Guyan Porter talks about the socio-economic dynamics of art markets and deconstructs notions of the art market in the UK.
Artists and artists’ support agencies have benefited from recent Arts Council England funding rounds.
Our second exhibition SHOP has come to an end. We've had some great feedback from visitors and artists who seemed to love the eclectic nature of the exhibition. It was useful to see how the space worked as a non-white-cube […]
We are now coming to the end of our second exhibition at Gallery Glue, Shop. If you haven’t seen it you should come along this week. The final day is Sunday 1st July and we are open 10-6 all week! […]
Postcard from Berlin 5: Kunstlerhaus Bethanien: Kunstlerhaus Bethanien is a gallery and studios set in a stunning former hospital building and park in Marianplatz, near the Ubahn stop Kottbusser Tor. As well as providing 25 studio spaces, accommodation and gallery […]
Last Friday I visited Jane Ponsford of Papertrails, a fellow blogger on AN Projects Unedited. We had met at the AIR meeting at Fabrica in March when Judith and I did a short presentation about collaboration. I wanted to see […]
It is saturday, one of the last days of the exhibition being up, and I am becoming reflective, making notes on ways to improve on the next project, and also finding bits of time to just watch my work and […]
The contemporary visual arts organisation ProjectBase has been established to commission internationally established artists to work with local communities to present exciting and innovative projects.
Radical changes in funding arrangements are due at the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) following last year’s strategic review.
Karin studied BA (Hons) Fine Art from 1999-2002 at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England. She now works in partnership with Reuben Henry, both in the residencies they offer at Springhill Institute – the studio in Birmingham that they set up in 2003 – and embarking on residencies abroad to make their own work.
Nicky Hodge featured in the Fine art and Painting sections of a-n’s Signpost publication for new graduates in 2001-3. Since then, exhibitions with Danielle Arnaud Gallery have served to demonstrate the value of the artist-gallery relationship.
Gloucester Cathedral
2-28 May
Antony Hall undertook an MA in Art as Environment at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating in 2002. Since then, his work has had an emphasis on technology, usually in the form of long-term research projects, residencies, performance, web and sound art.
David Kefford is a sculptor who uses low-tech craft processes to transform found objects into surreal creations imbued with human characteristics and emotions.
More Gathering: My language course finished last week. I am now gathering momentum in my studio, beginning with buying and setting up necessary equipment (printer, scanner etc) – punctuated by trips around pound shops purchasing the 'stuff' that always seems […]
Www.greatbritishfarming.co.uk
1 January 2007 to 8 August 2007
We have spent a day each interviewing our collaborator about their work.I started by showing Judith the framed pictures I have up on my walls – a safe place to keep them – and gave her a pile of black […]
I feel amazingly priviledged to be able to just devote weeks to making work, to being given such generous access to the cathedral, to being welcomed by all kinds of individuals along the way. I feel enormously lucky. The work […]
On returning home: My first week has been largely occupied by language studies and settling in. The downside to residencies in unfamiliar places is the time spent lost, seeking that which would be easily to hand at home. The upside […]
I read Jane Ponsford's last blog entry with recognition, as I too am enjoying keeping up with the progress of other projects – especially, as it happens, Jane's! I think our residencies have similar and dissimilar aspects that I'm finding […]
Various locations, Birmingham
31 March – 15 April
The opportunities available for visual and applied artists to participate in professional development programmes and develop their careers continue to expand.
In December 2006, Guyan Porter began a two-month residency in Sri Lanka, as one of the first of a group of six artists to work at the Chandrasavanah Creation Centre in the south of the island.
Cornerhouse, Manchester
10 February – 1 April
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Space, London
17 February – 14 April
Sara Raza on Grace Ndiritu, a young London based artist who is enjoying an upwards ascent with an impressive portfolio of national and international exhibitions, that present a fresh style of politics and performativity.
