Lets talk a bit about BRISTOL DIVING SCHOOL and Artist Led Activity. As part of the British Art Show 7, Project Space 11 (an artist led project based in Plymouth) asked for collectives to participate in a live discussion at […]
Artists and designers embracing digital learning, production and distribution.
So it’s Day 2 of the project and I’ve had a hectic couple of days in Mortlach Primary School. Ken Cockburn (the poet) and I launched the project by giving presentations to the Infant School and then the Upper School, […]
RSA RESIDENCIES FOR SCOTLAND 2011 I have the pleasure in writing to you to inform you that the RSA residencies for Scotland panel have awarded you a bursary to undertake a residency at Cromarty Arts Trust… The panel was very […]
A selection of projects that focus on the development of artists’ practice and their engagement with local communities.
Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
29 January 2011 to 26 February 2011
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Here follows a first draft of my secret plan and Arts Council Grant proposal. I did worry that revealing my plans so early might scupper them. But this didn’t stop Goldfinger or Blofelt or Scaramanga or Dr No or Hugo […]
Richard Taylor talks to an artist with added arts professional experience about the role of the studio in research-led practice and the importance of cultural discourse.
“This month ArtEvict has moved around the corner from Tate Modern. Be there and experience what is really happening on the contemporary front. Explore the 5 floors of an abandoned Victorian Storage Factory and stumble across various durational, live interventions […]
It’s never good to start a blog entry with 10 minutes to go till school pick up but here goes with an attempt to fill in the gaps on my last day in Glasgow. This turned out to be Edinburgh […]
Slightly out of date – this was actually written offline on the 30th. Sitting alone in a Glasgow hotel room, defrosting my frozen feet and marvelling at how rubbish early evening TV (which I haven’t seen in years due to […]
How did my life ever get so complicated. Sometimes I feel so weary at having to fight so hard to get anything done on this R&D project. Geneva looks like it may bear some fruit though as a gallery is […]
AMY- Mixing bowls belching out heaps of savoury snacks, a myriad of multi-coloured drinks; syrupy, cloying cavity catalysts, a fluffy pink mask sails past at eyesight- was that, is that my chum behind there? Speakers blare corny anthems, everyone is […]
Jack Hutchinson is an artist, writer and critic. He studied MA: Drawing at Wimbledon School of Art (2006-07), receiving a Professional Preparation Master’s Award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Following graduation he has contributed regularly to a-n Magazine […]
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture, Edinburgh
14 – 25 February 2009
do I have to live feeling disappointed? a quick check of the dictionary, there’s a time element to the word disappointed, either being stopped in doing something or something that has been done not being as it could be in […]
Outpost Gallery
2-21 December
Lauren Healey discusses Gallery Glues relationship to NAN.
Updated for 2008 Research papers, Indexing intelligence is a listing with live weblinks of accessible ‘facts and figures’, research studies, conference reports, publications and other resources that are pertinent to all those working in the visual arts, compiled and edited […]
Kate Stoddart profiles Adam Paxon, who makes one-off sculptural jewellery in plastic, covering his career development and impact of winning prizes like Jerwood Applied Arts Prize in 2007.
Blah blah blah…. Art school holds the plague. Today I have been avoiding it at all costs. gerr… I'm fed up of the elevated stress levels and the required commitment to be seen to be doing work every minute of […]
Nine members of the Network met at The Maltings, in Berwick to discuss opportunities for participation in TMG projects and to pool ideas for two training events, which have been funded by AN. We plan for these to take place […]
Penny Jones talks to Deirdre Nelson about her textile-based work, often made in response to museum collections or site histories and informed by local communities, and residencies in the Scottish Highlands and Australia.