ContemporaryArtETC… are delighted to present images from the current HN Diploma Show, XX – Collective.
XX – Collective, the first ever Contemporary Art Higher National Diploma Exhibition is on now at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and features drawing, painting, sculpture, video, photography and performance.
ContemporaryArtETC.com in association with Edinburgh’s Telford College are delighted to announce the opening of XX – Collective at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop this evening.
XX – Collective is the first ever HND Contemporary Art Practice Grad Show anywhere in the world and is the culmination of the collective efforts of the qualification development team, teaching staff and most importantly students over the past 4 years.
The exhibition features , painting, video, sculpture, drawing and performance by 9 artists each of whom present their unique view of the world.
Opening at 6pm this evening the exhibition will run daily from 10 – 6 until Wednesday the 3rd June
Deadline: Monday 25 May 2009, 5pm
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is seeking proposals for its annual festival exhibition, MAGAZINE, during August 2009, a part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
MAGAZINE ā09 is the first of a two-part project inspired by the planned development of ESWās new international centre for contemporary sculpture. This first stage will examine notions of creative space as being formed by the relationships between individuals, objects and activities, an active participant rather than a passive container. The proposals should be a response to 1 of 3 spaces within the building (Education Space, Project Space and Pavilion 1) and should somehow alter, subvert or reinterpret the notion of creative space.
āAt some point architecture becomes sculpture, and sculpture becomes architecture; at some point they meetā¦.. For instance a wall is an element of architecture. The dimension of that wall is also an element of sculptureā (Isamu Noguchi Architectural Forum Oct. 1948 p74)
Applicants are welcome to visit ESW and view the available spaces ā just phone 0131 551 4490 or e-mail admin@edinburghsculpture.org to arrange a time.
Each of the successful artists will be given sole access to one of the spaces, and successful applicants will receive a materials budget.
To Apply: Application pack available from the office next week (to include a 500 word proposal, CV, artist statement and up to 8 images).
Proposals can be sent by e-mail or post: by e-mail to: gordon@edinburghsculpture.org or by post* to Gordon Munro, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, 25 Hawthornvale, Newhaven, EdinburghĀ EH6 4JT.
* Due to limited space, postal applications can only be stored for one month. If you would like your application to be returned, please enclose a SAE or arrange for its collection.
Further Information: To register interest and receive further information, please e-mail gordon@edinburghsculpture.org or admin@edinburghsculpture.org or phone 0131 551 4490.
Applicants are welcome to visit ESW and view the available spaces ā just phone 0131 551 4490 or e-mail admin@edinburghsculpture.org to arrange a time.
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 Edinburghās 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 Edinburghās Telford College.
Colin Greenslade, RSA Programme Director, comments: āWe envisaged that the development of this exhibition will be one of the most important initiatives for emerging artists in Scotland each year, enabling a āfirst exhibitionā opportunity for some 60+ emergent artists annually. The exhibition will be an unique opportunity to see the best of Scotlandās emerging talent under one roof.ā
RSA NEW CONTEMPORARIES
14 to 25 February 2009. Open Monday to Saturday 10am ā 5pm, Sunday 12noon ā 5pm. RSA Upper & Lower Galleries, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL. Admission Ā£2 / Ā£1 conc
Sight / Site is an exhibition of new works by year 2 participants of the HND Contemporary Art course at Edinburghās Telford College. The exhibition deals with the dual themes of visual impairment & location in response to the current exhibition at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh by artist Rosita MacKenzies; who is herself blind. The work has not been developed specifically for those with visual impairment but rather deals with the individual concerns of the artists. Taking the Royal Botanical Gardens as their source / site of research the work explores and attempts to tackle some of the apparent contradictions between visual art and visual impairment.
Sight / Site is open on Wednesday 4th ā Friday 6th February from 10am ā 5:30pm
This event will coincide with the opening of the Richard Demarco Archive also at Edinburghās Telford College.
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