Tag: Royal Academy
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W2: Cubo Futurism
Update: Work produced in class has been added below. The workshop I’ve planned for week 2 of the autumn term is titled, ‘Cubo Futurism’. It was inspired by the first room of the current Royal Academy exhibition, ‘In the eye of the storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s‘. I’d recommend going to see it if you…
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Observer 8.9.24: Michael Craig Martin
It’s always nice to read about artists who have made there mark as a teacher too. Sean O’Hagan writes about Michael Craig Martin for the Observer, in advance of his solo show at the Royal Academy. “That’s when I learned what I later passed on to my students in my years as a teacher. You…
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Where to see art for free in London this summer?
I ended up at Doreen Fletcher’s free exhibition of paintings at the Townhouse Gallery in Spitalfields the other day, having messaged her to ask if she knew who a man was in a photo of the exhibition on Instagram. It was someone I had been friends with on my PGCE teaching year in 1994, but had lost…
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A fantastic first half of the year for Studio Fridays artists
Mentoring my Studio Fridays artists gets more and more exciting every year. There have been so many exciting success stories. In the first half of this year, to list just a few, Studio Fridays artists have had their work shown at the Royal Academy, Mall Galleries and Affordable Art Fair, they have been prize winners,…
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Success for Insight Students and Staff
In 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
Varnishing 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.…