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CLICK ADS FOR MORE INFO Image courtesy of Claire Winstanley BA (Hons) Fine Art student. S U M M E R EXHIBITION 2014 31 May – 6 June Featuring work of BA (Hons) Fine Art students 10.00am-4.00pm (closed Sunday) All welcome – register for complimentary tickets at www.cumbria.ac.uk/exhibition Private view Friday 30 May 6.00pm-8.00pm Newcastle Street, Carlisle, CA2 5UH ART AND DESIGN DEGREE SHOWS 2014 Celebrating 170 years of Art and Design expertise and creativity, Nottingham Trent University launches a showcase of final-year student exhibitions, shows and events. PUBLIC OPENING: 30 MAY - 7 JUNE (ADMISSION FREE) SHOW TIME 2014 Mon - Fri: 10 am - 5 pm Sat: 11 am - 5 pm / Sun: 11 am - 4 pm Locations: Across the NTU City site. BLACKBOX PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL: 26 MAY - 6 JUNE The 18th Annual BA (Hons) Photography exhibition at venues around Nottingham. www.blackboxfestival.com OPEN DAYS Visit us, meet staff and students, and find out more about studying Art and Design: Weds 2 July / Sat 13 Sept / Sat 11 Oct / Sat 8 Nov 2014 To book a place: www.ntu.ac.uk/opendays All further information: www.ntu.ac.uk/degreean14 #newtalentunleashed Image: degree show work by Abigail Hubbard, BA (Hons) Fine Art 24
PERSPECTIVES Deirdre Figueiredo, director, Craftspace 1 2 Plenty has changed in applied arts in the time Deirdre Figueiredo has been going to degree shows – particularly in the last decade. “Ten years ago we would have focused on ceramics, glass, furniture, textiles,” says Figueiredo, director of Birmingham-based development organisation Craftspace. “Now, because we’re working in what I call ‘craft in an expanded field’, we’re not limiting ourselves. Craft makers are working in many different areas – video, animation, digital media – so we’ve widened the scope of where we’re looking for talent quite dramatically.” The last few years have seen major changes in craft education, with discipline-specific courses closing down and new, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary courses replacing them. “People are working across media in different ways and practices are much more blurred than they ever were,” adds Figueiredo. The loss of specialist courses has made it increasingly difficult for new makers to learn age-old craft skills. Yet while Figueiredo laments their closure, she also believes that craft is in an exciting place as it responds to the changes and embraces new technologies. “In craft, using new technology stretches from fantastic access to all sorts of digital tools that a lot of labs are now equipped with – digital sewing machines, jack looms, etc – to the use of social media and interactive and open source technology. It also cuts across into performance craft, which goes beyond just demonstrating and into something that explores making in a live way.” Degree shows, says Figueiredo, offer a first-hand insight into how these developments are influencing makers, providing a perspective on new trends. “I really enjoy them – it’s just good to see a sense of renewal and something fresh coming through every year.” 3 The shows also form a key part of the Craftspace research cycle. “What we do in terms of strategy is informed by what our interests are, but of course our interests are really informed by what makers are doing. So visiting degree shows is a very important part of a research and planning process, and thinking about who we might be working with in three to five years time.” Figueiredo’s focus tends to be on shows in the West Midlands, with Birmingham’s School of Jewellery singled out for its vision, direction and open approach. (“I know there’ll be a range of conceptual works there,” she says, “it’s not just jewellery as you’d imagine it to be.”) A trip to the New Designers exhibition in London covers a lot of the other new talent. Crucially, though, she believes that what you see at a degree show often doesn’t tell the full story. “Applied art students are much more savvy than they used to be about using degree shows as an opportunity to sell work. What a student might show is something they hope will be a selling range, while actually their interests lie elsewhere, such as socially engaged practice. So it’s important to look beyond the object, to delve a little deeper.” 1 Deirdre Figueiredo 2 Work by Penny Allen, part of the Craftspace/Hereford College of Arts collaborative project, Field Notes, led by artists Matthew Harris and David Littler, 2014 3 Amber Wakely, Lace Tree, produced at Craftspace’s In:Site festival for new graduates, 2013 25
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