BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2013

Degree Shows Guide 2013 FIRST THOUGHTS / PERSPECTIVES / PREVIEWS / LISTINGS / COLLECTING / AND FINALLY...

a-n.co.uk 2 Welcome The first ever a-n Degree Shows Guide came out in 1999; it consisted of a paragraph of editorial and 15 pages of adverts and was available free with the June edition of a-n Magazine. At that time, a-n The Artists Information Company didn’t have a website – www.a-n.co.uk came a year later. For 2013, the guide has gone online-only, available in flip book format and as a downloadable pdf. Times change, technology moves on. Some things, though, are more constant; things

01 like degree shows. While the mainstreaming of digital communication and production tools has impacted hugely on many artists’ practice – both directly and indirectly – the shape, role and format of the degree show has survived intact. Yes, there have been innovations, but new technologies aside, the degree show experience isn’t much different now to at the end of the last century. In his opening essay for this year’s guide, writer and curator Tom Morton explores what the show’s constituent parts are: ‘the degree show is an anthropological deposit,’ he writes, ‘the last record of a tribe that is about to fracture and disband.’ The ‘Perspectives’ section of the guide sees leading art world figures share their

02 033 views, both positive and negative, on this annual showcase of student work, and we talk to four of this year’s exhibitors about their work. Elsewhere, there’s a Contemporary Art Society guide to buying at degree shows, the thoughts of collector Jamie Warde-Aldam, and show previews and listings. We finish with a few light-hearted suggestions on how to get the most out of visiting a degree show, the last of which is ‘have fun’. And we hope you do –

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01 Leanne Turton, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2013.

02 Jasper Weinstein Sheffield (Northumbria University, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2013), Capability series #1, 2013, Canvas, Grass, 153cm x 127cm.

03 Maeve Brennan, Super Mechanical, 2012, film still; presented as part of the 21st Century graduate programme at Chisenhale Gallery.

04 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2012, Fine Art.

05 05 Gavin Wade, director, Eastside Projects.

3 4 Contents 07-09 FIRST THOUGHTS Six notes on what makes a degree show by writer, critic and curator Tom Morton. 11-22 PERSPECTIVES Five art professionals talk about degree shows: Toby Webster of Glasgow’s Modern Institute; Polly Staple, director, Chisenhale Gallery; Gavin Wade, Eastside Projects, Birmingham; Maria Balshaw, Manchester Art Gallery; Bob Gelsthorpe, B I T Studio, Cardiff. Plus, four students discuss their work and degree show. 25-28 PREVIEWS In partnership with University of Derby; Birmingham Institute of Art & Design; The Cass, London; Coventry School of Art & Design; 01 Falmouth University. 31-35 LISTINGS Highlights from across the UK, featuring over 60 degree shows. 37-40 COLLECTING We talk to North-East collector Jamie Warde-Aldam about collecting art; and the Contemporary Art Society provide 12 tips for buying at degree shows. 43-44 AND FINALLY... The simple things every degree show goer needs

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01 Polly Staple, director, Chisenhale Gallery. See p16.

02 Alex Dordoy, Folded, Unfolded, Sunk and Scanned No. 36, 2012, Plaster, toner, 29 x 18 x 6 cm. See p13.

03 Sebastienne Mckay, CASS, Miss Chantilly Lace, 2013. See p27.

04 Lavinia Ewan, Solent University, 2013. See p35.

05 Ali Reed, Staffordshire University, installation view, 2013. See p21.

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6 first thoughts Six notes on the degree show The degree show is an exhibition like no other, its artists selected by a college admissions panel, their work openly assessed and graded. Above all, though, it is the result of a process that always produces something interesting. By Tom Morton

Although the degree show appears, on a The appetite for giving degree shows 01 02 cosmetic level, to follow the basic format titles, or even curatorial conceits, varies of the gallery or museum exhibition, its logic from year to year and place to place, but at is very different. For a start, the participating the most basic level each one tells a version artists have been selected not by a curator, of the same story: this is what you get if X but by a college admissions panel, based on people study at Y institution at Z time. It follows that the degree show is always about portfolios of work that (if the college has done 02 its job) will bear no resemblance whatsoever to local conditions, the microclimate of the art the degree show’s contents when it finally rolls school – about how students have responded around, and all those fresh-from-Foundation- to their teachers, and to one another; about or-BA ugly ducklings are revealed, after months which unfamiliar artworks or books or feelings or years of careful nurturing, to be resplendent have, over the course of their studies, suddenly swans. When curators select an artist for an turned their worlds upside down. More than exhibition, they pretty much always have a just a public exhibition by new graduates, the broad idea of what they’re letting themselves degree show is an anthropological deposit, the in for. When an art school admits a student it is last record of a tribe that is about to fracture because there’s a possibility that the dull coal and disband. of his or her talent just might, under the right There is a myth that degree shows are 03 conditions, be pressed into a gleaming gem. where new stars are born, and whole More than most exhibitions, degree shows are 01 careers are made in the blinking of an Artist’s studio, Falmouth University. based on hope. This is not the last time in these eye, and in very rare circumstances this 02 notes that I will mention that word. myth proves itself to be true. Ignore it. For Tom Morton.

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8 “More than just a public exhibition

