2nd Nov 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ This November 5th, one of Hackneys’ historical landmarks The ‘ArtHaus’ opens its doors for an alternative evening of festivities. A one-off event of visual Art, installation and performance, Bonfire Lounge promises to deliver a truly authentic Bonfire Night experience...
21st Oct 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ Artists from both dance and visual arts worlds come together to present a unique artistic fusion of performance, installation and film curated by Siobhan Davies and staged within the atmospheric warehouse walls of Bargehouse on London’s South Bank...
19th Oct 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ A creative exhibition on ‘marking time’ at London Metropolitan University will bring together some of London’s best contemporary artists, performers, film-makers and photographers...
17th Aug 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ firstsite, a major new centre for the visual arts, designed by internationally acclaimed Rafael Viñoly Architects, will open in Colchester on Sunday 25 September 2011. firstsite’s opening exhibition, Camulodunum, taking its title from the original Roman name of Colchester...
11th Jul 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA) launches the first Jerwood Makers Open, an exhibition of new commissions by four very different artists, at Jerwood Space on 13 July.
With delicately balanced glass sculptures by Heike Brachlow, a sound and clay homage to the Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo by Keith Harrison, jewellery that responds to movement by Farah ...
8th Jun 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ The recent financial crisis, public spending cuts, the 2011 Budget – economics affect us all, but who benefits and what are the impacts locally? Members of the public are invited to contribute to Iniva’s (Institute of International Visual Arts) exhibition, Social Archive One: An Economic Forecast (Shoreditch), by participating in workshops led ...
20th May 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ A University of Salford graduate has been nominated for the prestigious Liverpool Art Prize. Richard Proffitt graduated from the University of Salford in 2007 with a degree in Visual Arts. He is now a successful installation artist living and working in Liverpool and has had exhibitions in Helsinki and Berlin as well as Liverpool, London and Manche...
25th Mar 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Helen Stead is a Visual Arts student from the University of Salford. Her work encompasses a variety of practices including Lomography, Film & Alternative Photography, Mixed Media and Fiber Art. Her work is inspired by the subject of nostalgia, bitter-sweet childhood memories and a closer look into a personal fa...
24th Jan 2011 ⁄ Last month almost 13,000 visual artists enjoyed a share of a record £3.8 million of Payback royalties through DACS.
Payback is an annual service provided by DACS, which distributes millions of pounds of royalties to visual artists whose work has been reproduced in UK books and magazines, and on certain television cha...
8th Dec 2010 ⁄ Northern Ireland ⁄ Alison Parks is a Visual Artist from Lisburn in Northern Ireland. She graduated from Belfast Art college in 2006 with a degree in Design for Visual Communication. The aim of her artwork is to create a positive ambience which transcends to the viewer.
Her creations tend to be bright, colourful and very graphic. She enjoys mixing spontaneous, or...
23rd Sep 2010 ⁄ Not to Scale’s directors Ubik have created two charming 30” commercials for the Egyptian paint company, ‘SCIB’. The London production firm has developed each commercial to tell the story of an empty room waiting to be decorated...
15th Sep 2010 ⁄ Scotland ⁄ When Stuart McInnes started doodling on Photoshop last February he didn’t seriously think that the flyer for the imaginary documentary film festival he was creating would actually become a reality. But at 7 o’clock at the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh this Thursday that’s exactly what will happen.
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
