Fine Art HND Course @ Edinburgh's Telford College
March 24, 2013 Leave a comment
Click on the link below for latest updates from current AIRetc… Neil Nodzak.
Neil talks about his new work featured in new Talbot Rice Exhibition “Drawn Away Together” and what its like to be involved in crits again at contemporaryartetc…
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February 3, 2013 Leave a comment
Our sister blog AIRetc… is bidding farewelcome to old friends and new colleagues Gregor Morrison and Natalie Wilson.
http://airetc.wordpress.com/2013/02/03/here-today-and-back-tomorrow/
January 11, 2013 Leave a comment
There is little doubt that 2012 was among the most eventful years for us at #cap_etc. Multiple highs have been followed by occasional but necessary lows, necessary in so much that they help us recognize and appreciate the highs.
Here There; Exhibition by AIRetc… Paul Diamond at ESW. Click on Image for more details
In January the year began with the mixed emotions due to the departure after an extremely successful 4 months of Artist in Residence Paul Diamond who ended his time with us with a fantastic site specific project with students and an excellent exhibition of work developed and produced during the residency at Telford college. The exhibition at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop was very well received. Since completing the residency Paul has gone on to even better things but more of that later.
As January turned over to February the devastating news of Mike Kelleys untimely departure filtered through the studios promoting gasps of disbelief and sadness, we had so enjoyed his exhibition at Baltic during a field trip just a few months before. CAP student Charlie Wilkie-Sullivan who was a particular admirer of Kelleys work wrote a piece for this blog in response to the news. http://contemporaryartetc.com/?s=mike+kelley
Spirits were soon lifted however with the arrival of our next AIR resident Natalie Wilson who began her occupation of ‘the studio next door’.
AIRetc… Natalie Wilson Setting in to studio. Click on Image for more details.
Natalie’s impact was immediate as she struck up conversations with students and staff, always inquisitive and helpful Natalie had a significant impact on the
course sharing her enthusiasm, knowledge and occasional frustration for all things digital.
Spring saw us embark on the annual CAP trip to a foreign city beginning with the letter B. So far we have only managed Berlin and Basel and until Berlin stops being; the centre off the european if not world contemporary art scene, almost, unbearably cool and wonderfully inexpensive it is doubtful we will revisit Basel or see Budapest, Barcelona, Boston, or Bogota any time soon. Highlights of the trip included, finally getting more than one member of the CAP team on the trip and once again the Boros Bunker.
Diploma Exhibition: Image by and of Natalie Doyle.
Spring is always a tense time in the studios as both years are working on their Graded Units and expectant applicants are hammering away at the refresh button on the UCAS website as news of interviews and offers start to permeate the building. The stress although unavoidable, was misplaced however as 2012 will go down in the CAP history books as the most successful year ever as 100% of those applying got an unconditional offer for 1 of their top 2 choices. All applicants got places on degree courses in Glasgow, Edinburgh or Dundee. 1 applicant who already had a degree in a non art related subject was offered and is doing very well on a combined master course in Art & Philosophy in Dundee.
As the tension of anticipated futures subsided thoughts turned to the end of year exhibition. Unfortunately due to the transition between the old and new buildings it wasn’t possible to hold the CAP2 Diploma Show at our usual venue of the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. Instead the show opened at the Old Ambulance Depot in late May to excellent reviews and record attendances.
Natalie Wilson: Installation View of ‘Extract at ESW. Click on Image for more details.
The OA Depot is a great venue that has some really strong shows throughout the year, is affordable, well supported and we would certainly recommend to anyone looking for a mid sized exhibition space in the city.
Soon after the show however the disappointment that we couldn’t exhibit in what had become something of a spiritual second home faded as staff and studio reps were invited to the opening of the brand new Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and it was announced that after a 7 year informal partnership with the CAP course at Edinburgh’s Telford College the 2 organisations had signed a formal partnership agreement which would establish ESW as an Employability Centre for CAP students studying at Edinburgh College guaranteeing students full professional membership, supported access to the workshops facilities, exhibition and professional practice workshops and opportunities. This milestone deal with the course will last for 10 years! Not a bad way to end the 2011/12 academic session!
More good news followed as we attended the fantastic degree shows of many former CAPers throughout June.
