TRANSITION: Artists' Study Day - Thursday 7 March

TRANSITION: ARTISTS' STUDY DAY

Thursday 7 March, 1.30pm - 5pm at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus. B15 2TS

This free event has been organised to accompany the New Art West Midlands 2013 exhibitions.

Speakers include:

Jeremy Millar (Artist & Tutor in Art Criticism, RCA)
Lynda Morris (Chair of Curation and Art History, NUCA and Founder EASTInternational)
Keith Piper (Artist & Programme Leader MA Fine Art, Middlesex University)
Deborah Robinson (Head of Exhibitions, The New Art Gallery Walsall)

The event will be chaired by Jason E Bowman (Artist & Head of MA Fine Art, Valand School of Art, Gothenburg). The discussions will address the challenges and opportunities facing emerging artists today exploring shifting perceptions of regional devolution, the art-world, artist as activist and artist as genius. This event will have relevance for artists (emerging and established), curators and those working in art higher education settings.

Places are limited so early booking is advisable.

Please book your place by emailing: Annabel.Clarke@bcu.ac.uk

The event has been developed in partnership with Birmingham Museums Trust: New Art West Midlands and The New Art Gallery, Walsall.

New Art West Midlands Catalogue out now

The New Art West Midlands catalogue is available from all exhibition venues for £10.

The catalogue features the work of all exhibiting artists and essays by NAWM selectors, Lynda Morris, Jeremy Millar and Keith Piper as well as Rachel Bradley, NAWM Project Organiser and Lisa Beauchamp, Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

TPWM: Question and Answer sessions

We thought it might be a good idea for Turning Point West Midlands to hold informal and free Question and Answer sessions for artists based in the West Midlands every month, starting March 2013.

Where: The sessions will be held in the lecture room early evening, with TPWM's Director Wendy Law, at The School of Art, BIAD, Birmingham City University 

When:

Wednesday 20 March 6-7pm

Wednesday 17 April 5-6.30pm

Wednesday 22 May 5-6.30pm

Wednesday 19 June 5-6.30pm

The sessions will complement Artist Development programmes in the region; they will be informal and they will deal with topics and questions raised by artists on the night. These might be about how to access specific information, about making an application, what to expect from a residency, the membership and networks that support artists etc. The ethos will be one of sharing and exchange and attendees can propose topics for the following sessions. The sessions will also provide an opportunity to network and to look at the bigger picture as well as discuss the priorities for artists and the visual arts in the region.

There is no booking system, just come along on the night. The capacity of the room is 100. We don't expect to exceed 100 but if we do then we might have to limit numbers and introduce a booking system in the future.

We look forward to seeing you!

Wendy Law, Director of TPWM

Latest Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin published

The latest Artists' News & Opportunities Bulletin has been published. Click to find out all about New Art West Midlands and the latest opportunities and events for artists within the region and further afield... ISSUE 57.

The next issue will be published on Thursday 7 March 2013.

TPWM Projects: New Art West Midlands

A new platform to showcase work by selected art graduates from five universities across the region, New Art West Midlands (NAWM) is a partnership between TPWM and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, The Barber Institute, Grand Union and Birmingham City University, Coventry University, Staffordshire University, University of Wolverhampton and University of Worcester.

Image: Boy (2012) Herdi Ali

Exhibition dates

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

15 February - 19 May 2013 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

8 March - 19 May 2013 Grand Union, Birmingham

15 February – 16 March 2013  

Selected artists:

Herdi Ali Kardi (University of Worcester)                                                    

Lindsay Booker (Birmingham City University)                                                           

Chris Clinton (Birmingham City University)                                                                

Hannah Elmes (Birmingham City University)                                                

Matthew Evans (University of Wolverhampton)                                         

Karen Gazey (Birmingham City University)                                                               

Corey Hayman (Coventry University) – also bursary recipient 

Chloe Hodge (Birmingham City University)                                                               

Jane Howie (Staffordshire University)                                                    

