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Essex Summer of Art networking events for artists.
The focus of these networking events is artists' taking the initiative: how to make opportunities; identifying gaps in the arts infrastructure and doing something to address these; how taking the initiative can benefit your own practice as an artist. Each event will be led by two experienced artists from different regions and will include time for discussion and socialising.
AN AIRTIME
The Old Library, Colchester Town Hall
Wednesday 15 September, 3 - 5pm
FREE, but booking essential, email airevents@a-n.co.uk with AIRTIME Colchester in the subject box
Networking event for artists organised by AN. Opportunity for artists to meet arts organisations and artists from the region. www.a-n.co.uk
Princes Theatre, Clacton
Tuesday 21 September 6 - 8pm
FREE but booking essential, call the Box Office on 01255 686633 to book your place
Speakers:
Louise Short - an artist & curator based in Bristol, Louise has exhibited widely in Europe, the Middle East and Australia. The installation work 'Teething Room' was purchased by the Arts Council Collection of England in 1999. She has been involved in curation, exhibition organisation and consultation, ever since initiating STATION, based on Bristol's docks, of which she is Director. It was opened in 2000 by Tacita Dean and artists who have done projects there include Phyllida Barlow, Louis Nixon, and Michael Snow. She was also one of the founders of ALIAS, an artist run organization providing support for artists in the South-West Region.
Louise teaches in Site Based Practice and Photography at Plymouth University and has been visiting lecturer on the Sculpture and M.A. Programmes at the Cardiff School of Art & Design since 1993.
She currently also works as a consultant for Arts Council England and Artsmatrix www.stationbristol.org.uk and www.aliasarts.org
Sophie Hope - develops projects both independently and as B&B with Sarah Carrington. Her current projects include publishing a Manifesto of Possibilities for commissioning public art and Reunion, a programme of meetings, residencies and exhibitions between artists and curators based in the UK and South East Europe. The most recent manifestation of Reunion was The 2007 Almanac of Political Art, now available to download from the Reunion website.
Sophie is currently undertaking a practice based doctoral study on the economics of socially engaged art at Birkbeck College, University of London where she is also a lecturer on the MA Arts Management and Cultural Policy. www.welcomebb.org.uk