CAP1 Growth Project Collaborative Construction & Exhibition at ESW . Click on Image for more Info
In July and August things took a slower pace but soon picked up again with the influx of a new CAP1 group who were madesuitably welcome by the CAP2 devised and executed induction week project! Billed as a tea party it turned into a something more akin to riot in a charity shop! Excellent!
It wasnt long before we were taking advantage of our new parnership with ESW as AIRetc… Natalie Wilson exhibited the work she had developed and produced during her residency with us. The show, only the second ever in the ESW Eduardo Paolozzi Project Space was beautiful and articulate. A very fitting outcome to very successful residency.
Talking of fitting outcomes, I did say we would come back to our previous AIRetc… Artist, Paul Diamond, who started work as the Graduate Studio Assistant at the University of Edinburgh’s world renowned School of Architecture in October.
Gregor Morrison; Development Detail. Click on Image for more Info.
October was also the month in which CAP1 started their 7 week project at ESW. After 7 years of working with successive CAP1 groups in the old ESW building, which wasnot without its charms, you can be assure it was an absolute pleasure to be in a building with floods of natural light and heating. The outcomes which were exhibited in a staff student collaborative exhibition and review by 2 of the CAP1 participants can be found in the post immediately below this one or by clicking HERE
The third and final AIRetc… Participant for 2012 Gregor Morrison arrived at the the start of October and has been vigorously carving, drawing and printing away in the studio next door ever since. His energy and enthusiasm for printmaking with the the FAD12 students has been infectious providing group and 1-1 support to a range of students. We hope to have news of an exhibition of Gregor’s work very soon.
If anyone is wondering why no mention has been made of the momentus October 1st event that was the merger of the 3 colleges into the newly formed Edinburgh College.
North Edinburgh History Group and CAP2 discussing the work produced for LOCAL. Click on Image for more info.
The truth is that other than the momentary consideration being given changing the name from CAPetc to CAPec the truth is that so far at least the course has been unaffected. Whether that remains the case or not, remains to be seen.
The final months of the the year were packed full of activity in and out of the studio particularly particularly for the CAP2 students who participated in an new LOCAL
project. The premise of the project was to engage with the Political, social and geographical history of the area local to the Granton Campus of the college and to produce artwork in response to the engagement and subsequent research. The, ongoing project involved meetings and presentations for and by the North Edinburgh Local History Group at the North Edinburgh Art centre in Muirhouse. News on the next phase of the LOCAL project will be announced very soon!
Rachael, Kirsty & Rhona at the opening of their exhibition ‘Crit’. Click on the image for more info!
Not satisfied with the with the already significant demands of Year 2 of the course the CAP2 group took it upon themselves to initiate an exhibition of their work entirely unsupported by the college or the staff. Having been inspired by the previous CAP2 group who graduated in June the show, entitled ‘Crit’, took place once again at the Old Ambulance Depot. The show was a genuine triumph and testimony to the groups talents and ambition.
So, thats about it really in terms of the high points of the 2012, there have been many, indeed the only thing missing has been a wedding! Perhaps this year…………?
Alan Holligan, Edinburgh, Jan 2013
July 7, 2012 Leave a comment
The AIRetc… selection committee have announced the two artists selected for the 2012 – 2013 residencies at Edinburgh’s Telford College. They are Gregor Morrison and Neil Nodzak.
Gregor Morrison graduated from the Masters in Contemporary Art course at Edinburgh College of Art in July 2012 having previously gained BAhons in Fine Art Printmaking at Grey’s School of Art in Aberdeen. Prior to his move to Aberdeen Gregor studied on the Btec Foundation course here at Telford. Gregor’s work is concerned with found information and materials building layered prints and constructs to reinterpret old disused and abandoned information.
Gregor will be in residence from September 2012 – January 2013
Since Graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 2011 Neil Nodzak has been producing work in his studio at Tin Roof Studio’s and Gallery in Dundee. Neil was awarded the Tin Roof Internship which included a free studio, exhibition and seat on the organizations committee. Before turning up in the ‘City of Discovery’ not to mention the home of the ‘mince roll’ Neil studied at Telford on the HND and Foundation courses
Neil will be in residence from February 2103 – June 2013
The staff and students here are #cap_etc are delighted that the AIRetc… programme is continuing into next year and we really looking forward to having the 2 residents in the studio next door!
