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Take it seriously but don’t worry about they provide an opportunity for it; see it as a chance to experiment, students to think about the audience not an exhibition; don’t just make stuff for their work, and to tackle the www.twitter.com/ that looks like contemporary art, do challenges of display. an_artnews something useful. This year’s guide encompasses a Opinions on degree shows and their wide range of views – from visual art place in art education come thick professionals, practicing artists, and www.facebook.com/ and fast in the 2016 a-n Degree of course 2016’s graduating students ANartistsinfo Shows Guide. themselves. For the artist Bedwyr Williams they’re With listings from over 75 art schools an oddity, a flawed but essential part across the UK and examples of www.instagram.com/ of the experience. students’ work from a range of anartistsinfo For mima director and 2015 Turner institutions, it’s also the biggest Prize judge Alistair Hudson they’re guide yet. an institutionalised idea in need of We hope you enjoy it – and please an overhaul. share with us your views and pictures New Art curator from this year’s shows, using the 1 Arts University Bournemouth Rachel Bradley, meanwhile, believes hashtag #andegrees16. BA Fine Art degree show, 2015

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09-11 BEDWYR WILLIAMS The Artes Mundi 7 shortlisted artist graduated from in 1997. He offers his thoughts on the degree show process and format, urging students to take things seriously – but not too seriously… 13-21 CLASS OF 2016

1 A selection of this year’s cohort in their own words and pictures. Five student artists answer our degree shows’ questionnaire, plus we feature images of work from art schools across the UK. 23-27 DEGREE SHOW THINKING Mima director Alistair Hudson wants art to be useful and that, he believes, means we need a new approach to degree shows. Plus three more visual arts professionals discuss their relationship with graduate shows. 29-33 ARTISTS ON THEIR DEGREE SHOWS Going back over 30 years, eight artists 2 including George Barber, Ruth Ewan and Marianna Simnett recall what the degree show experience meant to them – both then and now. 39-41 ART SCHOOL FOCUS Presented in partnership with Bath School of Art and Design, and The Cass, London. 47-55 LISTINGS A selection of over 75 degree shows across the UK, plus more images of students’ work. 3 57 ONE YEAR ON… Kate Morgan-Clare graduated in 2015 with a BA (Hons) Fine Art from College of Arts. She remembers a rewarding time of ideas and experimentation.

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FIRST THOUGHTS “Degree shows are this oddity that work for some people and not for others” Bedwyr Williams is an artist known for his surreal sense of humour, his celebration of the outsider, and a deep suspicion of the contemporary art establishment. So what’s his take on degree shows?

For my degree at Central Saint about my past, it’s funny, it’s low-tech. Martins in 1997 I was in a group I’m still quite proud of it. with two other artists called Finger In my last year at college I think I de Buffet. We almost had our degrees was on to something with the work I taken off us because we took the walls was doing. We had a great degree show down between our spaces and painted party, we got sponsorship for booze and everything purple. The paint wasn’t my free peanuts from some silly company. It idea; it made all my things look shit! was the best place to be that night... What I got from being part of that I guess students should take the group was the irreverence. We were degree show seriously but they quite cocky – we wound up the other shouldn’t fuck up their time 2 students a little bit. beforehand worrying about the thing

The video work I made then was – that’s stupid. You get some students 1 done really quickly in the few weeks worrying in their second year that Bedwyr Williams, The Starry Messenger, 2013, installation view. Courtesy the artist before the show. It’s closer than they’ve got to reach a certain point 2 anything else in that show to what I do to hit their stride in the third year – Bedwyr Williams, Bard Attitude, 2005. Courtesy the artist and Limoncello now; it’s got me in it, it’s got me talking it’s bonkers. Gallery. Copyright the artist

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What I always tell students when I do visiting lectures is to see the degree show as a step rather than an end point. Because that’s something that I’m still learning now; all the things that I’m excited about, like doing Venice and GI [Glasgow International] festival, they’re all just steps. There’s this idea that this is it, this is the mother lode; and then, a few weeks later, your show is down, it’s gone. And so I try and get them to think of it as part of a journey. 1 I quite like seeing people coming to the end of [the art school] process. Because on the whole, while the art world who are confident to put less work in is full of fuckers, art college isn’t. and not bombard you. If you can make yourself ring clear, then that’s about as A degree show is probably the good as it’s going to get. I think that’s what hardest place to do a performance. I’m most interested in. Because if you are going to take off your clothes and put an apricot stone up your Degree shows should remain as they arse or whatever, that’s great as part of are, as this oddity that works for a festival or something, but with other some people and not for others. If you people’s parents around, it’s not so great. think of all the other things you could be doing at university, they all end with hired Some students get so wrapped up in gowns and a scroll of paper and stuff. it all that they try and rebel against And whilst you also get that on a fine art the whole idea of the degree show. degree, showing your work in college They end up making some kind of really is much better than dressing up in a futile gesture, like putting their paintings in mortar board. a dark room. Bedwyr Williams graduated from Central Degree shows shouldn’t be hyped Saint Martins with a BA Fine Art in 1997. up so much. This thing of saying ‘the Based in Caernarfon, north Wales, he has fabulous new female artist’, ‘the exciting’ exhibited widely and in 2013 represented this, ‘future greats’ – all these superlatives Wales at the 55th Venice Biennale. He is all the time, it’s unhelpful to talk about shortlisted for the international art prize people in that way. Artes Mundi 7 and his work is featured I am often more taken by the quieter in British Art Show 8, which is currently things. I tend to be attracted by people touring the UK

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12 FEATURE Class of 2016: in their own words and pictures From self-created mythologies inspired by Ovid to work created in response to a site, this year’s cohort of graduating students offer a rich array of ideas and practice. Five students answer our Degree Shows Guide questionnaire alongside a selection of work by five more 2016 graduates.

