Please note, this programme information is currently archived. It is from previous years.
The Fine Art Antiracism Forum 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. We are building off an incredible student project, Dis-Course, published the previous year, documenting the racism our students of colour experienced in the department and wider city. To honour that work and counter existing and damaging cultures in the department, the forum’s key aim is to provide embedded antiracist resources and programming for both staff and students. Any queries, please feel free to email Eva Masterman at: e.masterman2@ncl.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!
This year, to compliment our visiting 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 Lecture 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.
PROGRAMME 2022-23: TBC
16TH NOVEMBER 12 -1PM
SEMINAR 2-3PM
TBC
7TH DECEMBER 12 -1PM
SEMINAR 2-3PM
TBC
15TH FEBRURARY 12 -1PM
SEMINAR 2-3PM
TBC
22ND MARCH 12 -1PM
SEMINAR 2-3PM
TBC
ARCHIVE 2021-22
Talk and Seminar PROGRAMME:
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 TALK: Talking Archives
Wanja Kimani and Tavian Hunter
Wednesday 9th February 2022 SEMINAR
Friday 18th February 2022 TALK: The Politics of Space
Pelumi Odubanj0 and Barby Asante
Friday 4th March 2022
TALK: Dis-Course
Charli Payne and Wesley Bray
Recording of Talk Available Until
Wednesday 16th March 2022 -TALK: Complaint and Collaborative Practice
Nicola Singh
Wednesday 27th April 2022 TALK: D6: Culture in Transit
Andrea Carter
Wednesday 11th May 2022
TALK: Black British Art
Lisa Anderson
PROGRAMME DETAILS 2022:
Talking Archives
2 & 9 February 2022
Current Newcastle research associate and artist, Wanja Kimani will be in conversation with Tavian Hunter from the Stuart Hall Library to discuss the importance of Black centred archives and her own experience as a student first encountering the Stuart Hall Library
The Politics of Space
19 & 23 February
Alumni and artist/curator Pelumi Odubanjo will be in discussion with artist Barby Asante, discussing curating artists of colour, the politics of space and the importance of foregrounding alternatives to dominant given narratives
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Dis-Course
2 & 9 March
Alumni and artist duo Charli Payne and Wesley Bray will discuss their amazing publication ‘Dis-course’ that was created during their time at Newcastle and funded by the Bartlett Fund. Dis-course captured personal experiences of racism experienced by students whilst at Newcastle through interview, illustration, art writing and poetry
@pickyourbrayne
Complaint and Collaborative Practice
16 & 23 March
Artist and educator Nicola Singh will share her experiences of organising collaborative anti-racist projects in HE settings – and particularly whilst teaching Fine Art at University of Leeds, UK (2019 – 2021).
She will focus on her involvement with ongoing student-led project, Buyers’ Remorse which was initiated by Zipporah Blake-Gravesande and Carmen Okome in response to their own and others’ experiences of structural racism whilst studying at the University of Leeds, UK. She will also share insight into staff focused activities she co-organised with Maki Fukuoka and Helen Graham – including circle way reading groups of Layla F. Saad’s ‘Me and My White Supremacy’ and a collaborative cross departmental antiracist research group. Nicola will speak to the structures and affects of leading this work as a person of colour working in majority white settings
D6: Culture in Transit
27 April & 4 May
Andrea will present the work of D6, an international visual arts producer based in Newcastle upon Tyne. D6 co-produce work with artists and partners across societal issues that concern and connect us to create spaces that enable a deeper understanding of multiple lived experiences and perspectives.
Black British Art
11 & 18 May
Lisa Anderson is currently the director of the Black British archives and independent curator. She founded the Instagram account, Black British Art, which was created to change the narrative around British art history and now has over 7500 followers. She’ll talk about Instagram as a learning and archiving tool and the importance of diverse visibility within mainstream curriculums and art spaces.
@blackbritishart