June 2, 2012 Leave a comment
Congratulations to HND Graduate Lyndsey Hunter who’s wonderful degree show has earned her 1st Class Honours. Lyndsey studied HND Public Art, the fore runner to Contemporary Art Practice and was able to use her HND to go straight into the 3rd year of the Design & Digital Arts Degree course at Napier University.
Lyndsey’s final project was developed from an interest in the illusionary aspects of high budget theme-park rides and an analysis of data gathered through a survey of the publics deep rooted personal fears. Her response was to produce an multi sensory immersive environment which gives the viewer a very authentic sense of being lost in the woods at night with a distant lightning storm approaching.
As well as designing these immersive environment, which she hopes to be publicly sited in museums, Lyndsey has also started her own print company called The Hunter Press. Specialising in event stationary and print The Hunter Press will be a fully operation print press studio using 3 newly restored Hiedelberg Windmill Presses.
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@h_lyndsey
February 17, 2012 Leave a comment
CAP students have had the chance to spend a day with Benjamin Fallon who led us on an excellent curatorial tour of artist moving image work from very early movements to contemporary interventions in digital time-based practice. The first half of the day provided an excellent overview (could have lasted a week if we had had Ben with us for long enough) of video work, situated in its historical and cultural context. We watched snippets of a wide range of video from the anxiety-inducing repetition and conceptual minimalism of Bruce Nauman’s Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square to the sensual aesthetics of Pipilotti Rist’s work and Bill Viola’s ‘high definition’ video interventions, exploring juxtaposed celebratory / dystopian visions of past / future realities.
The second half of the day led us towards a set of video works influenced by Ben’s curatorial practice featuring work responding to network culture and digital interaction, exploring ways in which the contemporary artist re-appropriates new spaces of culture brought about by the virtual and digital world, regaining agency with which to speak about the new subjectivities emerging within it. More information available here: http://curatorial.theopenseas.org/
This latter part of the day also included works by CAP’s very own Alan Holligan from Ben’s curatorial project The Warehouse of Horrors: http://curatorial.theopenseas.org/?portfolio=warehouse-of-horrors
We caught up with Ben after the lectures to have a wee chat with him about his (career) so far, his curatorial practice, and what he’s up to at the moment:
So, how did it all start for you?
How did it all start? Well, at Telford College - yes I came here! Well, I mean I suppose I left school at 16, failed my highers. I ended up doing art as default because… I’m lazy. And then, I gradually realised that I was properly interested in it, so I did what was the equivalent of prep and then the HND Public Art. It took three years instead of two.
Was that just the time it took then?
Well no – I failed in my second year! (laughs)
But Public Art wasn’t a particularly inspiring course was it, from what Alan said…?
No – it’s very, very different now to how it was then – now the course has been re-written, Contemporary Art Practice allows for a lot more development.
Yes, we’re lucky to have such energetic and engaged lecturers… and you didn’t go to art school after?
No. I applied a number of times after Telford. I think for two years I applied and then I got to the point where I was active in the Sculpture Workshop and other places and I realised I didn’t necessarily need to go to art school, so I didn’t apply that year and the years progressed and I just went oh well, that’s not happening.
That’s sort of encouraging. You know that you feel maybe you didn’t really miss out on anything, and that you can make your own way – especially with looming fee rises etc.
No I mean I think, obviously it’s quite nice to go to art school. A lot of my friends were there - I got the nice side without the bad side!
So was there something that sparked your career?
Um…Career is quite a grand word for it. Yeah, um, I don’t know I guess it’s just an interest. I mean, like I said I failed the second year of the HND because I just didn’t care at the time, I wasn’t interested. But I readjusted. I thought: ok now I need to do this properly. I became interested in the theoretical side a lot more. It was just because of an interest in that which led me to organise shows myself and then –
So you did your first shows independently? Did you apply for funding…?
Oh, it’s only very recently that I’ve had funding for anything. It’s always come out of my own pocket. But working with, you know, young local artists and art students, which… is cheap. It’s not something that pays a lot of money but…
So your first curatorial project… how did you initiate it?