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QUESTIONNAIRE #1 the rhythms that have been released following its Sue Mann, BA (Hons) Fine Arts, York St John reunification. Whilst exploring my felt responses to the University space through drawing and video, I am thinking about architect Edward Taylor’s existing drawings of the gallery How would you describe your work? (1874 to 1878) and how I am tracing the resonances and Making work (image 1, above) in response to a site, repercussions of his work. I am interested in communicating a sense of the felt experience of spaces alive with human interactions, What do you want your show to achieve? histories and narratives. Via two projects, firstly at My main aim for the show is to translate a sense of my Stonebow House and then York Art Gallery, I have been ideas and felt responses as a resolved outcome. examining strategies that translate this through the How do you view the significance of the degree phenomenological experience of making. show in your development as an artist? What do you know now that you didn’t know when It marks a final point in the learning experience, you started your course? providing a bridge between education and post-degree The course has enabled me to not only explore and working that presents the starting point of an emerging focus my practice interests but also apply my learning artist. I’m not thinking about that though! For me, it’s when working on projects outside the university. I now simply about trying to find a resolution to my current understand the power of research, working with material, project. and problem solving processes in order to explore Degree show: 21-31 May, outcomes that articulate my ideas. & The New School House Gallery, York. What are you doing for your degree show? www.yorksj.ac.uk I have chosen to consider the newly restored Victorian Read Sue Mann’s a-n blog at roof space at York Art Gallery by responding to www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/new-focus

14 QUESTIONNAIRE #2 Sean Wheelan, BA (Hons) Contemporary Art Practice, Gray’s School of Art, , Aberdeen How would you describe your work? My work (image 2, left) examines the role of the individual as they lose sight of who they truly are, highlighting overbearing ambition and desperation to succeed. Sculptural, performance and video pieces reflect my own naivety to form a personal identity in the ‘art world’. What interests me is where I can utilise and apply my sense of humour to artworks, attracting an audience whether with absurd imagery or the ridicule of my text pieces. What do you know now that you didn't know when you started your course? The most crucial piece of knowledge I’ve acquired is the amount of freedom I have as a critical maker. The course has allowed me to expand in many different directions. It has equipped me to be speculative with procedures, ambitious with materials, and has embedded essential professional skills for life after art school. What are you doing for your degree show? My themes examine the role of the contemporary artist in society, in which the individual makes grand claims to be ‘unique’, playing this fictive role each and every day. On display will be a selection of absurd tools and video works that present fantastical theories despite their 2 perceived impracticalities. What do you want your show to achieve? The chance to demonstrate what I have learned and showcase the end of one journey, simultaneously marking the beginning of a new one. How do you view the significance of the degree show in your development as an artist? The degree show is a humbling experience for any artist. It allows you to gain knowledge with proposals, curation and most importantly critically selecting what to show. It’s a great opportunity, as a young artist, to showcase who I am and to be proud of what I have achieved to this point. Degree show: private view 17 June, continues until June 25, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen. 3 www.rgu.ac.uk

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16 QUESTIONNAIRE #3 Adam Riches, BA (Hons) Fine Art, University Campus Suffolk How would you describe your work? My work (image 6, below) is mainly figurative drawing and painting. Broadly speaking, I’m interested in humanity, particularly the way humans behave towards each other. What do you know now that you didn’t know when you started your course? I’ve realised that overthinking ideas can sometimes be a hindrance. I found that by just making work and experimenting, ideas can be generated out of the process and the whole thing can be self perpetuating. What are you doing for your degree show? My degree show is going to focus on the current conflict in Syria and its repercussions. I’m working from digital media images, to make a series of large drawings/paintings. What do you want your show to achieve? It’d be great if my work made people consider the hardship that millions of displaced people are having to face, as a result of decisions that they didn’t make. How do you view the significance of the degree show in your development as an artist?

I think having the degree show to work towards has 4 helped me stay focused on one specific topic. Degree show: private view 2 June, continues to 16 June, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich. www.ucs.ac.uk Read Adam Riches’ a-n blog at www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/the-collaborator-2

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18 QUESTIONNAIRE #4 Sam Petherbridge, BA Fine Arts, UWE Bristol How would you describe your work? I’m heavily inspired by grander themes characterised by Ovid’s Metamorphoses and The Epic of Gilgamesh. Through collage (image 7, right and cover), I make my own mythologies using old study books as source material – publications like The Living World and The Adventures of the South American Alps. I use imagery to create a different, parallel world and introduce a number of gods and the new earth they live on. What do you know now that you didn’t know when you started your course? That the mythology I’ve personally built since adolescence would be the surface of my work; that I’d find myself following in my parents’ footsteps, making stories to initially learn more about the world, myself and the material that I use. What are you doing for your degree show? I wish to introduce the viewer to the beginning of the mythology, which starts with the man who saved the moon. Narrated through expanded collage techniques, we join this lonely spaceman on his voyage back to a 7 broken earth after 13 years. 8 What do you want your show to achieve? To entertain the audience and introduce them to something they’ve never seen before. My stories are a rolling process and nothing seems to be complete. As such, it is quite challenging to know at what point the audience should enter the work. How do you view the significance of the degree show in your development as an artist? It symbolizes the quiet before the storm. It’s another step to realising how the practice I have developed over three years may work in a professional context. The degree show itself signifies time for everyone to reflect, pause and discuss any opportunities that may arise. However, it should also be a time to have a drink, flick through the catalogue and be happy with what we’ve achieved. Degree show: 4-8 June, Spike Island, Bristol. www1.uwe.ac.uk

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I have gained experience of online art book publishing, promoting, presenting and successfully submitting my work to galleries and other establishments, working with curators and exhibiting. I have grown in confidence but also come to realise how under-valued art is. What are you doing for your degree show? I have been looking at the burden of serious illness on close family, a subject close to my heart. In response, I have created some large-scale pieces, including a bold digital print and a spherical structure which I plan to suspend in a sling to be viewed from all sides. What do you want your show to achieve? I would like my work to engage with the viewer, to raise questions, evoke an emotional response and create discussion. How do you view the significance of the degree show in your development as an artist? The degree show is a rite of passage, a progression 10 from student to artist, proper. It is a chance to show my peers, the public and art professionals what I can do QUESTIONNAIRE #5 and to be noticed. Kathryn Barnett, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Degree show: 10-17 June, University of University of Sunderland Sunderland. www.sunderland.ac.uk How would you describe your work? 1 6 My work (image 10, above) considers the science, Sue Mann, Let our Children Decide II Adam Riches, BA (Hons) Fine Art, (detail), 2015, BA (Hons) Fine Arts, York St University Campus Suffolk philosophy and emotions that make us human. It is often John University 7 2 autobiographical and no subject is off limits. Having Sam Petherbridge, BA (Hons) Fine Arts, started as a watercolour painter, I now describe my work Sean Wheelan, Artist’s Play Suit, BA (Hons) UWE Bristol Contemporary Art Practice, Gray’s 8 as conceptual and regularly make use of found objects as School of Art, Robert Gordon University Georgina Chapman, Ideal Portrait 3 a starting point from which to develop my artworks. of a Man, 2015, BA (Hons) Fine Art Yik Lam Yiu, Untitled, 2016, Short film, Work Painting & Printmaking, Glasgow in progress, BA (Hons) Fine Art, University School of Art, What do you know now that you didn’t know when of Kent 9 4 you started your course? Daisy Dixon, Untitled (War Club), Daisy Jenkins, BA Surface Pattern Design, 2015, Concrete, Size variable, I have learned about context, art practice and methodology, Swansea College of Art, University of BA (Hons) Fine Art, Bath School of Art developed critical evaluation, gained a number of practical Wales Trinity Saint David and Design skills such as printmaking techniques and digital media 5 10 Felix Higham, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central Kathryn Barnett, Dead Fly Shuffle, 2016, BA skills, and improved my knowledge of artists and art genres. Saint Martins, London (Hons) Fine Art, University of Sunderland

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22 FEATURE “If your qualification is not based on making objects to sell to rich people, then why do that behaviour?” Alistair Hudson, director of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and 2015 Turner Prize judge, believes that our idea of what art is and should be needs to change. So what about degree shows?

