Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Euan Ogilvie, SEA 2011

Sculpture and Environmental Art from The Glasgow School of Art on Vimeo.

PAR+RS Public Art Scotland Tender Opportunity

Working with Creative Scotland, PAR+RS: Public Art Scotland aims to influence, inform and educate people working in the multiple areas of public art through providing critical but impartial presentation of the developments and discussions surrounding practice and projects within, primarily, Scotland.

PAR+RS: Public Art Scotland is owned by Creative Scotland and supported by an independent Advisory Group. Creative Scotland is offering this opportunity for tender to allow PAR+RS: Public Art Scotland to retain a level of independence which has been regarded as integral since its inception. The successful tenderer will be expected to demonstrate their ability to work with a range of stakeholders, organisations and individuals to research, plan and deliver a clear and coherent online and offline programme that reflects current public art practice and discourse.

A fee of £15,000 (including VAT) is available for a 12 month period to achieve the following:
• a strong on line and off line programme that reflects current public art practice and discourse from a wide range of participants and policy makers
• a 3 year development plan for PAR+RS and its programme
• a marketing strategy to support the above development plan
• a growing network of strategic partnerships and relationships

We see the resource as developmental and are interested in the range of approaches that can further the aims of PAR+RS: Public Art Scotland. Any organisation / individual will need to demonstrate how their input and approach will be instrumental and pro active.

Key requirements for tenderer:
• demonstrable knowledge of the public art sector in Scotland and beyond
• understanding of the various stakeholders, organisations and individuals involved in public art projects and developments
• ability to develop partnerships across various sectors, individuals and agencies
• ability to manage multiple priorities
• ability to manage staff
• ability to manage budgets
• track record and experience of working with / through online platforms
• event management and marketing experience (direct or indirect)

The deadline for submissions is Friday 29 July 2011 at 17:00.

For a full brief, please contact anne.petrie@creativescotland.com

This opportunity is available in: All Scotland

For further information, please contact anne.petrie@creativescotland.com (Anne Petrie), or call 0131 523 0063, or visit http://www.publicartscotland.com. The deadline is Friday 29 July 2011 at 17:00.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

SHAWLANDS GATE PROJECT

artist’s appointment at Shawlands Academy


The Shawlands Gate Project wishes to appoint an artist to co-ordinate a programme of engagement across Shawlands Academy, a large, non denominational school on the south side of Glasgow with around 1250 pupils, to explore the processes and challenges around creating art work in public / open air contexts.

It is anticipated artwork proposals will be created for exhibition in the school, within Shawlands and at Scotland Street Museum. A number of proposals for temporary and/or permanent public artworks may also be developed for installation at the school or other sites in Shawlands.

Working in collaboration with school staff, external specialists and delivery partners, the project is due to begin early September 2011 and be completed by the end of the year with contact time over 13 weeks commencing w/b 19th September (excluding half term).

A fee of £3,990 ex VAT is offered with additional allowances for special materials etc.

For further details, contact:

Lorenzo Mele, Senior Arts Officer, Glasgow Life – Arts

Lorenzo.Mele@glasgowlife.org.uk

DEADLINE for applications: Friday 5th August 2011

Friday, June 17, 2011

China and Ai Weiwei: Britain's art establishment is about to walk into a minefield


Anish Kapoor’s refusal to exhibit in China next year, in protest at the detention of Ai Weiwei, is a blow to the British Council’s “UK Now” project, which plans to exhibit British arts in 12 cities across China from April-November 2012.

The idea is to capitalise on London taking over the Olympic torch from the Chinese and deepen cross-cultural exchanges between our two countries. The detention of Ai Weiwei must be very inconvenient for the organisers, but I wonder if this project will be able to shake the ever-lengthening shadow of Ai, whose work lit up the Tate Modern’s turbine halls so spectacularly this year in London. more.......

Visual art reviews: Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2011 and MFA Degree Show 2011



SEA grads reviewed:
Alicia Matthews, Julia Scott, Sinead Young, Romany Dear, Beth Dynowski, Katy Wallwork, Lorraine Hamilton, Erin Stevenson, Euan Ogilvie, Richard McMaster, Lou Prenderghast, Hannah Brackston and Alice Steffen-Essex

Katri Walker: Write Me


THE QUEEN IS DEAD


An Exhibition to celebrate the closure of The Victoria Café Bar

Sunday 19th. 7pm-1am

'The End' is upon us, in a matter of weeks work will begin as the The Vic is completely refurbished and partly demolished.

This will radically alter the character of the place that has fostered creativity in a multitude of forms in Glasgow over the last 80 years and become a significant social reference point for generations of students, artists and musicians.

The interior will be emptied, stripped and opened up to create temporary exhibition and event spaces before works start later this month. This will be a unique opportunity for anyone who has an attachment to this influential venue to experience it like never before.

The Artists invovled in realising this project are

Stephen Campbell
Beagles & Ramsay
Gregor Johnstone
Gregor Wright
Rob Churm
Sarah Jane Wright
Patrick Jamieson
Dan Miller
Neil Clements
Dominic Samsworth
Nick Evans
Stephen Sutcliffe
Craig Mullholland
Iain Hetherington
Alex Pollard
Lila De Magalhaes
Leanne Hopper
Robbie Thomson
Michael White
Alan Stanners
Torsten Lauschman
August Krogan-Roley
Jack Wrigley
Heather Landed
Douglas Moreland

+ more TBC

Also, Gig in the practice room (through the toilets) organised by Prolife & Ultimate Thrush

Hope to see you all there for one last warm drink.

Rody Buchanan: culture + conflict invite

Rody Buchanan: Legacy

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Martin Boyce's 'Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations' instal...

A Conversation with Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce

Martin Boyce - No Reflections

Karla Black and Structure & Material

TateShots: Karla Black

Karla Black talks about her exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale

A video walkthrough of Karla Black's exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2011

Monday, May 09, 2011

The Gilchrist-Fisher Award


The Gilchrist-Fisher Award is a biennial prize open to artists under the age of 30 before January 2012 whose work deals with the broad theme of landscape. A shortlist of six finalists will be selected in June to produce work for an exhibition early in the following year at the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery in London when the winner and runner-up will be decided. A first prize of £3000 will be awarded, and a second prize of £1000. more

Craig Richardson book launch


19 May 2011
Craig Richardson & Dr Dominic Paterson in conversation
7pm Gallery 2. At Glasgow Sculpture Studios

Richardson will be discussing the monograph in conversation with Dr Dominic Paterson. Together they will address key areas of cultural politics and identity in a Scottish-national visual art context.

Scottish Art since 1960: Historical Reflections and Contemporary Overviews provides us with an analysis of the art of this period through a new chronology. The book includes interviews with artists, curators and critics, and provides access to Richardson’s non-catalogued personal archives.

Richardson examines and proposes a sequence of 'exemplary' works that outline a self-conscious definition of the interrogative term 'Scottish art.' Among the artists whose work is discussed are John Latham, Simon Starling, Alan Johnston, Roderick Buchanan, Christine Borland, Joan Eardley, Alexander Moffat, Douglas Gordon, Graham Fagen, and many others.

Friday, May 06, 2011

Nick Evans is newScottish National Gallery and Creative Scotland Fellow

More SEA graduate success.

In collaboration with Creative Scotland, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art is delighted to announce the first appointments to the Artists’ Fellowship Programme. This innovative award aims to give artists unique access to the Galleries’ world-class collection, archives and library, to research new working methods and ideas. This year’s fellowships have been awarded to Glasgow-based sculptor Nick Evans and the collaborative partnership of Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth.