Saturday morning kicked off at the Green Fish Resource Centre with the theme of Working From Within. This weekend would be about using ones own lived experience to inform ways of working. Fellow UNIONITES from the North West gave their […]
The wonderful thing about blogging is it lays out a platform for prediction, then lets you see everything in glorious hindsight later on. I’m finding it hard to believe the things I believed. Because now I believe something else. When […]
a-n is inviting applications for its Writer Development Programme 2019-20, which will run from October 2019 to March 2020.
As part of our commitment to supporting artists’ professional development, we are offering a-n members remote access to a series of coaching sessions with a coach accredited through the a-n Visual Arts Coaching Course. DEADLINE IS NOW PASSED.
The Hong Kong artist and self-taught animator who last year won the inaugural Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist Prize discusses his new show at the venue, the narratives behind his work, and the benefits of living a nomadic existence.
Tues 21 May It’s hot already so I make an early start and head out east towards the cemetery (an old family habit). It is huge, scruffy and busy. Shoulder high wildflowers sprawl across the site, littering the paths, choking […]
God this is a hard post to write, but I can’t put this off any more. Like so many people, I’m waking up to the vital task of being as rigorously plastic free as I can. I’ve been changing […]
I went over to The Arthouse in Wakefield today with my Dwell Time co-curator Lenny Szrama. We met with the other YVAN micro bursary recipients and presented/talked about each others’ practices. The format was a 10 minute overview of practice […]
On Friday night I performed a brand new piece recycling old ideas/work in a mash up with new ideas about dialogue. I usually prefer scripted public presentations/performances as I struggle with nerves on stage but this one was a bit […]
As July approaches, the 2019 degree shows season is drawing to a close. For our final selection of the year, we list shows opening in Norwich, Chichester and London.
A research project funded by A-N Artist Bursary (2019).
Above image: object/detail from installation, ‘as small as the world and as large as alone.’ shown at Project78Gallery, St Leonards on Sea, 2019
Degree shows’ season continues with a raft of new openings this week across the UK, from Aberdeen in north east Scotland to Rochester, Kent.
A member of the influential Blk Art Group in the 1980s, Claudette Johnson’s exhibition ‘I Came To Dance’ at Modern Art Oxford features 30 works on paper by the artist, spanning four decades from the ’80s to the present day. Fisun Güner discusses her work then and now.
Delving into the Business of Art and How the Art world functions i’m interviewing Art Professionals trying to find out more….. First up is Brainard Carey Author, Artist and owner of the Praxis Centre an online Centre for Artists….. Please […]
June already!!! I missed blogging in May and only one post in April. But despite that its been an intensely rewarding and significant period for my art practice. After being stuck for a while and with the inevitable and regular […]
It was great to attend the inaugural meeting of a new arts venture ‘the Fruit Factory Network’ at Humber Street Gallery on Friday. Run in partnership with Absolutely Cultured, Hull College & IVE (Creative Innovative Supportive) the network will bring […]
More news in brief: Louvre decides against including Salvator Mundi painting in da Vinci show due to authenticity doubts; and painter and Northumbria University tutor Duncan Newton dies.
This week sees a bumper batch of degree shows opening as we head into the busiest period for final-year exhibitions. So, good luck to all the students involved, including painters Jessie Davies and Aidan Stephen, both of which are profiled […]
With degree shows season warming up there are plenty of new shows opening this week across Scotland, England and Wales. Selected from the a-n Degree Shows Guide 2019 listings, this week features final-year shows in Lincoln, Cardiff, Glasgow, Salford, Cumbria, Hull, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Staffordshire, Derby, Brighton, Newcastle and London.
Like most artists I know, I knew Megan Clark-Bagnall’s work before I knew the artist, and I knew the artist long before I knew the person. After today I feel like we speed-dated a friendship, going from acquaintances and occasional workmates […]
I arrived during the preview week of the Venice Biennale as a recipient of an A-N Artist Bursary 2019. Curated by Ralph Rugoff, and named May You Live in Interesting Times, I wondered if the 58th International Art Exhibition could possibly […]
This week’s selection includes exhibitions, events and art fairs in London, Cardiff, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridgeshire and West Sussex – all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by members.
“Don’t follow trends, they’ll be over before the show opens” Treat your degree show like the professional opportunity that it is, albeit with a safety net. Make the signage clear and consistent and if you can have a card or […]
Kate Fox and Rhiannon Lloyd-Williams at the Autism Arts Festival 2019. ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings — And why […]
