A collaborative investigation of the visible and invisible structures and infrastructures centred in and around the art gallery and other cultural centres/organisations, considering the role of partnerships, dialogue, learning, opportunity and engagement. Background The first manifestation of this project in 2014, was as an interrogation of the city where Mission Gallery is based – an…
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Bella Kerr & Amanda Roderick Curatorial Residency at Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn New York: October/November 2016 How are location, site and architecture important when defining a gallery/other space and its artistic philosophy? For galleries/other, what are the connections to the city and wider community? How does partnership work and feed into an organisation’s programming and strategy? How do the…
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CITTÀ DI CAMPI, CIVIC IN VENICE CASA DELL’OSPITALITÀ, JULY – AUGUST 2016 TEATRO GROGGIA, 4 AGOSTO 2016 City Of Fields is the culmination of CIVIC IN VENICE, Jason & Becky’s month-long residency at Casa Dell’Ospitalità, St. Alvise, Venice. After a series of ‘intermotional’ mapping workshops during which friends of the Foundation marked a map of Venice with different colours corresponding to different…
Read MoreFrom a conversation with Nathalie Anglès on10thNovember 2016 in Brooklyn, New York. Nathalie Anglèsis co-founder and executive director of Residency Unlimited (RU). RU is a Brooklyn based not for profit arts organization that fosters customized residencies for artists and curators and yearlong public programs. She studied political science and history at Brown University and Institut d’Etude…
Read MoreConversation with Manon Slome, 24thOctober 2016 in Chelsea, New York Manon Slome (PhD) is the Chief Curator of No Longer Empty(NLE). From 2002 to June 2008 she was the Chief Curator of the Chelsea Art Museum in New York. During that time, she curated and oversaw a program of some forty exhibitions, symposia and museum…
Read MoreFrom a conversation between Jason&Becky(J&B), artists, and Amanda Roderick, on 30 January 2018 at Mission Gallery, Swansea. Jason&Becky have been involved with Mission Gallery since they were students on the BA Fine Art course at Swansea College of Art (2010-13), and collaborations have evolved through one off live performance, offsite projects, group shows, workshops,…
Read MoreConversation with David Dean, 10thNovember 2016 in Brooklyn, New York David Dean is Director of Development at Residency Unlimited and has 30 years of experience as an arts administrator and non-profit fundraiser. He was the Executive Director of Printed Matter for five years and has worked for a range of other organizations in both the…
Read MoreFrom a conversation between Sarah Rowles and Bella Kerr and Amanda Roderick on Tuesday 14thNov 2107 (Brighton/Swansea via phone) Sarah Rowles is the founding Director Q-Art, which she set up in 2008 whilst a BA fine art student at Goldsmiths. She was motivated to set up the organisation in response to the barriers –…
Read MoreFrom a conversation with Carol Gwizdak, Assistant Head, Carmarthen School of Art, with Bella Kerr and Amanda Roderick at ALEX Design Exchange, Swansea College of Art on Tuesday 30thJanuary 2018. Carol Gwizdak is a long-standing member of staff at Carmarthen School of Art, and was, for many years, Course director of Diploma in Foundation…
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