Will be posting photos from our visit to the Dunston Staiths soon but in the meantime Northern Architecture have been doing some interesting projects around the Staiths
http://northernarchitecture.com/
The XL Gallery, former library space located to the left of the fine art shop in the Hatton entrance way, is hosting a very interesting new exhibition opening the Thursday (8th Jan) 5 – 7 pm and running until the end of the month.
Click on the link below to find out more about Matthew Flintham’s work.
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/item/new-artworks-open-up-unseen-world-of-military-airspace
Click on the link below for a Tate Online video showing archeologist Colin Renfrew talking about the links he see between art and archeology, also on the panel are Cornelia Parker and Richard Cork. Really well worth a look.
http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/mark-dion-tate-thames-dig/art-or-archeology/discussion
Newbridge Projects are offering a fabulous opportunity to participate in a workshop at the Museum of London Archaeology. The workshops will investigate how ruins are re configured across space, time and media.
Look at the link below for more information:
http://thenewbridgeproject.com/news/artist-opportunity-reconfiguring-ruins-workshop/
It is open to all (students too!). You have to apply and be selected for a place (they are also offering 2 x £100 travel bursaries).
Deadline is 16th December 10 am.
So hurry up!
There is also a conference / event planned for up here in Newcastle in June, so there is another chance to get involved later.
http://webstore.ncl.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=9&catid=48&prodid=347
This looks really good: pre breakfast urban nature walks sound particularly appealing. The only snag with this conference is that there is a fee……… £250 full price, £150 Early Bird / student discount. I will enquire further to see if there is any way of reducing the price or freeing up some money for interested students. Email me if you like the look of this and I will try to work some magic.
Apologies, some of these posts are out of sequence. Here are Charlotte’s photographs from a couple of the ‘strayings’ she went on.
Waggon ways and Seaton Delaval Hall
Images from Stowell Street (Urban Ramble One)
Repainting the city (again!) Urban Ramble One
Composite image
Seaton Delaval Hall and Zoe on the beach!
On October the 10th 2014 a small group of adventurers set out from the Fine Art department, they boarded the metro and got off at West Monkseaton. After a tour of a very fine housing estate they found their way onto on of the old Waggon Ways and proceeded to walk in glorious late summer sunshine along this old coal wagon route all the way to Seaton Delaval Hall.
Holes up and down (Michael) in side Seaton Delaval Hall
Some images of Cheeseburn Grange from Zoe Molloy final year fine art student.
We are currently exploring ideas for Cheeseburn and are looking forward to meeting Matthew Jarratt (co director of Cheeseburn) to discuss the possibility of curating a show there.
Zoe captured images of the work already on show there in the grounds.
Ceramic work by Andrew Burton
http://cheeseburn.com/sculpture-gardens/artists/andrew-burton/
Wooden sculptures by Gilbert Ward installed in a beautiful potting shed
http://cheeseburn.com/sculpture-gardens/artists/gilbert-ward/
Inflated metal piece by Stephen Newby on the lawn
http://cheeseburn.com/sculpture-gardens/artists/stephen-newby/
Work by Collin Rose tucked away under the trees
On November 7th 2014 a group of students and myself visited Cheeseburn Grange near Stamfordam in Northumberland. Cheeseburn is a new creative enterprise based in the grounds of a private house: http://cheeseburn.com.
The present occupant of the house (it is a family home that has never been sold but passed on through generations) Joanna Riddel very generously spent the morning with us.
Helen Shaddock MFA student has blogged about the visit so I’ll let her give you her account: http://helenshaddock.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/visit-to-cheeseburn.html
The Mid-week Morning Musings are now over…. the book trolley will return next semester but perhaps taking a tour of the studios rather than being in the one place… It has been interesting to gather around in the Long Gallery to catch up with people as they pass by or to just sit and read together.
I think a more focussed form of reading needs to take place next semester, so watch out for information on reading material that we will all read together and then discuss as a group.
In the meantime is you are looking for a different kind of ramble try the exercise below.
LIBRARY RAMBLE
We often use the library in a very restricted way, searching for a particular book and going directly to it. This exercise introduces an element of chance into the process to give a different way of negotiating all this information.
Books are located on level 3 or 4, so I suggest you use a coin to decide which floor you investigate (for example heads level 3, tails level 4)
The catalogue numbers are generally a three figure number, tear up 10 pieces of paper and label them 0 – 9. Fold them up and randomly select a piece of paper from the 10 pieces (do this three times, returning your selected number back each time).
The numbers are then followed by a set of three letters referencing the author’s name. Repeat the exercise out lined above but use letters of the alphabet instead of numbers. You may have to go to the nearest approximation with this, use your judgment.
Do this three times and see where it leads you…… Perhaps you end up looking at a book about organic chemistry or the physical geography of Wales who knows. Approach the information you come across with an open mind. Get the books out of the library for a week or more and explore them further.
You can repeat this as many times as you want or think up new systems for books selection such as random selection of page numbers to lead you to the next book or perhaps a set of physical directions dictated by the toss of a coin or a roll of the dice.
Enjoy!