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Down Stairs Gallery, Herefordshire
10 September – 30 December
Down Stairs Gallery, Herefordshire
10 September – 30 December
Richard Taylor, online editor of a-n’s Students community and Degrees unedited, maps his journey over four years and shares insights from one invigilator’s chair to the next.
Since graduating from Leeds University in 2007 Joe Simpson has developed his craft as a painter blending his practice with commissions and more personal projects. With his show ‘Musician Portraits’ open in London, and his portait of Maxi Jazz in the BP Portrait Award 2011, he takes time out to fill us in on his career so far.
So my intention to write a blog about my move to Manchester, has not quite been sustained as anticipated, but there is plenty of time and room for improvement in the coming months. That old conundrum that when you have […]
Tramping round Sheffield searching for the two separate venues of Bloomberg New Contemporaries. But this show is of course always worth the trek. A good cross section of the best of new graduates work, and as usual, I found the […]
Rasmus Nilausen, The Florentine, oil on linen, 65x54cm, 2011.
I have been reading some interesting comments recently in your magazine about the issue of artists when they leave education and enter employment. I feel I would like to comment on this issue. As an arts graduate I am now […]
With September’s forecast of a one in six chance of another recession burning in our ears, it’s vital that non-profits like a-n maintain their critical edge.
Highlighting just some of the festivals, events and exhibitions taking place across the North of England this season.
I have started this blog because of a suggestion from a friend who also writes a blog. I hope the process of documenting what I’m doing and my thoughts about it will be useful to me in someway. STUDIO I […]
MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY Harriet Hill and Jenny Steele 19th– 29th October 2011, Open Wed- Sun12-6pm Open Day Event – Saturday 22nd October 2011, 12pm -6pm South London Art Map Last Fridays – Friday 28th October 2011, 6-9pm ‘MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY’ is a […]
Being a recent graduate of Fine Art I am desperate to start my career as an Artist. Unfortunately these things do not always happen overnight so I have to take a ‘normal’ job so that I am able to pay […]
Andrew Bracey: presentation and discussion Events: 27 October 2011 12-6pm: presentation of work in progress 27 October 6.30-8pm Andrew Bracey in discussion with Peter Ashton Jones, artist and co-founding editor of the painting magazine Turps Banana 28 October: presentation of […]
Andrew Bracey begins his residency at Standpoint Andrew began on Monday, and is the sixth and final artist for the 2011 programme. During his residency Andrew will be meeting: Robin Klassnik Kate MacGarry Sacha Craddock Dave Hoyland Cathy Lomax Events: […]
Lots of form filling and email sending going on recently… Firstly I submitted Marking the Internet and the Physical 2.0 as a project for ISEA2012: Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness. It would be great to see it installed in a more traditional […]
Having recently graduated I am now starting out as a professional artist. I have started this blog to chart my journey as an emerging artist or you could say as a little fish flying into the wind.
It’s an exciting time in the cultural life in the North West at present. Abandon Normal Devices Festival kicked off in Liverpool last night and tonight, Manchester celebrates the opening events of Asian Triennial 2011. I planned to be The […]
The focus of my research is the interaction between material culture and human activity. I had several opportunities to participate in archaeological fieldwork when I was an undergraduate student. I was fascinated by the archaeologists who created a study subject […]
The focus of my research is the interaction between material culture and human activity. I had several opportunities to participate in archaeological fieldwork when I was an undergraduate student. I was fascinated by the archaeologists who created a study subject […]
News and updates on AIR’s strategies and activities designed to support professional artists within their practice and working lives.
On the first weekend in October in over thirty venues across the London Borough of Lambeth, artists are opening their work spaces to the public.
Elizabeth Wewiora looks at allotment-based practice among contemporary artists.
Online editor Richard Taylor interviews artists Maria Bojanowska, Sarah Rowles, Alice Ladenburg and Andrew Maclean about their approach to professional development in the early stages of a career in the arts.