03 by new graduates, the degree show is an anthropological students, it’s worth remembering that many is attempting to convey the very limited deposit, the last of the artists you admire spent at least a few usefulness of awarding a work of art a ‘Pass’ years in the professional semi-wilderness or a ‘Merit’ or a ‘Distinction’ or, in the modern record of a tribe that after graduation, and that it’s then that their manner, a precise numerical score. If this is is about to fracture work acquired its true contours, and its bite. the case, surely the liar’s lie contains a truth. and disband.” For visitors to a degree show, it’s worth This is not to jettison critical judgment, or to remembering that this is not an art fair, or a forget the importance of student feedback, showcase of prize nominees, or even a survey merely to state that in a better world, art of young talent. It is a series of exhibitions schools would not be obliged to measure within an exhibition, made with one eye on the immeasurable. Happily, the importance the fulfilment of a course requirement, and the of an artist’s degree grade fades to nothing other on whatever is waiting beyond the art pretty much as soon as they leave full-time school’s doors. education. Nobody has ever been offered an exhibition on the strength of a First, or a Degree shows are not unique in featuring 04 solid 2:1. Nobody wanders around museums works of wildly varying quality, but discussing if, say, a Warhol is an 86 or an 87, they are unique in their openness about this or how Duchamp might have improved his fact. Visitors to commercial galleries and work to achieve a perfect score. museums can assume that, publically at least, an exhibition’s organiser stands firmly It is a fact that every degree show 06 behind each and every work on display. In an features works by student artists who, art school degree show this is not the case – once they’ve shrugged off their graduation the institution, here, passes a verdict on the gown, will quickly and quietly drop the whole artist, in the form of a final grade. We might art business, never to return to it again. We compare the process of participating in a might imagine a whole exhibition, a whole degree show to attending a dinner party where Biennale, comprised of these dead ends, these the host comments loudly on your blouse, or self-extinguished hopes. It would contain your regrettable table manners. Preparing my some interesting things. own MA students for their graduate exhibition, Tom Morton is curator, writer and I always marvel at their bravery, their chops. Contributing Editor for frieze magazine, While any artist who claims not to based in London. He was co-curator, with 05 remember what grade they were given Lisa Le Feuvre, of ‘British Art Show 7: for their degree show is almost certainly In the Days of the Comet’, and teaches 03 lying, a generous and not wholly implausible on the Fine Art MA / MFA at Kingston Glasgow School of Art graduates, degree interpretation of this lie is that the liar University. show, 2012.

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10 perspectives Views on show What do degree shows mean to you, what do you love about them, what would you change? From a gallerist in Glasgow representing Turner Prize- winning artists to a recent graduate in Cardiff running an artist-led space, we garner opinions across the UK – and speak to four students about their work. Interviews by Chris Sharratt

01 Ali Reed, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2013, Staffordshire University

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12 perspectives 01 Toby Webster, director, The Modern Institute. Photo: Michael Jones.

02 Toby Webster, The Modern Alex Dordoy, Caster 3D 2012, Inkjet Print, Edition of 10. 03 Nicolas Party, ‘Still Life Oil Paintings and Landscape Watercolours’, Institute, Glasgow Installation view, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, 2013.

“I love degree shows, but I don’t actually go to openings. I’m “Alex had been in some other things and bits and pieces that I’d not bothered about being first in there on something – that seen. He’s prolific in his drawing and this wasn’t really reflected doesn’t interest me.” Toby Webster – founder and director of in the degree show, but I was aware of an abundance of work, commercial gallery The Modern Institute – is smiling broadly. like a huge library of influences. And that’s what I’m interested A graduate of Glasgow School of Art’s influential Environmental in – not just the show but everything else too. It’s just about Art course, his enthusiasm for degree shows is clear. looking closer.” “They’re brilliant because they’re so random,” he says. “In a Whether Webster will get to Glasgow’s degree shows this year way, that’s what we lose everywhere else – everything is so will depend on his schedule; with the Venice Biennale and Art tight. That’s why I hate it when they invite a curator in to do a Basel around the same time, it’s a particularly busy time for the degree show – it’s so insulting for the artists involved.” gallery. But if he does, he’s likely to be the one walking around with a grin on his face. As a gallerist representing nearly 40 artists, seven of which have either won or been nominated for the Turner Prize, “Each year has its particular thing. For me, it’s always fascinating Webster’s openness to art that has yet to find its voice is hugely how you can see that – you get an idea of what’s influencing refreshing. “I find any show exciting if the artist’s trying to get people,” he says. “But you also get the person who’s just in their across something new.” own zone, doing their own thing – and that’s fantastic.” Rather than a recruiting ground for the next Martin Boyce, Cathy Wilkes or Nicolas Party, Webster takes a far more relaxed, cumulative approach. “For me, it’s a lot more subtle than seeing the degree show and then wanting to work with an “They’re brilliant because they’re so random. artist,” he explains. In a way, that’s what we lose everywhere else.” “I see things around and you build up a picture. And you see artists at openings and talk to them and quite often that’s the intriguing thing – you’ll be constantly editing and thinking, ‘Oh, that’s interesting, I must check out their work’.” The painter and sculptor Alex Dordoy is one example of this process. He graduated with a BA in Painting and Printmaking from Glasgow School of Art in 2007 and had his first solo show at The Modern Institute in 2009.

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T W E E T & T E L L ‘Overwhelming sense of pride, to see my work hanging on the white walls. It gave me a buzz and the drive to follow my dreams’ @ShaniOsman, BA Fine Art, 03 University of Chichester, 2011

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14 perspectives 01 Maria Balshaw, Manchester Art Gallery & Whitworth

“You could make degree shows a lot better,” says Maria Balshaw, “but they would probably be more boring. Even if the work is terrible, there’s always a sense of intense, frenetic energy.” Balshaw, who since 2011 has been director of both Manchester Art Gallery (MAG) and Manchester University’s Whitworth Art Gallery, is unequivocal in her support for the city’s student shows. “It wouldn’t be right for me not to see what’s emerging each year,” she says. “But I don’t go to talent spot or to select something – I just go to see what each year looks like. It’s part of the city’s art ecology, which the galleries are here to support.” With their extensive collections of fine and decorative art,