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When the architecture collective Assemble won the 2015 It’s a position that is a clear challenge to the primarily Turner Prize for its Granby Four Streets project, a lot of object-based, time-specific degree show format. people in the art world got very upset. ‘It’s not art,’ went Paradoxically perhaps, mima is part of Teesside the cry, ‘it’s a slap in the face for ‘real’ artists and University and has close links with its art school – undermines the value of an art school education.’ which makes Hudson’s views on art education all Alistair Hudson was dismayed by such responses. the more interesting. “Sometimes I think, did I miss something here? I mean, in “We’re very closely tied in with the art school here,” he says. “We’ve been having some very interesting studying art history I remember all these moments around discussions about how we take the art school forward Futurism, the Bauhaus, around avant-gardism, Joseph in interesting ways. How the degree show functions Beuys. So I thought, Jesus Christ, is the art world still so within that is very much open to question.” conservative, are they that hypocritical?” In the same way that Hudson’s ideas are a challenge Hudson, director of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern to institutionalised ideas about what constitutes Art (mima) since 2014, was one of four Turner Prize contemporary art, he is more than happy to rock the boat judges. He is a champion of ‘useful art’ – art that has a when it comes to the subject of degree shows. There is, social purpose, that is embedded in our everyday life he feels, something anachronistic about a graduate rather than elevated to the position of a commodified, show’s art fair-style booths and what he characterises special object. as a maximum effort approach for minimal returns.

23 Q&A1 Justin Hammond, selector, XL Catlin Art Guide and Prize

How important is the degree show for the XL Catlin Art Guide and Prize? It's absolutely essential to the framework of both projects; artists are shortlisted for the XL Catlin Art Guide on the basis of their final shows. Most degree shows are only up for a very short time, so the purpose of the book is to extend that platform by highlighting 30 or 40 outstanding graduates. Once published, I'll select a group of artists and commission them to make brand new work for the XL Catlin Art Prize, which is held a year on from graduation. By the time that exhibition is over, the next round of degree shows has already started. What do you really like about degree shows? The buzz of stumbling across something exceptional. What are you looking for in work? Spirit. Conviction in an idea and its execution. How would you say degree shows and the approach of students to exhibiting at them has changed? It's debatable whether students are taking fewer risks, but in terms of demographic, there's an unhealthy lack of diversity and 2 that's bound to have a direct impact on the type and range of art being made. Economic “If your qualification is not based on making objects to sell factors dictate size and materials – studios in to rich people, then why do that behaviour?” he asks. “Why some of the most renowned art schools are not do the thing you actually want to do and be marked shrinking – so artists are being forced to scale down as a consequence of shared and judged for that, and represent that accordingly?” studio space. For Hudson, the degree show can be like a straitjacket, How do you think the degree show generating “an enormous amount of suppressed creativity”. prepares a student for exhibiting their Resistance from within, however, isn’t the answer. “Of course work in the ‘real world’? you get people working in opposition [to the art school] and I'm not sure that it does, but that's OK. Students shouldn't be thinking about the real so they fall into that trap of doing institutional critique, world too much and they certainly shouldn't which is really like dancing on the head of a pin. Really, you be making concessions to the art world. The should just be getting on with doing interesting stuff.” odds are stacked against new graduates, but the good ones will work it out. While that might sound a bit disheartening if you’re www.xlcatlinart.com graduating this year, for Hudson such questioning is all part of the art school tradition – challenging, discussing, doing things differently in order to develop new ideas and approaches. “Art schools have always changed just as the context changes,” he says. “And the context changing is as important as the art school itself changing.” Hudson roots his thinking in history – essentially, it’s as much about rediscovering already tested ideas as it is proposing new ones. “If you look at somewhere like the Bauhaus, that was an art school that was about making art work in society,” he says.

24 Q&A2 Rachel Bradley, curator, New Art West Midlands

What are you looking for in a degree show? Work that is making a contribution to current thinking and debates in contemporary art and the wider world. I go to a number of degree shows every year – not just in the West Midlands – to gauge which graduates I hope will apply for the New Art West Midlands exhibitions (which I’ve organised since 2013) but also to see what’s coming through. How important are degree shows to the selection process for New Art West Midlands? They’re vital in that the majority of applications received in the competition profile the degree show works as the most recent produced. When the selection process takes place – this year the selectors were Sonia Boyce, John Stezaker and Katharine Stout – I’m able to advise more fully on what the work is like if I’ve seen it ‘in the flesh’. What do you think students get out of degree shows? In the organisation of degree shows there is a 2 real opportunity for graduates to get experience Assemble at Turner Prize of tackling challenges of display and engaging 2015 exhibition, Tramway, in the negotiations that are involved in group- Glasgow. Photo: type exhibitions. The shows provide an Keith Hunter Photography opportunity to think about audience and who’ll be seeing the work.

3 Visitors viewing What makes a good degree show? works at mima In my opinion the best degree shows have work in them that demonstrates an awareness of art history and developments in the field of contemporary art. What do you like most about degree shows? I really enjoy seeing what’s coming through and talking to the graduating students about their work if they are around. I also buy work sometimes, but I’m running out of wall space! It would be good if shows were displayed for a little longer though – so I could get around more of them. 3 This year’s New Art West Midlands exhibition continues until 15 May. “[It’s the same] if you look at Black Mountain College or www.newartwm.org Dartington or the settlement movement. What was interesting about the post-war British art school, for example, was that it was a place where those people who didn’t go down the normal routes would end up. And the irreverence and post-avant-gardism of the art school system created a whole generation of people who had a huge impact on society in very broad ways.” Of course Hudson isn’t the only person in the visual arts who has misgivings about the shifting sands of art school education in the UK. From student protests about the

