Will on the Tate Modern

Excellent article by Will Self on the Tate Modern

The only point I'm not sure about is when he says galleries are now 'otiose' (good word!) because of modern reproductions of art works.

"... if they’re capable of reproduction, what need is there for a unique place, time and space in which to display them?"

Is looking at tiny pixels of a Rembrandt painting on your smartphone really equal to seeing it in real life?

Year 2, week 6

Tutorials... you know what I mean! 

Artist newsletter

Just a reminder that this is the last year we can sign up for the artist newsletter for free.

Put in 'student membership' and then the City Lit code, it will be free.

 The City Lit code is CITY0060.

Term 1 Dates Year 2 Thurs

Back to School!

Dear all:

Is it me or has the last few weeks flown by?

Not that I wouldn't miss the Saturday morning lie-in's, but I'm super excited to start the new year and catching up with everybody. It just wasn't the same doing art at home/elsewhere.

What advice would you give to the 1st years if you were asked?

See you Thurs!

East London Printmakers summer show

 

My printmaking studio is having a summer show, come and see my print (some of you have already seen it)

http://www.embassyteagallery.co.uk/east-london-printmakers-annual-exhibition/

Private view on Tuesday 16th September - free beer!

I'm invigilating the afternoon of Sunday 21st September, stop by and say hello if you're around

Embassy Tea Gallery
195 - 205 Union St, London SE1 0PB
17th – 28th September 10.30 – 6pm
16th September – Private View 6.30 – 9.30pm
26th September – South London Art Map 10.30am – 9.30pm



Press release below









SUMMER SHOW 2014

Celebrating another fantastic year of printmaking, East London Printmakers will be holding its annual exhibition at the Embassy Tea Gallery.

Seventy artists will be exhibiting their latest work, showcasing a wide variety of printmaking techniques.

We are very proud to announce that this year, British Abstract Expressionist painter and printmaker Albert Irvin OBE, RA will be opening the exhibition.

East London Printmakers is an independent, artist run studio based in London Fields. Our aim is to provide professional and affordable printmaking facilities for artists and designers and to create opportunities for them to discuss and exhibit their work.

We offer professional standard printmaking facilities for screen printing on paper and fabric, etching and relief and run a variety of courses.

Embassy Tea Gallery, 195-205 Union Street, London SE1 0LN 17th – 28th September 10.30 – 6pm 16th September – Private View 6.30 – 9.30pm 2
6th September – South London Art Map 10.30am – 9.30pm

We would like to thank Five Points Brewing Co., Rabbit in a Frame and Printmakers Council sponsoring the exhibition this year.

Plein Air Painting with Dulwich Art Group

Two weeks ago a few of us went along on a plein air painting trip with the always excellent Dulwich Art Group. After a pleasant road trip through Kent in hazy sunshine, we arrived at Knole Park in Sevenoaks.  

Road trip....

to Leeds. I'm going to see favourite artist's exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute, you're invited...

Dates on Doodle here

Update: Summer class trip to the Seaside

Two dates have been set for the seaside, join us if you can:

Date 1: Sun 17th Aug to Brighton.    Contact Anne via email
Date 2: Sun 14th Sept, destination tbc. Contact Wei via email 

Look what amazing stuff you could be missing:

Hello:

We're now well into the summer break, hope you are all enjoying the terrible freedom being inflicted on us all.

We have talked about a relaxed trip to the seaside at some point over the summer, so here is a doodle to work out a date/destination, please indicate your preferences for both:

Click here to go to Poll

Hoping to see you at the big blue,

How Can an Artist Bypass Galleries and Sell Directly to Their Audience?

Nice article on the Huffington Post by Clara Lieu. 

 

Lots of very practical advice. Specifically, sell on Etsy and maintain your shop regularly.

And here is a nice web publishing platform for artists, though it's down for me at the moment: www.cargocollective.com

Summer Programme: Part 1 Life Drawings

Perfect timing for those of us whose Art withdrawal has already set in, Katherine has put together a list of ongoing life drawing drop-in classes around London. 

This will form part 1 of our Summer Programme (TM). If you like the look of any of the events shown, please leave a comment below as the people might also want to go can form a little team. 

Hope to see you all at point point over the next couple of months, otherwise have a brilliant summer!

Mondays

Place	Postcode	Time	Price
Royal Inn on the Park	E9 7HJ	7-9	£3.50-5.00 (depending on how many show up)
Bethnal Green life drawing	E2 0PT	7-9.30	£7.50
Candid Arts	EC1V 1NQ	7-9	£7
Life drawing Waterloo Untutored, 5-30min poses	SE1 7AA	6.15-8	£8.00 for 1hr and 45 minutes

Tuesdays

Place	Postcode	Time	Price
Holborn life drawing	WC2N 4EA	6.30 - 8.30 (on hold until Sept)	£12
Candid Arts	EC1V 1NQ	11-1 and 7-9	£7
The Goldsmith’s Centre*	EC1M 5AD	6.30-8.30

*Last Tuesday of the month (not in Aug)

End of year 1, and thank you!