MAG and The Whitworth are galleries steeped in history. But 02 they’re also key spaces for showing contemporary art in the city, and in recent years have featured work from artists such as Marina Abramovic, Haroon Mirza and Tino Sehgal. While those names are pretty starry, Balshaw also sees the galleries as providing opportunities for early career artists. Being aware of 01 graduate work feeds into that. Josh Tyson, The Soap Factory, 2013 “We regularly show artists 02 Josh Tyson, The who may have first shown in Soap Factory, 2013 Manchester at their degree show,” she says. “It’s often M Y s h o w 18 months or five years later, Josh Tyson, University Campus Suffolk but there is a connection. Curators at MAG and The How would you describe your work? Whitworth are able to point I use a wide range of materials when creating my sculptures, to artists and say, ‘Well, I saw their degree show, then they did including metal, plastic and soap. All of the materials have been scavenged from skips, fly tips or have been donated to me. I want something at Islington Mill, then International 3 – it’s important my work to look intimidating, industrial and mechanical – as to see and follow the start of people’s careers.” though they could inflict harm on somebody. Running two busy galleries with combined annual visitor How has your work developed in your final year? figures of over half a million of course requires long-term The scale has changed – I had never thought about doing such planning and strategic decision making. Nevertheless, Balshaw grand work before, but as the meaning developed so did the scale. enthusiastically embraces the chaotic sensibilities of the It was seeded around my emotion of being overwhelmed by things degree show. around me, an emotion I wanted to inflict on other people. “I’m totally against making degree shows more structured – What are you doing for your degree show? there are precious few opportunities left for a bit of chaos. I’ve been developing a narrative called ‘The soap factory’ for the past two years, and this has led up to the degree show. The original Of course it’s unsatisfactory and there’s some rubbish as well idea of the soap factory was that it is a place where humans would as some good stuff, and it’s always too packed and not very be taken and filled with a soap solution, as a symbolic metaphor; often well displayed – but so what? There’s so much control an extreme version of ‘wash your mouth out with soap’. The work everywhere else that we ought to be able to cut very young is heavily influenced by war imagery, the stuff you don’t get shown, adults some slack.” which helps fuel the work through my frustration with the destructive human condition. It will be displayed so that it towers over you and And the rewards, says Balshaw, are worth it. “Every year, there the room will be dark with lights projected onto my sculptures. is the possibility that you’ll see something really remarkable.” Are you nervous? I am not feeling anxious or nervous; I have confidence in the work T W E E T & T E L L I produce. ‘Both BA and MA intense and exhausting, but resulted in work I feel really BA (Hons) Fine Art, University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich, 6-13 June. proud of’ @snailypie, BA Fine Art, University of Hertfordshire, Read the full interview on a-n’s Degrees Unedited site. 2008; MA, University of Brighton, 2012

15 perspectives Polly Staple, Chisenhale Gallery, London

There are some myths about degree shows that continue to “I’m always curious and so I go to degree shows – mainly endure, however much the facts don’t add up. The biggest, in London – even though I know that I’m going to see says Chisenhale Gallery director Polly Staple, is the one a lot of bad or maybe not quite developed work. Very about the big-shot collector who spots a student’s work occasionally, you might see something that stands out, and launches them on a glittering career. “It’s just complete that is interesting and surprising. I also like to see what the students are interested in, because I’m probably 20 years nonsense,” she says, “a fantasy.” older than a lot of them.” Staple, an external examiner on Goldsmiths Fine Art BA, Staple has been at Chisenhale since 2008; prior to that she remains more than a little perplexed by the willingness of was director of Frieze Projects. In 2011, she finally worked art students to embrace this particular fairy tale. with one artist who she’d admired since first spotting his “It always sends alarm bells ringing when you sit down with work nearly ten years earlier – at his degree show. a student and they’re obsessed about getting noticed by “I first met Daniel Sinsel when he was a BA student at certain commercial galleries or collectors. It’s a completely Chelsea. I saw his degree show and kind of followed his misplaced focus on the outcome of the degree show.” work. I’d always wanted to work with him, but because he was a painter there’d never been the opportunity Despite her concerns about the unrealistic expectations of when I was at Frieze. But then the opportunity came at some students, Staple describes the degree show experience Chisenhale, and that’s what often happens curatorially – as both exciting and enjoyable. you carry artists around in your head and then you find the right time to work with them.” While Chisenhale’s main gallery programme concentrates on artists at a formative stage in their practice, Staple is keen to provide opportunities and support for artists who are just starting out. Initiatives such as 21st Century – a series of evening events – have included screenings of work by recent Fine Art graduates. “The Goldsmiths BA last year was brilliant – and I’m not just saying that because I’m an external examiner,” smiles Staple. “The Slade, too, had some really great work, and when I see good work, I get excited and want to show it to more people. That’s what keeps you going as you trudge around the degree shows.”

“I’m always curious and so I go to degree shows – you might see something that is interesting and surprising.”

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M Y s h o w 01 catriona meighan, edinburgh Catriona Meighan, Untitled drawing, college of art 2013. How would you describe your work? 02 Catriona Meighan, The theme of everyday stuff – the banal and sometimes Catalogue Cutout, unseen – is explored through a mix of environments and 2013. spaces. An exploration of material is a constant endeavour and there is an emphasis on aesthetic enjoyment over subject. Materials range from traditional drawing mediums and cut-outs to things such as domestic paint, carpet, wooden structures and plastic things. How has your work developed in your final year? Working on a much larger scale in more immersive works has been a big shift. I have also been working on a much smaller scale on artist books and paper structures – while greatly different in terms of scale, they both seem quite connected. What are you doing for your degree show? The space I’ll have was chosen due to its almost enclosed nature, which means I can create an installation that will be immersive. I will combine this with a number of small- scale drawn works. What are you hopes for the show? I’d like it to be thought of as ambitious yet tangible. I hope it marks a clear point in my artistic career from which the 02 next step will take its own form. Are you nervous? I’m excited and feel prepared to present work at my final T W E E T & T E L L show – although I have really enjoyed my time at art school ‘Disappointing because we were not in the main and got a lot out of it in terms of my own development, I building so missed a lot of footfall’ feel ready for the next step. @artsandwriting, BA Fine Art, Camberwell College of Arts, 2006 BA (Hons) Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, 1-9 June. Read the full interview on a-n’s Degrees Unedited site.

