghi – a great […]
Birmingham Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th of October I had 2 days to wander round Birmingham and embrace the art scene. Although I managed to wander around quite well, I have learnt, never visit on a Monday as a lot […]
It’s open studios at my Yorkshire Artspace studio building this weekend (Exchange Place, Sheffield), and I have a pop-up exhibition called The Sea. The sea is a subject which I keep coming back to. It fascinates me because it […]
The Turner Prize-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen has revealed that his next film will be about the black American singer and activist Paul Robeson.
