Latest News : 2008-9
The competition is a review of drawing in the recent years, aimed at the broadest perspective of creative attitudes and tendencies, the best of artistic achievements and experiments in this field.
Organizers of the competition ask the artists a fundamental question, a question about trusting rudimentary artistic activities and about the place of drawing in their own artistic practice. At this point, the variety of mature, autonomic works of art constitute their greatest value and it is the best proof of drawing vitality. This is a gesture, which from the chaos of experience and signs, obtains what is important. A gesture from which the arrangement of the world begins.
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Both exhibitions sponsored by UWE and ACiD
John France Downloadable Radio Interview Podcasts
| On November 17th, 2008 ACiD's John
France was interviewed at length by Radio
Thornbury FM's 'Culture Vulture', Tony
Billingham, about the nature of drawing
specifically and it's larger effects on the wider world of art in
general. This interview is now available as a series of four podcasts whih can be either downloaded or played by accessing the links below. We would like to express our thanks to Radio Thornbury FM for allowing us to edit these recordings and make them available via this site. John France Interview Part I John France Interview Part II John France Interview Part III John France Interview Part IV |
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ACiD members feature in Barcelona Exhibition
ACiD members Professor paul Gough and John France are to feature in an international exhibition at the Galleria Safia in Barcelona in March 2009. The two artists will be showing two pieces of recent work each, which can be previewed below.
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John France 'The Girl from the Roof' 2008 mixed media on card |
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Paul Gough 'Shelter series: no 3' 2007-08 50 cm x 76 cm chalk and crayon on paper |
Paul Gough 'Lone Tree' 2006 51 cm x 76cm chalk and crayon on paper |
The Safia gallery opened in 1991 with the objective of supporting and spreading knowledge of contemprary art, artists and prcatice to all sections of the public. They support both projects by young and new artists as well as those by established, recognised artists.
To find out more, cvist the website at : http://www.galeriasafia.com/safia_eng.php
| Drawing Centre Staff appointed selectors
for major exhibition. The Selectors for the next School of Creative Arts Drawing Prize at the 156th Royal West of England Autumn Exhibition will be Dawn Mason and John France . Dawn Mason is currently Programme Co-Ordinator for UWE Bristol’s Drawing and Applied Arts Course based at Bower Ashton . Dawn is a Senior member of the ETC Research Group and is a practising Textile and Applied Arts Designer . John France is Senior Lecturer in Drawing at UWE Bristol and Director of the Advance Centre in Drawing ( ACiD ). He has exhibitedly widely throughout the UK, Europe, India, America and Japan. The exhibition will feature artists works submitted from all over the world, and is one of the highpoints of the Artistic calendar. For more information about the 156th Royal West of England Autumn Exhibition, visit the website. |
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Europe + Asia = Drawing
Four European Artists and Four Asian Artists will be exhibiting work at the Safi Gallery, Barcelona during March 2009 and Vyomart Gallery, Jaipur, India throughout September 2009 with a further venue to be confirmed in Tokyo, Japan during 2010.
The Artists included are Crespo, France, Fujiwara, Gough, Joshi, Kurimazawa, Soler and Upadhyay. Both Professor Paul Gough and John France are membersof ACiD.
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