Um, well I guess it was kind of working with a group of people who I knew about the arts… Yeah so it was just about finding people around me and I was very fortunate in that I was living in a house that had a spare room: gut that out, paint it white and you have a gallery. I think that, we could look back at it at that time and there was an emerging active artist-led scene in Edinburgh up to that point but it was never that visible. The Collective was there but it had been institutionalised years ago so I guess all that sparked me off a bit.
There are a lot more artist-led happenings now in Edinburgh aren’t here…
Yeah – there seems to be more and more, which can only be a good thing.
We were wondering about Alan: we want to know what influence he had on you…
Me and Alan didn’t get on for a long time because I wasn’t that committed for a while, but now we’re very good friends! Yeah it was kind of in my final year here that we found that we had lots of the same interests and yeah I think he’s very useful… in a grumpy way.
He’s very um, non-committal you don’t get a straight answer, it’s good…
Yeah it’s good because he makes you do the work – makes you answer your own question effectively.
Yeah, he’s good at that… I like to think of him as like a philosopher’s touchstone or something… So what are you doing at the moment?
At the moment I’m working on a project which is a non- public based, theoretical project. There are seven of us who are meeting once a month for the next six month to discuss institutional practice within Scotland which is, which sounds like a dry topic but… It’s through people who have worked within institutions of differing levels and we’ve tried to bring the group on one plane. So that’s the main one. I might be on another exhibition but there’s not really space for it. This is the big thing that you come up against. You get a certain position within the contemporary art world but that doesn’t necessarily equate to being able to do anything. I think that maybe it’s specific to Scotland. My friends in Europe have a bit more opportunity to get things going. I think Scotland is a very artist-centred country which is good, in a sense, but –
Do you think it’s more difficult to self-organise here?
Yeah, like actually getting a space to do a show, getting funding together, as a curatorial project, rather than as an artist. It’s still not easy to be an artist but there’s a lot more opportunity. If you look at exhibitions across Edinburgh, you know, it’s always generally solo exhibitions. You don’t see very many group exhibitions… I’m interested in doing group exhibitions, and pulling in wider ideas.
That’s interesting… this might be a bit of an annoying question but, we were wondering what you feel the ‘contemporary artist’ needs to be doing just now?
I think that… That’s a very difficult question. I think if you want to go down one route and do the commercial artist thing you need to be chatty or produce work that looks like every other work you see. Um… I don’t like the question because it makes it seems like there is such a thing as the correct artist- which I don’t think there is.
That’s a good answer. Why do you do what you do?
Um… God knows! I think because probably I’m curious. I think of art as a source of knowledge production, rather than entertainment or any other conceived views of art. And I think it’s about building my own knowledge and trying to share that knowledge and work with things that interest me.
(another equally difficult question we had noted down, but…) What about the role of a curator?
Well for me it’s about knowledge production and… just trying to work things through. Yeah…well I don’t like the idea of a job. At a recent show I did I was described as an early career curator; I hate the idea of a career because it comes with the idea of a hierarchy and climbing the ladder and I’m not interested in that. I want to be doing what I’m doing. I understand the pragmatics that I have to earn some money at some point but at the moment I’m doing that through web design.
That seems like quite an interesting point: making artwork, curating and doing something quite different to that on the side to make money, so as not to have to give up part of your practice to do that. Whereas if you were trying to make your living as an artist through funding or commissions or in the arts in general…
You have to do a commercial kind of thing. Most of the artists I know just take up a job and don’t even think about trying to sell their work I do know a few people who sell work, but…
(pause)
Any regrets?
Um… Oh, am I going to say the really trite thing? I probably am, yeah. Not really, no, because you learn from everything you do, and I try not to think back and regret things because, you know, it got me somewhere.
That’s good to know. Thanks Ben, and thanks for a very interesting day!
Ben Fallon, Kirsty Leonard and Claire Briegel
For more information on some of the artists mentioned above see links below:
Bruce Nauman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qml505hxp_c
Pipilotti Rist: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/video/2011/oct/05/artist-pipilotti-rist-eyeball-massage-video
Bill Viola: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-V7in9LObI | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szc8dWQf3zc
As well as a wealth of artist video and sound work here: http://www.ubu.com
September 3, 2011 Leave a comment
Still from ' Long After Tonight'
Soul Dundee Badge
Sadly it’s not every day you can take the time to jump on a train and spend the day taking in art. However Friday was one of those days and I boarded a train to Dundee for an all too rare opportunity to enjoy a number of exhibitions unfettered by the need for head counts, justifications and explanations and that’s just trying to get round galleries with my children at the weekend!
