ArtSway Associates Programme
ArtSway is pleased to announce the launch of the ArtSway Associates programme offering selected artists training, support and advice over the next three years.
Complementing ArtSway’s exhibition residency and commissioning programme, ArtSway Associates aims to provide legacy support for a selection of ten artists who have previously undertaken residencies at ArtSway. It is a continuing professional development programme which offers critical support, advocacy, training and seed funding for creative activity over three years. ArtSway Associates is financially supported by The Leverhulme Trust and Arts Council England.
Audiences and arts professionals can access information about the ArtSway Associates through ArtSway Xtra, ArtSway’s regular email newsletter (send an email to artswayxtra-join@artsway.org.uk).
The third ArtSway Associates meeting took place in November, and was led by Nicholas Sharp, an arts specialist lawyer in London. This session was the second in a series of training sessions on contracts development and is being used to develop the ArtSway Associates' contracts. ArtSway Director, Mark Segal, has been meeting with the ArtSway Associates on a one-on-one to finalise the agreements.
The programme has been fast developing, with funding going towards website training and development, publications, marketing, critical input, and support and advice from ArtSway Director, Mark Segal, on funding applications and proposals. In addition to the support offered by ArtSway, a few of the artists are also receiving mentoring from other arts professionals. For instance, Simon Faithfull is discussing his practice with Andrew Wheatley, Co-Director, Cabinet Gallery, while Emilia Telese has undertaken the first of a series of meetings with Robin Klassnik, Director, Matt's Gallery.
In other news, the Associates have also been busy making limited edition artworks for ArtSway's new selling website, which can be viewed here. Notably, Emilia Telese has been commissioned by ArtSway to develop and produce a series of limited edition prints, while Alistair has been developing scaled down versions of busts of Dr John Dee.
ArtSway Associates Artists:
Anna Best
Since relocating to a rural place, Anna Best is currently trying to re-establish herself in the new environment. ArtSway Director, Mark Segal, has carried out a couple of studio visits to offer Anna professional and critical input, and has set up a series of dates across 2010 to continue the process.
Anna also has a series of meetings set up with Paula Orrell, Curator, Plymouth Arts Centre, across 2010, who will be acting as a mentor, helping to draw from and develop her current practice.
In the meantime, Anna has also been working with Markus Lloyd on the development of her new website, which is now live: www.annabest.info
Alistair Gentry
Following support from the ArtSway Associates programme, Alistair was awarded an Arts Council England Grants for Arts in 2009 for his new live video / live performance project Magickal Realism. Magickal Realism forms part of a much larger, long-term project reconnecting contemporary art with traditional British forms and genres.
The project is based on Dr John Dee, the proto-scientist, court magician and fortune-teller to Queen Elizabeth I, who was a much respected scientist in his own time, but subsequently derided as a conjurer and a trickster.
Magickal Realism premiered at Colchester Arts Centre in February 2010, it was shown at Southampton Solent University in May, and is due to be performed on the Isle of Wight later on in the year.
You can keep up with the progress of Magickal Realism and view images of its first ever performance (taken by fellow ArtSway Associate Charlie Murphy!) by clicking here.
Alistair also recently led a series of sculpture workshops at Hardley School, Hampshire, as organized by ArtSway as part of Push for Culture scheme. He has also been making limited edition busts of Dr John Dee, which can be seen as part of his Magickal Realism performance. These are currently available to but directly from Alistair’s website or from the ArtSway shop.
Currently, he is in the final stages of completing his first draft of his forthcoming book, titled Career Suicide: Ten Years as a Free Range Artist, which shares his experiences of the artworld and his life as an artist. The publication is due to be launched in September 2010 and we ill keep you updated of its progress…
boredomresearch
ArtSway Associates have so far worked with boredomresearch to develop a Real Snail Mail™ brochure, used to bring attention to the project, and have been in discussion about Intellectual Property. The artists have received marketing support on their recent exhibitions and the Associates programme contributed towards the production costs of Real Snail Mail for its presence at Laboral.
