2016
Cass Art Painting Prize
Cass Art, the UK’s leading independent art supplies retailer, has announced the Cass Art Painting Prize. A total of £1500 of prizes will be awarded to three graduates from the Undergraduate Fine Art Programme 2016 at the Slade School of Fine Art. Students will be selected by staff in Undergraduate Painting and winners will be announced after the degree show. See www.cassart.co.uk.
Decompor a Pintura - Carpe Diem
Decompor a Pintura, a site specific project by Ines Teles, is Rua de O Século, 79, Bairro Alto, Lisbon, from 5pm - 9pm on 17 September 2016. See www.carpe.pt/pt-pt/content/encerramento-para-montagens.
A Life in Pattern - Rugby Art Gallery
A Life in Pattern: The Life and Works of Sheila Bownas is showing at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Little Elborow Street, Rugby CV21 3BZ, from 25 June - 3 September 2016. See www.ragm.co.uk/ragm/homepage/28/art_exhibitions. An interview on BBC 4's Woman's Hour with the curator, Chelsea Cefai can be heard on www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07jqr17.
Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference 2016
Dr Kai Syng Tan is presenting a paper, Anti-Adult RUN! RUN! RUN! Masterclass, and a rough guide to a rough concept of an ill-disciplined partnership, at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, Exhibition Road in Kensington, London SW7 2AR, on Thursday 1 September 2016. See conference.rgs.org.
Mona Hatoum - Tate Modern
Mona Hatoum is showing at Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG, from 4 May - 21 August 2016. See www.tate.org.uk.
On the Character of Ultramarine blue and how to make it - Slade Material Museum
The Slade Material Museum presents: Cennino Cennini's famous recipe 'On the Character of Ultramarine blue and how to make it', in the tiny museum, situtated in the entrance of the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, from 5 July - 20 September 2016. The display is accompanied by poems on the nature of blue by Sharon Morris, poet-in-residence. More information can be found on the Materials Research Project webpage and Materials Research Blog.
Feeling Safer - IMT Gallery
David Burrows and Luke McCreadie are taking part in Feeling Safer at IMT Gallery, Unit 2, 210 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9NQ, from 3 June - 10 July 2016. See feelingsafer.org.
Eternity Anyways - Chewday's
Gabriele Beveridge has a solo show, Eternity Anyways, at Chewday's, 139 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 3EE, from 18 May - 9 July 2016. See chewdays.com.
Housework - The Workhouse Open Studio
Josh Berry, Ayan-Yue Gupta, Marielle Hehir, William Kippax, Emily Lazerwitz, Samuel Llewellyn-Jones, Miguel Miceli, Hiroko Nakajima and Suzi Osborn are showing in the pop-up show Housework at The Workhouse Open Studio, 95a Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EG, on Friday 29 July from 6 - 9pm. See www.facebook.com/events.
Slade Salon 2016
As part of UCL's Festival of Culture, the Slade Salon is taking place from 2pm on Wednesday 25 May 2016, in the IAS Ground, Wilkins Building, UCL, London.
The schedule is as follows:
2pm - Deborah Padfield Visualising Pain: Can photographic images co-created with other pain sufferers improve communication and interaction between patients and healthcare professionals?
2:25 - Sarah Fortais Defining Cool and Understanding Creativity Through Studio Practice
2:45 - Dryden Goodwin Unseen: The Lives of Looking
3:00 - Liz Rideal All roads lead to Rome - Splicing time in the Roman Campagna
3:30 - Jayne Parker Motion in Form. A chance to see some of the film loops made during this research event, which explored the materiality of 16mm film through workshops, live performance, lectures, discussions and a public exhibition of film installations
3:45 - Michiko Oki & Ed Allington The Dolls House Gallery Project - Transposing Scales
Booking is essential on: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slade-salon-tickets-24864130283
For more information about UCL's Festival of Culture, see: www.ucl.ac.uk/festival-of-culture
This is a Voice - Wellcome Collection
Anna Barham, Sam Belinfante and Mikhail Karikis are showing in This is a Voice at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, from 14 April - 31 July 2016. See wellcomecollection.org.
Voicings - Wellcome Collection
Sam Belinfante will be performing at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, at midday, with each performance lasting 15 minutes, from 31 May - 5 June 2016, as part of Voicings, a programme of live performances to accompany the exhibition This is a Voice. See wellcomecollection.org/events/voicings.
Refuse : Refuge : Re-fuse - Koppel Project
Yu-Xin Su and Yvonne Feng are showing in Refuse : Refuge : Re-fuse at the Koppel Project, 93 Baker Street, London W1A 4SD, from 2 June - 5 July 2016. See tkoppelp.wpengine.com.
The Things They Do - Barbican, Conservatory Garden Room
Hayley Newman and Gary Stevens are taking part in The Things They Do, at the Barbican Conservatory Garden Room, Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS, from 10am–5pm, on 29 July 2016. See www.barbican.org.uk.
Perceptions of Pain - f22
Perceptions of Pain, an article about Deborah Padfield's research, is in f22 magazine. See www.state-media.com.
Explorers - London Newcastle
Sarah Fortais and Zsofia Schweger are showing in Explorers at London Newcastle Project Space, The Courtyard Building, 17 Evelyn Yard, London, W1T 1AU from 24 - 30 June 2016. Sarah Fortais is also showing in Explorers at Loft 19, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, 5 Passage de l'Atlas, Villa Marcel Lods, 75019 Paris, from 13 - 25 May 2016. See e-x-p-l-o-r-e-r-s.com.
Encountering Pain - UCL
Deborah Padfield is part of the team organising Encountering Pain, a free two-day live event and international conference at UCL on 1 - 2 July 2016. See www.ucl.ac.uk/encountering-pain. Booking, which is essential is on www.ucl.ac.uk/encountering-pain/booking.
Painting and Beyond - The-Chun Gallery of National Taiwan Normal University
Karin Ruggaber is showing in Painting and Beyond at Gallery D, The-Chun Gallery, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, from 21 May - 2 June 2016.
Autocorrect Ruined My Life - Chalton Gallery
MA/MFA Slade Fine Art Media Presents: Autcorrect Ruined my Life at Chalton Gallery, 96 Chalton St, London NW1 1HJ, from 13 - 16 July 2016. Featuring work by: Hazel Brill, Jessica Bryant, Rosie Carr, Naomi Fitzsimmons, Georgia
Lucas - Going, Eom Jeongwon, Natalie Kynigopoulou, Francisca Aires
Mateus, Ziad Nagy, Michela De Nichilo, Katarzyna Perlak, Jamesthian
Rollo, Yorkson and Adam Wozniak. See www.chaltongallery.org.
Ecco Domus - Art House Gallery
Katherine di Turi is showing in Ecco Domus at Art House Gallery, 136 Magnolia Avenue, New Jersey, 07306, from 13 May - 26 June 2016. See www.arthouseproductions.org.