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T W E E T & T E L L Gavin Wade, Eastside ‘Discovery – see your work in a new light & others interpretations of it, the chilling question ‘what’s next?’ @JoWoffinden, MA Ceramics and Projects, Birmingham Glass, Royal College of Art, 2012

Gavin Wade is not impressed. “The idea,” he says, “doesn’t M Y s h o w fill me with excitement.” It’s Jasper Weinstein Sheffield, fair to say that the degree Northumbria University show as most of us know it – How would you describe your work? lots of students, lots of work, My work considers landscape, the lots of business cards and environment and the social and political folders – is not something he’s issues that arise through these discussions. I enthralled by. have constantly been working with organic materials and I am currently creating works “I’d say that it needs to that utilise upturned canvases as bases for change format, that there isn’t cultivating small areas of green space. really any reason why degree What are you doing for your degree show? shows should be the way they I have a large space for my show as well as often are – they need to find a single piece of work in Gallery North, a completely different ways of professional gallery space in Northumbria existing.” University. I believe that a series of grass works will work well in my studio space and will While the Eastside Projects complement the canvas-based gallery piece. director concedes that, over the years, he has come across What are you hopes for your show? some interesting artists at I’d like my show to communicate my “How an artist concerns regarding the environment and how shows – most notably Mark 01 transcends the society generally reacts when confronted with Titchner, who graduated from Jasper Weinstein context of the Sheffield, its representation in an artistic context. Central St Martins in 1995, Capability series the year after Wade – he finds degree show – #1, 2012, Canvas, Do you expect to sell any of your work? Grass, 153cm x It would be interesting to see if my work their unpredictable nature that’s the interesting 127cm thing for me.” sells – the fact it is a living entity and would problematic. die quite quickly if neglected throws up “Why spend all that time and effort in making an exhibition in some questions about its value. The buyer a pretty bad context, in the hope that something comes out would have to keep the grass watered, fed of it?” he says. “I think it’s much better to be strategic. So, my and in an adequate location – not necessarily something that is considered when buying a question would be: How can degree shows target things to piece of contemporary art! learn from and make connections from, rather than just hoping for some random connection.” Are you nervous? On the whole, I think I’m still just focused on Although Wade has himself been invited to work with students in the exciting, positive side of presenting the the past – most notably an MA show in Bergen, Norway – he isn’t, work – I’m sure the stress and pressure will he says, advocating curated degree shows as an antidote to the follow along soon though. usual model of separate spaces presenting unconnected work. BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), “It’s not about hiring in a curator. What it needs is for the Northumbria University, Squires students over a period of time to individually locate a Building, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, 19-29 June. situation in which their work is experienced. The term ‘degree show’ tends towards the opposite of that – a homogenized, Read the full interview on a-n’s randomized situation in which to present your work. To me, Degrees Unedited site. that goes against the idea of what producing art is about.” As you might expect, Wade hasn’t made space in his diary for any degree shows this year – “I don’t plan to go to any, although usually over a year I may get to one,” he says. That doesn’t mean he’s disinterested in what art students are doing, though, and Eastside’s associates scheme, Extra Special People, is in fact part funded by Birmingham City University. “I always advise students to treat the degree show as a fleeting moment that’s just a tiny step towards bigger ambitions,” he says. “Secretly, though, you do want someone to prove you wrong, to just turn that around and make it something special. How an artist transcends the context of the degree show – 01 that’s the interesting thing for me, as it very rarely happens.”

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20 01 Ali Reed, Malevich Wall Drawing, 2013.

02 Ali Reed, Untitled, 2013.

03 Ali Reed, Untitled, 2013.

04 Ali Reed, Untitled, 2013.

T W E E T & T E L L ‘Pride terror delight - MA interim show, next step towards main event this Sept’ @cadi_f, CCW Graduate School, 2013

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M Y s h o w Ali Reed, Staffordshire University How would you describe your work? My work is installation-based, focusing largely on architecture. Paintings by Kazimir Malevich, the city plans of Le Corbusier and local buildings from aerial maps are some of the sources I extract shapes from. I use the perimeters of these shapes to 04 create elements of distortion. By using the architecture of the gallery I draw the shapes onto the walls, around corners and onto floors using a projector. My focus is almost entirely on the shape and how far I can explore it. How has your work developed in your final year? I’ve recently developed my work from discovering shapes within Modernism and exploring them, to using the shape of the building in which the particular work is situated. Due to this my practice has progressed rather suddenly into a more site-specific realm. I am currently working with the shapes within the studio space at university. What are you doing for your degree show? Using the shape of the studios will be my main focus; the building is also where the degree show will take place. On the exterior of the building I plan to draw its perimeter as viewed from Google maps. Inside the gallery I will construct several large stacks of card and wood, which will contain the individual shapes of the university campus. Are you nervous? I am, as my ideas are much more ambitious than my previous works. I’m also very excited. BA (Hons) Fine Art, Staffordshire University, Henrion Building, Henrion Gallery, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, 7-15 June. Read the full interview on a-n’s Degrees Unedited site.

21 perspectives Bob Gelsthorpe, 2012 graduate, Cardiff

This time last year, Fine Art (Painting) graduate Bob Gelsthorpe was talking to a-n 01 about his forthcoming degree show. Twelve months on and he’s one of three 2012 graduates behind the artist-led B I T collective, which in January of this year opened a studio space in Cardiff’s Broadway area. “When I left uni, there wasn’t really much support, it was just like, OK, off you go, go for it,” he recalls. “I was quite disappointed with that, which is partly why we started B I T. The networks in Cardiff are really great, but we wanted something that was specifically graduate focused.” As is often the case, since leaving art school Gelsthorpe has had to reassess his own work, in particular its scale – his degree show featured a series of large paintings. “I’m now making much smaller, quieter works,” he says. 02 “I’m also working more in video and I’ve been on a performance art course at Chapter Arts Centre, which has been good for just getting on and getting work done.” Gelsthorpe looks back on his own degree show as a largely positive experience. “At that time I was starting to experiment with a lot of new ideas and so it gave me a platform to try things out in preparation for life after college, which was great.” He will, he says, be taking a look at the work of this year’s Cardiff graduates, too. “I’m really excited to see what some of the artists will be doing – there are some really good people this year.” With his own experiences still fresh in his mind, he also has some advice for other 03 04 degree show visitors. “The most important thing is to go with a really open mind. “The most important thing is to go Degree shows are this very peculiar thing 01 where you’ve got hundreds of works with no Bob Gelsthorpe, Ynyslas, 2013, digital with a really open mind – and say connection at all, and so you just need to be photograph. ‘Well done’ to the students.” aware of that and get involved in the work. 02 Bob Gelsthorpe, Flutter, 2012, chalk T W E E T & T E L L “Most importantly, talk to the artists and ask and gloss on board. 03 ‘It was a surreal time in my life that has seen my work them about the work. And don’t forget to tell Bob Gelsthorpe, Deadends, 2012, performance. bloom into what I do today’ them all: ‘Well done, it’s all worth it’. Because 04 @TimNeath, BA Fine Art, it does mean a lot!” Bob Gelsthorpe, Deadends, 2012, performance. Sheffield Hallam, 2012

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24 advertorial Previews a-n in partnership with: University of Derby; Birmingham Institute of Art and Design; The Cass, London; Coventry University; Falmouth University.