Sally Larke (Coventry University)                                                          

Stuart Layton (University of Worcester) – also bursary recipient   

Margaret Street Free Arts Council (MSFAC) (Birmingham City University)  

- Matthew P Springer 

- Niall Singh Rakhra      

- Amy L Wallis 

Dean O’Brien (Coventry University)                                                        

Lizzie Prince (Coventry University)                                                        

Justyna Ptak (University of Wolverhampton)                                              

Niall Singh Rakhra (MSFAC) (Birmingham City University)                                            

Clair Walton (Birmingham City University)   

Gareth Weston (Birmingham City University) 

Grace Williams (Birmingham City University) 

Rafal Zar (Birmingham City University) 

Michelle Taylor (University of Wolverhampton)

Amy L Wallis (Birmingham City University)                      

 

The programme was open to students from Birmingham City University, Coventry University, Staffordshire University, University of Wolverhampton and University of Worcester. Following a call for applications in April of last year, three nationally renowned artists/curators selected the work for exhibition.

Four graduate artists were also selected to receive a bursary. The selectors were Jeremy Millar, Artist and Tutor in Art Criticism at the Royal College of Art, Lynda Morris, Chair of Curation and Art History at Norwich University College of the Arts and Keith Piper, Artist and Programme Leader of MA Fine Art, Middlesex University.

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Nesta Digital R&D Fund for the Arts

Visual Artists and Makers - TPWM would like to bring to your attention this great funding opportunity:

The Digital R&D fund for the Arts is a £7 million fund to support collaboration between organisations with arts projects, technology providers, and researchers. The Digital Research & Development Fund for Arts and Culture was a pilot project between the Arts Council England, Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Nesta to support arts and cultural organisations across England who want to work with digital technologies. More information can be found here.

If you are an artist based in the West Midlands and having researched the website you have a question please contact Peta Murphy-Burke, Arts Council England’s Relationship Manager (West Midlands), Digital & Creative Economy:

peta.murphy-burke[at]artscouncil.org.uk

Studio residency opportunity: Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

11 March – 28 March 2013

Wolverhampton Art Gallery is offering a 3-week practical studio residency opportunity from 11- 28 March 2013, for an artist or artist collective working in any medium.

The resident artist(s) will have an introduction to Gallery staff across various departments and will receive curatorial input and support. The outcome of the residency will be self-determined, allowing room for experimentation and/or the development of a new or existing project, event or collaboration.

Artists are also invited to consider responses to the Gallery’s temporary exhibition programme, past and present. The Gallery also holds substantial collections of contemporary and historical Fine Art (Pop Art, conflict art, Georgian and Victorian), in addition to Decorative Art, Local History and Geology.

The artist(s) will be based in the Gallery’s Education suite, and will also benefit from proximity to 13 artists’ studios located in the Gallery’s courtyard.

Budget:

£750 artist fee

Up to £250 for travel and materials

Deadline: 5pm, 15 February 2013

Residency announced: 25 February 2013

To download an application form, please click on the links below:

WORD         PDF

Please send your application by email to Jane Morrow, Exhibitions Curator at Wolverhampton Art Gallery: jane.morrow@wolverhampton.gov.uk

Please note: This opportunity is open to artists from the West Midlands only.

Essentials of Audience Research workshop comes to CBSO

Join the Audience Agency for a practical workshop taking you through the essentials of audience research at CBSO Centre, Birmingham, on 13 February 2013.

Do you want to know more about your audience and are not sure where to start, or have you been tasked with doing the research for your audience development plan or funding application? This workshop will equip you with the tools and knowledge to design and implement an audience research plan for your organisation. You will learn about the variety of free research resources available and explore what research you can undertake yourself and when to call in the experts.

Priced £75 + VAT for NPOs and £125 +VAT for non-NPOs, The Essentials of… programme is part of Best Practice, a partnership between The Audience Agency and the Arts Marketing Association, and is funded by Arts Council England.

For more information and to book your place, visit the Audience Agency website.