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The Jester-Curator
UCA Canterbury, Canterbury
20 May 2011
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Artists and curators talking: issues and outcomes
Sonya Dyer reflects on the three core concerns that came out of the ‘Artists and curators talking’ programme – collaboration, commonwealth and community.
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Untitled blog post from "Belper Art Trail 2011"
Oh the irony of organising your own art trail when in my own practice I didn’t get a place on the really big arts trail that happens in a town up the road! So on a personal level, a rejection […]
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Graduate interview: Jac Mantle
Jac Mantle writes critically about art. In 2010 she reviewed the Glasgow School of Art degree show, she has contributed to a-n Reviews and writes for The Skinny in Scotland. Richard Taylor catches up with her to find our more about her reviewing process and ways to follow suit.
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Untitled blog post from "Work in Progress"
My head is still everywhere. I know what I am doing within my research and studio practice but still feel out of sorts with everything. This week I had the use of the Centre for Drawing again (no one else […]
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Untitled blog post from "On receiving an Arts Council Grant for “A Thousand Sheep”."
I catch myself wishing that my January trip to India would not just feel like a long distant memory. I gathered there a lot of material for thought and for practice but most of all, I learnt that managing the […]
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Untitled blog post from "University Centre Folkestone"
OMG. It all so exciting and I am so shattered. Our studio is being re-painted for the exhibition. we have just removed all our stuff. I didnt realise I had so much. Am I turning into a collector?!!! Check List: […]
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Untitled blog post from "professional development"
lately i’ve been wondering what professional development means, especially to me. development seems to be an advancement from a position hither to already at. professional seems to be a word associated to a person that does something for money and […]
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Nida Art Colony: a testing ground for ideas
For recent art school graduates determined to travel past the shackles of debt, a residency is the way to meet fresh faces, exchange ideas and practice with artists from other countries. Fiona Flynn, from Chelsea College of Art, fills us in on Nida Art Colony in Lithuania and its residency programme.
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Liverpool Art Prize
Lauren Healey interviews the artists shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize about making work, support structures for their practice, and their reasons for basing themselves in the North West.
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Untitled blog post from "Buckinghamshire New University"
Prompted by the excerpt of my blogger profile published in the a-n Degree Show supplement, I re-read the interview and have been reflecting on the changes in my practice since last summer. Everything mentioned is still relevant. However there are […]
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Untitled blog post from "Westgate Studio"
Alice interviews Bob AB: DIY in art practice means different things to different people. How do you define the term? BM: It is a label and I instinctively dislike labels. I think for some people it is a genuine calling, […]
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Untitled blog post from "Getting paid"
Times they are a-changing. Excellent news from the Royal Standard studio group with several people (present and past) going away to study for postgrads in various brilliant places. Other artists I know in Liverpool are also looking to move away […]
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Collaborative relationships index
A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they collaborate with. Running in its current format since 2008 we now have a rich archive of over thirty articles covering hugely varied projects. Here, some select quotes offer highlights and insights into the nature of collaboration.
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Aid & Abet
Last month Cambridge saw the launch of a significant new artist-run space, Aid & Abet. Artists Sarah Evans, David Kefford and CJ Mahony discuss how the project has developed and how their relationship has graduated from being fellow studio holders to a collaborative working group.
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Untitled blog post from "University Campus Suffolk"
There are 42 days until the Degree Show day and much less than that to the assessment! I have a fair idea of my work for the space i am wanting to use. It will be a challenge with my […]
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ACE Wednesday
On 30 March, Arts Council England announced the winners and losers in the new National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for funding 2012-15. Here’s a-n’s take on what’s happened, the likely impact on artists, independent arts professionals and the arts ecology as well as highlights from some of the many comments and discussions that are in train.
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Keep moving
The weeks and months after graduation can be a daunting time. After three years or more of support and guidance suddenly it’s time to go it alone. There are many different ways to pursue your career as a professional artist and no two people will follow the same path. Here, four recent art graduates describe their journeys: from joining a peer-led network to working as an artist’s assistant, they each have a different story to tell.
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Untitled blog post from "Howe: from winternights to summerfinding"
Monday: I went into BBC Radio Norfolk to be interviewed live during their afternoon show. This was brilliant timing as it was the very day before Part Two of my hill-building performance at Cromer Museum. It was good for the […]
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Chasing the Shadow
John Plowman unpicks a new book on collaborative practice by Nuno Sacramento and Claudia Zeiske.
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Untitled blog post from "Getting paid"
I have been struggling with the lack of unity in my work recently – the fact that this blog and the things I believe in for artists, do not fit neatly with the work I make. In titling the show […]
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Untitled blog post from "Project Me"
One of things I really appreciate about spending time here (in London) and there (in Stockholm) is how it insulates me from distraction. It is my nature to get involved in things and sometimes this is detrimental to my own […]
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Untitled blog post from "Funding for international travel and exchange"
I wrote this in draft form a few days ago and forgot about it. Life takes over… or rather – work… proposals, fixing and painting broken fencing while the sun is out… you know how it is. Rather aptly though, […]
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Untitled blog post from "macro & micro"
Panic is a great motivator. I’ve got three solo shows and a group show coming up during June and July. Will I have enough work? As it is, no. I have been frantically creating and recreating. I took the drastic […]