Falmouth University Art & Illustration Degree Shows All are welcome to the Art & Illustration shows at the Falmouth Campus from 15-19 June – a platform for around 200 undergraduate students from BA (Hons) Fine Art and BA (Hons) Illustration to showcase their final work after three or more years of study. Visitors to the exhibitions will experience a vast range of exploratory work within a number of mediums. These include drawing, painting, sculpture, time-based media, installation, photography, children’s book writing and illustration, including scientific or specialised subject matter illustration. Web page, multimedia image creation and animated film character development also features. Work by Fine Art students who will have been shortlisted from their Degree Show for the prestigious Midas Award exhibition this autumn – a collaboration between sponsors Midas Construction and partners Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange and Millennium Gallery, St Ives – can also be viewed. Throughout their studies, students are encouraged to become artists and designers in 02 their own right, producing distinctive practices in preparation for postgraduate education or working in the creative industries. A fresh, forward-thinking and entrepreneurial spirit is woven through the courses and will be evident in these final year shows. 15-19 June, 10am – 5pm, Falmouth Campus, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4RH. www.falmouth.ac.uk/festival New Blood (D&AD) and New Designers A selection of BA (Hons) Illustration work from the Degree Show will be presented in 01 Rosanna Catterall, London in early July at New Blood (D&AD) and New Designers, two important annual Fine Art Degree London based exhibitions. Show, 2012 02 Falmouth Fine Art in London Pippa Young, A number of BA (Hons) Fine Art students will have their Degree Show work selected Illustration Degree by artist Jesse Leroy Smith and independent art critic and curator Sacha Craddock, for Show, 2012 a three-day exhibition in London. The public are welcome to attend from 28-30 June at 03 The Dye House, Nutbrook Studios, 33 Nutbrook Street, London SE15 4JU. Sam Brooks, 03 Illustration Degree Show, 2012

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The Big Show – University of Derby for their placements, working in Beverly Hills and Bel Air. Katie, who lived near Venice Beach, The University of Derby’s Degree Show 2013 presents worked on designs for the Beverly Hills Reeves a showcase of work from the talented students from the Hotel, a new outlet for organic frozen yoghurt Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology. makers sno:la, and two multimillion dollar private Exhibition of work, 1–11 June homes. ‘The placement in LA was hard work, also Markeaton Street is the vibrant home to the a lot of fun,” she says. “I got to work on some really faculty, and hosts exhibits by students from degrees interesting projects.’ 02 including: Graphic Design, Fashion, Textiles, Exciting opportunities Illustration, Photography, Animation, Architecture As well as showcasing their work at the Degree and Product Design. Work by Fine Art students Show, students are given every possible opportunity will be on display a short stroll away at the recently to get themselves noticed through competitions, refurbished Britannia Mill – a beautiful building that includes brand new artists’ studios. exhibitions and festivals. Product Design students represent the University at New Designers in Fashion Show: 5 June, 1.30pm and 7.30pm London – a shop window for the UK’s best A catwalk show of original graduate collections is graduating design talent, with over 2000 graduates being held at the University’s own Derby Theatre, exhibiting from universities all over the UK. where guests can see the designers of tomorrow in the comfort of the plush auditorium. In a first for this year, Fashion students take their collections to London’s the fashion show will also be streamed live online. Graduate Fashion Week, and some have also had great success in prestigious industry competitions Music Showcase: 7 June – Jacqui Luker won the Best Student Designer Bands made up of students from our Popular Music category at the Bridal Buyer Awards 2013, and courses will perform original music on the main Courtney Blades was a finalist in the Alfa Romeo stage of the Derby Theatre, with staging by Sound, Young Designer of the Year awards. Light and Live Event Technology students. Support for the future Film Premiere Evening: 10 June 01 The University offers continuing support for Arts, Film and Video graduates will be showing their short Fine Art Degree Show, 2012 Design and Technology students through its films on the big screen at QUAD – Derby’s centre for 02 incubation hubs. film, media and the arts. A must for film buffs. Fashion Degree Show, 2012 Banks Mill is the business incubation unit for the Real world learning creative industries, providing business support Employability is at the heart of the University of workshops and seminars, as well as studio Derby’s teaching. Accredited courses and valuable links with industry offer fantastic opportunities for workspaces. A bi-annual Open Studios event students. Many subjects include live projects with gives tenants the opportunity to showcase their briefs that have been set by leading companies, work. Resident businesses include photographers, giving students vital practical experience. graphic designers and illustrators, creating a vibrant community of artists, designers and makers. “I’m really enjoying working on live projects with clients,” says Graphic Design student Laura Taylor. The iD Centre is the University’s technology “I was attracted to the course because of its strong hub. With subsidised rent, business support and links with industry and the fact that all the tutors are sponsored events, it houses a diverse range of practitioners themselves.” companies including an Internet marketing company, an engineering consultancy and Derby has a fantastic industrial and cultural heritage an IT solutions company. that makes it the perfect backdrop to studying arts, design and technology subjects. Students gain Find out more essential experience on work placements as part For more details about The Big Show, of many of the courses, putting them ahead of the visit www.derby.ac.uk/bigshow competition in the graduate job market. You can also keep up to date via Twitter BSc (Hons) Architectural Venue Design students @DerbyUniADT and Facebook Katie Ellis and Sarah Downes went to Los Angeles www.facebook.com/DerbyUniArts

