Month: September 2022

Green Finger Forum

The first of the Green Finger Forum of the year will be next Tuesday 4th October at 14-15 Windsor Terrace 11.30-2.30- look for the big red door with the poster on it- all welcome.  The forum creates a space for those interested in ecological issues, growing things and building a better relationship with the environment. Come see what we get up to and if it is something you would like to be involved in.
This is the second year of the GGF and after all the hard work of clearing the ground, building the raised beds and planting seeds last year – we now get to eat the fruits of our labours.  We will be harvesting the vegetables and making and eating soup as well as learning some ways of preserving veg and herbs.
Everyone is welcome – even if you have no experience of gardening – come see what we get up to, eat soup and help us plan projects for the future.

Find out more information about the Green Finger Forum here.

Irene Brown, Professor of Contemporary Art Practice 

Life Drawing

Life drawing is back. We will start the new series of sessions on 10 Oct 2022, 11- 4 PM, Life Room, Fine Art Department. The tutored sessions, open to all Fine Art students, will be split in two sessions, morning and afternoon. Details on how to sign up will follow.

Any questions, please contact Christian.Mieves@newcastle.ac.uk.

STUDENT CALL OUT!!!

The Antiracism Forum Returns! 

Are issues of identity and representation central to your practice? Do you want to help create a more equitable art world? Are you interested in challenging systems and envisioning new worlds? 

This could be the project for you! 

The Fine Art Antiracism Forum was formed in October 2020 to discuss ways we in the department can work together towards anti-racism goals and enhance racial literacy amongst staff and students. Last year we had a series of talks and seminars focusing on antiracism through the lens of artistic practice. This year,  to compliment ourvisiting speaker programme we are offering the opportunity for you to participate in a   student-led platform where you will have opportunities to   address these issues through your collective practices. 

WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY? 

We are inviting up to 15 Students ACROSS ALL YEAR GROUPS to work together as a collective over the year. Within this, you will have the opportunity to: 

  • Organise a panel discussion as part of the Visiting Speaker Programme in Semester 2. 
  • Support for student project outputs: this could be anything from a publication to an exhibition, you decide. 
  • Have three mentored seminars/forums with visiting artists as part of the Antiracism Forum talk series, to help develop your project.  

You will be encouraged to meet regularly throughout the year to co-develop your project, discuss your experiences, provide support to each other, provide feedback on individual practice, or potentially to discuss important texts or other resources. 

The project will be supported by Gayle Meikle, Eva Masterman and Giles Bailey. 

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? 

Complete the linked application form by 5 pm Wednesday 5th October. The selection panel will be The project will be supported by Gayle Meikle, Eva Masterman and Giles Bailey. If more than 15 people apply we will take into consideration the proportion of students across all stages in our selection. We aim to notify all applicants by 7th October of the outcome.

Test Pilot Long Gallery Crits

LAUNCHING THIS OCTOBER, TEST PILOT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE RISKS, EXPERIMENT, SHARE IDEAS AND CRITIQUE YOUR WORK.

OPEN TO ALL YEAR GROUPS

6 CRIT SESSIONS A SEMESTER TO TAKE PLACE IN THE LONG GALLERY

STUDENTS HANG WORK ON A MONDAY

CRIT ON A TUESDAY MORNING WITH A TUTOR OR TUTORS STEERING THE DISCUSSION

POST CRIT – STUDENTS WILL RE – HANG & PRESENT  

PREVIEW EVENT ON TUESDAY EVENINGDE – INSTALL WEDNESDAY


Look for sign-up sheets.on the notice board.