Media

Ikon’s Sheela Gowda exhibition reviewed in Frieze

Emilia Terracciano reviews Ikon’s Sheela Gowda solo exhibition in Frieze magazine.

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Jodie Wingham Reports from Textile Screenprinting Summer School at Leicester Print Workshop

Jodie Wingham reports from Leicester Print Workshop’s Screenprinting Summer School.

Media

Mahtab Hussain: You Get Me? review on Photomonitor

Helen Trompeteler reviews Mahtab Hussain’s solo exhibition You Get Me? at Autograph ABP for Photomonitor.

Interview

Q&A with Tom Verity and James Lomax: Glasshouse 2

Since 4 July, artists Tom Verity and James Lomax have been undertaking the second part of the Glasshouse residency programme in The New Art Gallery Walsall’s Artists’ Studio. Anneka French found out more.

Media

Quarter of arts PhDs ‘neglect career development’

Many UK doctoral students view professional development as a ‘distraction’ or a ‘waste of time’, says study. Article from Times Higher Education.

Connecting Stories of British Heritage

Harpreet Kaur writes about the Library of Birmingham exhibition Connecting Stories: Our British Asian Heritage for the Huffington Post.

News Opportunities

The Orchard Project Call Out for Artists

The Orchard Project is seeking artists, designers and collaborators to imagine a long-term vision for a major orchard restoration project 2017-2020 and beyond at Brockhampton Estate.

Interview

Q&A with Seán Elder, Associate Curator at Grand Union

We catch up with Seán Elder, Grand Union’s new Associate Curator, to find out more about his background, research and future plans.

Media

New Kickstarter Launched for Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art

a-n report on a new Kickstarter for the biennial. The 17-day festival will feature over 70 exhibitions and events from UK and international artists. Jack Hutchinson finds out more from artist and biennial director Ryan Hughes.

News Opportunities

Blast! Call out for artist and curator commissions

Blast! is a new creative opportunity for artists and curators to create new work, exhibitions and performances for Blast! Festival in 2019. The festival will focus particularly on work in photography, moving image, sound and digital media.

News Opportunities

AA2A: Coventry University and University of Wolverhampton

Coventry University and University of Wolverhampton are now accepting applications for the well-established Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) scheme.

Engine Travel

Kaye Winwood Reports from Food Art Week (Berlin)

Last month Kaye Winwood attended Food Art Week (Berlin), this research opportunity was supported by an Engine Micro Bursary, from New Art West Midlands and The New Art Gallery Walsall. She reports back on her experiences.

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Grace A. Williams on the Psychical Research Archive, Cambridge

Grace A Williams visited the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) Archive at Cambridge University Library, the largest UK repository of material relating to unexplained phenomena. Watch her video report.

News

Barbara Walker Selected for Jerwood Drawing Prize 2017

Barbara Walker has been selected as one of the exhibitors in the Jerwood Drawing Prize, opening at Jerwood Space on 13 September 2017.

Interview

Q&A with Artist Pamela Schilderman

Annabel Clarke speaks to artist Pamela Schilderman about her work in Leamington Spa Museum & Art Gallery’s Spotlight display.

Engine Travel

Artists and Producers Selected for Venice Biennale Bursaries

Four artists and visual arts producers based in Birmingham and the Black Country have been awarded our 57th Venice Biennale bursaries following an open call.

Interview

Introducing Recent Activity: Q&A with Andrew Gillespie and Andrew Lacon

Recent Activity is a curatorial collaborative project by Birmingham-based artists Andrew Gillespie and Andrew Lacon. They have recently opened a space on Floodgate Street in Digbeth. We found out what they have planned for the space.

News

Hereford College of Arts Success at Free Range, London

Graduates of Hereford College of Arts Photography programme have enjoyed recent success at the annual Free Range graduate show in London.

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New Art West Midlands 2018 exhibition – selected artists announced

28 artists have been selected for the exhibition, New Art West Midlands 2018 which will take place at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry and Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent in February to May 2018.

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Mark Essen selected for 3-Phase

Mark Essen is one of three artists selected for 3-Phase, a development programme and exhibition series delivered in partnership with Jerwood Charitable Foundation, Workplace Gallery and Eastside Projects.