Tuesday 1 November 2022
11AM-2 PM
14-15 Windsor Terrace

Please join us to think about how we as individuals, artists and a community can respond to the climate crisis through our artwork and actions

Click here for link to a podcast we will be spend part of the session discussing

Climate Crisis and Climate Conscious Creating

FORUM

Second meeting: 10.00 on Wednesday 2^nd November, Venue: 3.27 (between Ray’s shop and the seminar room)

If you can please RSVP to katie.cuddon@ncl.ac.uk

Vegan snacks will be available

First Meeting

Hello All, 

There has been loads of interest in the sewing bee which is great! So I am setting up an initial meeting on Monday 10^th October in the seminar room (next to Rays shop) from 5-6pm 

Everyone is welcome, we will discuss what type of workshops we want to hold, please think about what type of things you would like to do over the weekend. Also if you have done any other type of sewing or textiles type crafting e.g. embroidery being along some of your work to show others 

I am also looking for people to help me run the forum, for this you don’t actually need to know anything about sewing, with practical things like washing and ironing fabric or you could be good at the admin side, if so please send me an email at b.willoughby1@newcastle.ac.uk or on Instagram Bethisbeing_arty 

Painting  Forum  
Thurs, 13 Oct 2022, 2- 4 PM

The next Painting+ forum will take place on Thurs, 13 Oct 2022, 2- 4 PM

We will meet in the Long Gallery. The Forum is open to everybody interested in painting (UG and PG).

Anybody interested in showing work in progress, please get in touch with me in the next days.

Also, if you have any practical questions, please come along or contact me before.(Christian.Mieves@newcastle.ac.uk) .

Painting + is a place for regular studio discussions about painting, an exchange of ideas and texts dealing with the everyday task of painting. It started in autumn 2019 with a series of informal discussions on painting with Newcastle University Fine Art students from all years (Undergraduate and Postgraduate).

For more info click here : https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/paintingplus/

Next Wednesday (12 October) at 4pm
Studio Space in the Armstrong Building (ARMB.G.13).
The piece is a work in progress and being shown as part of the Newcastle University Performance Research Network Seminar series. Everyone is very welcome to attend.

I have found myself the custodian of a collection of performance scores. They were written by over 70 workshop participants during the lockdown in early 2021. The performance will share material from the collection and consider its legacy. I work with performance, often using texts, video fragments and choreographies composed as live collages of material. At the heart of this is an interest in how knowledge and meaning are generated through relationships with others. My work is often collaborative and influenced by creative approaches to working together from experimental theatre, contemporary dance and music. 
Since 2016, I have self-published the zine TALKER for which I interview performance- makers about their process. In order to present these discussions in a structurally innovative way that reflects the nimble, performative exchange of verbal discourse, I ensure they keep the fluid movement of conversation once edited and printed. Issue #1 featured artist, curator, writer and educator Ian White and subsequent issues publish interviews with Kate Valk of the Wooster Group, playwright Richard Maxwell, artists Sue Tompkins, Dora García, Paul Maheke, and choreographer Jo Fong. I have also produced an issue that published an in-conversation event between Spalding Gray and Kathy Acker from 1987. The most recent issues feature conversations with artists Barby Asante, Gustav Metzger and Miranda July.

FIRST MEETING WEDNESDAY 5TH OF OCTOBER AT 4 PM IN THE ETCHING ROOM.

I will have some cake and coffee to go through on how the Print Forum could be.

All stages are welcome!

Erika Servin Gonzalez <erika.servin@newcastle.ac.uk>

The first of the Green Finger Forum of the year will be next Tuesday 4^th 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 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.

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.