Colleagues and friends:

Year 1 at the CLFA is now officially over. We drew, we painted, we printed, we sculpted, we laughed, we cried and we wanted to thank Chris and Tony for all the extra effort and support they have given to the course and all of us, but how?

Answer: Mugs:

                          ^^This one says "Nicely Done!"

Yr 1 Final drawing Project with Tony: the results...

It's almost worth the cube torture in lesson 1 isn't it; well done everyone for the excellent work! 

Thursday

Everything happens on a Thursday... Before the Year 2 private view at Espacio this Thursday , I'm going to my friends' private view at The Gallery, Craft Central in Farringdon, you are very welcome to come along.

 Meet at 6.00 pm at Farringdon tube, or see you there.

Year 1 Tutorials This Thurs 10 July

Hello all:

For those that missed the class last week, Chris came in and spoke about the end of year tutorials taking place this Thurs. As far as I know he and Scott (from the sketchbooks module) will be doing them, and he has set us a few things to consider prior to the session (see below, mainly points 2 to 5). He also stressed the importance of reviewing and archiving the work that we have each produced so far, since in hindsight they may contain "gems" that you didn't notice when you were making them. We're advised to at least keep good photographic records if not the real thing.

We will also have a end of year social, one idea is to go to the private view next Thurs then to the pub. Nothing is set so let me know what your preferences are.

We will also be organising a summer programme including trips to the seaside, exhibitions, workshops/drawing etc, keep checking the blog!

Wei

Introduction to Graphic Novels @ Saatchi Gallery 6th July

Some of us went to the graphic novel workshop on Sunday.

We were asked to work from a photograph from our own collection, and develop a storyline by drawing on small oblong bits of paper (thumbnails). We then worked out a narrative and decided on a rough page layout by arranging the thumbnails on a bigger piece of paper.

What I'm Really Thinking, The Life Model

If anyone has ever been curious, here's one life model's perspective from the Guardian's excellent mini column (click on picture to go to their website). 

 Illustration: Lo Cole for the Guardian

Year 2 Final Show 2014 e-invite from Chris

Espacio Gallery, 17-22 July

Foundation shows at Morley College and Mary Ward Centre-July

Dear all:

Both Morley College and the Mary Ward Centre are running end of year shows (thanks to Jean for the heads up), a nosy round wouldn't hurt.

The textiles show ends tomorrow so if you need to be quick!

Natural History Museum Sat 28th June 10.00am Year One Research Project

Roll call: City Lit Fine Art Course Year One Final Research Project

Title                 The Mineral Variations

Site visit            Natural History Museum

Thursday Group  Sat 28^th    June 10.00am    Cromwell Rd entrance

Should be fairly easy to spot Tony in the queue.  For any late comers the first port of call will be coffee in the Blue Zone Cafe, at the left of the central hall and past the Diplodocus skeleton.

Bring just pencils and notebook.

Lunch proposal: Morris, Gamble and Poynter Rooms at V&A? :D

Dear all:

Info from Tony regarding next week's drawing as research project.

Hi everyone,

I'll be working with you again next week. The first session will take place in the studio.

The second session we will be drawing on site at the Natural History Museum:

Thursday Group  Sat 28^thJune/Tuesday Group  Tues 1st July 10.00am (Cromwell Rd entrance)

Below is the brief,

looking forward to working with you again

Best

Tony

You may find this short on archaeological illustrations video helpful (plus cool hat!) - Wei

Full brief as follows:

Google Art Project and Google Street Art

(This post contains no images as we don't want to be sued by Google, even though they should sponsor us for giving them blog inches...)

Firstly, Google brought you access to incredible close-up images of millions works held in collections of the world's best museums, via their online gallery Google Art Project. You can search by artist, collection, or type. Or there are certain areas in museums that have been mapped, so you can navigate your way around just liek Googlemaps. It's almost like being there (but of course nothing beats being there). .

Eg click here for a tour of the ground floor of  Musée d'Orsay

And here to see how close you can get to one of my favourite portraits (scroll for closeup).

Tattoo Art

'Jake and Dinos Chapman plan tattoo parlour show in home town of Hastings...'

Story here .

It raises questions:

Why are they crowd funding it? Are they short on cash?

Hastings... One for the summer road trip, maybe?  and

If you could choose any artist to tattoo you, who would you choose?

