POST 27: (Jiangshanian) CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST MU: I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to reply to your email! ahh! I read your message on the way home from a talk about artists’ studios ****************** And oddly, the […]
Chisenhale Art Place is marking its +30 anniversary with an open event across the three organisations that occupy the building in east London. We talk to Arts Manager Andrea Davidson and founding artist John Fuller about its history, ethos and how it plans to celebrate.
I have just spent a busy week in Berlin. It could have been better, I had to go earlier and leave earlier than I would have liked. Last Tuesday the Berlin Art Week Opened and everything was happening. I arrived […]
A new offsite project in Leigh from Castlefield Gallery and Cross Street Arts, comes at a time when the town’s Turnpike Gallery is facing an uncertain future as council budget cuts bite.
‘On Brown & Violet Grounds’ Install Diary Wednesday, 18 September 2013 DAY 2 of Install – On Brown and Violet Grounds Day two of install was my first full day in the space. Feeling unashamedly undaunted by the space of […]
‘On Brown & Violet Grounds’ Install Diary Friday, 20 September 2013 DAY 4 of Install – On Brown and Violet Grounds I started the day painting a plinth I brought with me from my studio at Rogue and positioning a […]
‘On Brown & Violet Grounds’ Install Diary Wednesday, 25 September 2013 DAY 9 of Install – On Brown and Violet Grounds Today was about those last minute adjustments. I spent the morning at home stapling 100 copies of Jack’s critical […]
This weekend sees the opening of Somerset Art Weeks, a two-week-long visual art and crafts festival with a micro-tasting feast of locally-sourced foods.
Well this is very exciting have joined the Atrium Studios at UCS ipswich. No space as yet as no spear cash for this but as l am lens based most of the time l can work any were. Would like […]
Zeitgeist Arts Projects has announced artists selected for the second Open Exhibition, opening later this month as part of the Deptford X International Art Festival.
In the last event of the Portfolio NW programme, The Double Negative host a panel discussion on arts writing: Writing in the Arts Saturday 14 September 2-3pm The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX Free event, all welcome. Who should […]
Well, we’ve arrived in Oxford at last. I’m fully installed in my studio and painting, in fact getting ready for an Open Studio event this weekend. It’s great to be settled at last – I’ve now got a profile on […]
ArtSOUTH brings together 15 organisations and ten artists for a series of new art commissions across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Winchester and Bournemouth. Curator Judy Adam discusses the rationale and process behind the commissions, while artist Graham Gussin explains how he pulled off a tricky collaboration with a collective of choreographers and the British Army.
One Year Since WEYA Hasn’t time flown? I can’t believe it was a whole year since 1000 artists (including me) were basking in the Nottingham sunshine. Although it seems like yesterday, lots of exciting things have happened in the last […]
Gasworks, the South London studio and exhibition/residency space, has plans to redevelop and expand the building its been based in for nearly 20 years. Before it does, though, it’s raising funds with a high-profile auction. We talk to Director Alessio Antoniolli and artist and former studio holder, Alexandre da Cunha.
Quite a few artists I know are still very resistant to social networking. I have tried to convince them that it is an excellent way to engage with other artists and to discover new ones. It is two years since […]
London-based studio provider Acme celebrates its 40th anniversary with an archive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, looking at its first decade. Co-founder and Chief Executive, Jonathan Harvey, discusses how a group of recent graduates formed a charitable housing association, launched Acme Gallery and became the self-supporting organisation it is today.
Layering up enlarged letter ‘a’s copied from notes, letters and postcards people have sent me, I notice, not just how much variation there is in the way people form the letter, but also the movement in their gestures and in […]
There has been lots of activity this week focusing on Ryedale ArtWorks, an artist led community for which I am Chair as well as a member. Of course, this means that, frustratingly, I have still not managed any working time […]
After last year’s hiatus, the artist-focused art fair returns to London during Frieze week, offering a snapshot of grassroots practice in 2013. We find out more from Sluice co-director Karl England and talk to some of this year’s participants.
This weekend, Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester is celebrating its temporary closure for a major redevelopment. We talk to its director about the need to grow, planning for the future and the importance of a good send off.
This weekend I opened my studio, to show friends and neighbours where I’m working now, and what I do. Open studios take a lot of time and energy, but it’s really good to have the luxury of talking about individual […]