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I m a g e : w “You could probably argue that art schools have almost Are there differences in approach between become too professional, too orchestrated around a each institution? TAKE A LOOK BEHIND market idea of art,” says Hudson. “And you might say that You get very subtle differences, even culturally. That’s obviously to do with the staff and THE SCENES the degree show has become, whether intentionally or the people who work there, but also the See the creativity in progress at not, a distraction from what we think art can really do and students themselves. It’s interesting to see www.ntu.ac.uk/degreeshowhub really achieve.” the different approaches, it’s good to be aware All 2016 Degree Show information and To illustrate his point, Hudson cites his experience of of these things. bookings: www.ntu.ac.uk/SHOWan16 teaching at an art school a few years ago where he found As well as being an artist and that students were being discouraged from acting outside a Academician, you’ve taught at Glasgow narrowly proscribed idea of what art can be. “There was School of Art for over 25 years. How have this guy who was on the Oxford Union debating society things changed in that time? and his tutors told him to stop doing it because it was One of the things I’d say is that the students interfering with his work. I said, ‘Do that as your work, are very aware of the wider art community and they go to a lot of exhibitions; I think students become prime minister, do that as an artist’.” now do a lot more of that than 20 years ago. For Hudson, how this narrow thinking transfers to the How has that affected the degree shows? degree show is that “students make stuff that looks like It’s more professional nowadays. I remember contemporary art” rather than letting their own ideas take when I first started teaching at Glasgow School precedence. That said, he concedes that “there is a value of Art, the whole idea of partitions and white in showing the work” while feeling that the degree show walls and making it like a gallery space, that party is actually more important than the exhibition itself. didn’t happen at all. The work was just shown in your studio, maybe cleaned up a little but that “It’s like your rite of passage,” he says, “you’ve finished was all. your degree, there’s an element of show and tell, look what we all did, friends and family coming together. There Is a more ‘professional’ approach a good thing? is an aspect of ceremony so why not make the degree Students have to be careful of seeing the show more like that?” degree show as an exhibition; they shouldn’t It’s not going to happen any time soon, but just as let it detract from them experimenting and Hudson’s ideas about what art is and should be had an identifying what their true potential is. The impact on the outcome of the Turner Prize, his thinking degree show is a rich, healthy thing, but students shouldn’t be too preoccupied by it – on art education and the role of the degree show could they should keep everything open. prove to be equally influential. Watch this (probably not white) space. www.royalscottishacademy.org

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28 FEATURE Looking back: artists remember their degree shows A complimentary note from the Boyle Family, a condescending comment about conservation tape, and plenty of ambition and mistakes. Artists including George Barber, Ruth Ewan and Catherine Bertola cast their minds back to degree show time.

“My BA degree show paved the way for my ongoing interest in experimental moving image and performance. I showed a video diptych involving lip-synching actors, and worked alongside two other artists to create an immersive installation. I made lots of mistakes with lots of ambition – it set the tone for what was to come.” Marianna Simnett, BA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University, 2007. Lives and works in London. www.mariannasimnett.com

Image: Marianna Simnett, Blue Roses, 2015. Image courtesy of Marianna Simnett and Comar

29 “At the time it felt like the be-all and end-all but it was just the beginning of trying to be serious about being an artist. I remember struggling with how to display everything – I wanted to make 2 a coherent show but also it was an assessment where I wanted everything to be seen. “I approached one of the tutors for advice about how to display some books I’d made and asked where I could buy conservation tape. He laughed and said, ‘Save that for your Tate retrospective, love.’ I found that infuriating! I was part of a library installation based at a desk near the studio 3 entrance and most of the visitors “I remember at the thought I was a receptionist.” time feeling like it came Ruth Ewan, BA (Hons) Fine Art (Drawing and Painting), Edinburgh round far too quickly College of Art, 2002. Lives and works in London. www.ruthewan.com – my degree show definitely felt like the beginning of something rather than any sort of conclusion. However, the ideas and concerns I was exploring at that time still influence and inform the work I make today.” Catherine Bertola, BA (Hons) Fine Art, , 1999. Lives and works in Gateshead. 1 www.workplacegallery.co.uk

30 “At the time, my degree show meant a lot; since then, not much. But the journey between – the learning from then until now – means a great deal to me. Art practice is immanently 4 social, thus implicitly “Towards degree show time, I political. This was a had just discovered what I was revelation for me to discover, but it interested in and passionate happened after about and had begun rigorous art school. I was testing. Leading up, I took recently inspired by full advantage of staff time, a student protest studio space and the technical banner which assistance, as I didn’t know when read: ‘Institutions I would have such knowledge cannot prevent available again after graduating. what they cannot “I tried to be ambitious and show imagine.’ The best my voice as an artist within my art schools facilitate degree show installation. On such critical and leaving art school, my degree expansive thinking.” Jessie Brennan, BA (Hons) Fine Art, show work was reinvented and Cardiff School of Art and Design, 2004. Lives and works in London. reincarnated in various ways for www.jessiebrennan.co.uk a number of exhibitions, awards and commission opportunities: it set the ball rolling for life as a full-time artist.” Liz West, BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture & Environmental Art, Glasgow School of Art, 2007. Lives and works in Manchester. www.liz-west.com 5

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“My MA degree show at the advanced. There was loud music Slade meant a lot to me, primarily and lots of plants arranged around because the Boyle Family left a little TVs. It had a bright, optimistic vibe; letter stuffed under a TV that was much of the footage was reworked part of the installation. At the end, nature programmes. as I was taking it all down in sombre “Of course, by today’s standards mood, it meant the world to me to it was extremely low tech but the read their kind words and to think music was good, it was in a dark that somebody had ‘got’ it – a basement, and I was rather proud whole family in this case. of it. It was on the pulse, and used “I’d discovered video at the appropriation in an original, exciting Slade and was soon to achieve way, without pretensions. But the some fame for what was known letter from the Boyle Family made it a lovely day. I may well have written as ‘Scratch’. For the degree them a thank you note, but I can’t show I chained together a shoal honestly recall now.” of crap TVs that I bought or borrowed; I think I had two VHS George Barber, MA Experimental Department, Slade School of Fine Art, 1984. Lives and works in London. decks if I remember, it was that www.georgebarber.net

32 “Looking back, my expectations for the MA final show 1 Ruth Ewan, There is no up or down, from were blown out of proportion. The installation I did The Glasgow Schools, 2012 was an amassment of two years work and difficult 2 Catherine Bertola, Sad Bones to overlook, but despite lots of attention I didn’t sell (Chesterfield House), 2015, Book page mounted on paper, 225 x 170cm, anything. What I did get were good photos that I Courtesy the artist, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead and Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin used after the show on social media and blogs. That 3 resulted in massive interest from magazines and books. Catherine Bertola, Sad Bones (Unknown 3), 2015, Book page mounted on In hindsight, also putting in the hours after the show was paper, 170 x 225 cm, Courtesy the artist, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead and significant for where I stand as an artist today.” Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin 4 Malene Hartmann Rasmussen, MA Ceramics & Glass, School of Liz West, Your Colour Perception, 2015, site-specific light installation. Photo: Materials, , 2011. Lives and works in London. Stephen Iles www.malenehartmannrasmussen.com 5 Jessie Brennan, A fall of ordinariness and light: the enabling power, 2014, graphite on paper, 58 x 72 cm. Courtesy: the artist

6 George Barber, Absence of Satan, 1985; Tilt, 1984, video stills. Courtesy the artist

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“My [MFA] degree show marked a significant point in my development; allowing me to participate in much wider conversations surrounding contemporary art than ever before. The privilege of showing alongside my peers at art school was great because it gave me the chance to consolidate my ideas and carve out a distinctive voice, which has since led to many unprecedented opportunities.”