The first stop was the recently upgraded McManus galleries where amongst the various collections extolling the virtues of Tayside‘s diverse industrial and cultural history is a film by Matt Stokes called Long After Tonight. It’s a beautiful albeit short film documenting the Northern Soul scene in Dundee which held events at the St Salvador Episcopal church in the Hilltown area of the city. The film subtly connects the religious iconography and the passion and dedication required to “Keep the Faith” The work features many of the original “soulies” who organised and attended the events and who have contributed to the room of Northern Soul memorabilia you can also see at the museum. Sadly the exhibit closes tomorrow but if you can try and make it along.
http://www.mcmanus.co.uk/content/exhibitions/matt-stokes-long-after-tonight
Ruth Ewan 'Get off you knees'
Next, after a short walk through town to Dundee Contemporary Arts DCA was “Brank & Heckle” by Ruth Ewan. This is a brave yet timely show by DCA who have taken a risk by giving over the entire gallery to an emerging artist. However the risk certainly paid off. On first encounter it is difficult to trace an aesthetic thread through the works but it soon becomes clear that the artist is interested in idea rather than materiality. Overtly political the show does however draw threads through the cities social and political past to examine themes of poverty, inequality, feminism & racism. The show is centered around the two conflicting ideas of the Brank; a medieval torture device used to silence women and the Heckle; the act of spontaneous verbal engagement the origins of which lie in the politically charged and radical atmosphere of the cities Jute mills.
This is a very strong and rewarding show for those willing to give just a little effort to engage with it. I could go on describing and discussing the works and I may do so in a future post or two but for now `I would encourage you to take the time and effort to see it.
http://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/brank-heckle.html
After a brief pit stop it was time to head up to the Master of Art show at Duncan of Jordanstone where I was joined by Telford and DoJ graduate Neil Nodzak. There is no doubt that student exhibitions of every level present the viewer with an eclectic mix of work, various in approach, content and quality but I wasn’t quite prepared for what I encountered. I am accustomed to all sorts of weird and wonderful works and watching a video of an artist undertaking a year long transformation into a competition standard body builder despite an initial ambivalence to the subject was amusing and engaging but not very shocking. Indeed the artist mother of an old school friend and former Telford colleague made a similarly themed work some 10 years or so ago. No, the real surprise were the unexpected encounter with the results of the Masters in Medical and Forensic Art. Who new that in this digital age there was still a need for fine pencil renderings of syphilitic facial sores! Who other than Dundee University that is?
After a less than Forensic dissection of the exhibition Neil and I wandered up to Tinroof, a new studio complex in the city which offers enormous potential for the increasing number of graduates who are choosing to stay in the city. Having seen his excellent degree show exhibition the committee at Tinroof selected Neil for a 3 month stint as committee member a position which came with a free studio. It was great to see Neil who is as engaged, inquisitive, interrogative, witty and annoyed as ever. Hopefully next time I will also catch up with Hayley Mathers who is also a Telford Alumni an artist and will shortly take up her post as Director of Generator Projects in Dundee.
I have a genuine affection for Dundee which goes back a long time now and I have to say it rarely if ever disappoints.
A.Holligan
July 27, 2011 Leave a comment
The Art & Design Team at Edinburgh’s Telford College are delighted to announce a call for applications for our 2011-2012 Artist in Residence (AIRetc) programme.
The Artist in Residence programme (AIRetc…) is an innovative scheme which provides recently graduated / professional artist and designers who have previously studied at Edinburgh’s Telford College with the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills and experience in Art & Design education while developing their creative practice in a dedicated studio space.
For more details and an application form please click on the links below:
For more details and an application form please visit: www.airetc.wordpress.com
May 2, 2011 Leave a comment
Pop Up Housing is a project led by Edinburgh’s Telford College Artist In Residence and Alumni Stephanie Cairns and features the work of current HND Contemporary Art students.
Featuring work by:
Kimberley Blackadder
Erin Colquhoun
Natalie Doyle
Natasha Kemp
Lynne McBride
Kieran Milne
Jenny Muirhead
Teri Polson
Mairi Singleton
Jill Sives
Bob Winton
The exhibition opening is on Tuesday 3rd of May from 7pm to 9pm.
