From the studio
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Success for Insight Students and Staff
Read more: Success for Insight Students and StaffIn the week that Insight School of Art student, Hilary Vernon-Smith, heard that she has had work accepted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, there has been plenty more to celebrate too. Ex-Insight student, and current studio assistant, Monica Brathwaite, has just graduated from her Foundation Course at Central Saint Martins, having produced this brilliant film for…
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Success at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024
Read more: Success at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2024Varnishing Day at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition this coming Monday will be a very proud moment for me; not only as an artist, but also as a mentor; I’ll be spending the day with three of my Studio Fridays mentees, all of whom will be exhibiting at the Royal Academy for the first time.…
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RWS Fundraiser
Read more: RWS FundraiserThe Royal Watercolour Society is holding another fundraising auction of A5 sized artworks, donated by their members and invited guests. This is your chance to grab a bargain and, at the same time, help raise vital funds to secure the future of the society. All 100 works can be seen on the auction website now,…
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Exhibitions, Podcasts & Programmes
Read more: Exhibitions, Podcasts & ProgrammesI don’t feel that I’ve kept up very well with all things art in the media and galleries last week. Here are some of the things from my list, some that I have seen and some that I plan to see: I made it to the Expressionist exhibition at Tate Modern last week and thoroughly enjoyed it.…
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The End of Insight School of Art (2001 – 2024)
Read more: The End of Insight School of Art (2001 – 2024)With Insight School of Art closing it’s doors after twenty three years at the end of the summer term, the website has been changed to a page for students and teachers, past and present, to share their memories. Please visit the page this week to share your happy memories of learning with Insight. You can also upload…
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Film: Fantastic Machine
Read more: Film: Fantastic MachineI really enjoyed watching the film Fantastic Machine the other week. It takes viewers on a journey through the evolution of the photograph and the moving image, from the first exciting moment of seeing ourselves printed on paper and the first live television broadcast, to people dangling their friends off skyscrapers to get more people to…
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Exhibition: Saul Leither – An Unfinished World
Read more: Exhibition: Saul Leither – An Unfinished WorldSaul Leither: An Unfinished WorldMK Gallery (until 2nd June 2024) I went up to the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes the other day with Rob Verrill to see their exhibition of Saul Leither’s photographs and paintings. I was particularly attracted to his photographs of scenes that he had distorted and partly hidden using veils of…
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