Showing items tagged "Sculpture"
Unlocking the Collections
A research residency for an early career, London based artist to engage with The Collections Library at the Museum of the Home. Residencies took part in 2021 and 2022 with advice from Artquest on improving application and…
From Leaving London To Lockdown Collaboration
To deliberately misquote Groove Armada, “Goodbye Nightclub, Hello Country”. Back in my 30s, I thought London and I would be married for life. But then as the years progressed, our relationship became more strained,…
Bilbao Rocks
During my five months on an artist residency in the Northern Spanish City of Bilbao, I have noticed a lot of artists. Being based in an artist residency centre this is obviously a risk. Considering the size of…
Sculpture in the City 2018
The City of London presents an opportunity to submit work to the 2018 Sculpture in the City cultural initiative, which places works in the EC3 area of the city. Entries must be pre existing sculptures…
Sculpture Competitions
Some interesting and important issues arise around the enduringly popular artists’ competition format. Many sculpture ‘competitions’ contain this word in their title, but some are promoted as ‘prizes’ or ‘awards’ or ‘contests’. What exactly has an artist won…
Public Art and the Law
Architects’ collaboration with artists and craftworkers has been the subject of serious debate and some activity over the past five years. The ‘art and architecture’ movement in the U.K. started with the 1982 ICA Conference,…
Public art commissions and the law
An artist commission is when artist is paid to create a new piece of work. It’s important artists understand their legal rights when undertaking a commission. A commission might take the form of Commissions…
After a public art commission
After you finish a project, it isn’t always a case of walking away. Your project plan should cover what happens after your commission and contract have finished. How will the physical structure you have produced…