The day is finally upon us, the annual NCL Fine Art Postcard auction ! First, thank you so much to everyone who donated art works and contributed to the amazing collection of work up for auction this evening! All work is now on display in the long and xl gallery, with the live auction work in the atrium. We can’t wait to see you all later on! As planned, the silent auction will take place at 5- this is an opportunity to bid for your favourite postcards in the long gallery and XL. At 6, everyone will be invited to go to the Lindisfarne room to attend our infamous live auction. Don’t forget to purchase your paddles in the department if you wish to bid! LASTLY, if you wish to join us for the after party at the lubberfiend please buy tickets in advance using the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/postcard-auction-afterparty-tickets-472110644647
It should be, as always, a spectacular night! If you have any requirements or questions please contact me b8026314@newcastle.ac.uk. Thank you ! Postcard auction team
Hi everyone, This weekend I am running two more performance workshops in Whitely Bay with ArtHouses Home Actions. We will look at links between performance-making and domestic rituals. Starting with everyday objects and table-tops, the workshop will guide participants though the process of writing their own performance score (a term borrowed from music to refer to a predetermined series of actions conceived by an artist and meant to be reinterpreted). Together we will find new ways to activate the home with our own significant yet small-scale actions. To find out more and join in with the workshops on either Friday 2nd December 6 -9pm, or Saturday 3rd December 2 -5pm, please go to: http://arthouses.net/ah22/teauniverse/index.html Best wishes, Giles.
OPEN STUDIOStakes place on Tuesday 13 December 2022 (6-8pm) in the Fine Art studios!
If you have not been involved in OPEN STUDIOS before this is when we tidy up ALL of the studios and you present work in progress in your studio space. Everyone is involved. Open Studios coincides with the BA Year 4 Interim shows that take place in the bookable spaces – so lots of exciting stuff happening everywhere in the main building. This year, In addition to the BA studios & MFA & PhD’s will also open up studios in Windsor terrace so this is a great opportunity for our whole Fine Art community to come together, to share what’s going on in ALL the Fine Art Studios & locations (King Edward & Windsor terrace), and celebrate some of the incredible work taking place in our department.
We then have a wonderful night of going around the department, looking at everyone’s work and talking to one another. You can even invite people from outside of the department to come in and join us if you want to. There will be a bar, and as Open Studios this year is the last Tuesday before Christmas break we can also combine the evening with a bit of a Winter celebration. So..hang up some twinkly lights in the FA café and bring a bit of tinsel too! (Contact 4th years if you can help with the bar).
Open studios is a social event – not an assessment event – it is entirely up to you what you present in your space. This might include sketchbooks, documentation, work in progress or completed pieces . As we have BA assessments taking place in the 1st week back after Christmas break it will also mean we have lovely tidy spaces to return to ready to present work for assessment.
Health & Safety and Security: You need to have your space ready by 3.30pm on Tues 13th for a Health and Safety walk around by Joe – so think carefully about any equipment you may need and any health & safety checks and risk assessments you may need to organise. If you are not sure then speak to your tutor or module leader. Be especially careful of running electric cables across walkways and blocking fire corridors and exits.
You are responsible individually for your own work, so you need to consider ethics, & check any electrical equipment you are using and – very importantly – turn it off at the end of the event. You may want to discuss Open Studios (health & safety, signage, security etc) with other members of your studio and work collaboratively. If you want a refresher on the practicalities of exhibiting artwork you can sign up for a Workshop with Joe on installing artwork/drilling holes, using ladders etc. (see sign-up” noticeboard in the foyer)
STUDIOS HAVE TO BE VACATED AND EVERYTHING SWITCHED OFF BY 8PM!
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