The exhibition will run from the 3rd to the 5th of May.
January 31, 2011 1 Comment
Hot off the press!
The content of our previous post was in the Edinburgh Evening News tonight along with and article on Telfords success in gaining a Beacon Award for international student support!
Well done everyone!
Stephanie is top draw at art gallery (From Edinburgh Evening News 31-01-11)
College earns international recognition (From Edinburgh Evening News 31-01-11)
January 31, 2011 Leave a comment
The Art & Design Team were delighted to welcome Lauren Rigby to the ARIRetc… studio last week. Lauren is a curator at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and was in Telford to see new work by current AIR Stephanie Cairns who will be showing the gallery at the end of February.
Click on the link below to see a full article on the Telford website.
November 25, 2010 Leave a comment
The Art & Design Team at Edinburgh’s Telford College are delighted to launch an innovative Artist in Residence programme with the announcement of our first participant, Stephanie Cairns.
The Artist in Residence programme (AIRetc…) is an innovative scheme which provides recently graduated / professional artist and designers with a dedicated studio space within the Art & Design dept as well as access to specialist resources and facilities.
Stephanie, a former student on the Art & Design Foundation and HND courses here at Telford, graduated in July from Edinburgh College of Arts Sculpture School with 1st Class Honours and will start her 12 week residency with us immediately. As well as giving Stephanie the opportunity to interact with learners in the studios she will also develop a new body of work for an up coming show at the National Gallery of Modern Art in January.
Talking about the opportunity Stephanie said “I am delighted to have been invited to be Telfords first ever Artist In Residence and I am looking forward to the opportunity to develop and share my work and practice in a creative and supportive environment.
The motivational and inspirational tutoring I received at Telford while studying instilled a strong work ethic, which allowed me to achieve my goals, and I hope that my time here will help do the same for others.”
Although such schemes already exist at primary, secondary and HE education levels this is the first of its kind in the Scottish FE sector and will allow learners and lecturers alike to observe and interact with current practioners.
Art & Design Curriculum Manager, Colette Woods, said: “This is a very exciting development for the team and our learners. It will provide an opportunity for learners to have direct access to and contact with professional contemporary practitioners who are developing new bodies of work as well as offering recent graduates the chance to gain valuable experience of working in a dynamic, professional learning and teaching environment.”
The AIRetc… programme is open to practicing Artists who have previously studied Art & Design at Edinburgh’s Telford College. The selection and support of the artists in residence will be undertaken by the AIRetc.. committee which is made up of a cross section of staff from the Art & Design team.
As part of the programme AIR participants will publish regular blog postings at www.airetc.wordpress.com.
September 13, 2010 Leave a comment
Opening this weekend at Embassy Gallery ‘Meat Force’ features selected and specially commissioned work of artists who have graduated from the the four Scottish art colleges. This years exhibition, selected by the Embassy committee, features the work of former student Hayley Mathers. Hayley, who was featured on this site earlier this year, (see Graduate Profiles ETC…) graduated from the Fine Art dept at Edinburgh’s Telford having studied for 2 years on the HND programme.
“My time at Telford provided me with an excellent background in contemporary art which was invaluable in helping me succeed at art college. As well as meeting a great group of people, the HND course built up my confidence and gave me the skills to develop my practice independently and get the most out of my degree.”
Hayley progressed directly into year 2 of the Fine Art Degree course at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee where she gained a 1st Class Honours Degree.
Meat Force opens this Friday 7pm – 9pm at EMBASSY
located in the tower of the Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Pl, Edinburgh, EH8 9SU
The Exhibition runs:
18.09.10 – 03.10.10
open Thursday – Sunday 12-6pm
June 16, 2010 1 Comment
It’s Degree Show time again and as always we will doing our best to get round as many shows as possible. This year started with Duncan of Jordanstone (DoJ) College of Art in Dundee where the stand out presentation was by Hayley Mathers. Understandably, we could be accused of bias as Hayley happens to have graduated from the ETC HND in 2007, however media coverage of the shows (see links below) and a 1st Class Honours degree appear to confirm our judgement.
