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The RA Summer Exhibition whittles 30,000 entries down to 1,000. The selection committee offered some excellent advice to artists entering their work—which are creative principles for everyone: • Allow others to interpret your ideas. “It could change how you look at what you create and develop your work in a direction you hadn't considered.” • “Spend time with like-minded artists. Share creative thinking and learn new techniques. Get inky together.” • Never follow trends. “Don’t try to produce work you think will fit the mold. Trust your judgment, but be critical of your work.” • Ambiguity is okay. “The work must engage the viewer.” Raising questions is often more interesting than having all the answers. • Do not fear rejection. “Self-belief and courage are essential to realising your work and taking it somewhere, such as the Royal Academy. Never doubt yourself.” • Persistence and practice. “Be in the studio as much as you can.” • Don’t overthink it. “Do as much work as possible and enter your best. What have you got to lose?” The show, as always, is total creative immersion. Get down if you can to fill your head with good stuff. Or check it out online: https://lnkd.in/gHWNua7W

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Only 3️⃣ days left 💡 Imagine new creative communities, defined by collective support and solidarity. Enroll now 🍀 ⭐️ Learn how artistic groups throughout history have attempted to create methods of making and experiencing art, beyond Eurocentric, market-based, and institutional art worlds. 🔎 How do economic systems affect the capabilities of art? 🔎 Must artists continue to work within an art world in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals? Or are there other ways? 🔎 How can artists continue to do their work at all, when art-making itself becomes a vocation of the rich? 👉 https://lnkd.in/dvJiqp-u Text & photo by courtesy of Mitch Speed

Input wanted: Research into arts residencies in Scotland Dr Anna McLauchlan is currently researching arts residencies in Scotland for a Scottish Society for Art History (SSAH) journal article. She is looking for edits and additions to this google doc, containing organisations and sites in Scotland that routinely host residencies (or did host them in the past): https://lnkd.in/ed3n3KfR She is interested in the breadth of organisations that routinely host residencies (or did so in the past). Categorisation can be tricky, so details about all residency initiative are welcomed. Your input will be acknowledged in any published work – you can add your contact details to the spreadsheet in the ‘source (your name)’ and ‘source contact’ columns OR email anna.mclauchlan@strath.ac.uk with your details. The outcomes of this broader research can be requested by emailing anna.mclauchlan@strath.ac.uk.

In our contemporary art field global institutional networks offer novel strategies for peripheral artists in their struggle for global recognition, bypassing the necessity of maximizing presence in the territorial core. We address the puzzle of how such novel artistic strategies bypassing core gatekeepers can succeed. See our new article with Julia Perczel: https://lnkd.in/dGCsCrsb

Today Liv Aira is part of a panel entitled ”Building the Future: Performance Spaces” at ISPA | International Society for the Performing Arts in New York, as part of our dance delegation this January. The panel consists of the following speakers and fascilitarors joining Liv: Joshua Dachs, Principal, Fisher Dachs, US - Todd Hensley, Partner Schuler Shook, United States - Sybil Wa, Principal Diamond Schmitt US/Canada Description: The pandemic prompted our sector to examine our use of spaces for performances. With buildings closed, we explored how spaces could better support artistic excellence, community engagement, equity, and new technologies. What new facilities and approaches have since emerged, and how are we using these lessons to shape the performance spaces of the future? Info https://lnkd.in/dbXHuY5T

🌐🎨 Digital Worlds - Part 2 of 3: Exploring Untapped Potential The digital realm is the new frontier for artistic expression. Artists now have the universe at their fingertips, with virtual environments offering unprecedented potential for creation, education, and exhibition. #DigitalFrontiers #ArtisticExpression 💡 Delve into: * The endless possibilities provided by digital galleries and online exhibitions for artists to showcase their work. * How online workshops and tutorials are making art education more accessible than ever. * The role of social media as a catalyst for artistic trends and movements. Join the discussion about the impact of digital environments on art in our final post. #VirtualArtistry #DigitalExpression

T4T (Thought for Today) Discuss EMPATHY and it's importance to artists, viewers of art, as a subject of art? What effect does it’s presence or absence have on our lives? Can it be taught? Taken away? Subverted? How do different cultures approach this concept and behaviour? What might society look like without it? Is there a set of rules for it? Develop your own talking points. Try this but substituting another subject for visual arts.

Did you know that? Art education is vital in nurturing artistic talent, fostering critical thinking skills, and promoting cultural awareness among individuals of all ages. See the first comment to order your book now! #drjimraughton #hopefornewport #artandculture #transformationjourney #inspiringstories #communityresilience #legacyofart #artistsofhope

What constitutes Expressive Arts subjects? CLA's definition extends beyond the existing four discrete art forms currently embedded in England’s system (Art & Design, Dance, Drama and Music) to encompass Film and Digital Media. In addition to being valuable to children's wellbeing, these disciplines cultivate essential capacities, confidence, creativity, and skills that employers increasingly prioritise. Our #ReportCard2024 uncovers a concerning trend: the systemic deprioritisation of Expressive Arts within English state schools. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eqyBfBZf