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Studio Visit: John Rainey
Yesterday I visited NI/ London-based artist John Rainey in his (amazingly equipped!) home studio. I invited John to work with me on a new initiative that I’m coordinating on behalf of VAI NI. About John: Through a series of classical references and both manual and digital (3D Print) processes, my sculptures consider how digital…
International Curator Visits
This week, VAI NI welcomed six curators from Paris to visit Northern Ireland to meet artists, studios and galleries in Belfast and Derry. Their packed schedule involved a series of public engagement events, Show & Tells and individual studio visits based on each curator’s personal interests. They are: Raphael Brunel (Independent curator and writer and member…
Avenue: a new domestic space initiative for artists
I’ve been ruminating on the idea of providing domestic space for artists for a while… and in Spring 2017 I will launch a new initiative – Avenue – that supports artists/ curators/ academics visiting Belfast, from my own home. My proposal is to offer affordable accommodation to individuals and groups in a supportive, artistic environment,…
Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield
I am thrilled to have been awarded an Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield in Arbroath in March 2017. The Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield brings together a group of cultural practitioners three times a year for a two week residency. In the past architects, designers, choreographers, composers, musicians, curators, writers, translators, film makers, researchers and many visual…
Weekend of Weird, Radar
I’d love to make it along to this series of events at Radar in Loughborough at the end of the month… I’m trying to keep those few days free! Programmed by my very clever friend and sometime colleague Kate Self, it reflects an emerging field that encompasses literature, film, music, art and performance. More information below:…
Speed Curating at Belfast Open Studios
Saturday 5 November 2016 Belfast Exposed, The Exchange Place, 23 Donegall St, Belfast BT1 2FF Speed Curating is back… This is a perennially popular strand of our Get Together event and Belfast Open Studios and one that can potentially lead to all sorts of opportunities. The format offers just 15 minutes get to meet a Curator…
Culture Night 2016, Belfast
I’m a newcomer to this (Culture Night Belfast has been running now for what, 5 years?), so I am really, really excited about attending this coming Friday, 16 September to see everything that’s happening in Belfast. So much of what I’m trying to do at the minute is map the infrastructure in Northern Ireland – people, practices, organisations, agendas etc.…
Welcome to my new website
Hi, and welcome… After many years spent espousing the value of a comprehensive online presence to the artists I have worked with, I have been hiding behind institutional profiles for as long as I can remember. Having moved around a lot as well, people seem confused that I am the same person – this website will…
