London Sculpture Workshop wins Artist Run Space Award
London Scupture Workshop, LSW, founded by Giles Corby and Jessica Mello, with Melis van den Berg as Studio Manager, have been awarded a Chelsea Arts Club Trust Artist’s Run Space Award. LSWis the first London based, not-for-profit, community interest-based company for artists and those interested in making work in 3D. See londonsculptureworkshop.org.
Back in the studio - Irma Stern Museum
Helen Carmel Benigson has a solo show, Back in the Studio, at Irma Stern Museum, University of Cape Town, Cecil Road, Rosebank, Cape Town, South Africa, from 31 December 2013 - 18 January 2014. See www.irmastern.co.za.
Foreign Bodies, Common Ground - Welcome Collection
Katie Paterson is showing in Foreign Bodies, Common Ground at the Welcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, from 14 November 2013 – 9 February 2014. See www.wellcomecollection.org.
Marianna Simnett shortlisted for Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards
Recent graduate Marianna Simnett has been shortlisted for the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards. The shortlisted artists, will work towards an interim exhibition at Jerwood Visual Arts in March 2014. Two of these works will then be taken forward with further support and a £20,000 budget each. These new commissions will then be shown at Jerwood Visual Arts, London and CCA, Glasgow in 2015. See http://new.a-n.co.uk.
14/55 - 55 Dalston Lane
Jennifer Campbell and Chloe Iza Manasseh are showing in 14/55 at Gem Space, 55 Dalston Lane, London E8 2TG from 9 - 16 January 2014. See www.jennifercarolinecampbell.co.uk.
My Head is an Animal - South Square Gallery
Holly Slingsby is showing in My Head is an Animal at South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3LD, from 7 December 2013 - 2 February 2014. See www.southsquarecentre.co.uk.
Martin John Callanan - Wars During My Lifetime
An archive of Wars During My Lifetime newspapers is showing as part of Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War at Imperial War Museum North, from 12 October 2013 - 23 February 2014. See www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions.
A new issue of Martin John Callanan's Wars During My Lifetime is published in Canterbury to celebrate the United Nations International Peace Day and will be proclaimed around the city on Saturday 21 September 2013. See http://greyisgood.eu.
The list will be proclaimed outside Imperial War Museum North, The Quays,
Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester M17 1TZ, at 3.15pm on Sunday 13 October. See www.iwm.org.uk.
Farringdon Factory
Rebecca James and Jack Strange are showing at the Farringdon Factory Open Day, 20 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4AB, on Wednesday 18 December 2013. See farringdonfactory.info.
Flat Earth - Thomson & Craighead
Flat Earth Thomson & Craighead, edited by Sarah Cook is published by MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen & Dundee Contemporary Arts in December 2013. See www.dca.org.uk.
East Street Arts Showspace
Vanessa Maurice Williams is showing in East Street Arts Showspace, 14 Warren Street, London W1T 5LJ from 9 - 18 January 2014. See www.facebook.com.
Thomson & Craighead Not even the sky - MEWO Kunsthalle
Thomson & Craighead have a show, Not even the sky, at MEWO Kunsthalle,
Bahnhofstrasse 1, 87700 Memmingen, Germany, from 26 October 2013 - 14 January 2014. See www.mewo-kunsthalle.de.
Hannah Luxton - Footfall Art
Hannah Luxton is showing in the windows of Macai Ltd, as part of Footfall Art, 14 Jamaica Road, London, SE1 2RN, from 10 December 2013 - 3 January 2014. See footfallart.tumblr.com.
Kings College Hospital Auction
Hannah Luxton has submitted a piece for the Kings College Hospital Auction. A group of Kings College nurses, patients and local people have organised an auction of 100 artworks to celebrate 100 years of the hospital and the rich, artistic heritage of Camberwell. There are works by internationally renowned artists, to Kings, past and current patients. The exhibition is open for viewing now, and the private view is Thursday 12 December at 6pm, with the auction following at 7pm.
Tickets are £5 and proceeds will go to support Kings College Hospital. See www.togetherwecan.org.uk/kings-college-hospital.
Sarah Pickering - Celestial Objects
Sarah Pickering has a solo show, Celestial Objects at DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham DH1 5TU, from 18 October 2013 - 12 January 2014. There is an artist's talk at 11am on Saturday 9 November 2013. See http://county.durham.gov.uk.
Signal :: Failure - Variations on Dystopic Space
Fiona Curran, Michael Delacruz and Henrietta Simson, and alumni Linda Antalova and Nicholas John Jones are showing in Signal :: Failure - Variations on Dystopic Space at LegionTV, 4-17 Frederick Terrace, London, E8 4EW, from 3 - 7 December 2013. The third in a series of limited edition handmade books, produced by Nicholas John Jones, will be available at the exhibition and at certain bookshops thereafter. See http://legion-tv.com.
Slade Print Fair - 28 - 30 November 2013
The Slade School of Fine Art will be hosting the first annual Slade Print Fair from Thursday 28th to Saturday 30th November 2013. This inaugural Slade Print Fair is an initiative to fund scholarships to support students embarking on studies at the Slade School of Fine Art and will feature prints and multiples by Slade alumni, staff and current students. See www.ucl.ac.uk/slade.
Slade Print Fair Events 28- 30 November
Join us for a series of exciting events during the Slade Print Fair including performances by Marcia Farquhar, Larry Achiampong, David Blandy and Ryan Riddington. On 29 November there is a performance by aolabeoripemagaboof, a group of Slade Students, which will take place at the Slade Print Fair between 12-3pm. In the evening of 29th November, Slade Press launches ‘The Long and Winding’ with Roger McGough. See our Slade Print Fair Event Listings for a full list of events.
Windshow @ Camden People’s Theatre
Slade Print Staff Klaas Hoek, James Keith and David Christopher are exhibiting their work as part of the Slade Print Fair in the Windshow at Camden People’s Theatre, 58-60 Hampstead Rd, London NW1 2PY from 20 November - 2 December 2013. See thewindshow.wordpress.com.
Taking Note or The Curious Eye - National University of Ireland
Lecturer Karin Ruggaber and alumni Sean Boylan, Rose Davey, Sheenagh B. Geoghegan, Nicholas John Jones, Sarah Pettitt and Robert Rivers are showing in Taking Note or the Curious Eye, organised by alumnus Robin Jones, at National University of Ireland Gallery, University Rd, Galway, Ireland, from 22 November – 20 December 2013.See http://takingnoteorthecuriouseye.wordpress.com.
Small is Beautiful XXXI- Flowers Gallery
Lecturers Neil Jeffries and Estelle Thompson and alumni Harold Cohen, Nathan Cohen, Maggi Hambling, David Hepher, Denis Masi, Daniel Preece, Terry Setch and Laura Smith are showing in Small is Beautiful XXXI: Who's afraid of Red, Yellow & Blue? at Flowers Gallery, 82 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DP. See www.flowersgallery.com.
Dryden Goodwin - Lunch Hour Lecture: Encounters with portraiture: exploring with the pencil and lens
Dryden Goodwin - Lunch Hour Lecture: Encounters with portraiture: exploring with the pencil and lens is taking place at Darwin Lecture Theatre access via Malet Place, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, from 1.15pm - 1.55pm on Tuesday 26 November 2013. The lecture is available to watch on YouTube; see www.youtube.com.