26 The Cass School of Art Summer Show The Cass Summer Show will see Aldgate studios opposite the Whitechapel Art Gallery transformed into a busy exhibition and performance space for two weeks. The exhibition will showcase work from over 90 graduating Fine Art students who have been studying within the school’s innovative thematic ‘studios’. The studio system supports students to develop their own practice in a studio group where shared themes become a focus for discussion, field trips, screenings, seminars and live projects. The merger in August 2012 of the former Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design with the award-winning Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Design, to form The Cass, has brought a lot of positive developments and opportunities. The Cass is now going through a period of investment and change with bespoke new studio spaces specially designed for Fine Art by Cass’ own Architecture Research Unit. The scheme includes flexible project spaces, lecture/ screening halls and seminar rooms due for completion in September 2013, and a new ground floor gallery for January 2014. Tamiko O’Brien, who joined The Cass in January 2013 as Associate Dean and Head of School of Art from Camberwell College of Arts, said: “The Cass Summer Show promises to be a lively and eclectic mix of thought provoking and visually powerful work. The Cass benefits from a highly active and diverse group of students and some exceptional artist-tutors, leading to a dynamic and exciting studio 01 culture. Cass’s own Patrick Brill (aka artist Bob and Roberta Smith) has referred to the new Cass faculty as the ‘Aldgate Bauhaus’, and 01 even before our redesigned building has been completed there is Tor Simen Ulstein, a vibrancy, sense of possibility and an openness to dialogue and The last smoke before dawn collaboration that is hugely refreshing.” The Cass Summer Show opens with a private view on the 13 June, then runs from 14-22 June at Central House, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7PF. An online catalogue will be available at www.thecass.com

Coventry School of Art and Design Degree Show Coventry School of Art and Design kickstarted its annual Degree Show with a game of human pinball. A giant inflatable pinball formed part of a special performance by all-female roller derby team, the Coventry City Derby Dolls, which took place in the city centre The pinball theme is inspired by the energy, movement, colour, skill and playfulness that the School enjoys and embraces. A pinball game app has been created to celebrate the launch of the Degree Show and is available to download from the App Store (CU pinball). Next generation The Degree Show showcases the original work of the next generation of creative talent and began with a performing arts festival on 25 April. Final year undergraduate students of visual arts, design, fashion, media production and photography will be showcasing their work to the public on the Coventry campus and at selected venues in London from 30 May. With roots tracing back to 1843 and the establishment of the then Coventry College of Design, the School is celebrating its 170th anniversary. The show is a timely reminder of the economic, social and cultural contribution that graduates can make to the creative industries, commerce, the arts and wider society. Visitors from across UK

The annual Degree Show attracts visitors from across the UK. This year, an extensive 02 exhibition of original work by students in Design and Visual Arts, Media and Industrial Design is on show in Coventry from 1-6 June. Art, Design and Photography students will also exhibit in London at Free Range Art Week (28 June-1 July) and Fashion students are showing their collections during Fashion Week (30 May-3 June), including a catwalk show at The Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane on 02 31 May. The Coventry City Derby Girls, launching Coventry’s Degree Coventry School of Art and Design Degree Show takes place from 1-6 June. Show with a game of Visit www.covdegreeshow.org.uk for full details. human pinball

27 Birmingham Institute of Art and Design Graduate Shows Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) at where visual communication is king. This year’s Birmingham City University is hosting its Graduate graduates are saying it through photography, Shows 2013 across Birmingham from June 10-16. illustration, graphic design, theatre and performance event design, and animation and the moving image. Art Three distinct shows showcasing final-year 10-15 June, School of Visual Communication, BIAD, undergraduate fine art, visual art and design, and Gosta Green, Corporation Street/Aston Road, foundation art and design work. Painting, drawing, Birmingham printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, moving image and photography will all feature in these incredibly Architecture/Landscape Architecture diverse shows. Showcasing both undergraduate and postgraduate work, the Architecture Graduate Show ranges from 11-16 June, Fine Art, School of Art, BIAD, Margaret the reassuringly responsible to the outrageously Street, Birmingham; dreamy. While new landscapes and new buildings Foundation Diploma Art and Design, School of Art are proposed, students are encouraged to keep Maple Road, Bournville, Birmingham; sustainability, retro-fit solutions and urbanicity in mind. BA (Hons) Art and Design, School of Art, Waterhall, 10-15 June, Birmingham School of Architecture, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham BIAD, Gosta Green, Corporation St,/Aston Road, Birmingham Fashion, Textiles ,Three-Dimensional Design Harnessing everything from paper and fabric to Jewellery plastics, metals and non-traditional materials, this The diversity of the Jewellery Graduate show show is a fascinating tour through product design, combines sophisticated forms inspired by nature with textiles, fashion design and retail, and interior design. electronic technology. This definitive exhibition is in the heart of Birmingham’s famous Jewellery Quarter. 10-15 June, School of Fashion, BIAD, Textiles and Three-Dimensional Design, Gosta Green, 10-15 June, School of Jewellery, BIAD, Vittoria Corporation Street/Aston Road, Birmingham Street, Birmingham School of Visual Communication BIAD Graduate Shows 2013 take place Flickr, YouTube, camera phones, branding, televised from 10-16. For full information visit 01 debates... everything around us points to a world www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/graduateshows2013

01 Amanda Trimmer, BA (Hons) Jewellery Design

02 Gemma Marsh, BA (Hons) Art and Design

03 Jonathon Mantle, BA (Hons) Art and Design

04 04 Chris Williams, MArch

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30 listings Show highlights There are around 150 BA degree shows happening the length and breadth of the UK throughout May and June. You won’t find all of them listed here, but we hope this geographically diverse selection provides a snapshot of some of the highlights, big and small. The dates listed start from when the shows are open to the public – most will have a preview/private view the evening before.

01 Ella Wearing, BA (Hons) Painting and Printmaking, Glasgow School of Art, Degree Show 2012.

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01 Amber Hoge, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Solent University, 2013.