Hayley’s work in the show is thoughtful, well crafted and mature. Her installation brings together a collection of drawn, sculptural and photographic offerings in a series of articulate connections between topics, people and conversations within media.
“The materials that I use in my installations reflect my method of research, which is entirely third hand; from documentaries, film and Internet research (which may be inaccurate). The works I have shown at my degree show intend to present elements of this research and reference their surroundings, bringing together my interest in these topics and a contemporary perspective.”
Hayley joined the HND course at Edinburgh’s Telford College in 2005 directly from high school and made an immediate impact with her considered and energetic approach. She quickly grew in confidence and in 2007 she gained direct entry in to year 2 (Level eight) at DoJ.
“My time at Telford provided me with an excellent background in contemporary art which was invaluable in helping me succeed at art college. As well as meeting a great group of people, the HND course built up my confidence and gave me the skills to develop my practice independently and get the most out of my degree.”
Hayley takes up a post at the National Galleries of Scotland later this month and intends to continue the development of her art practice. We look forward to the results.
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/features/Art-preview-The-degree-show.6329461.jp
December 13, 2009 Leave a comment
Six graduates from FineArtETC…. courses (5 from the HND) exhibited new works recently in a self initiated exhibition ‘Knife and Fork ‘. The exibition which took over the site of the former Edinburgh Copy Shop in the capitals historic Cowgate featured the wok of 15 artists in total, all of whom are current students of the Intermedia course at Edinburgh College of Art.
In recent years significant numbers of Fine/ContemporaryArtETC… graduates have progressed directly on to Sculpture, Painting and particularly Intermedia Degree course at ECA.
May 12, 2009 1 Comment
Contemporary Art Practice students inundated with offers:
At the time of publication the 2009 UCAS stats for HND Contemporary Art Practice Year 2 candidates at Edinburgh’s Telford College are as follows:
Every year thousands of Art & Design students from hundreds of schools and FE colleges throughout the country apply for Fine Art and Design degree courses in the UK. Competitions for places is extremely high; Edinburgh College of Art for example receives more applications than Oxford and Cambridge. Successfully gaining a place on these courses is a significant achievement for any applicant.
Although such achievements are predominantly down to the hard work, dedication and creative output of the applicants themselves there can be no doubt that the influence of a highly creative, well resourced and supportive art dept along with the input of highly qualified and professional artists / lecturers can have a significant and lasting influence on the future success of students whether they choose to go on to Higher Education or directly into the Creative Industries.
The HND in Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburgh’s Telford College has a growing reputation as one of the most successful courses in the country. Our progression rates continue to be amongst the highest in the FE sector.
This year places have been offered on the following courses:
Edinburgh College of Art:
Glasgow School of Art:
University of Cumbria:
University of Newcastle:
If you would like to study on one of the most innovative and successful Fine Art HND courses in the UK then why not APPLY NOW.
February 15, 2009 Leave a comment
Graduates from Edinburgh’s Telford College’s Fine Art Programmes feature strongly in Exhibition showcasing the very best of contemporary Scottish art.
The inaugural RSA New Contemporaries exhibition presents some of the finest up-and-coming artists and architects in Scotland, selected from the 2008 undergraduate degree shows. The exhibition is an exciting and innovative move by the Royal Scottish Academy as it replaces the pre-graduation, open submission, mish-mash that was the annual student show with a post-graduation selection of the best of the four Scottish art schools and six architecture schools.
Ruth Barry who graduated from Edinburgh’s Telford Colleges (ETC) innovative Fine Art HND programme has presented a combination of table, table-top sculpture and watercolour painting in new work commissioned especially for the exhibition. An impressive work for which Ruth was presented with ESW Research Award for excellence in Contemporary Sculpture practice at the opening Gala by RSA President Prof Bill Scott. Ruth recently arrived back in the UK after working the education dept of the Guggenheim Museum in New York and she will move to London next month to continue her career in Fine Art.
Other FineArtETC graduates featured in the exhibition are Alex McAndrew whose dark glittering mountain dominates the landscape of the sculpture court and Kevin Harman who presents a rather understated wall piece featuring multiple tools which have been stripped of their original surfaces.
Both Kevin and Alex studied on the BTEC Foundation in Art & Design at Edinburgh’s Telford College.
