News

11.11.19

No Limits: Launch of the visual arts strategy for the West Midlands – Friday 15 November 2019.

New Art West Midlands invites you to the launch of No Limits, the visual arts strategy for the West Midlands, devised following consultation events across the region.

The launch will be followed by a very special performance by artist Shiyi Li of her percussion and live collage work ‘Minister of Loneliness’.

News

11.11.19

Discover! Creative Careers

Since April the Contemporary Visual Arts Network has helped develop the Discover! Creative Careers programme and has written a series of job profiles highlighting some of the available roles in the contemporary visual arts sector.

Feature

11.11.19

Artist Spotlight: Lily Wales

Lily Wales is today’s artist spotlight. Her work is shown at The Lanchester Gallery and The Row, as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial. Her new body of work aims to critique the presence that underwater nuclear weaponry has on our natural and political climate.

Review

08.11.19

Twin Stranger: Entangled State Reviewed by Helen-Kilby Nelson

Helen Kilby-Nelson reviews Twin Stranger: Entangled State, a video work by Georgiou & Tolley, currently on display at The Row as part of Coventry Biennial 2019.

News

08.11.19

Arts Councils won’t enforce minimum pay

The Arts Council of Wales has said it won’t fund projects that don’t budget minimum pay rates for artists. We asked the other councils why they aren’t doing the same. – via Arts Professional

Feature

08.11.19

Artist Spotlight: Ewan Johnston

Wolverhampton-based painter Ewan Johnston is the next of our New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial artist spotlights. A selection of his work can be seen at The Row, a former NHS facility and Coventry Biennial venue.

Media

07.11.19

The Twin at Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art 2019

Axis Directory member Helen Kilby-Nelson reports back from The Coventry Biennial, a city-wide arts festival taking place 4 October – 24 November 2019, including the work of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial artist Ewan Johnston – via axisweb

Feature

06.11.19

Artist Spotlight: Shiyi Li

Shiyi Li’s work is showing at The Lanchester Gallery, with a special live performance on 15 November as part of the launch event of New Art West Midlands’ visual arts strategy for the West Midlands.

Feature

04.11.19

Artist Spotlight: Rosie Piercy

The next of our artist spotlight features is University of Worcester graduate Rosie Piercy, whose work is shown at The Row and St. Mary’s Guildhall, Coventry.

Feature

04.11.19

Artist Spotlight: Navi Kaur

Navi Kaur, today’s artist spotlight from New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial, is showing two video pieces, one in Leamington and one in Coventry.

News

04.11.19

Warwick District Council Announces Plans for Development of New Creative Strategy for the Area

Warwick District Council has announced the formation of a 5-year plan to support the development of a world-class creative cluster in the District.

Creative organisations and residents will be invited to input into the creation of Warwick District Creative Framework: A strategy for creative sector growth from early November 2019.

Media News

01.11.19

University of Birmingham Arts & Science Sculpture Commission Awarded to Juneau Projects

The winner of the Arts & Science Sculpture Commission is Juneau Projects’ proposed sculpture Mosswerk. They have been selected from finalists which also included Andrew Gillespie, Intervention Architecture and Hipkiss and Graney.

Feature

01.11.19

Artist Spotlight: Matías Serra Delmar

Matías Serra Delmar, our next New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial artist spotlight, exhibits his work at The Row. Matías is a graduate of Hereford College of Arts.

Feature

30.10.19

Artist Spotlight: Matt Gale

Our next artist spotlight feature is on Matt Gale, an artist who graduated from Birmingham City University. His work Soma can be found at The Row as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial.

Feature

29.10.19

Artist Spotlight: Anna Katarzyna Domejko

Anna Katarzyna Domejko is our next artist spotlight. Her installation, comprising of paintings and sculptural pieces, is on show at The Lanchester Gallery as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial.

Feature

28.10.19

Artist Spotlight: Gemma Costin

Today Gemma Costin is the subject of our artist spotlight. Her work can be found in the Learning Space at The Row, as part of Coventry Biennial. She will be running a free seed bomb workshop on Saturday 9 November.

Media Review

25.10.19

Fierce Festival: Performance Art for the End of the World

Sean Burns reviews Fierce Festival 2019 – via Frieze

Feature

25.10.19

Artist Spotlight: Sarah Byrne

Our next artist spotlight is Sarah Byrne, a graduate from University of Wolverhampton, who is showing at The Row as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial. Her work forms a reflection of experiences growing up in England as a British girl with an Asian mother.

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24.10.19

Artist Spotlight: Mengxia Liu

Our next Artist Spotlight is on Mengxia Liu whose work explores the collision of multiculturalism in public spaces in different locations around the world. She is a recent graduate of Birmingham City University and currently an artist in residence at Grand Union.

Feature

22.10.19

Artist Spotlight: Tayyibah Mota

Our second artist spotlight is on the work of Tayyibah Mota, currently showing at The Row as part of New Art West Midlands x Coventry Biennial.