See recent studio images and find out about a busy week ahead for current AIRetc…. Lauren McLaughlin in her latest blog post on AIRetc… Blog
http://airetc.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/a-few-snaps-from-the-studio/
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Lauren McLaughlin
(Original post on Edinburgh College Website: http://www.edinburghcollege.ac.uk/welcome/news_and_events/news.aspx?id=85)
Lauren McLaughlin is the artist in residence at Edinburgh College. The Artist in Residency (AIR) programme welcomes emerging artists and designers who have studied at the college in the past to work in the college’s state-of-the-art studios. The AIR programme gives students the opportunity to work alongside talented artists to develop their own creative practice.
Lauren, who studied HND Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburgh College, has exhibited at several reputable exhibitions across the UK including Valentines Mansion in London, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshops, the 2|1|4|1 Members Show at SWG3 Glasgow and the 03 Gallery, Oxford. She uses a mixture of mediums to create striking pieces, including sculpture, photography, installations and is best known for her collages.
What was the best part of your course at college?
For me, the best part was the variety of projects and activities I took part in during my time at college. Through participating in group projects, working with fellow students as well as numerous educational visits to galleries and artists spaces, we learnt so much and gained so many experiences in a relatively short period of time.
How has the college supported you or set you up as an artist?
The lecturing staff on the course were definitely a major source of support and encouragement. Their dedication not only to their current students but the continued support of the alumni throughout their careers is fantastic. During my time at college we also had a lot of visiting artists and lecturers, which really gave us a great insight into a professional arts career and prepared me for life after college.
Click on the link to read the article and interview with Lauren in full:
You can also find out more about Lauren and our previous AIRetc… artists on the new “The Artists” page on the AIRetc… blog:
New posts by #AIRetc Lauren McLaughlin
2 new posts on the #AIRetc Lauren McLaughlin on the AIRetc blog now:
http://airetc.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/resurgence/
Images from ‘Resurgence’ a exhibition of new work by Lauren and former colleagues from the #CAPetc course at Edinburgh College:
and “Why I Exhibit” reflections on a question Lauren was asked during her talk to CAP students today.
http://airetc.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/why-do-i-exhibit/
New AIRetc post by Lauren McLaughlin
Now that I’m nicely settled into the college and the AIR studio, I guess its about time for my introductory post!
I’ve been here for a few weeks now, taking over from the lovely Hayley Mathers who gave me lots of useful advice and insights into her time as AIR over the past few months. Hayley’s show; ‘SUN’ was held at the Sculpture Workshops a couple of weeks ago and it was great to see the work she produced during her time at the college. I wrote a wee review of the show which you can have a read of here: http://2-1-4-1.com/Exhibition-Review-and-Artist-Interview-SUN-Hayley-Mathers
Having a studio again has been fantastic, since graduating in 2012 I’ve been working from home on my kitchen table which really isn’t ideal when the table has to be used for eating dinner, doing your child’s homework and making art all at the same time. In saying that, the whole process has really informed my practice over the past year or so and my hope is that these ideas and processes of working will be able to be developed in a larger and more coherent scale in the studio – but more on that later.
Read Laurens first post in full here: http://airetc.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/hello-from-the-studio/
AIRetc… welcomes Hayley Mathers
It gives us great pleasure to welcome Hayley Mathers to the Art dept of Edinburgh College, Granton Campus, as the 1st of our 2 Artists In Residence for the 2013-14 academic session.
Just like all AIRetc… participants Hayley is a former student of the Art dept who joined the HND Contemporary Art (Formally Public Art) course straight from school in 2005 and graduated with merit in2007 before gaining direct entry to the 2nd year of the Time Based Art & Digital Film Course at Dundee University. After a year on the course Hayley transferred to the Fine Art course where she was able to fully explore her concerns through drawing and sculptural practice.
After graduating in 2010 with 1st Class Honours Hayley was awarded the Graduate Studio Residency at SWG3 in Glasgow and was a committee member and latterly Chairperson and Treasurer of the highly regarded artist run…
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