a-n awards over £20,000 in artists’ bursaries
Twenty-five artists have been awarded a total of £21,700 in a-n bursaries to support professional development.
Twenty-five artists have been awarded a total of £21,700 in a-n bursaries to support professional development.
I began to think of other ways I could create collections – still being personal to me, which perhaps would not involve objects directly like my work seems to be doing, but something that would portray me somehow. My first […]
Week 26: 11th – 17th MarchGiven that my interests have been focused on ritual and esoteric practices within art and theory, I have become increasingly aware of the use of alchemical symbolism as a methodology for interpreting art. Scholars such […]
Since beginning this project in February until now, I have applied for a few residencies and exhibitions, and in doing so, I have taken the time to reflect on the development of my practice. I am returning to my practice […]
Trying to understand WHY over the three years at uni I have been drawn to painting portraits. Its been my biggest hurdle trying to understand my own compulsion to keep painting faces. Does there have to be WHY? WHY NOT? […]
Malt Cross Gallery, Nottingham
18 – 24 March 2013
Interview with Kerri Anne Chisholm. Hello Kerri. Can you please tell me about your role in the process of preparation for the Degree Show? My role? I’m helping to put the catalogue together. And I am one of the secretaries, […]
Commissioned by the Crafts Council, Weave Waves brings together sound artist Scanner and textile designer Ismini Samanidou, combining digital technologies and weaving skills. We talk to the pair as the work gets its first public airing at the FutureEverything summit in Manchester.
I’ve reached a stalemate in the work and am awaiting the next moment of inspiration… writing often brings it forward… focuses my mind… sharpens… As I mould and sculpt the paint, it draws me away from the research and I […]
Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
1 – 31 March 2013
We catch up with Sikander Pervez, as he enters his final term at Staffordshire University, to talk material, machinery and the function of repetition in his practice.
The long gap between posts represents starting an MA Fine and Applied Arts. Working three days a week at a gallery and a mid-winter trudge through the snow. A lot of work has happened and I have recently updated my […]
We are half way through our Creative Project module and time is beginning to run out. My work is beginning to develop and is forming a co-hesive theme. I’ve been exploring photography further lately using myself and my recent photoshoot […]
The power and immediacy of vernacular photography prevails in the two stand-out shows at this year’s FORMAT international photography festival. We report back from the opening weekend.
In Joshua Sofaer’s latest Artist as leader interview for a-n, artist Richard Layzell and businessman Richard Hicks discuss Layzell’s seven-year tenure as ‘Visionaire’ at AIT software company. Here, Layzell writes about what came next and the continued relevance of his experience in industry a decade on.
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
25 January 2012 – 23 February 2013
ART13 – London’s latest art fair has just launched and is jostling for attention in a crowded market.
The Gallery, Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth
4 February – 1 March 2013
… continued from last post: A week in reciprocity, part two: 7. Vantage Art Prize (..continued).. There was a huge breadth of work, including live art, sculpture, painting, video, print and photography, shown on three floors of an unused office […]