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Cultural Trends journal article: Array Collective in conversation with Jane Morrow
It was great to be invited to interview representatives of Array Collective by Dr Steven Hadley, Policy & Reviews Editor of Cultural Trends journal. Cultural Trends is a peer-reviewed international journal which ‘provides in-depth analysis of the cultural sector and cultural policy. It offers timely investigations into key issues in the arts, culture and…
VAI Visual Artists’ News Sheet: Interview with Jennifer Trouton: One of Many
The March/April 2022 painting special issue of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet is out now, click here to view. VAN’s March/April themed issue hinges upon the extraordinary insights of painters, including my interview with Jennifer Trouton, below. This bumper edition (48 pages) features 42 articles, 94 images, and 35,000 words. Well done Joanne! One of…
VAI Visual Artists’ News Letter: University of Atypical (organisational profile)
University of Atypical JANE MORROW DISCUSSES THE 25-YEAR EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ATYPICAL, BELFAST Most organisations would throw a big, indulgent party for their 25thbirthday. It’s not that the former Arts & Disability Forum don’t love a party – they do – but they elected instead to mark this key anniversary by asking…
Circa review – Vanessa Donoso Lopez, Golden Thread Gallery
Vanessa Donoso Lopez: Quotidian Tensions between the Domestic and the Unexpected Golden Thread Gallery 11 January – 17 February 2018 The Babel fish in Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a universal translator renowned for its instantaneous language translation capabilities. Because of its extraordinary evolution, it is argued in the book that the…
Loft Collective podcast
I was recently coerced into participating in a podcast by artist called Brian Kielt for Loft Collective, of which he is a founding member. You can listen to it here. Loft Collective draws together a diverse group of creative practitioners seeking to establish a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas in contemporary visual culture.…
Belfast Photo Festival
I’m delighted to be coordinating Belfast Photo Festival this year. Running from 1 – 30 June, the 2017 Festival has taken as its inspiration the visual politics of sexuality and the ways in which the camera is used to construct and deconstruct gender binaries. Through a range of exhibitions, talks, workshops, screenings, masterclasses, reviews and…
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,…
Project Management and Planning Workshop, VAI
I’m running another professional development session on behalf of Visual Artists Ireland: Project Management and Planning Saturday 12 November, 1pm to 4pm North Down Museum, Bangor VAI Members £5 Non Members £10 Visual artists often find themselves juggling many projects consecutively, including their art practice itself, marketing and promoting their work, writing grants and proposals,…
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…
