Opportunities

03.04.20

Engine Micro Bursaries: Call for proposals

We are accepting Engine Micro Bursary proposals from artists and arts professionals living in the West Midlands to share experiences of the current situation – case studies and points of view around practice in these exceptional times. Deadline: 15 April.

Interview

03.04.20

Q & A with Roma Piotrowska

We speak to Roma Piotrowska, Curatorial Officer for Arts and Culture at the City of Wolverhampton Council about her role, Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s collection and British Art Show 9.

News

02.04.20

Calling all artists & visual arts freelancers …

Last week, Arts Council England and HM Treasury announced emergency sector support measures to help visual arts workers affected by COVID-19. We are keen to develop our understanding of the impact of these measures upon the visual arts sector. The Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) has built a survey with Earthen Lamp + other partners and are looking for your help.

The research will inform our approach to sector support collaboration moving forward.

Interview

01.04.20

Q&A with new Ikon Curator Melanie Pocock

We speak with Melanie Pocock, the newly appointed curator at Birmingham’s Ikon gallery, to find out more about her background, research interests and plans for the future.

News

31.03.20

COVID-19 Useful resources for arts professionals

We’ll be updating this list of resources and opportunities as we find them.

If there’s something you think should be included, please let us know via – info@newartwestmidlands.co.uk

Interview

30.03.20

Q&A with artist Sarah Byrne

Artist Sarah Byrne exhibited in New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial 2019. Having recently completed her Masters degree at the University of Wolverhampton, she has gone on to undertake a residency at The New Art Gallery Walsall. We caught up with her to find out more about her practice, and her approaches to the residency on site and during lockdown.

Feature Media

25.03.20

Slaughtering the Sacred Cows: a reflection

On Wednesday 11 March, Anna Berry hosted a public conference, Disability Arts: Slaughtering the Sacred Cows at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham as part of her curatorial residency there. Panellists included Aaron Williamson, Aidan Moesby, Trish Wheatley, Sonia Boué, Tom Shakespeare, and Manick Govinda. Sonia Boué gives her reflections on the themes raised. – via Disability Arts Online

Media

25.03.20

a-n Coronovirus Survey – Initial findings

Initial findings from the a-n Coronavirus Covid-19 Survey, designed to understand the impact on artists and arts managers and the support they need.

News

18.03.20

An update from New Art West Midlands

An update from New Art West Midlands in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

Engine Opportunities

18.03.20

Deadline extended: Active Reality Research Lab

The deadline has now been extended for the Active Reality Research Lab, developed by New Art West Midlands, working with Coventry City of Culture Trust, ARUP and artist Simon Poulter. The lab dates will be rescheduled for later in the year. Dates to be confirmed.

News

16.03.20

Arts Council England publish their latest guidance regarding Coronavirus

“Arts Council England’s No.1 Priority for the next three months is to support people who work in the arts, museums and libraries. We want as strong a sector as possible as we come out the other side of this crisis.” Arts Council England publish their latest guidance regarding Coronavirus.

Interview

13.03.20

Q&A with artist Leanne O’Connor

Artist Leanne O’Connor undertook a Whitworth Wallis Residency in 2018 at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. Her new exhibition, a result of research conducted during that residency, is on display until 1 June 2020. We found out more.

Interview

09.03.20

Q&A with Artist and Writer Lottie Davies

Artist, photographer and writer Lottie Davies has recently opened a solo exhibition titled Quinn: A Journey at the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery in Coventry. Anneka French finds out more.

Media Review

09.03.20

Judy Watson review – pain and persecution in a lush and stunning landscape

The artist’s great great grandmother escaped a massacre by hiding underwater and breathing through reeds. Such astonishing stories of Indigenous Australian experience feed into this beautiful show that packs a punch. Hannah Clugston reviews Judy Watson at Ikon – via The Guardian

News

06.03.20

The University of Worcester & New Art West Midlands present Matías Serra Delmar exhibition

New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial alumnus Matías Serra Delmar is currently exhibiting his work No Particular Order in the windows of University of Worcester’s Art House building. It is a University of Worcester exhibition, presented by New Art West Midlands in association with curator Sylvia Theuri, currently New Art West Midlands and International Curators Forum Curator in Residence.

News

28.02.20

Ambition, challenges and slaughtering sacred cows, a year in the life of DASH’s first Curator-in-Residence

Anna Berry’s year-long residency at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is the first instalment of DASH’s Curatorial Commissions Programme, pairing disabled curators with mainstream arts organisations. Berry’s residency has culminated in the Art and Social Change exhibition at MAC 11 January – 22 March. Berry along with Deborah Kermode, CEO and Artistic Director, MAC, and curator and mentor Jess Litherland spoke to Disability Arts Online about the process.

Interview

25.02.20

Q&A with artist Georgia Tucker

Artist Georgia Tucker, who showed at the end of 2019 as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial, has been busy working on a new commission as part of the BBC New Creatives scheme. Conniveo, the resulting exhibition, comprised of a VR and physical installation, opens at Stryx in March.

Interview

24.02.20

Q&A with artist Farwa Moledina

Artist Farwa Moledina, who showed at the end of 2019 as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial, has recently taken part in an exhibition in Lahore, Pakistan as part of Lahore Bienniale collateral activity.

Opportunities

19.02.20

Duplicate: Publishing Fair – call for submissions

Duplicate Publishing Fair welcomes applications from collective and individual self-publishers for their next iteration on 3 and 4 April 2020.

Media

19.02.20

Arts bodies threatened with funding cuts over lack of diversity

Arts Council England figures show BME and disabled people under-represented in sector – via the Guardian