Theory session CLFA 1 Thursday 19th June

From Ed on Moodle

On Thursday 19^th June we will be going to see the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize at the Photographers Gallery (16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW). This will be followed by a discussion afterwards. We will meet outside the Gallery at 6.00pm, and we will be finished by 8.00pm. See link below for details.

http://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/deutsche-b-rse-prize-2014
Any questions please email me at edjeavons@hotmail.com any problems on the day you can reach me at 07572 549826

Thanks, Ed

BA/FA Art/Design Degree Shows Summer 2014

Hi All:

It's that time of year again when we're free to gawk at works from BA/MA courses up and down the country. Here's a list that might interest you:

Best of the shows so far according to the Guardian (no not Jonathan Jones):

http://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2014/jun/16/a-z-student-graduate-art-shows-2014#/?picture=439312264&index=0  

Free Range Art and Design Show 2014

·          Sun Jun 8 - Mon Jul 14

·         Private Views: Thursdays 6pm-10pm
(Design Week 2) Friday 6th June
Open to the Public: Fridays – Sundays 10am-7pm + Monday 10am-4pm

DESIGN Week 1 + 2	30th May - 2nd June + 6th - 9th June
FASHION Shows	5th - 9th June (invitation only, request tickets)
PHOTOGRAPHY Week 1 + 2	13th - 16th June + 20th - 23rd June
ART + DESIGN Week 1 + 2	27th - 30th June + 4th - 7th July
INTERIORS + ARCHITECTURE Week	11th - 14th July

Now in its fourteenth year, this seven-week showcase of work by 3000 arts graduates from around the UK features art, architecture, design, fashion, interiors and photography. The institutions exhibiting change each week – see the website if you're interested in a particular college.

Old Truman Brewery Brick Lane, E1 6QL

http://www.trumanbrewery.com/cgi-bin/comingup.pl

Studio Printmaking Thursday Year 1, 12th + 14th June

From Brian on Moodle

 

Dear Thursday Year 1 group,
I am looking forward to working with you again on Thursday 12th and Saturday 14th June.
We will be revisiting Studio-based Printmaking with a strong emphasis on your own self-generated personal practice, something you must be increasingly thinking about at this stage in your course. you need to come to the sessions having given some thought to where your particular areas of interest lie and what printmaking may bring to an exploration any of these ideas.
For some of you who wish to continue printmaking next year these two sessions should provide a valuable chance to re-cap on the basic processes. We can also discuss longer more complex print projects you may have in mind so come prepared to work in the sessions and also to talk about future print plans if this is relevant to you. For others who are not as drawn to print the sessions could still be useful as a way of looking at an idea from another angle, for instance you may have ideas you want to explore in painting that could benifit from the immediacy of monoprinting.
We will have the same equipment and materials as earlier this year. It would be a good idea to bring anything you may wish to refer to ie current sketchbooks.
Best regards
Brian

What do artists do all day, new series BBC4

...Is back on iplayer, episodes featuring Sir (ooohhhh) Antony Gormley,  Jack Vettriano and Frank Quitely/Vince Deighan.

3D final session

Experimental drawing project This SAT MAY 31ST 2014

Drawing project Fine Art Course year 1, Sat 31/5 and 5/6.Tutors Tony Hull/ Chris Hough

RationaleTransformation

In year 2 of the fine art course you will be asked to a personal project and we aim to fully support you in working in your chosen media.  One of the most important elements in developing a project is the ability to take an idea, subject or motif through different stages and through the process of transformation, open up new insights and possibilities for both yourself as artist researcher and for your audience in terms of how you capture their imagination and share your thought process.

This is the first of two drawing projects led by Tony this term, which aim to help you use drawing as a way of examining how you respond to a given subject and how through developed strategies in drawing, you can open up new perspectives on everyday experience.

Areas we will cover include:

Sensory interpretation.

Mark, pace and manipulating the image surface.

Transformation of scale and perspective.

You do not need to come with anything prepared , there will be a short presentation at 10.00AM and be prepared to follow the fast moving intuitive work you have done in 3d with Amanda .

Supporting Materials  

The presentation consisted of work visualisation diagrams, collected by American Author Edward Tufte. Probably one of the best living authors on how people make abstract concepts visual.

http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi
Find good intro doc here.

Look him up also on you tube. [Lecture titled "Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages"] - Ed

For further videos etc click below:

Outline dates for 2014-15

Message from Chris on Moodle:

Dear Year 1 students we have been asked to let you have next year's term dates to help you plan time oustside the course .

Thursday group

Term 1

Thursday Sept 25th - Thursday 11th Dec  alternate sats are always 2nd sat in the month Starting 2nd October.

Term 2 

Thursday 8th jan - Sat 21st March . alt Sats from jan 15th

Summer term

Thursday 23td April - Thursday 19th july , alternate Sats from Sat May 2nd.

both groups also have the option of 4 Saturdays free in the printroom with tutition from Saturday feb 28th

Exhibition date tbc

The Story of Women and Art...available on iPlayer

A great mini-series by the BBC: link-->The Story of Women and Art...available on iPlayer for 7 more days.

From the cloistered world of Renaissance Italy and Catholic Spain, through an era of revolution and enlightenment in Britain and France, to the harsh desert landscape of New Mexico of the early 20th century, Professor Vickery will uncover the incredible stories of talented and tenacious women who throughout history have overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to fulfil their artistic ambitions.

3D

1. Collaborative drawing

 2. Group sculptures from collaborative drawings made with glue, string, tape and wire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponge sculptures...