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For Immediate Release

Posted: 17/03/15 09:48 | 7 Comments

So, you’ve made the work, booked the venue, ordered drinks for the opening. Now you have to let people know there’s something to see

Installation

Posted: 11/03/15 03:11 | 3 Comments

So you’ve secured a place to show some work. How might you go about installing and displaying it? Bryan offers some advice.

Writing Proposals

Posted: 04/03/15 03:38 | 0 Comments

Bryan on getting your work seen…

Creative Routine

Posted: 28/01/15 09:13 | 5 Comments

Is it important to have a routine to be creative? What might such a thing look like?

Sarah Youseman

Posted: 08/01/15 09:34 | 3 Comments

Keen followers of the WeAreOCA blog may remember a post about Drawing 2 student Sarah Youseman’s Parallel Project. When that was posted, Sarah was beginning her Drawing 2 course. She has now finished and the Parallel Project culminated not in a traditional painting or static image, but in a film of her making a painting.

'Art is difficult, it's not entertainment.'

Posted: 30/10/14 09:07 | 4 Comments

Art often requires something, if only our curiosity and some reflection, to work effectively and there is no shame in feeling that you should have done some homework. It is one of the few arenas of culture that refuses to talk down to us and for that we should be grateful.

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2014

Posted: 16/10/14 09:31 | 8 Comments

Drawing might be particularly hard to pin down as it lies at the root of much creative practice and serves as a place for working out ideas. It is often economically viable when all other options are closed and the works in this show demonstrate that material simplicity need not be a hindrance to the curious artist.

Found Paintings and Sculptures

Posted: 17/09/14 12:03 | 12 Comments

I started noticing things on the street that looked like art. The first ‘piece’ was by a bus stop where someone had folded dozens of crisp packets and wedged them into fence. I liked the absurdity of the act. I also thought it looked good. Soon after I noticed that graffiti is sometimes painted out with hard edged geometric shapes. All of this was grist to my mill and I started keeping an eye out for what I called ‘found paintings and sculptures’.

Manchester Study Visit: Ryan Gander

Posted: 07/08/14 11:02 | 11 Comments

Join Bryan Eccleshall to deliberate on the work of Ryan Gander

A Sketchbook Walk

Posted: 30/07/14 12:33 | 11 Comments

A Sketchbook Walk, found at the Recording Britain study visit.