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33 re:VIEW Faculty of Arts Degree Show 2016 Subjects exhibiting • Animation • Applied Arts • Computer Games Design • Fashion and Textiles • Fine Art • Graphic Communication and Illustration • Interior Design • Photography • Product Design • Video and Film Production • Visual Communication (Graphic Design) • Visual Communication (Illustration) Image courtesy Aaron of Newell

Opening times Saturday 11 to Wednesday 22 June 2016 Saturdays: 11am–4pm, Monday to Friday: 10am–4pm, Closed Sundays As part of For further information: Tel: 01902 322 898 Email: [email protected] Visit: wlv.ac.uk/degreeshow Follow us on twitter: @WLV_Arts Facebook: /WLVArts Artsfest re:VIEW 2016 (Hons) Sculpture © Jack McConnell, BA Faculty of Arts Degree Show 2016 Subjects exhibiting • Animation • Applied Arts • Computer Games Design • Fashion and Textiles • Fine Art • Graphic Communication and Illustration • Interior Design • Photography • Product Design • Video and Film Production Lauriston Campus Late opening • Visual Communication (Graphic Design) • Visual Communication (Illustration) EH3 9DF Wednesday 1st June Evolution House & Thursday 2nd June FREE ENTRY West Port EH1 2LE 11am to 8pm Saturday 28 May to Minto House & Adam House Sunday 5 June 2016 Chambers Street #ECAdegreeshow 11am to 5pm EH1 1JZ www.eca.ed.ac.uk

Degree Show 2016 See the best creative talent to emerge from the Scottish Highlands and Islands in a degree show like no other. Distributed across the university network, this degree show will take you to some of the most breathtaking places in Scotland. Image courtesy Aaron of Newell See the innovative work from our students in the following locations:

Moray School of Art Orkney College UHI Perth College UHI Elgin Kirkwall St John’s Centre, Perth BA (Hons) Fine Art* BA (Hons) Fine Art Textiles BA (Hons) Visual Communication BA (Hons) Fine Art Textiles 13 to 24 June 2016 and Design 13 to 18 June 2016 10am to 6pm 14 to 28 May 2016 Monday to Thursday, 10am to 8pm 10am to 4pm Friday and Saturday, 10am to 5pm

Shetland College UHI Lerwick For further information on the degree show BA (Hons) Contemporary Textiles call 0845 272 3600 or 6 to 17 June 2016 email [email protected] 10am to 4pm

*The BA (Hons) Fine Art is also available to study at Orkney College UHI, Shetland College UHI, and Lews Castle College UHI Opening times (CertHE and DipHE only) A limited number of places are available for these courses starting in September 2016. Saturday 11 to Wednesday 22 June 2016 For further information and to apply visit www.uhi.ac.uk/courses Saturdays: 11am–4pm, Monday to Friday: 10am–4pm, Closed Sundays As part of Julija Astasonoka, BA (Hons) Fine Art For further information: Tel: 01902 322 898 Email: [email protected] Visit: wlv.ac.uk/degreeshow Follow us on twitter: @WLV_Arts Facebook: /WLVArts Artsfest 35 AN_DEGREE_SHOW_2016_AD_FINAL.pdf 1 15/04/2016 11:28

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Plymouth University: Fine Art students exhibit at the main university campus and also Royal William Yard: Mill Bakery | Slaughterhouse All other courses exhibit at the main university campus: Peninsula Arts Gallery | Roland Levinsky Building | Scott Building www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/hot-16

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DESIGN: City Space, Chester Road, SR1 3SD University of Sunderland FINE ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY: Priestman Building, Green Terrace, SR1 3PZ www.sunderland.ac.uk/degreeshow [email protected] GLASS AND CERAMICS: National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, SR6 OGL @UniOfSunADM 0191 515 3258 SHOW DATES: 10-17 June. 10am to 5pm

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Venue Bath School of Art & Design Sion Hill, Bath BA1 5SF Public View Saturday 11 June – Sunday 19 June 10:00am – 5:00pm Online artdesign.bathspa.ac.uk @artdesignbsu End of Year Shows Courses Contemporary Arts Practice Creative Arts 20 - 26 May* / 11 - 16 June ** Fashion Design Fine Art www.leeds-art.ac.uk/madehere Graphic Communication Photography *Foundation Diploma in Art & Design ** BA (Hons) Degrees; Extended Diploma in Art & Design; Access to Higher Education in Art & Design; Short Courses Textile Design for Fashion & Interiors Three Dimensional Design

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Friday 10 – Saturday 18 June Central House 59-63 Whitechapel High Street London, E1 7PF

londonmet.ac.uk/thecass @thecassart ‘School Keeper’ by Amanda Marillier

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Inspiration and innovation at Bath School of Art and Design Bath School of Art and Design was established in 1852 “Our unique heritage and inspirational settings along with as a result of Government concern about competition our excellent resources, networks and faculty ensures our from abroad and the strength of international design reputation as a leading place to study art and design,” said and manufacture. Professor Anita Taylor, Dean of Bath School of Art and Design. “Here we value knowledge and understanding An integral part of , with its focus on generated through making and have exceptional facilities creativity, culture and enterprise the School continues and equipment – from hand to high tech – to support our this founding principle and legacy through the education students to achieve successful creative outcomes.” of the next generation of artists and designers, and those employed in associated fields. The work of the graduating students from courses in Contemporary Art Practice, Creative Arts, Fashion Design, Actively engaging with and contributing to the thriving Fine Art, Graphic Communication, Photography, Textile UK creative economy, its exemplary professional Design for Fashion & Interiors, and Three Dimensional experience and research oxygenate the creative character Design, will be on show in the annual Undergraduate of the School’s provision. Throughout its illustrious Degree Show from Saturday 11 June until Sunday 19 June. history it has continued to attract, educate and employ Student Daisy Dixon said: “Studying in the stunning highly distinguished artists, designers and makers. city of Bath has been inspirational and the Fine Art The stunning Sion Hill campus, situated in the beautiful course has been fantastic. My tutors have given me world heritage city of Bath, houses specialist studios, the freedom to grow and develop as an artist, and the workshops, a lecture theatre and library. Further facilities practical workshops have been invaluable in developing are centrally located at The Circus, Palace Yard Mews, my passion for abstract sculptures. I’m now pursuing a and Dartmouth Avenue in the city’s student quarter. The career in the commercial art world thanks to contacts School is entering a new exciting phase as it develops a made during my course.” new campus in the iconic Grade II listed former Herman To find out more about Bath School of Art and Miller factory in Bath. Design visit artdesign.bathspa.ac.uk

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Degree Shows 11–24 June Discover the next wave of creatives at our Degree Shows, showcasing the best in art, design and media.

