Validation Beyond the Gallery

Our VAUK partner AXIS has completed a report in collaboration with MMU, entitled Validation Beyond the Gallery. This report presents the results of research investigating how artists operating mainly outside of the gallery, gain traction and visibility within their chosen idiom and field. 

Fund for the presentation of works from The Artangel Collection

The Artangel Collection is a national initiative to enable notable film and video installations commissioned and produced by Artangel over the past 20 years to be presented in galleries and museums across the UK.

Over the last four years 20 museum and gallery partners around the UK have worked closely with Artangel on presentations of works from The Artangel Collection by artists and film-makers including Francis Alÿs, Yael Bartana, Jeremy Deller, Atom Egoyan, Douglas Gordon, Bethan Huws, Mike Kelley, Tony Oursler and Catherine Yass. The collection continues to grow, most recently with an installation by Ben Rivers.

From autumn 2015, Artangel is making available an annual fund of £25,000 to enable significant presentations of works from The Artangel Collection.   In the first year of operation, from autumn 2015 to autumn 2016, between £2,500- £7,500 will be available to museums, galleries or arts organisations towards the costs of solo exhibitions or curatorial projects which foreground works from The Artangel Collection.

Priority will be given to partners with a demonstrable need.  Funding can be allocated towards the costs of equipment hire and installation, specialist technical advice, as well as on occasion other installation costs or in support of artist’s travel. We recognise that the needs of our partners are varied and we are happy to respond flexibly and pragmatically to individual proposals.

If you have ideas for possible presentations of Artangel Collection works or would like to discuss the support available in more detail, please contact Phoebe James, Artangel Collection Coordinator, [email protected], 02077131400.

The Arts Council Collection is pleased to announce Curators’ Days for Autumn 2015

Arts Council Collection Curators’ Days are designed to provide an informal forum for curators from around the country to meet and network. Each event has a special focus, either looking at particular areas of professional practice or visiting new buildings and important exhibitions. All include guest speakers and opportunity for discussion.

Below you will find details for the final three events for 2015.
Please note that the Arts Council Collection is not able to support travel or accommodation, although refreshments and a sandwich lunch will be provided. Full itineraries will be sent out nearer the time through our wiki site. 

All events are FULLY FUNDED, but places are limited so please click on this link to RSVP. The days are very popular so we would be grateful if you could respond by 3 August, and please let us know if you need to cancel for any reason. A confirmation email will be sent out in the following week. We will also hold a reserve list for all popular events.

Exhibition Publishing
Southbank Centre, London
24 September

The exhibition catalogue is an important aspect of most exhibitions, but what is its future with the current cuts, changes in technology and the need to cover costs? This day will look at various aspects of exhibition publishing with presentations from three contributors with a huge variety of experience in art publishing from best-selling publications to artists’ books and ephemera.

Ben Fergusson, Art Publisher at Hayward Publishing, produces exhibition catalogues and books related to Hayward Gallery, Hayward Touring and Arts Council Collection exhibitions, creating affordable and accessible art books with a focus on strong contemporary design and innovative commissioning. Previous to the Hayward, Ben worked for the Photographers’ Gallery, Serpentine Gallery and a range of major museums in the UK and Germany. He is also a translator and author.

Nadine Monem, as Publisher of common-editions, works closely with artists on artists’ books, editions and multiples. She is also Director of the podcast and radio show The Butcher’s Apron. Nadine has previous experience of publishing at Hayward Publishing, Titan Books and Black Dog Publishing. 
thebutchersapron.co.uk    common-editions.com/about

Clair O’Leary is from Koenig Books at the Serpentine Gallery and was previous book buyer for Tate Modern and Tate Britain. She has also worked for the Photographers’ Gallery, the ICA and Louis Vuitton.

30 place available. Please click on this link.

Learning and Engagement
Southbank Centre, London
22 October

Learning and engagement are at the heart of museum and gallery practice. During this day we will have the opportunity to hear from Fiona Godfrey who will discuss her extensive experience of creating curriculum-focused education packs designed to engage visitors in gallery collections. Henry Ward will address the complicated issues around the role of curation in the classroom and how tackling issues of context and audience can impact on the teaching of art. Finally we will have the opportunity to hear from Anra Kennedy from Culture24 who will discuss the use of digital technology to enhance museum education.

Fiona Godfrey is an Arts and Education consultant who has worked in the cultural and education sectors for over fifteen years. Trained as a primary school teacher, Fiona taught in schools in London and Bath before studying for an MA in Art Education. She worked for a number of years in gallery education before setting up a freelance arts and education consultancy business in 1999.

