At the start of last week the CAP1 team were given a new project called ‘The Day Today”. The requirements were very simple the learners had to produce a different Artwork each day in response to a current affairs story which appeared in a Scottish Newspaper that same day. Works could take any form and use any media.
The responses were varied including; drawing, painting, performance and video but they had to uploaded to their individual blogs each day by mid-night.!
This was a great project with fantastic results from everyone. You can check out some of the blog posting by clicking on the links below.
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.
The opening night of this years HND Contemporary Art Diploma Exhibition ‘Cabin Fever’ was very well attended as always and the work was up to the usual excellent standards.
This years graduates will be going on to take up places on year 2 & 3 degree courses at;
Edinburgh College of Art (Drawing & Painting, Sculpture)
Glasgow School of Art (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Duncan of Jordanstone Collage of Art (Fine Art)
Central St Martins College of Art & Design (Fine Art)
HND Contemporary Art Practice Diploma Exhibition CABIN FEVER opens this Friday the 28th May at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.
After 9 months locked in the CAP Cabin the graduating students of this innovative fine art course will present their individual take on the world they inhabit from minimal abstraction to site specific installation the work.
“Occupied” is an exhibition featuring work by 3 of ContemporaryArtETC’s current students. The exhibition will feature new and recent work produced during their first year on the ground breaking course at Edinburgh’s Telford College.
The work covers a range of themes including; journey, protection and the notion of celebrity. Alongside these will be new works by the artists inspired by the current economic climate and associated difficulties of occupation, appropriation and negotiation.
Alan Holligan Curriculum Leader for the Contemporay Art Practice Course at Telford said “I am delighted that the students have shown such initiative and determination to get their work and ideas out in the public domain during their summer break. It takes a great deal of confidence and organisational skill to pull of an entirely self initiated project like this and it is testiment to the callibre of student and to their learnig over the last year.”
The art works will occupy the un-let retail space for 1 week between 18th-22nd of August at the height of the Edinburgh Festival season. The work will cover a broad range of disciplines including, drawing, painting, sculpture and film.
A private view of the work will be held on Monday the 17th August 7pm – 9pm.
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.
localhost:10076/ 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
Sight / Site is an exhibition of new works by year 2 participants of the HND Contemporary Art course at Edinburgh’s 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 – Friday 6th February from 10am – 5:30pm
This event will coincide with the opening of the Richard DemarcoArchive also at Edinburgh’s Telford College.
An artwork by HND Contemporary Art Practice Year 2 participant Sarah Wilson has been selected for the annual exhibition of Visual Arts Scotland which opened at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh last night. The exhibition offers a rare chance to see some of the best painting, sculpture, printmaking, jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, furniture and photography in Scotland all under one roof.
This is a great honour for Sarah who’s work was selected from among 750 submissions many of which were made by professional artists and degree graduates. It is testimony to the quality of the work produced by participants on the ground breaking course at Edinburgh’s Telford College that Sarah is exhibiting in such illustrious company.
The work, which was produced in response to a course brief, is brass plaque mounted on wood with an engraving of the definition of the Lex Sumptuaria an ancient Roman law outlawing the public display of wealth during times of economic hardship.
The exhibition is open daily until 19th March
City Art Centre 2 Market Street. Tel: 0131 529 3993
localhost:10076/ is delighted to announce our recent move to brand new studio accommodation in Edinburgh's Telford College. The new studio has allowed us to allocate individual spaces to all of our current students in years 1 & 2 of the HND Contemporary Art Practice course.
As well as individual spaces the studio is also equipped with networked iMac computers and personal lockable storage. Having their own spaces means that students can take ownership of the studio allowing them to carry out sustained research, development and production.
As well as the new studio students continue to have access to specialist studios and workshops including; flexible and well lit life drawing and drawing & painting studio and specialist workshops for wood and metal production.
To celebrate the 50,000th virtual visitor to localhost:10076/ we are giving away 50 individual contemporary artworks made by staff and students at ETC.
localhost:10076/ provides a number of online resources including contemporary art news, views, reviews, Art e-facts, art e-maps, course information and examples of student work for our readers old and new.
All you have to do to get your artwork is be one of the first 50 people to contact us at our email address:
contemporaryartetc@googlemail.com
In return we will send you one of the beautiful and individual mono-type drawings made by one of our staff or students.
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. http://ruthbarry.blogspot.com/
Contemporary Art ETC in association with North Edinburgh Arts Centre are delighted to announce the opening of Page 1 of 2 the first year exhibition.
The Exhibition runs until 13th of June and is open dailly between 10 am and 5pm.
” To exhibit in such a well respected and professional community based art centre is a fantastic opportunity for the students to engage their practice with the local community ”
After a highly successful opening event the show ran until the 28th of May. The exhibition was well received and was well attended by family friends and members of the Edinburgh art fraternity. The Staff and students would like to thank the following people for their contribution and continued support:
The installation of this years HN Diploma Show at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop began in ernest today with a flurry of activity and anticipation. It was a beautiful day to working outside and everyone was in fine fettle. We are all looking forward to getting things finished up tomorrow in time for the opening.
Please come and join us from 6pm-8pm at ESW and afterwards at the Village Bar
We are delighted to announce that the Private View of the last ever HN Public Art Diploma Exhibition will Take place on Friday the 23rd May 2008 at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Please see below for details.
During the installation we will bring you upt date news and images of progress and events.
We are delighted to introduce the latest addition to our links page. Please feel very welcome to have a browse through the blogs of some of our current students where you will come across a diverse and fascinating set of visual interpretations of the world including the following take on the absurdity of celebrity culture by Miki Suzuki:
We would like to pass on our sincere congratulations to all the HND Public Art students who successfully completed their HND this Year. Well done to you all!!!!
However thats not all the good news.
Each one of the 11 have received Degree offers!!!!!!!!!!!
We are absolutely delighted for all and wish them luck in their creative futures at:
Edinburgh College of Art
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
Preston University
Newcastle University
Salford University
Hopefully they will keep us informed of their news
firstly, please accept our apologies for the lack of posting over the last week or so. This has been due to end of year assessments and getting everything in place for the launch of the new HND.
There are only 11 weeks to go until our first intake of HND Contemporary Art Practice students and everyone here is very excited about the prospect of fresh challenges.
Lets not jump the gun though as there is still plenty of life in the old dog yet.
This week sees the current 1st year Public Art students presenting a selection of their excellent creative exploits from throughout the year.
The Exhibition opens tomorrow in the Fine Art Studios of the college (3rd Floor Blue Block) and will be open everyday this week including Saturday.
Further details and images from the show will appear on the blog over the coming days.
So please, come back for regular updates or even better come and see the work first hand!!!!!!!!
