The following video was made by recent ContemporaryArtETC… graduate Gordon Douglas. Gordon started blogging along with his colleagues on the course 2 years ago and has become an avid user of social media to document and reflect on his activity. Don’t take our word for though, click on the video and Gordon will tell you himself.
Thanks Gordon!
Vacancy: Exhibitions Assistant (p/t) at Talbot Rice Gallery, deadline for applications is 26 March 2010.
Based at Talbot Rice Gallery, the University public art gallery, you will work on exhibitions, assisting the Principal Curator to develop exhibition ideas and contribute to the research and planning activities . This is a busy role in the operational delivery of the exhibition programme including assisting with logistics, artist liaison and communications. Please note that you are able to apply even though it is identified on the Website as being for internal application only. Interviews are likely to be held week of 19 April 2010.
Details of the vacancy and online application at http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/
Closing date for applications: Friday 5 March 2010
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s Micro Residency programme was created to give artists time and space to develop their research and practice in an unpressurised environment which encourages experimentation.
The flexible nature of the programme allows participating artists to explore new ideas and processes outwith their normal practice; benefiting from Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s facilities, staff support, and encourages networking / peer critiques between themselves and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s artists.
The Micro Residencies promote interdisciplinary practice and include events that enable the public to meet and talk with artists. The Artists’ Collective, FOUND’s work, Cybraphon, subsequently won a Scottish BAFTA in 2009.
“FOUND used the ESW micro-residency to develop and prototype ideas that would eventually become Cybraphon. It was ideal for trial and error work as ESW put no pressure on us to create a ‘finished’ article as such. It also gave FOUND our first studio proper and led to us taking up another studio space for a year with ESW.” Ziggy Campbell, FOUND
Each Micro Residency lasts one month. Selected artists will be given one of the ESW studios and access ESW’s workshop equipment free of charge. A fee of £150 is awarded to successful applicants for production costs, and ESW will organise and promote a public event at the end of the residency.
ESW are currently inviting applications for the months of April, September, October and November 2010. On the application form, please indicate which month(s) you wish to be considered for.
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop,
25 Hawthornvale, Edinburgh EH6 4JT
Tel: 0131 551 4490
ContemporaryArtETC… would like to thank our latest Visiting Artist, Keith Farquhar, who to give an excellent talk to both year groups on his current body of work “Nudes in Colour”. The talk was very engaging and the studios have been buzzing with discussion about the work and Keith’s up coming show at Hyperground in Edinburgh.
Keith graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1993, and completed his MA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths in 1996. As well as taking part in numerous group shows over the years, he has also had several solo exhibitions of his work in Edinburgh, London, Berlin, New York, Cologne and Milan. Recent solo exhibitions include: In Domestos Chaos, Crescent Artspace, Woodend, Scarborough (2008); Matisse and Keith Haring Remade by Keith Farquhar, the Embassy, Edinburgh (2007); Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (2007); Atomised, Nyehaus, New York (2005) and New work, with Mark Leckey, Inverleith House, Edinburgh (2005).
‘Nudes in Colour’ opens at Hyperground (3/1 Bruntsfield Crescent) Friday the 4th of December 7-9pm is then open on the 5th and 6th of December 12-6pm.
After a successful 2008 round up ContemporaryArtETC… will once again be adorning the Deerstalker and heading for the richest of hunting grounds to report on this years emerging talent for Art World Magazine.
This year we are casting our gaze a little further by adding Newcastle, where we are today and Dundee, covered last week, to our hit list.
In the next 7 days we will visit:
Newcastle University, Cumbria University, Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen and Glasgow School of Art.
Contemporary Art Practice etc... 