News 2018
RED - Material Museum
This exhibition is one of the research outcomes of a project completed during the Summer 2018 by UCL students Alexa Marroquin and Jessica Manuel, supervised by Ruth Siddall. Jessica and Alexa are both successful recipients of UCL Laidlaw Scholarships, which gives them the opportunity to undertake academic research in their first year of undergraduate study. Their project, ‘Red in Roman Britain’ has looked at the range of red pigments available to Romano-British artists and together they have made a comparative study of the ancient pigments available and their modern analogues; rose madder, red lead, cinnabar/vermillion and red ochre. Alexa is studying for an MSci Chemistry and Jessica is studying for a BA History of Art with Material Studies at UCL. Together they have performed scientific analyses of the pigments and also prepared pigments as paints to test their workability and colour.
Find out more about the Laidlaw Scholarships Programme at www.ucl.ac.uk/laidlaw-scholarships/
Established in 2012 at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, the museum aims to promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the role of material within thinking and making. The museum is concerned with the preserving, collecting, exhibiting and fostering understanding of material at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards.
Exhibits can be anything that relates to material: a finished product in its own right or an unprocessed raw material. They can draw attention to substances or components with certain physical properties used in production or manufacture.
Directorial Board:
Director - Jo Volley
Executive Director - Onya McCausland
Technical Advisor - Gary Woodley
Curator - Klaas Hoek
Keeper - Alan Taylor
Resident writer and critic - Mel Gooding
Curator - Estelle Thompson
Resident Poet - Professor Sharon Morris
Curatorial Collections Manager - Grace Hailstone
Trustees:
Professor John Aiken
Professor Lewis Biggs OBE
Dr. Spike Bucklow
Professor Susan Collins
Dr. Zoe Laughlin
Liz Lawes
Lisa Milroy RA
Jim Moyes
Stephanie Nebbia
Dr. Robyn Pender
Dr. Nina Pearlman
Kieren Reed
Dr. Ruth Siddall
Hepworth Prize 2018
Mona Hatoum has been shortlisted for the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture 2018. The finalists will present their work in an exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield from the 26 October 2018 until 20 January 2019. The winner will be announced at an awards dinner in November 2018. See hepworthwakefield.org.
Slade School Number One in Guardian University League Table for Art 2019
The Slade School of Fine Art is number one in this year's Guardian University League Table for Art. See www.guardian.co.uk.
Applications for Slade MA/MFA Fine Art 2018/19 Open
Applications for the Slade MA and MFA Fine Art programmes 2019/20 are now open! See our website for details on portfolios and interviews http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/degrees/ma-mfa#admissions.
Booking now open for spring short courses
Booking is now open for our spring evening and Saturday short courses in drawing and painting. Courses start in January. See www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/shortcourses.
Tours Bookings Open 2018
Booking is now open for tours of the Slade for prospective BA/BFA, MA/MFA students and our open morning for prospective PhD students. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/forms/tours.
The Radical Imaginary: The Social Contract - Vox
Carey Young is showing in The Radical Imaginary: The Social Contract at Vox, 401 – 2 Sainte-Catherine Streat East, Montreal, from 15 September - 15 December 2018. See www.centrevox.ca.
Rencontres arts et sciences, Alice Bailly Scholarship - CHUV
Congratulations to Diane Chappalley who is one of two winners of the Alice Bailly award. The exhibition, Rencontres arts et sciences, is showing at Espace CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 21, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland, from 4 October - 29 November 2018.See www.chuv.ch.
Lucy Smallbone, Edgelands
Lucy Smallbone has a solo exhibition, Edgelands, at Fiumano Clase, Unit 12, 21 Wren Street, London WC1CX 0HF, from 25 October - 15 December 2018. See www.fiumanoclase.com/exhibitions.
Camera Camera Nice
Elisabeth S Clark is showing in Camera Camera Nice at Hotel Windsor, 11 Rue Dalpozzo, 06000 Nice, France, from 22 - 25 November 2018.
New Work: Candida Powell-Williams and Thomas Yeomans at Exposed Arts
New Work: Candida Powell-Williams and Thomas Yeomans is showing Exposed Arts Projects, 6 Drayson Mews, London W8 4LY, from 3 November - 14 December 2018. See www.exposedartsprojects.com/new-work-powellwilliams-yeomans.
Warm Worlds and Otherwise - Wysing
Anna Bunting-Branch has a solo show, Warm Worlds and Otherwise, at Wysing Arts Centre, Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX, from 7 October to 9 December 2018. See www.wysingartscentre.org.
Monika in September at GAO Gallery
Ginte Regina has a solo show, Monika in September, at GAO Gallery, Unit7, 88 Mile End Road, London E1 4UN, from 16 November - 21 December 2018. See www.gao.gallery.
Tom Lomax: To be continued... - Dadiani Gallery
Tom Lomax: To be continued... is showing at Dadiani Gallery, 30 Cork Street,
London, WC1S 3NG, from 25 November - 30 November 2018. See dadianifineart.com.
Why Patterns? - No 20
Michal Raz is showing in Why Patterns? at No 20, 20 Cross Street, London N1 2BG, from 19 October - 18 November 2018. See www.no20arts.com.
Ian Giles: Call me Mr Benson - OCD Chinatown
Ian Giles is showing in Call Me Mr Benson OCDChinatown, 75 East Broadway, Chinatown, New York, NY 10002, from 26 October - 11 November 2018. See www.ocdchinatown.com/now.
Tom Lomax: To be continued... - Dadiani Gallery
Tom Lomax: To be continued... is showing at Dadiani Gallery, 30 Cork Street,
London, WC1S 3NG, from 25 November - 30 November 2018. See dadianifineart.com.
Tom Lomax: To be continued... - Dadiani Gallery
Tom Lomax: To be continued... is showing at Dadiani Gallery, 30 Cork Street,
London, WC1S 3NG, from 25 November - 30 November 2018. See dadianifineart.com.
Something infinitely distant and strange - Tenderpixel
Florian Roithmayr has a solo show, something infinitely distant and strange, at Tenderpixel, from 17 October - 1 December 2018. See www.tenderpixel.com.
Then Outside, From Now Inside - Chaos Magic Space
Solveig Settemsdal is showing in Then Outside, From Now Inside, at Chaos Magic Space, Ashley Street, Nottingham NG3 1JG, from 22 November - 9 December 2018. See www.chaosmagic.space/laila-solveig.