Renfrew St Social Club
Lowsalt Gallery, Glasgow
5-7 October 2007
Lowsalt Gallery, Glasgow
5-7 October 2007
For some reason I can’t fathom my Apple Mac wont allow me to put links in so have to put them in on a PC. Anyway, my on-line photographic exhibition is now up and running – complete with short film!- […]
Web site goes live. Well, at 1am this morning I get an e-mail from my web designer- ex graduate from Glasgow School of Art- to say that he has uploaded my photographic exhibition "The Children of Craig-y-nos" to its new […]
Glasgow School of Art Degree Show Visited my old college yesterday. ( I graduated from the Dep of Environmental Art in 2001). The photographer Harry Benson is about to be made Honorary Professor and there was a private party for […]
“Duet” All too often pieces from Degree shows disappear and are never seen again. Well, I found a new venue for an audio sculpture I did for my Degree show at Glasgow School of Art in 2001. I sited “Duet”, […]
What is the role of curators in the future? I ask this question in view of the changing way we consume new media and the arts today. At present curators act as gatekeepers, they decide who shall be artists, who […]
"Kill your little darlings!" Fat chance! I gave the rough edit of the video I had agreed ( reluctantly) to make for a friends exhibition in France a week ago and suggested she reduce it by at least five minutes. […]
Sorcha Dallas Gallery
2 February 2007 to 3 March 2007
“What happened to the people who said ‘we will represent something in the world’? When did artists start to say ‘we will change the world’?”
Martin Creed, Turner Prize winner of the "lights on lights off" fame/notoriety, will be speaking on Feb.23 at the Glasgow School of Art Friday event. This is likely to be hugely popular and they have issued a notice saying that […]
You Tube Phone call 9a.m. yesterday. "Can we send a photographer around?" It's the local newspaper. They want to do a piece on my videos on You Tube –http://www.a-nunedited.co.uk/projects/youtube.com Frantic panic to tidy the place up. The young photographer uses […]
In December, Scottish Arts Council awarded major bursaries to four leading contemporary artists for the development of future work, and as an investment in their creative talent.
Received my first electronic Christmas card of the season – from Glasgow School of Art. http://www.gsa.ac.uk/ Seems they are cutting back on Christmas cards ( an excellent idea!) and using the money instead to fund scholarships.
Sometimes you get fed up sitting in front of the computer, well quite often actually! and you feel in need of seeing some exhibitions. So have been into Edinburgh to see Peter Howson at the City Arts Centre and Douglas […]
Art prizes are much valued by artists, not only because they provide some much-needed cash that can go towards new work but also for their profile-raising value that supports artists career development.
Charles Saatchi saw one of Jenny Saville’s paintings and commissioned a series, but she believes it’s hard work and dedication that sustain her.
The Art Gallery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen
20 January 19 February
I first visited Sweden when I was invited to participate in the Gothenburg Biennale in 2001.
The Creativity and the artist seminar will examine the argument by the Scottish Executive that the creativity of Scots, from the classroom to the board room, is the edge we need in a competitive world and goes on to charge […]
Jane Watt talks to Dalziel + Scullion about their collaborative practice, unusual studio set up and processes involved in their commission for Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
Winners of the 2004 Glenfiddich residencies are Christine Borland, Ross Sinclair and Louise Hopkins who will each be provided with accommodation, studio and gallery space to create and show new work. Marking the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, the 2004 […]
A recent Crafts Council report shows that female self-employed entrepreneurs have emerged for this growing sector, currently estimated to worth over £800 million. The report, the first on the crafts sector for ten years highlighted the importance of lifestyle satisfaction […]
Jane Watt looks into professional development initiatives available to artists working in the public domain, in the fourth of the six-part series ‘Navigating Places’.
Streetlevel Photoworks, Glasgow
2 September 11 October
Lee Corner interviews Graham Fagen about his commission in Kosovo for the Imperial War Museum.