02 Stephen Barry, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Staffordshire University, 2013.

M A Y Central Saint Martins Oxford Brookes 24-29 May & 18-23 June University www.csm.arts.ac.uk 11-17 May www.bacubed.tumblr.com Liverpool John Moores 24-7 June University of South www.ljmu.ac.uk/LSA Wales, Newport T W E E T & T E L L 11 May - 21 June Coleg Sir Gar ‘Such a heightened sense of achievement www.southwales.ac.uk/ (Carmarthenshire for us emerging visual artists. success is an understatement :)’ gradfest2013 College) 25, 29-31 May, 3-7 June @MarissaLico, BA Visual Arts, 02 Australian National University, 2011 University of Bolton www.colegsirgar.ac.uk 16-24 May www.bolton.ac.uk University Centre Folkestone / J U N E University of Lincoln 1-14 June Slade School Canterbury Christ Coventry University lincolndegreeshows.co.uk of Fine Art Church University 1-6 June 25 May - 6 June 17-23 May www.coventry.ac.uk Blackpool and The www.degreeshow2013.eu www.ucl.ac.uk/slade Fylde College University of 3-7 and 13-20 June York St John University University of Kent Wolverhampton (at Cube, Manchester) 17 May - 1 June 26 May - 1 June 1-7 June www.blackpool.ac.uk www.yorksj.ac.uk/create ww.joiningthedocks.co.uk www.wlv.ac.uk/degreeshow University of Cumbria, DJCAD, University Newcastle University Edinburgh College Carlisle of Dundee 31 May - 14 June of Art 5-12 June (not 9) 18-26 May www.ncl.ac.uk 1-9 June www.cumbria.ac.uk/theexhibition www.ed.ac.uk www.dundee.ac.uk/degreeshow Nottingham Trent University of University of Derby University of University Hertfordshire, School 1-11 June Chichester 31 May - 8 June of Creative Arts www.derby.ac.uk/bigshow 6-11 June 18-26 May www.ntu.ac.uk/art go.herts.ac.uk/ac www.chiuni.ac.uk/fineart Wales School of Art University of & Design, Glyndwr University Campus Gloucestershire University of University, Wrexham Suffolk, Ipswich Worcester 31 May - 7 June 1-11 June 7-19 June 23-28 May (not 27) www.glos.ac.uk www.nwsad.co.uk www.ucs.ac.uk www.worcesterdegreeshows.com University of University of Cambridge School of Art, Solihull College East London Brighton Anglia Ruskin University 24 May, 3-5 June 31 May - 2 June 1-12 June 7 -14 June www.solihull.ac.uk www.uelfineart2013.com arts.brighton.ac.uk www.cambridgeschoolofart.com

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34 listings T W E E T & T E L L ‘My degree show was a challenge – I did a performance piece, ‘Incubator’, included me in curled position in a tallboy cupboard’ @KathyDaSilva2, BA Fine Art, Middlesex University

01 Sebastian Spence, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, 2013.

02 Lavinia Ewan, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Solent University, 2013.

Coleg Menai, Bangor University Centre 14-26 June Croydon www.menai.ac.uk 17-21 June www.croydon.ac.uk Southampton Solent

02 University Chelsea College 15-20 June of Art and Design www.solent.ac.uk 17-22 June Cardiff School K College www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk of Art & Design 10-14 June Falmouth University 8-14 June www.kcollege.ac.uk 15-19 June Moray School of Art, cardiff-school-of-art-and- www.falmouth.ac.uk/festival Elgin design.org Birmingham Institute 17-22 June of Art and Design (BIAD) Manchester School of www.moray.uhi.ac.uk Bath Spa University 10-16 June Art 8-16 June www.bcu.ac.uk/biad/ 15-19 June Lancaster University www.bathspa.ac.uk graduateshows2013 www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/ 18-26 June degreeshow northbywest.co.uk Sheffield Hallam Leeds College of Art University Hereford College of Camberwell College of 14-20 June 8-21 June Arts Arts www.leeds-art.ac.uk www.shu.ac.uk/creativespark 15-19 June 19-22 June www.hca.ac.uk camberwell.arts.ac.uk University of the West Goldsmiths, London of England, Bristol 14-17 June University of Northumbria 8-13 June www.gold.ac.uk/degree-shows Huddersfield University www.uwe.ac.uk/degreeshow 15-21 June 19-29 June The Cass, London www.hud.ac.uk www.northumbria.ac.uk Bucks New University, 14-22 June High Wycombe www.thecass.com Grays School of Art, Royal College of Art 8-13 June Aberdeen 20-30 June (not 28) bucks.ac.uk/eyes University of Central 15-22 June www.rca.ac.uk/show2013 Lancashire, Preston www.rgu.ac.uk/degreeshow Glasgow School of Art 14-21 June University of Chester 8-15 June www.uclan.ac.uk Plymouth University 21-26 June www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2013 15-26 June www.chester.ac.uk/art-design www.plymouth.ac.uk/ University of STAFFORDSHIRE artsdegreeshow City & Guilds of London Sunderland UNIVERSITY, Art School STOKE-ON-TRENT 14-21 June Kingston University 26-30 June 8-15 June www.sunderland.ac.uk/ 16-21 June www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk www.staffs.ac.uk/degreeshow degreeshow www.kingston.ac.uk Norwich University of Belfast School of Art Wimbledon College of Art University of Leeds the Arts 8-15 June 14-22 June 17-21 June 26 June-2 July www.belfastschoolofart.com wimbledon.arts.ac.uk play.leeds.ac.uk www.nua.ac.uk/degreeshows2013

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36 collecting Collecting art: “I just follow my nose” Jamie Warde-Aldam has been buying contemporary art for nearly 20 years. His collection includes the work of many international artists – and one rather unwieldy piece he bought at a degree show. By Chris Sharratt

“I suppose a lot of collectors have an investment head on,” says Jamie Warde- Aldam. “I don’t. If someone makes a beautiful or interesting thing, that’s enough for me.” The last piece bought at a degree show by Warde-Aldam – writer, co-owner of the Healey estate in Northumberland, and editor of local parish magazine, The Hotspur – fulfils both those criteria. “It’s by a Dutch artist called Anna Cronin. I bought it at the Slade in 2009. It’s a piece that does present particular problems for a collector, in that it’s a 16 foot long computer- generated drawing. It is an intriguing, extraordinary object, although a bit difficult to get out – it’s currently rolled up in a box.” The piece clearly struck a chord with Warde- Aldam. “I’d never seen any of her work before. It hung from the wall and then went on the 02 03 floor, and it gave the room she was showing in this air of incredible delicacy and preciousness. Everybody was tip-toeing over it.” In addition to collecting, his voluntary role “If someone makes a Warde-Aldam began collecting contemporary as editor of the local parish magazine also beautiful or interesting work in the late 1990s. “I used to collect involves the work of contemporary artists, thing, that’s enough Victorian art, although at a very low level. in the form of multiples published with its for me.” But the Year of the Artist initiative in 1996, 250-300 print run. Since he took over the set up by Alan Haydon who was head of reins in 2005, he’s published work by Leo Northern Arts at the time, made me do a kind Fitzmaurice, Catherine Bertola, Matt Stokes of Exorcist head swivel. I really got it and I and many others. wanted to expose myself to what other people “The magazine usually comes out a couple of sometimes call difficult art – stuff that puts times a year. It was initially meant to be four you on the spot.” times a year, but no-one gets paid for anything; Since then, his collection of contemporary art if you’re expecting people to do something for love you have to be prepared to wait.” 01 has grown to include work by Mark Wallinger, Simon Cutts, Transhumance, part of Jamie Mike Nelson, Richard Wilson, Graham And the work of the Slade graduate he was so Warde-Aldam’s collection. 02 Dolphin, Dan Holdsworth, Callum Innes and impressed by? “Unfortunately, I haven’t been A detail from work by the Dutch artist Anna Cronin. many more. “I don’t collect a particular type able to get hold of her since buying the piece,” 03 of work,” he says. “I just follow my nose.” says Warde-Aldam. “I have tried.” Jamie Warde-Aldam.

