The studios are in much better shape than my house. This week Roger and Gary peeled back our roof to reveal the problems with a dormer which has caused leaks since we moved a year ago. At the same time […]
Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
26 June – 23 July 2008
Ainsley Hillard, 'Huone', 2007. Photo: Ainsley Hillard. Courtesy: Ainsley Hillard. Ainsley Hillard was born in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Graduating in 2000 from Middlesex University, London with a BA First Class Honours in Constructed Textiles. Hillard received the James Pantyfedwen Scholarship in 2001 and 2002 to continue Postgraduate studies in Visual Art at Curtin University, Australia. In 2003 Hillard was awarded an MA with Distinction and exhibited the work 'In Passing' at the John Curtin Art Gallery. Hillard continued to live and work in Perth until February 2007 holding a position as Technical Officer and Part-time Lecturer in the Department of Art, Curtin University.
During this time Hillard exhibited nationally and internationally and in May 2004 Hillard had her first solo exhibition 'Parallax' at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia. The exhibition coincided
AirSpace contemporary art gallery is celebrating it’s second birthday by announcing 12 months of imaginative and innovative shows and exhibitions in the heart of Stoke on Trent. The programme begins next week with a subtle and beautiful exhibition of contemporary […]
Paul Stone talks to John Walter about his time at the British School at Rome.
The continual shaving of UK arts budgets, cuts in mainstream grants programmes linked with escalating overheads and news of an ever-deepening economic downturn arent good news for visual artists who depend largely on winning freelance contracts and getting good responses to their project proposals.
New Life Berlin Shop, Berlin
1 – 15 June 2008
We are holding an open studio event on the 1st anniversary of the launch of HMS which will take place on the last weekend in October. We have sponsorship for a hosting a hospitality event on the Friday 24th October […]
Press Release: Jeffery Baker explores aspects of social interaction, interpretation and cultural convention through a variety of media. Working in video, printed media, and sculpture Baker manipulates expectations of packaging and presentation by contrasting appearance and content. Working within specific […]
Mark Webster gives an account of the pan-European Animator project and its final event in Warsaw on 26 April.
A companion listing to Indexing intelligence publication.
Penny Jones explores the career of Andrew Tanner who has spent ten years as a designer maker developing many successful ranges of batch-produced ceramics.
Kate Stoddart profiles jeweller Cynthia Cousens, looking specifically at awards, exhibitions and research projects.
Penny Jones profiles Fred Baier exploring the development of his career since the 1970s and commissions for an impressive range of private and public clients.
Reading the thoughts of four graduate artists from 1998 in, That was Then, but This is Now (2008 Degrees, May 2008), I couldnt help reflecting on my own experiences, graduating as a mature student from the Masters programme at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, where I had spent two challenging and happy years pursuing ideas about the creative process itself, using Franz Kafka and Henri Bergson as foil and focus for my final work.
Artists Sarah Craske and Stacy Keeler and curator Jessica Baum talk about the challenges of working together in the latest in our collaborative relationships series.
I am just as busy with studio business as I was a year ago and barely have time to write a blog. A meeting to sort out studio politics on Sunday seems to have resloved a few issues in relation […]
As summer approaches and Fine Art students are due to graduate the AirSpace team have been visiting Universities to give talks and offer advice. Dave and Andy have been to Staffordshire University and Loughborough University visiting their final year students. […]