Get in touch for tickets to our industry private view – 10 June [email protected]

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40 ADVERTORIAL The Cass School of Art Summer Show The Cass Summer Show, which opens to the public on 10 Award winner Natalia Nikoulina exhibited work as part June, will see the Cass studios opposite the Whitechapel of A Place in Between, a group exhibition at the Espacio Art Gallery transformed into a bustling exhibition and Gallery. The exhibition showcased works by national performance space for two weeks. The exhibition and international artists. Celebration Week displayed the will showcase work from over 80 graduating Fine Art promise of Cass students who presented work to leading students who have been studying within the school’s industry figures Lucy Soutter and Cathy Lomax. innovative thematic ‘studios’. The Cass is progressing with its approach to live projects The studio system supports students in developing their and externally-facing events, engaging students within own practice in a studio group where shared themes the local cultural quarter as well as developing important become a focus for discussion, field trips, screenings, projects further afield, ranging from Moscow to Delhi. seminars and live projects. Studio themes and leaders exhibiting this year include: In addition to The Cass’s weekly heavyweight guest lecturers (Jeremy Deller and Pil & Galia Kollectiv to – The Narratives are Getting Restless (Mel Brimfield and Dr Jonathan Whitehall) name a couple) there was the advent of the ‘Revolver’ exhibitions: a series of fast-paced student-led exhibitions – Social Tools, Games & Objects (Ben Cain, Francesco in the Cass Bank gallery Space. Pedraglio and Vlatka Horvat) – Future Ruins (Pil & Galia Kollectiv and Matthew Rosemarie McGoldrick, the head of Cass Fine Art, McQuillan) said: “What an extraordinary year this has been for the Cass. The Fine Art students have responded brilliantly – – We, the Contemporary (Dr Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Dr Michael Stubbs and Rosemarie McGoldrick) prolific, energetic! I already know the degree show will be the best yet...” – Subject, Object & Metaphor in Contemporary Photographic Practice (Ania Dabrowska, Mick The Cass Summer Show opens with a private view on Williamson, Sue Andrews, Spencer Rowell) the 9 June then runs from 10-18 June at Central House, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7PF. It’s been an exciting year for art at The Cass, with a wealth of successes for alumni, staff and current An online catalogue will be available at students. Cass MA Fine Art alumna and David Skingle www.londonmet.ac.uk/thecass

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41 Cambridge School of Art Ruskin Gallery and surrounding studios Degree Show 2016 Weekdays: 10 am – 8 pm East Road Weekend: 10 am – 4:30 pm Cambridge 10th – 18th June CB1 1PT Telephone: 01223 698267 www.cambridgeschoolofart.com Cambridge #CSADegreeShow School of Art Lauren Hayley Lauren

An extensive exhibition featuring work by 60 new artists including painting, sculpture, print, drawing, artists’ books, sound installation, film and animation. The exhibition takes place in the fine art studios over all three floors of the Hanover Building and in the Hanover Project Gallery space. Work in the exhibition is for sale.

BUSINESS NETWORKING LUNCH Friday 10 June, 12noon-2.00pm PRIVATE VIEW Friday 10 June, 3.00pm-7.00pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Saturday 11 June–Friday 17 June, 10.00am–5.00pm

More information or book for the Business Networking Lunch on 01772 894106 or www.uclan.ac.uk/degreeshows

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CAMPAIGN Paying Artists: what it is and why it’s important Launched in May 2014, the Paying Artists campaign aims to secure payment for artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries. Artist S Mark Gubb discusses his involvement in the campaign.

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The Paying Artists campaign was established by a-n, in terms of paying artists. That’s not to say there aren’t artist membership organisation and publisher of this some excellent examples of good practice out there. guide, and its advisory group AIR Council, based However, I’ve been paid very well by some people, and on evidence from a survey of UK artists about their not at all by others. experiences of remuneration and income levels. The financial insecurity that exists in this career is one A lot has been achieved so far. Discussion and debate on of the key stresses on the personal and professional lives artists’ pay has gained momentum across the visual arts of most artists I know, even those whose level of success sector both in the UK and internationally. may suggest times shouldn’t be so hard anymore. That a huge section of this industry is propped up by the The campaign’s forthcoming guidance and framework good will of the very people that should be at its core is around exhibition fees – the Exhibition Fees Framework fundamentally wrong. – is the result of two years’ consultation, surveying and testing with artists, galleries and funders, which brings us a step closer to helping secure payment for artists. Here, artist S Mark Gubb explains why the Paying Artists campaign is so important for anyone embarking on a career in the visual arts. Why did you become involved in the Paying Artists campaign? I’ve been an artist for around half of my life and have personally experienced the complete lack of parity that exists across institutions and commissioning bodies 2

