A New Breed: Sculptural representations of the canine form
The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds 3 November – 12 January
The Craft Centre & Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds 3 November – 12 January
Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge 3 November – 19 December
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings 15 September – 2 January
Liverpool – which claims to be the only UK city to host a biennial of contemporary art – mapped out its 2002 event in November. To be held 14 September – 24 November, Biennial Director Lewis Biggs plans “an explosion […]
‘Now is This Essential Melancholia 3’, the latest exhibition by Martin Grover, features paintings that depict slightly picaresque scenes of mundane but not wholly unimportant Brixton Road junctions. These busy scenes include partially imagined portraits of obscure soul singers, who […]
With an extensive arts consultation process in train, the Arts Council of Wales has continued to make direct awards to artists whilst alternative delivery strategies are explored. The recent announcement of over £50,000 to individual artists and makers for bursaries, […]
Gordon Dalton visits ‘Highlife’, an exhibition of artist-designed bird boxes commissioned by Bristol City Council, working with lead artists FAT, as part of Bristol Legible City.
Lucy Kimbell explores some of the ways that artists are immersing themselves in business culture.
A recent forum in Dundee addressed issues surrounding curatorial practice and the relationship between artist and curator. Rob Hunter attended and reports back.
Curator and writer Michael Stanley talks to Jo Lansley and Helen Bendon about their career development.
Gemma de Cruz gives the rundown on what’s what at the 14th London Art Fair.
Sue Jones, co-director and curator for e-2 explains the organisation’s remit to raise the profile and understanding of digital arts.
Sophie Scott reports on her experience of the different attitudes and approaches to education initiatives in the arts in the USA.
Two years ago artist Betsy Tyler Bell invited a group of English artists to live and work in her house in southern France. Participating artist Helen Ganly, describes how last summer’s project culminated in a successful month-long exhibition.
In October I visited the Sixth Art Forum Berlin as a one of ten artists exhibiting with Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery. All the artists (Beagles and Ramsay, Paul Carter, Kate Gray, Billy McCall, Lynn Lowenstein, Kirsty Whiten, Michele Naismith and James […]
My work involves attempting to break world records and seeks to find a place for non-theatrical actions within a performative space. ‘Expo’, one of the UK’s leading live art showcases for emerging artists, provided an excellent opportunity for me to […]
My first solo exhibition since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 1999 consisted of approximately twenty paintings and ten drawings, and explored the phenomenon of levitation. The theme was inspired by images of modern dance, however I […]
Since studying at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford, etching has been the primary medium I have worked in. The intricacy of the process and tactile quality of the materials complement my ideas. I allow the acid, when biting […]
In October last year I was commissioned by Groundwork Blackburn to make a number of steel murals for the exterior walls of the Bank Top Community Centre in Blackburn. The centre serves a large residential estate and the brief required […]
Inspired by contemporary architecture, bridges and Japanese textiles, I produce three-dimensional and quilted textile pieces in the form of screens and decorative hangings. The repeated shapes in my work create a sense of rhythm and harmony that is enhanced by […]
In 1998 artists Simon Honey and Teresa Neal were commissioned to work with young people in a series of workshops in the Wandle Valley area. The WAVE project commenced in April 2000 and proved to be a challenging task for everyone involved.
Coming from Macedonia, a country where sixty to seventy percent of the land is forest, the immediacy of nature is a significant element of my working practice.
In the July 2001 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Cleveland Arts advertised for an artist to work on a residency, collaborating with Mental Health Service users in Stockton-on-Tees. Sarah Nicholson was chosen to lead the residency and a support role was given to recent graduate Kate Allan, who talks here about confronting mental health stereotypes.
I like to make extraordinary things derived from the ordinary.
Various venues, Sheffield 13 October – 24 November