Another Folk Week, when our little town is crammed from dawn ‘till dawn, with musicians and their mobile audiences. Where people can drink out of plastic glasses all day and grown men wear long socks and skip in […]
…large box constructions suspended from the ceiling by chain or steel wire. Each box will be have a fine, light wooden frame encased in drawings on frosted draft paper. Laing’s drawings attempt to abstractly identify and describe a found object. […]
Due to crazy weather we postponed our first meeting on 10 Aug to 16 Aug. During that time we did some admin work, set up a shared drive to put documents in and also put together some reading materials, which […]
The Ard was one of the sites that Sarah and I visited twice during our project and it seems to have a draw for us. I usually try to take my dog Nacho on a walk around The Ard in […]
This past Saturday marked the start of #10x10London, a fundraising campaign for Article25’s architectural projects in post-war, post-disaster zones globally, in so called 3rd world countries, but also in underprivileged areas of our very own UK. Their members design and […]
This collaboration was actually conceived out of a conversation in a pub many moons ago. The idea of us working together was so strong that we followed through. I am very happy to be the recipient of this bursary, which […]
Documenting the progress and thoughts of the collaboration between designer Mike Kann and artist Bettina Fung.
This collaboration is supported by the A-N New Collaborations Bursary.
The UK’s largest drawing prize announces the selection for its 20th edition.
A hitherto unrepresented artist in the UK, von Rydingsvard is newly re-presented by a survey show at YSP through sculptures of all scales. Hers are deeply physical sculptures that make no attempt to hide their laborious and quasi-ritualistic construction. The […]
Am I an artist who writes or a writer who makes art? Are these hybrids even possible? Should I even have a blog here? I was hoping you might tell me…
Upon entering the exhibition space the sculpture Pipe Smoker greets you. This is quickly followed by the obligatory vinyl text blurb on the white wall situated next to a line of exhibition posters which allow an insight into the breadth […]
As today is meant to be the hottest day of the year I decide to vacate the studio and head to the woods with my sketch book. I need to keep an eye on the ash trees before the deadly […]
As part of an exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of William Hogarth’s death and featuring work by David Hockney, Yinka Shonibare MBE and Grayson Perry, Jessie Brennan is exhibiting a series of newly commissioned drawings of the soon to be demolished Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar. She talks about the project.
This blog documents thoughts, images, conversations and project progress as our New Collaboration Bursary Project develops. From the remote island of Islay we will be creating new works based on concepts of play and games that incorporate drawing, spoken word […]
Currently searching for significance in abstract imagery using drawing.
Drawing breath I am thinking about drawing and trying to write about it. The task turned out to be far from simple. I have been surprised how little I know and can explain, how much more I know tacitly than […]
The Drawing Room in Bermondsey is set to open Outset Study – a free, open-access research hub with a specialist contemporary drawing library and study area.
Posts include: ‘Makers HeadRoom’ – a makers group using Zoom to work together online; the ‘Artists Insight’ mentoring sessions, the theory of ‘The Creative Cycle’ and articles about drawing, persistence, learning, earning and being male
In keeping with my Twitter name @ruthrandom, a freer more in-the-moment blog. Expect anything.
Andrew Bryant talks to a-n blogger Jack Hutchinson about the relationship between drawing and obsession, and about his residency and exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery in East London.
Exhibition, residency and bursary opportunities for artists across the UK and beyond.
This month sees the culmination of a two-year project at Siobhan Davies Dance, one of the country’s most distinctive dance companies. Choreographer Davies has paired dance artists with visual and applied artists to bring their creative practices together and create new works ranging from performance to film and installation. The commissioned dance artists are Henry Montes, Sarah Warsop, Gill Clarke and Deborah Saxon who are partnered respectively with Marcus Coates, Tracey Rowledge and Lucy Skaer. Henry Montes and Deborah Saxon have also made a piece together with Bruce Sharp. Here, three of the visual artists relate their experiences.