44 Long term, what do you hope the campaign will framework is a tool that makes the whole process more achieve? objective and, therefore, less awkward. It’s like any new The situation of working for nothing, or only for in-kind, thing in your life; there will be a pretty steep learning curve is undermining the profession. In the long-term we hope, as artists and organisations get used to working their way quite simply, that it will see artists being paid fairly for the through it to arrive at a satisfactory outcome but, within work they undertake. There is a lot of talk of how the a few years, it will largely sit in the background, being introduction of university fees could lead to it only being referred to where necessary, as the conversations and the economically privileged who can afford to benefit expectations will have moved on to be embedded in the from an art school education. The same argument can culture of the profession. At least, that’s the ideal. be made here in terms of who can actually afford to The Paying Artists Exhibition Fees Framework practice as an artist at all. Our profession continues to will be launched soon. Sign up for updates and find economically undermine itself by not paying the people out more about Paying Artists at at the heart of it for the work they produce. www.payingartists.org.uk Why should artists be paid? Whilst we live in democracy with a largely market-led S Mark Gubb is an artist based in economy, everyone should be paid fairly for the work Cardiff. He has exhibited widely they undertake, no exceptions. including at Turner Contemporary, Margate; Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth; What do recent graduates need to know about Mostyn, Llandudno; and PS1 getting paid in the visual arts? MoMA, New York. He is currently First and foremost, that they should be. There’s still an working towards a major solo show with SYSON Gallery, overwhelming perception of this industry, even from Nottingham, in October 2016 some within it, that by following a creative path, you are in some way privileged to be doing what you want to do. 1 Paying Artists Regional Advocates and supporters: (clockwise from top left) Michael That in some way your love of it can sustain you. This Aitken, Flis Mitchell, Emily Speed, Kevin Hunt, Hannah Bitowski and Madeline Hall. In the run up to the general election in May 2015, Gubb was also one of the eleven Paying is, of course, nonsense. Everything doesn’t always come Artists Regional Advocates who worked to ensure artist’s voices across the UK were down to money, but I’m yet to find a gas supplier who reflected in the campaign. 2 accepts love-of-your-job as payment. Self Service presents: Not paying artists is bad for you…, Eastside Projects, Birmingham. Why should students and graduates care about Paying Artists? It’s about building an economically sustainable career path in to their own futures. Established economic models and ingrained attitudes change very slowly. This is the most complete examination of this problem that has happened in my professional life, so for the first time there is a real and informed platform on which to build. The campaign can only succeed if artists take this on and push it. Economically speaking, artists really are at the bottom of the food chain, so in a financial sense they stand to gain most from the campaign. Therefore it’s down to us to make sure that when we go in to negotiations around exhibitions and commissions we push the framework and the campaign’s findings. It’s unlikely to come from the person in the room having to rethink their budgets to ensure all the artists they work with are being paid . 2016 fairly. If every arts graduate take on the principles of the The campaign, in ten years time we’ll be amazed that we had is proudly celebrating 9pm 4pm its Creative Show — — to have this campaign in the first place. 6 Private view 10am

9 June What will the launch of the Exhibition Fees Opening ceremony & awards from 6.30pm Exhibition 25 openJune — Framework mean for people just embarking 10 Closed 11, 12 & 19 June Exhibition closes at 3pm on 18 & 25 June on their careers? University open day 25 June Location

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bolton.ac.uk negotiation. It sounds like a cliché, but I know very creativeshow Phone 01204 903 312 16 few artists who are comfortable talking about money, Follow us BoltonUni @ particularly if that conversation involves awkward #UoBCS discussions about why they should be paid more. The

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LISTINGS Selected shows From May until early July, the degree show season is an opportunity to see work by thousands of graduating students in exhibitions across the UK. Listed here is a selection of over 75 shows – a snapshot of new ideas and new beginnings.

1 Image: Emmanuel Dhladhla, Photographic Figure, BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Carmarthen School of Art

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FdA & BA (Hons) courses: Free Range Festival Fashion Design, Pattern 7th-11th July Cutting and Construction The Old Truman Brewery Film Production 91 Brick Lane Filmmaking London E1 6QL Fashion and Production Private View Fine Art Thursday 7th July Visual Communication 6pm-10pm Croydon School of Art Open to the public: 13th-17th June Friday-Sunday 10am-7pm College Road Monday 10am-4pm Croydon CR9 1DX T +44 (0) 20 8686 5700 Private View E [email protected] Tuesday 14th June www.croydon.ac.uk/art 6pm-9pm Film Screening Wednesday 15th June 5pm-9pm David Lean Cinema Croydon Clocktower 9 Katharine Street Croydon CR9 1ET

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49 Undergraduate Wimbledon College of Arts Friday 17 to Saturday 25 June Summer arts.ac.uk/wimbledon Shows Camberwell College of Arts Saturday 18, Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 June arts.ac.uk/camberwell Saturday 18 to Saturday 25 June arts.ac.uk/chelsea

University of Leeds An exhibition of multidisciplinary studio practice. BA Fine Art & MAFA andagain.leeds.ac.uk 17th – 24th June Degree Show 2016 AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

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JUNE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON OF ART, ANGLIA RUSKIN NORWICH UNIVERSITY 4-10 June PV 9 June, 10-25 June UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS www.fada.kingston.ac.uk (not 11, 12, 19) 10-18 June 1-8 June www.bolton.ac.uk/ www.anglia.ac.uk NOTTINGHAM TRENT www.nua.ac.uk creativeshow @NorwichUniArts UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF 4-11 June WINCHESTER PLYMOUTH LOUGHBOROUGH www.ntu.ac.uk SCHOOL OF ART, 10-23 June UNIVERSITY #NTUDegreeShow UNIVERSITY OF www.plymouth.ac.uk PV 3 June, 4-12 June @NTUArtandDesign SOUTHAMPTON www.lboro.ac.uk OF PV 10 June, 11-17 June @LboroAED UNIVERSITY BRIGHTON www.southampton.ac.uk @winchesterart 10-18 June FALMOUTH 4-12 June www.staffs.ac.uk UNIVERSITY www.arts.brighton.ac.uk #StaffsUniShow 3-8 June UNIVERSITY www.falmouth.ac.uk OF CUMBRIA PV 4 June, 6-10 June THE LEEDS SCHOOL OF www.cumbria.ac.uk ART, ARCHITECTURE & @CumbriaUni DESIGN, LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 3-10 June SUFFOLK www.cagd.co.uk 5-10 June @LeedsSchoolAAD www.ctrl-art-del.co.uk SHETLAND COLLEGE UHI SCHOOL OF ART 6-17 June 3-11 June www.uhi.ac.uk www.belfastschoolofart.com @BelfastSchArt CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY PV 9 June, 10-16 June PV 3 June, 4-18 June www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk www.fineart.ncl.ac.uk @NCLdegreeshow16 THE CASS, LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY OF THE UNIVERSITY WEST OF ENGLAND, PV 9 June, 10-18 June (Art and BRISTOL Design) 4-8 June www.londonmet.ac.uk www1.uwe.ac.uk @TheCassArt 5

51 Summer Shows 2016 19th – 27th May 17th – 24th June aub.ac.uk/summershows Preparation for Higher Degree Summer Show Facebook inspiredaub Education Summer Show An opportunity to view work Twitter @inspiredaub An opportunity to view work from all degree courses on #AUBMAKERS from the Diploma in Art campus at AUB. In addition, and Design Foundation some of our degree shows exhibit Studies course. at various locations in London throughout June and July.

