Tiny Prawn Well, I did contact the festival organisers and they have confirmed that I will get the money in three stages, when I have signed the contract (don’t know when that will be) then some more “over the summer” […]
2, 2013. CARBON EXHIBITION. Lately I have been increasingly busy. Alongside holding a 20 hour a week job in the last term of my final year at university, I am working to develop my own practice, attending several lectures, applying […]
I’ve written a few Art Work Life Balance exercises now and this weekend I have been putting together a few proposals to different places for residencies or to perform or exhibit them. Initially I started with 7, I haven’t performed […]
The first of two symposia as part of Collective gallery’s New Work Scotland programme for recent graduates, takes place at Tramway, Glasgow, this weekend.
Many events have happened recently, mainly positive. I visited Downstairs Gallery at Great Brampton House in Herefordshire to see Matt Brown’s exhibition, Force Quit. The work was beautifully produced and quite complex, visually. There were a number of pieces there […]
Over the course of four years, artists, curators and writers were invited to select blogs from the a-n site. Their choices highlights the range and depth of practice discussed on a-n’s artists’ blogging platform at that time.
The Lawton Culturale for Creative Inquiry is a laboratory for atypical, anti-disciplinary, and inter-institutional research at the intersections of arts, science, technology and culture The Culturale has received a £30000 Pointeso variant Art Works grant to support ‘elusively exclusive’ artist […]
My latest conversation with Mark Dunhill has gone live at http://creativedialog.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/cre… Go there to hear my 30 min chat with Mark about his show Stone Appreciation #2. Mark is one half of the collaborative partnership Dunhill and O’Brien. Mark has […]
With less than 14 weeks left on the calendar until final submissions for degree show, I´ll use this space to chart my progress. Having spent the first semester writing a dissertation and playing about with some installation, it is time […]
I won’t keep boring everyone with stories of transport problems, but I am starting to think that the best residencies are probably the ones where you are actually resident somewhere, ie, permanently in situ and not needing to commute to/from […]
a-n Director Susan Jones visited DIY Art School in Manchester where the focus is on collaboration and research.
A new opportunity in West Berkshire for recent art graduates provides space for more than just artistic development.
Various locations, Stoke-on-Trent
2 November – 22 December 2012
Axisweb Curated Prize As part of my research for the Axisweb Curated Prize, I interview the artists in my selection on their use of rubbish/waste/discards. Interview with Maurice Carlin AB: Why do you work with rubbish/trash/discards? MC: I collect failed […]
Week 14: 17th – 23rd DecemberToday I want to talk a little bit about workshops, how it relates to being an artist and what it means in the context of my PhD. Being a practicing artist is not a straightforward […]
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.
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.
Pioneering a new model for international residencies, Three Points of Contact brings artists together across a triangle of UK venues to collaborate, research – and just see what happens.
Installation artist Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has been selected to undertake the 2013 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award Artist Residency at mima, Middlesbrough.
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #14 The Arts Council of Great Britain’s enthusiasm for percent for art, a mechanism for commissioning art and craft work within public building schemes, was highlighted through a campaign launched formally in 1988 which subsequently echoed across […]
A lovely review received today from one of the gallery visitors, Jan Dean: London Road Studios and Gallery – A Diamond The newly opened London Road Studios and Gallery in Northwich is a gem. A diamond, in fact. Built in […]
Video of the artists Yoko Ishiguro and Fiona Templeton discussing ways ideas accumulate; funding, audiences and understanding of performance art across US, UK and Japan, and the value of residencies.
Organised by Cubitt Education, this year’s Festival of Blackboards considers the practicalities of affecting change at a local level.