37 Collecting 12 tips on buying from degree shows Interested in buying some work from this year’s degree shows but not sure where to start? The Contemporary Art Society offers some advice. By Mark Doyle and Rebecca Morrill.

01 Leanne Turton, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design.

02 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2012, Fine Art.

T W E E T & T E L L ‘Wish I had just done the work I wanted to do, and not what my personal tutor told me to do.’ @HelenDryden, Leeds Metropolitan University, Graphic Design, 2000

Before you go to the degree show, do some research. Find 01 out if the art school or university has a good reputation – as with any other discipline, students on the most internationally renowned courses have already passed a rigorous selection process just to get in. Does the course have a track record of producing talented artists? Have any ex-students achieved wider success within the mainstream art world? 03 Find out who is teaching at the art school/university. Are 02 they respected and successful artists in their own right? Do they specialise in the particular art forms you like, Ask to be added to Fine Art department mailing lists. 04 for example painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, Students often organise interim shows or fundraising performance or drawing? auctions at earlier points in their courses, which will enable you to identify whose work interests you early on. Seek the views of art world professionals such as 03 commercial dealers, curators, artists and critics. Which Identify yourself to students and tutors as someone who 05 universities do they rate? The endorsement of these individuals will is interested in buying and ask to be invited to their play a pivotal role in an artist’s career success after they graduate. preview or VIP evening and to be sent a catalogue.

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01 Oliver Knowles, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Solent University, 2013.

02 Glasgow School of Art, Degree Show, 2012, Fine Art.

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02 ‘culmination : dissolution - prosperity : bewilderment’ @DanielPSlater28s, BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, 2011

If possible, talk to the tutors and ask which students they Deciding how to price an artwork is often very difficult for 06 10 think are the most promising, are continuing on to MA students as they balance the time invested in making courses, or have already made plans to continue their practice work with the desire to actually sell it. Don’t be put off if they by organising studios or residencies. haven’t yet decided how much to sell a work for, and allow them the time to seek advice on this. Decide in advance not only what your budget is, 07 Don’t worry if the price seems too high – this may be but where the work is going to be displayed in your 11 home. These practical factors will determine the scale, inexperience or wishful thinking. Graduates who are media and placement (floor or wall-based) of works serious about being an artist would generally rather see their you consider. work in someone’s collection than languishing unsold. But don’t pressure the artist into selling for less than they are When visiting degree shows, allow time to look round all 08 comfortable with, either. If you haven’t got the budget for the work and make a note of artists who particularly the work you’ve seen, ask to see other works, or consider interest you and why. See if someone who knows the place commissioning a new piece to match your budget. well can take you around. Always make sure you buy something because you love it 12 Remember, you can register an interest in work without and are happy to live with it. 09 committing to a sale. Say you are excited by the work, but Contemporary Art Society North would like a second look. This will enable you to talk again to Mark Doyle and Rebecca Morrill run a membership scheme for the artist and get a deeper sense of their influences, creative individuals in the North and welcome anyone with an interest process, future plans, and approaches by other collectors, or in contemporary art and collecting to join and participate in the even dealers or curators. Meeting the artist will also give you exclusive members’ events programme of artist studio visits, the chance to talk about your art interests or the other works curator-led exhibition tours, and opportunities to meet with in your collection, and establish yourself as a serious art other collectors. For more information, or to join, visit enthusiast or collector. www.contemporaryartsociety.org/north

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London office Advertising, Editorial Unit 16, Toynbee Ttudios An open mind. Degree shows are generally 28 Commercial Street, full of artists with passion, potential, London E1 6AB possibilities; well-formed, finished ideas often come later. Bear this in mind, be open to what a-n The Artists Information might have been and what may come later. Company’s programmes are enabled by artists who form Don’t be cynical. our largest stakeholder group, A generous word. This is a tough, emotional contributing some £500K time for students. They are at the end and annually in subscription income, augmented by a National Portfolio at the beginning. At times like these, words 01 Organisation award from Arts of encouragement go down well. Better still, Glasgow School of Art, Degree Show 2012. Council England. write something nice in their comment book. 02 Coventry School of Art, Degree Show 2012. Yes, there will be comment books. Your notebook and pen. For writing those nice comments (and making notes about the work you like, too). A Bic and a pad from the Staples basics range really won’t do, Twitter for mobile. To share those great though. Faber Castell and Moleskine? photos you’ve just taken. The show will Now we’re talking. probably have a Twitter hashtag – it would be rude not to use it. A canvas Tote bag. Perfect for all those Cover image by Catriona Meighan, BA (Hons) business cards, artist’s statements and other Complimentary bottle of beer. Sorry, we Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art, 2013. paraphernalia. One bearing the logo of should have said earlier. They’re over there, an international biennial or art fair would surrounded by that impenetrable mass of do nicely. thirsty art lovers. (Please note: this advice is for preview attendees only. Drinking alcohol Smart phone, fully charged. Taking photos outside such times is generally discouraged.) in many galleries is still frowned upon, but at degree shows it’s positively encouraged. Snap Fun. By which we mean, don’t forget to have away, but be careful with that flash. some. Even if the free beer has run out.

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