To teach is to perform. To teach is to be an example (turning into Bo Jones – be afraid!). Maybe this is why sometimes I rail against the fact I teach. I must be an example. I should be respectable. […]
As the new London Centre for Book Arts opens its doors in Tower Hamlets, we talk to artist and founder Simon Goode about the importance of craft skills, the possibilities of digital and why we’ve got a lot to learn from America.
‘A circulation of gifts nourishes those parts of our spirit that are not entirely personal , parts that derive from nature, the group, the race or the Gods’ (Lewis Hyde, The Gift: Creativity and The Artist in the Modern World’) […]
A random selection of resolutions, predictions and plans for 2013, from the impact of arts cuts in Newcastle to an artist’s intention to ‘do less’. Now, what are yours?
From found photography to a research-based practice, Richard Taylor talks to 2012 University of Wales Cardiff Fine Art graduate Laura Reeves.
Born in Spain, 33-year-old student Mercedes Ferrari now lives in Brighton and studies Sculpture at the University of Brighton. Here we talk about her work in the final term of her degree leading up to degree shows 2013.
With only a few weeks remaining of this year’s John Moores Painting Prize exhibition, we have some great giveaways on offer.
The second in our end-of-year series sees London-based gallerist Ceri Hand complete our 2012 questionnaire, reflecting on a year that has seen her relocate the gallery from Liverpool to Covent Garden.
2012 has been a rather challenging year, sign of the times-stuff to deal with on top of being unwell, and it’s important to remind myself of what has been good. Posting as part of Artists Talking is in my top […]
I attended one of the ICA Friday salons last week, the topic was professional development, the target audience young artists just leaving university and blinking fearfully in the harsh light of the real world. As I wasn’t the target audience […]
Last night I read an article published in last Thursday’s Scotsman entitled ‘Artists forced to survive on £100 a week’ reporting on findings by the Scottish Artists Union (SAU) that three -quarters of visual artists in Scotland are earning less […]
Joella Wheatley won the inaugural Platform Graduate Award at the end of November. Here, a-n’s Director talks to her about her practice, networks and getting good advice.
As cuts continue to bite, Sheffield’s S1 Artspace and The Royal Standard in Liverpool launch fundraisers.
AN IDEA FOR COLLABORATION Draft dissertation given in. Can now concentrate on Studio Practice. Sophie has agreed to collaborate with me so can now explain what it’s about. My painting project is about expressing an emotion or feeling rather than […]
It’s been a week to stay indoors, even if that indoors has mostly been as cold as outdoors. I have had a day and a half in the studio sorting through my collected finds. I realise now, fail to organise […]
Currently reading: Jo Applin – Bric-a-Brac: The Everyday Work of Tom Friedman, Art Journal 67.1 (Spring 2008) pp.69-81 http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/www_luhringaugustine_com/ArtJournalSpring2008.pdf Abstract: L’Invention du quotidien (The Practice of Everyday Life) .4 The significance of Friedman’s work lies in the conceptual strategies of […]
Me Then Now is quite demanding and its strength is showing forcing me toward a difficult decision: persevere or give up? I believe the work has value. The most readily accessible part is the making of ephemeral portraits on a […]
Things are hotting up at college with tempers fraying and panic mounting. We have only got two weeks left of term and have to hand in a body of work together with a report on our practice. We also have […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #15 The [information in the prior post] is not provided in order to suggest that there is, or necessarily should be, a direct relationship between the intentions and aspirations for visual arts policies and the financial situation […]
Week 10: 19th – 25th NovemberI’m really enjoying the extra time I get to spend in my studio these days. It feels like I have lots more opportunities to explore different avenues, instead of constantly working to deadlines. Also, my […]
Art as Therapy or Art in Therapy? (part 2/2) However Edwards is also keen to highlight the influence of psychoanalyst Margaret Nuamberg who’s own slant on art therapy; whilst different from Hill’s, is closer to the therapeutic model used today. […]
Presented as part of the Festival of Blackboards 2012 in Islington, the School for Change event explored the latest developments in policy affecting arts and cultural education in England’s schools.
Being told by my own Mother how she had described me to someone as the daughter who ‘doesn’t work’ stirred up some strong feelings in me. I was quite gobsmacked by what she said. On reflection, I think it got […]
Week 9: 12th – 18th NovemberThis week I submitted my first ever conference abstract. I was a bit nervous, so I did a bit of googling to find out what was involved, (what did people do before the internet?). For […]
Now to the art! Although I fell into a tired slump afterwards my artist-self, that part of me that lies down last, felt renewed, refreshed, re-energised on a deep level. That I did not see what I expected turned out […]
