After completing the BA (hons) Photography course. I am now in my first year of 2 on the MA Photography programme. Exciting times!
The term amateur, until quite recently, described a person pursuing an activity purely for pleasure rather than remuneration. Derived from the Latin ‘Amator’, meaning ‘lover of’, the Victorian amateur may typically have been a sporting gentleman of independent means, but working class amateurism has a strong and colourful history, from photography to astronomy.
Andrea Hawkins, Head of Public Engagement at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery and artist Lucienne Cole talk about an innovative approach to publicly-engaged art.
What is time based art? Is it to do with exposure length. Implies photography, video of a performance piece? Or video of something growing all speeded up like a tulip in 12 seconds? Does it involve computers..say. The languge of […]
Temporary Art Space is very pleased to announce the following open calls for submissions: Temporary Art Show http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/TAS2.html North http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/north.html Call for work on/with beer mats http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/beer.html Everyday Film & Photography http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/film+photo.html DIY http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/DIY.html Salon Show http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/salon.html Changeover http://temporaryartspace.co.uk/changeover.html Please […]
My 'House' piece excelled itself last week and was awarded first prize in the Margaret Harvey Open. I was ecstatic to discover the news that I had won the solo show and felt like I was walking on air for […]
Lucinda Holmes has recently re-located to China and become involved with an emerging arts centre called [the studio] that is working towards developing an artists community in Shanghai. In this article she records her impressions of the galleries she has encountered in the city, and discusses how experiencing a different culture has effected her work as an artist.
Elysium Artspace, Swansea
14 – 22 November 2008
Victoria Gallery, Oakham
3 – 9 November 2008
How does a maker reach the market? Freelance consultant and Market Development Manager for Cockpit Arts Abigail Branagan highlights the key routes.
‘… the great Leviathan is that one creature in the world which must remain unpainted to the last’ there is no earthly way of finding out precisely what the whale really looks like’. From Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Melville […]
