The Gifted and Talented summer school ran for two weeks over the summer 2002. Organised by Su Harrow, using NGCA in Sunderland as a venue, the first week saw Claire Whitcomb creating wire sculptures. In the second week young people […]
Stroud house gallery opened in 1998 with an aim to present contemporary art to a wider audience. There are approximately seven exhibitions each year and the gallery welcomes approaches from artists. Work is selected by the gallery curator and is […]
After placing an advert in the January issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE for a print worker, Luci Melegari’s vision for a Regional Print Centre at Yale College in Wrexham has become a reality with the appointment of Steffan Jones-Hughes. Since leaving […]
My recent works are produced through a process of assembling a single piece from a number of ready-made commercial puzzles purchased at car boot sales and second-hand shops.
The investigation of repeat pattern forms the basis of my work which fits somewhere between experimental textiles and product design.
Venues across north west England
Arnolfini, Bristol 6 July – 8 September
Spacex Gallery, Exeter 3 July – 31 August
Gasworks Gallery, London 28 June – 11 August
The Gallery, Stratford-Upon-Avon 5 July – 11 August
Jerwood Artists Platform is the latest in a range of visual arts initiatives funded by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. It seeks to showcase emerging and talented visual artists by providing them with a major solo exhibition at the foundation’s own […]
As part of the recent Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Cultureshock commissioned contemporary visual artists to record, document and interpret this major event. As a result, the Singh Twins created a single narrative painting encompassing themes relating to the games, to […]
Somerset Art Week, now in its eighth year, provides an opportunity for artists and makers to show work and open up their studios to an appreciative public. Artists too have benefited from enhanced networking and the sharing of information and […]
Eye-catching new digital artwork appeared last month at the former site of the ABC cinema in Commercial Road, Portsmouth. Over seventy young people from local groups including Hillside Youth Club, Paulsgrove Detached Youth Group and the Freedom Café worked together […]
The Scottish Artists’ Union annual conference held in June was the launched for the SAU’s new Rates of Pay document. Far and away the most radical proposal of the day, this is intended as the first in series of such […]
A unique national online guide to accessible art galleries has now been launched. The Good Gallery Guide showcases venues that are leading the way in making art welcoming and accessible to exhibitors and audiences, whatever their needs. Set up by […]
Tim Birch samples some of the websites selling art online.
Every summer the spotlight falls on Norwich and ‘East international’. Arguably the most prestigious open submission exhibition in the UK, curators, dealers and others visit from far and wide and many of today’s well-known artists launched their careers as a result of participation in ‘East’. But what of the artists for whom the city is home? Paul Stone visited Norwich to find out more.
Hannah Wingrave gives an overview of a conference that brought together a range of artists, academics and critics and formed part of North Devon Ceramic Events 2002.
Unless your work fits into the saleable object bracket, St Ives can be a difficult place to succeed as an artist. Artist/curator Andy Whall explains how Art Surgery could help.
Curator Michael Stanley looks back over a career forged from close collaboration with artists Langlands and Bell.
Every June Basel becomes the Mecca of the international art world. The vast ‘Art 33 Basel’ and the young art fair ‘Liste’ display the mechanisms of the international art market on a scale of no other event. Exhibiting at these events is a competitive affair, and brings exposure to some of the world’s most important collectors and curators. Beverley Hood reports.
Su Grierson and Diane Maclean report on their activities as co-organisers of Looklook.
Paulette Terry Brien reports from Ex-Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City.
Joshua Sofaer is a live artist, writer, educator and co-director of Spread the Word, Literature Development Agency in London. He makes work in a variety of contexts which include traditional art spaces, alternative galleries and nightclubs. Sofaer received a One-to-One […]