Most recently, ArtSway Associates have contributed towards some research and development time for boredomresearch to look into the potential of an iphone app …
A recent solo exhibition at [DAM] Berlin, saw the presentation of their new work, Lost calls of cloud mountain whirligigs, and they were recently part of ARCO International Art Fair Festival, in Madrid.
You can keep up to date with Real Snail Mail via the dedicated blog
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
When Process Becomes Paradigm
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Gijon, Spain
23 April - 30 August 2010
boredomresearch will be part of this group exhibition until later on in the year, and as part of this, have set up a didactic version of Real Snail Mail in a local school.
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
15 May – 18 July 2010
As part of this group exhibition, which celebrates the achievements and lasting legacy of Charles Darwin, boredomresearch will be talking about their new work during the exhibition’s symposium on 15 June 2010. Further details can be found here.
NETinSPACE
MAXXI National Museum of the Arts of the XXIst Century, Rome
30 May - 25 December 2010
A group exhibition hosted by MAXXI, NETinSPACE brings together artists who investigate the borders between virtual and physical space.
Hannah Maybank
Hannah Maybank has received support from ArtSway Director, Mark Segal, on funding applications, and a studio visit from poet and critic Cherry Smyth was organised and funded by ArtSway Associates, which led to the essay Gathering Life in ArtSway's New Forest Pavilion.
Currently, ArtSway Associates are contributing towards some print training for Hannah and to receiving critical feedback from arts professionals, namely Alex Sainsbury. Director Raven Row, London.
She recently led a Portfolio Day with ArtSway Curator, Peter Bonnell, and later on in the month will be leading a children’s painting workshop as inspired by our current Christopher Orr exhibition.
Hannah Maybank. The Visit, 2008
Anne Hardy
Anne Hardy is currently spending time in her studio, working on ideas for forthcoming shows. Mark Segal, ArtSway Director, has conducted a few studio visits and is working with Anne on developing partner projects over the course of the next three years.
Anne Hardy and ArtSway Associates also recently commissioned Francesco Manacorda, Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery to write a text on Anne's oeuvre. The completed piece, Two-dimensional Sculpture by Francesco Manacorda, is now available to read on Anne's website
Her work was also recently part of the Day and Night exhibition at the Copenhagen Photo Festival (12 May 2010 – 20 May 2010), during which she was interviewed by Sebastian Quedenbaum for the Kopenhagen newspaper—you can read the full length interview here
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Part One at The Saatchi Gallery, London
30 May - 17 October 2010
Anne Hardy, Prime, 2009
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has been commissioned to develop work for St Bede's Catholic College, Bristol, as part of Bristol’s Building Schools for the Future program funded by Bristol City Council, as well as being shortlisted to develop site specific artwork for SouthGate, Bath.
She was recently awarded a grant by the Arts Council South East to support a year-long research period to develop new work, build new partnerships and formulate a research document, and has started a blog on a-n as part of ARTISTS TALKING - Exposing Contemporary Visual Artists' Practice, and you can keep up to date with her progress and ideas by clicking here.
Elpida is also one of the contributing team members to Artchitecture, a collaborative project between artists, architects, and engineers, in association with Solent Centre for Architecture + Design Ltd in Southampton.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Climate change, cultural change
24 September 2009 - 24 September 2010
Elpida's work is being showcased in a group exhibition organised by The World bank and the Embassy of Switzerland in Macedonia until September 2010. For more information please visit the Climate Change = Culture Change website.
Artchitecture: Presentation and Discussion at ArtSway
Saturday 26 June 2010 at 2pm
An afternoon discussion in ArtSway's galleries, with a chance to view the works and hear the teams narrate their collaboration to date.
