FORUM - Test Something

Thursday 26 September 2013: 6.30pm
First Space, Chapter, Cardiff CF5 1QE

For this month’s event Forum will become a lab for new ideas; artist Matthew Britton will be testing out his ideas for a micro curatorial platform for showing web-based works. If you have any, please bring your mobile devices - smart phone, iPad/tablet.

OPPORTUNITY

Are you an early career or graduate lens-based artist/photographer living, working or studying in Wales?

At Ffotogallery, we're making plans for a second Wish You Were Here season in Summer 2014 and would love to see your work!

For more details click here to see our opportunities page

Kickplate Gallery’s current exhibition, "Collaborators"

Dafydd and Zosia has successfully received its ‘kickstarter’ funding to sustain their innovative Kickplate gallery and feature the current exhibition of collaborative works from international artists. The work shows a broad variety of styles and techniques from film swaps to Kaleidoscopes that complement each other through their use of colour and universal themes shown from disparate political and cultural perspectives: http://thekickplateproject.blogspot.co.uk/

‘“collaborators” is the third event organised by the *kickplate* project, an initiative to bring high-quality international art to people who are not the target audience of art.’ 

 – The Kickplate project

The exhibition is open from 17 September - 8 October in Abertillery, Wales.

Pictures from August's Art Prizes FORUM

Here's what we got upto at last month's FORUM. Thanks to all the speakers and audience for some great discussions. 

September FORUM | Test Something

Thursday 26th September / 6.30pm / Free

At Chapter

This month we are inviting artists to test, experiment and try out ideas; a chance for people to talk and physically test different ideas in their practice. Anyone wishing to use the evening to try out an intervention / performance / idea is welcome to get in touch!

The*kickplate*project: a Kickstarter fundraising campaign

The*kickplate*project, an initiative to bring international art to people and communities who are not considered the target audience of art galleries, has launched a project on Kickstarter, a crowd-funding page, to raise funds for its small non-profit gallery in a Valley’s town, Abertillery, and help organise its third international photo exhibition in September.

Their Kickstarter page can be found here.

For more information, go to the*kickplate*project’s blog, their Facebook page or contact them on Twitter.

Any help and sharing the news about the project will be very much appreciated.

August FORUM - Art Prizes

6.30pm at g39, Oxford St, Cardiff CF24 3DT

For this month's Forum we will be discussing Art Prizes, and will be hearing from artists and selectors. This theme ties in with the current exhibition at g39, the John Gingell Award. 

John Gingell (1935-2007) was a pioneering and passionate artist and arts educator. In accordance with John’s wishes, the Gingell family and g39 developed an award that continued John’s legacy and work as a passionate advocate of art education, by supporting the career development of two artists selected via an open submission process. The family invited g39 to offer curatorial and critical support to Toby Huddlestone and Alan Goulbourne, the recipients of the award, with the intention to significantly develop their practices. The are presenting their resulting bodies of work together for the first time as two exhibitions in g39.