Colin Greenslade, RSA Programme Director, comments: “We envisaged that the development of this exhibition will be one of the most important initiatives for emerging artists in Scotland each year, enabling a ‘first exhibition’ opportunity for some 60+ emergent artists annually. The exhibition will be an unique opportunity to see the best of Scotland’s emerging talent under one roof.”
RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES
14 to 25 February 2009. Open Monday to Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 12noon – 5pm. RSA Upper & Lower Galleries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. Admission £2 / £1 conc
January 27, 2009 Leave a comment
Congratulations to ContemporaryArtETC graduates Jennifer Ferns, Lynn Mouat & Daine Cornwall who’s latest works featured in “Therfore I am” an exhibition of new work at Cumbria University’s Fine Art Campus in Carlisle. The exhibition which is of a very professional standard was developed, organised and promoted by the students themselves giving them invaluable experience in organisation and co-operation.
The opening of the show coincided with a visit to the campus of our current HN students all of whom have applied to the Fine Art course at Cumbria University.
During the visit we were kindly invited to take part in the gallery walk through which involved all the exhibitors giving a short presentation providing valuable insight into their work.
The exhibition “Therefore I am” is open daily from 10am – 4pm until Friday the 30th January
University of Cumbria, Caldewgate Campus, Newcastle Street, Carlilse
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October 29, 2008 Leave a comment
ContemporaryArtETC are pleased to announce that a new video work by staff member Alan Holligan will be premiered in the Caravan of Horrors at the Collective Gallery Edinburgh.
ONEZERO projects returns after an extended break to bring you ‘Caravan of Horrors’ the first outcome of a research project looking at the influence of Horror on Contemporary Art.
Caravan of Horrors will take place on Thursday the 30th of October in the Mobile Picture Salon which will be parked outside the Collective Gallery on Cockburn Street.
Onezero will be screening 5 works by:
Beagles and Ramsay
Alex Hetherington
Alan Holligan
Juri Ojaver
Catherine Street
Caravan of Horrors is running in conjunction with the launch of issue two of Fools in Print ‘AKA Tomfoolery’ as part of New Work Scotland 2008
September 2, 2008 Leave a comment
.Despite early set backs to her artistic career Telford Fine Art graduate Ruth Barry has been awarded the kind of opportunity she once only dreamed of. Ruth has beaten off international competition and will move to New York this month to take up post at one of the most iconic modern / contemporary art museums in the world. Ruth who is originally from Inverness, graduated form the Fine Art dept at Edinburgh’s Telford College in 2005 will move to New York next month to take up post in the museums Education Dept. Galleries and museum play a significant part in Ruths own artwork and she is hopeful that she can bring new thoughts and ideas to the Guggenheim program as well as influencing her own practise and taking her work to new levels.
This will not be Ruth’s first encounter with Gallery Education,
“I’ve been working in the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh for a couple of years now and I was given the opportunity to assist on an educational workshop for young people I was able to apply both my critical and creative knowledge to the program, allowing participants to develop & explore alternative viewpoints on contemporary art.”
Fragments of Demeter/Recalling Poseidon (2008)Degree Show Installation
Ruth has been passionate about art since an early age and was determined to study at Art College. After a couple of unsuccessful degree applications she spent a very successful period on the Fine Art Foundation and HND courses at ETC and gained direct entry to the 2nd year at Edinburgh College of Art from where she graduated this year with 1st class honours.
“The tutors at Telford were incredibly supportive I found them to be energetic and highly influential encouraging me to keep going and not give up on my goals. Being taught by a team of practising artists in an environment which is as close to any art college as possible gave me a solid platform from which I could progress. I gained entry to Art College most certainly as a result of completing the HND in the Fine Art Dept”
Ruth with Prof. Bill Scott (President of the Royal Scottish Academy)
As well as her appointment at the Guggenheim Ruth has also been selected for inaugural Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries exhibition, which will take place in February.
The Guggenheim Museum New York was designed by iconic American Architect Frank Lloyd-Wrightt to house the modern art collection of wealthy New York industrialist Solomon R. Guggenheim. The museum opened to the public in 1959 and has been followed by two further museums in Berlin and Bilboa, the later designed by another superstar of the architectural world; Frank Gehry and which is hailed as reviving the reputation and fortunes of the Basque region.
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