CCA Andratx (Majorca), Andratx
29 September 2011 – 4 March 2012
For one evening in October, Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery brought together six artist-led studio groups and galleries for an Artists’ DIY Soapbox.
On reading Mitra Memarzia’s report on diminishing resources in undergraduate courses (‘The future of art education’, a-n Magazine September 2011) I was moved to both endorse the findings and speculate further on the continuing erosion of specialist teacher training in art education.
If there is any single shared idea about art, it’s that it can be transformative. Aliceson Carter came to art late, and her ‘story’ and her work, bear out the deconstructive and reconstructive potential of creativity. Here she talks to Andrew Bryant about Goldsmiths, blogging and being on the outside.
The key finding of this study reveals that shockingly few individual artists apply for funding in their own right, and even fewer are successful. What this means is that there is little direct funding being given to artists to pursue and develop their own projects, under their own control – under 20% of available funding for the visual arts in England, 14% for Northern Ireland and around 18% for Scotland and Wales in 2009-2010.
There are two key things Nicholas Leverington mentions that I want to zone into.
Ryan Hughes, 2011 graduate from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, talks to Richard Taylor about life post-graduation and how he now makes room to re-approach a working practice.
Tim Ridley, a graduate from Chelsea College of Art and Design, uses performance to actuate ideas and working processes. As Tim gets to grips with being an artist fresh from art school, Richard Taylor takes a further journey in to his new blog on Artists talking.
Janey Muir graduated from her MFA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in September 2010. A year on, Richard Taylor steps in to conversation at a pivotal moment in her work’s development, through a new Project blog on Artists talking.
Richard Taylor talks to Natalia Komis, a recent graduate from Bath School of Art and Design (BSAD) about dust, new and collective departures in her work and the beginnings of a new blog.
Where in Art Education does the education take place? Artist and educator Mitra Memarzia reports.
Highlights from this year’s degree show reviews.
So what happens after graduating? How do you go about making work, being an artist, getting money, finding jobs/houses/generally how do you survive? This blog is a journey documenting my life and work as a graduate.
Sheffield Hallam University and S1 Artspace, Sheffield
10 – 25 June 2011
Sheffield Hallam University and S1 Artspace, Sheffield
10 – 24 June 2011
Coleg Menai, Bangor
11 June 2011
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield
18 – 24 June 2011
Sheffield Hallam University and S1 Artspace, Sheffield
9 July 2010 – 25 June 2011
Bradford College, Bradford
17 – 23 June 2011
University of Leeds, Leeds
13 June – 17 July 2011
Evidence-based recommendations on: Identifying the ‘new practices’ model, Valuing peer networks, Redefining public accountability, Supporting location and community and New ‘brand image’ for artists.
