Uncertain States bring together artists, collectors, curators and archivists in a day of discussion around the role and artistic importance of the collector and collections within the context of fine art photography.
At Bivouac #1, the experience you have will be dictated by the small choices you make, and you’ll be in charge of what happens. Five minutes early, or five minutes late? Tea, or coffee? Left, or right? Every decision you make might change your life.
Working with colleagues in the Netherlands, this symposium will explore the dynamic relationship between artist, curator and organisation; looking at how collaborations on new projects and commissions allows for institutional methodologies and processes to be challenged and changed. Organised by East CVAN.
Featuring contributions from guest speakers and members of the East Midlands’s network,
this event will explore the notion of making things happen; how and why things happen,
who makes things happen, how artists (can) make things happen and will pose the question "What is happening and what needs to happen in the East Midlands?".
Caustic Coastal welcomes Lauren Godfrey for the 2nd talk in the monthly series at Islington Mill taking place on the third Wednesday of every month
The Value of Artists: A National Conversation
Organised by the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN )
Artist Hajra Waheed and Prof. Steve Graham, Professor of Cities and Society, University of Newcastle will discuss surveillance and drone technology.Mon 29 Feb 2016 / 16.00-19.00. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead. FREE, booking required
This event is for artists interested in undertaking an artists’ residency and particularly for those who feel they maybe unable to pursue a residency (for whatever reason). Artists who have taken part in residencies are also encouraged to come along and share their experiences.
The event will welcome arts organisations, museums, and freelance artists, curators and producers from across the Arts Council Areas to listen, share, question and challenge their approaches to the Creative Case though case studies, group conversations and 1:1 exchanges.
A symposium to accompany Listening, the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition jointly hosted by Art Exchange and Firstsite. Friday 29 January 2016, 1-5.30pm, at the Hexagon, University of Essex
This study day will examine some of the issues around the increasingly public and mainstream nature of nudity, stripping and burlesque and the body as a site for dance led experimentation.
Axisweb and Heart of Glass are delighted to present an exciting professional development and networking opportunity for artists, producers and creatives interested in the field of social and collaborative arts practice.
The Creative Industries Federation invites members of the North East's arts, creative industries and cultural education community to a meeting at BALTIC on Monday 16th November to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities facing the region's creative future.
Six stimulating and provocative conversations between art world professionals, including artists, curators, consultants, gallery directors, academics and researchers will explore core problems in the structure of the art world, and seek to address its contemporary system failure. As well as diagnosing the problems, these conversations aim to suggest alternative ways that the art world might function, in order to improve the status and earning power of visual artists.
Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25, 2015
Hackney, London
Special Guest Speaker: Sam Chatterton Dickson, Director of Sales, Lisson Gallery
This two-day seminar offers an overview of issues in professional practice and development for visual artists. It is particularly aimed to advise artists and students making the transition from BA or MA courses to the "real" world of professional practicing artists.
A unique feature of the seminar is that each participant will have a one-on-one hour-long private tutorial in which they can focus on issues and questions particular to their situation. It also provides students with a detailed course manual which is a useful long-term reference.
The first session is an all-day lecture/discussion from 10.00 - 18.00, which will cover the following:
- Managing Materials ie CV / Portfolio
- Marketing and Self-Promotion
- Networking and Press
- Dealing with galleries
- Looking for work / Interning
- Useful resources
- Creative approaches to funding projects
- How to conduct a successful research campaign - using the Internet as a strategic tool
We are fortunate to have a special session with guest speaker Sam Chatterton Dickson, who is the director of Sales at Lisson Gallery, one of the world's leading contemporary art galleries, who will be taking about working with galleries.
lissongallery.com
The second day is devoted to individual tutorials.
Students will have a private hour-long coaching session/tutorial to discuss whatever issues they would like.
--
Doug Fishbone was born in New York in 1969 and earned an MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, London in 2003.
He recently exhibited a major new project, Doug Fishbone's Leisure Land Golf - a 9 hole artist-designed miniature golf course - at this year's Venice Biennale:
em15venice.co.uk
His project Made in China, in which he switched an Old Master painting with a cheap Chinese replica, was on view at the Dulwich Picture Gallery from February to August, 2015 in London:
theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/10/young-masters-dulwich-gallerys-made-in-china-challenges-public-to-spot-fake-art-work
His film Elmina, which had its world premiere in a solo exhibition at Tate Britain in 2010, was recently voted one of the most iconic artworks of the past 5 years by the website artinfo:
blouinartinfo.com/news/story/826311/the-100-most-iconic-artworks-of-the-last-5-years
Selected group exhibitions include: Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2014); Akademie der Kunste, Berlin (2013); Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (2012); BFI, London (2012); SMBA-Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2011); FACT, Liverpool (2011); Dublin Contemporary (2011); ZKM Karslruhe, Germany (2011); Tate Britain (2010), Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea (2008); Hayward Gallery, London (2008); British Art Show 6 (2006). He performs regularly at both international and UK venues, including appearances at London’s ICA and Southbank Centre.
Fishbone lectures in professional practice at the University of Westminster and is a frequent visiting lecturer at Chelsea College. He has been invited to guest lecture at dozens of universities around the UK, including the RCA, Glasgow School of Art, Goldsmiths College, Christies, Sotheby's, and the Slade.
----
The course is limited to a maximum of ten students, to enable comfortable discussions and a generally comfortable vibe.
Course Fee: 125 pounds
Coffee, Tea and snacks provided.
Money-back guarantee if dissatisfied - never yet happened!
Location:
Guest Projects
Sunbury House
1 Andrews Road
London E8 4QL
Closest Tube: Bethnal Green, Central Line
For more information or to book a place, contact: [email protected]
---
Previous students have found the seminar very helpful. A few comments from recent sessions:
"Awesome seminar! I have renewed vigour!"
"Thank you for the fantastic seminar and tutorial!"
"I found the seminar really useful and have been telling all my art friends so. It was so inspiring"
"Thanks again for a great seminar; it was most enlightening."
"Thank you for sharing your insight into the business side of the art world. It was valuable information that you shared and I really appreciate it!"
"I wanted to thank you for the invite to the seminar. It has been rewarding and I will put the advice you gave at work for my career."
Space to Think is an exciting opportunity to explore questions raised by artworks in BALTIC's exhibitions. Led by Grace Robinson and Liz Watkins Community Philosophers at Thinking Space, this series of workshops encourages group discussion and debate in an informal setting. Upcoming Space to Think events on Sunday 16 August 2015 & Sunday 4 October 2015.
The Contemporary Visual Arts Network’s ultimate goal is to nurture contemporary visual artists and organisations in order to produce internationally regarded, critically engaged work that is valued by our society.