Emilia Telese
Emilia has already undertaken web development training organised by ArtSway Associates and as part of the programme, has also been receiving professional development advice from Mark Segal, and recently met with Robin Klassnik, Director of Matt's Gallery, for advice on career progression and critical input.
Her radio programme on Italian diaspora, Radio Sophia, is now being aired every Tuesday at 3pm, broadcast from Brighton's Radio Reverb, 97.2FM.
We’re delighted to announce that Emilia's proposal for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad’s Open Weekend has been accepted and will be taking place in Sway on Saturday 24 July 2010 2.00pm-4.00pm. Emilia will be leading a participatory sightless walk around the New Forest titled Four Senses, to explore the sounds and smells of the New Forest. Participants will be asked to wear a blindfold and will be accompanied by ornithologists, perfumers, food and plant experts taking them on a journey in the realm of the senses.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
Four Senses Walk
Saturday 24 July 2010, 2.00pm-4.00pm, departing from ArtSway
If you would like to participate in this Cultural Olympiad event led by Emilia Telese, please book your place by calling us on 01590 682260. For detailed information on the project please visit http://www.london2012.com/events/four-senses.php
Dinu Li
ArtSway Associates has been working with Dinu Li on finding an appropriate mentor for his practice, as well as on the development of the third part of his trilogy.
Following the success of the second part of the trilogy which was shown at ArtSway's New Forest Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, Family Village made its London debut at the Danielle Arnaud gallery, London and was shown by Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong, at PULSE Miami in December 2009. It completes its journey in July 2010 when it will be part of Dinu's forthcoming solo exhibition at QUAD, Derby.
The accompanying publication to Family Village, which contains the artist in conversation with Teresa Gleadowe and a critical text by Professor Gerard DeGroot can be obtained from ArtSway and from the Arts University College at Bournemouth.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Dinu Li at QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
3 July - 5 September 2010
Dinu Li's solo exhibition at Quad will feature new work commissioned by QUAD alongside The Mother of All Journeys and Family Village
Dinu Li, Family Village, 2009
Charlie Murphy
Charlie's long-awaited solo exhibition The Anatomy of Desire, the culmination of years of work and kiss-in events, was presented at text+work, the Arts University College at Bournemouth in February 2010.
Following the exhibition, Charlie was invited to do a presentation and a live body casting session at the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin. You can view images of the casting session here
A major publication accompanies Charlie's Anatomy of Desire solo exhibition, and includes three newly commissioned texts by Luce Irigaray, major Belgian feminist and cultural theorist; Leonore Tiefer, New York-based author and sexologist; and fellow ArtSway Associate, artist and writer, Alistair Gentry. Copies of the publication can be obtained from the ArtSway shop.
Currently, Charlie and her team are developing an exciting new performancce in the rigging of a Tall Ship for this year's Liverpool's On the Waterfront Festival. The performance To Kiss a Sailor will weave an evocative love story between a sailor and his landlocked lover through a stunning range of aerial and dance choreographies, exploring the romance and hardships experienced by all those touched by life at sea in the historic surroundings of Liverpool's famous Albert Dock.
To Kiss a Sailor is produced in collaboration with Walk the Plank, Remarkable Productions and Square Sail Co., and will be performed in Liverpool 16-18 July 2010.
Simon Faithfull
Simon Faithfull's drawings, made during the course of Liverpool to Liverpool - a journey by container ship from Liverpool, UK to Liverpool, Canada – have been sandblasted into the stone pavings and etched into the glass arches at the entrance to Lime Street Station as a permanent artwork for Liverpool. This first major public art commission was unveiled outside Liverpool Lime Street Station on 22 April 2010, where Simon also delivered a public performative lecture.
Simon will be spending most of his summer taking part in an underwater residency in Croatia, as part of the sub art projects as well as taking part in a number of international group exhibitions.
Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism
Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago, USA
2 May - 8 August 2010
Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen, Germany
9 May - 19 September 2010
ArtSway Associates is funded by The Leverhulme Trust