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BATH SPA HEREFORD COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF ARTS PV 10 June, 11-19 June 11-18 June www.artdesign.bathspa.ac.uk www.hca.ac.uk @artdesignbsu @HerefordArtsCol MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY OF SCHOOL OF ART NORTHAMPTON PV 10 June, 11-22 June 11-19 June www.art.mmu.ac.uk www.northampton.ac.uk degreesho@McrSchArt UNIVERSITY OF THE SHEFFIELD WOLVERHAMPTON INSTITUTE OF ARTS, PV 10 June, 11-24 June SHEFFIELD HALLAM www.wlv.ac.uk UNIVERSITY 11-24 June UNIVERSITY www.shu.ac.uk OF CENTRAL 7 LANCASHIRE PLYMOUTH COLLEGE PV 10 June, 11-17 June OF ART BIRMINGHAM LANCASTER INSTITUTE www.uclan.ac.uk 11-24 June SCHOOL OF ART, OF CONTEMPORARY @UCLan www.plymouthart.ac.uk BIRMINGHAM CITY ARTS, OF @plymouthart UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY SUNDERLAND 13-19 June 14-21 June CROYDON SCHOOL OF www.omniaxliv.com PV 10 June, 11-17 June www.bcu.ac.uk www.sunderland.ac.uk ART, CROYDON COLLEGE @Lancsfineart 13-17 June @margaretstreet LEEDS COLLEGE www.croydon.ac.uk NORTHUMBRIA OF ART ORKNEY UNIVERSITY 11-16 June MORAY SCHOOL OF ART COLLEGE UHI 14-24 June www.leeds-art.ac.uk 13-18 June 13-24 June www.northumbria.ac.uk @LeedsCofArt www.uhi.ac.uk www.uhi.ac.uk @NorthumbriaUni

53 ShowRCA Show Battersea Fine Art Graduate Exhibition Humanities 26 June – 3 July Material Show Kensington Architecture Communication Design Free admission 12–8pm daily (closed 1 July)

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Wimbledon College of Arts MFA Fine Art Friday 17 – Saturday 25 June MA Summer Show Postgraduate Thursday 1 – Thursday 8 September arts.ac.uk/wimbledon Summer Shows Camberwell College of Arts MA Conservation Saturday 18, Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 June MA Visual Arts Summer Show Friday 15 & Saturday 16, Monday 18 to Wednesday 20 July arts.ac.uk/camberwell Chelsea College of Arts MA Summer Show Saturday 3, Sunday 4, Monday 5 to Friday 9 September arts.ac.uk/chelsea

54 OF CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS, CREATIVE ARTS UAL, SHOW TWO 15-18, 20-23 June 22-26 June www.weston.ac.uk www.events.arts.ac.uk #UALSummerShows UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, SCHOOL OF DESIGN 23 June – 3 July 15-25 June www.royalacademy.org.uk www.design.leeds.ac.uk @UniversityLeeds ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART ARTS UNIVERSITY 26 June – 3 July (not 1 July) BOURNEMOUTH www.rca.ac.uk 16-24 June www.aub.ac.uk @inspiredAUB JULY GOLDSMITHS, THE ART ACADEMY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LONDON PV 16 June, 17-18, 20 June PV 7 July, 8-10 July www.gold.ac.uk www.artacademy.org.uk @GoldsmithsUoL @ArtAcademy

WIMBLEDON COLLEGE OF ARTS, UAL 16-25 June www.events.arts.ac.uk

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER 17-22 June www.chester.ac.uk @uochester

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CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ARTS, UAL 17-25 June www.events.arts.ac.uk #UALSummerShows

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

18-25 June 2 www.gsa.ac.uk Josefina Nelimarkka,A mark with an anchored float, MA Painting, Royal @GSofA College of Art 3 CAMBERWELL COLLEGE Trude E. Bekk, Aurora, BA (Hons) Fine Art, OF ARTS, UAL The Cass 18-25 June 4 Rebecca Tritschler, BA (Hons) Fine Art, www.events.arts.ac.uk University of Leeds 5 GRAY'S SCHOOL OF ART Aki Poon, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Oxford AND DESIGN, ROBERT Brookes University GORDON UNIVERSITY, 6 Gintare Budvytyte, Bluebeard, BA (Hons) ABERDEEN Illustration, 18-25 June 7 www.rgu.ac.uk Charlotte Hussey, Circuit City, BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Lincoln CITY & GUILDS OF 8 Julija Astasonoka, BA (Hons) Fine Art, LONDON ART SCHOOL Moray School of Art PV 22 June, 23-26 June 9 www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk Eamon Rafferty, BA (Hons) Graphic 9 Design and Illustration, Belfast School @CGArtSchool of Art

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“It was a good www.a-n.co.uk ending to it all…” Kate Morgan-Clare graduated last year with a BA (Hons) Fine Art Editor and writer: Chris Sharratt from . She recalls the positive experience ([email protected]) Advertising: Matt Roberts of the degree show and how her practice has developed since. ([email protected]) Production: Stephen Palmer Listings: Richard Taylor Publisher: Gillian Nicol Design: wearefounded.com

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1 Instagram ANartistsinfo YouTube Anartistsinfo Issuu ANartistsinfo “The degree show really helped me to mind was working at the time; I wanted have a broad mind about my work – it to try all sorts of different stuff.” Download the Issuu app for gave me the confidence to realise that I While her degree show saw her IOS or Android for best reading experience on phone or tablet. can work in a range of media.” working in a variety of media to Kate Morgan-Clare graduated in explore autobiographical ideas around a-n The Artists Information 2015 with a BA Fine Art (first class) childhood – “I produced some work in Company’s programmes are from Hereford College of Arts. Now photography and drawing and 3D print, enabled by artists who form our largest stakeholder group, combining her artistic practice with but all talking about the same subject” – since graduating she has been working contributing some £555k working part-time for both Hereford annually in subscription income, College and the Sydney Nolan Trust solely in paper. augmented by a National Portfolio in the nearby county of Powys, she “My thinking is more focused now and Organisation award from Arts has fond memories of last year’s I’m working with very thin, patterned, Council England. degree show. translucent paper,” she explains. “The work relates to childhood and to the Degree Shows Guide 2016 Bedwyr Williams / Alistair Hudson / Class of 2016 Q&As / Degree Show listings “It was a very positive experience,” + Artists on their degree shows, including: Ruth Ewan / George Barber refugee crisis.” Marianna Simnett / Jessie Brennan / Hardeep Pandhal / Catherine Bertola says Morgan-Clare, who was featured in last year’s Degree Shows Guide. As for those students graduating this “We were given lots of support by our year, Morgan-Clare believes that tutors and that really helped. We felt keeping things as open as possible – as like we’d had a chance to do everything, encouraged by her own tutors – is still including taking it in turns to invigilate. the best approach. It really felt for me that it was complete “Don’t be scared of experimentation – it was a good ending to it all.” and exploration because it’s just a great way to finish your course,” she says. Not that, with hindsight, she wouldn’t “That way, your mind is still very much change anything. “Looking back now, full of enquiry.” a-n.co.uk I would have liked to have presented fewer different responses – I think it www.katemorganclare.co.uk might have been a bit overwhelming for 1 the viewer. But that was just the way my Kate Morgan-Clare, 2016, work in pattern paper

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