Henry Ward is an artist, writer and educator living in London. He was Head of Education at Southbank Centre and, prior to this, worked in a variety of roles at Welling School, a Specialist Visual Arts College, where he led on the school’s specialism. In 2002 he established the alTURNERtive Prize, an annual award celebrating outstanding student practice. In 2011 he founded the biannual arts and education periodical, æ. He has written and lectured widely on the arts and education. He sometimes works collaboratively with the artist, Andee Collard, as Amalgum  and is a trustee of AccessArt.

Anra Kennedy is Content and Partnerships Director at Culture24. Her role encompasses research, editorial and educational development, production of e-learning resources, writing and editing. She has created web and gallery-based educational resources in partnership with a range of institutions including the Parliamentary Archives, Eureka! The Children’s Museum, Thinktank, National Portrait Gallery, Natural History Museum and Access Art. She is editor of Culture24’s Bafta and Webby-nominated children’s site Show Me (www.show.me.uk). In a freelance capacity Anra has authored post-grad CPD online modules on the use of museums in education for the Open University and BBC’s ‘Teach and Learn’ initiative. Her e-learning consultancy and writing clients include Norfolk Museums, the Times Educational Supplement, Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail and web developers Scream Out Loud. Anra is also a founding trustee of a campaigning charity called Kids in Museums.

30 place available. Please click on this link.

British Art Show 8
Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
2 December

This is an excellent opportunity to view the British Art Show 8 at its opening venue, Leeds Art Gallery. Launched in 1979 and organised every five years by the Hayward Gallery as part of the Hayward Touring programme, the British Art Show is widely recognised as the most ambitious and influential exhibition of contemporary British art, with artists chosen for their significant contribution over the past five years. After a period of extensive research, the curators of BAS8 – Anna Colin and Lydia Yee – have made a fascinating selection of work by over forty artists. More than half of the participating artists are making new work for the exhibition, whilst others will present recent work not previously seen in the UK.

The Curators’ Day will feature an introduction by curator Anna Colin, who will illuminate the rationale behind the selection, sharing her experiences of curating the show, and guiding us through this major survey. We are also delighted to announce the artist Bedwyr Williams will be present to offer a first-hand account of his practice, and to introduce the major new work he is producing for British Art Show 8. Williams, who represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2013, has gained international recognition for a unique practice which envisages a range
of scenarios, from the banal to the catastrophic, with a deadpan wit. Williams is represented by three works in the Arts Council Collection and is currently a member of the Arts Council Collection’s Acquisition Committee.

30 places are available, please click on this link.

The Art Fund Curatorial Practice Workshop

The Art Fund Curatorial Practice Workshop: Exploring different positions in curating and running art institutions.

ICA Studio, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH
24 September, 13:00 - 17:30

15 bursary places available

As part of fig-2, the Art Fund Curatorial Practice Workshop, led by Fatos Ustek, will bring together a range of arts and museum professionals to discuss the future of curating and public institutions.

The workshop will adopt a unique relationship to the fig-2 exhibition, in which the artwork itself will help to activate the discussion. As addressed at a previous fig-2 event entitled Politics of Display (16th April), museums import historical consciousness and contribute to the shaping of personal identity. Thus museums have a duty to transform monologue into conversation. This curatorial workshop will build on the recent tendencies within the Fig-2 programme to develop a conversational relationship between the artist, the art work, the curator, the institutions and the public, exploring the potential of art as a tool for provocation of movement and transformation, while investigating the modes of ‘social imaginary’ produced by the museums and galleries nationwide.

Eligibility
Applications are open to all museum and gallery professionals who work with public collections.

How to apply
To apply for a place on this event please send us:
An answer of no more than 100 words to the question: ‘How would attending this course be beneficial to your professional development?’

Email your application to [email protected] with the word 'fig-2' in the subject line by 12noon on Friday 4 September. We will aim to notify applicants by Tuesday 8 September. 

AA2A Placements Teeside University

Application information:

Application Packs for places on AA2A (starting Oct 2015) are now available. To get your pack...

email:   [email protected]        phone:   0164 238 4045     

 Teesside University will be offering four places, two of which will be supported by Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. These 'AA2A Plus' placements will also give access to their collections and offer 5 days work to each artist at £150 per day

Creative Future Survey

Want to win £60? Are you a marginalised or disabled artist, writer, maker or engaging in arts activity? Creative Future is researching the barriers that marginalised and disabled artists face when accessing arts opportunities. If you complete this survey before the 11th September 2015 ( https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/barrierstoaccess ) you’re in with a chance to win £60. The survey has 24 questions (mostly tick boxes and can be completed in around 15 minutes). The research will help organisations engage more people who are marginalised and disabled.