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The Artist's Journey #3

Posted: 9 December 2019 - 7:30pm
Workshops | Papers | Discussions | Educators | Graduates | Collectives | Annual Conference

Call for papers Sheffield Hallam 2020
The Artist's Journey #3: Day 2
Improfessional practices —...
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Drawing Conversations 3

Posted: 16 August 2019 - 12:07pm

Call for Papers
Drawing Conversations invites submission of artworks and papers about contemporary and...
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Dirty Practice: Don’t Wash your Hands!

Posted: 22 May 2019 - 7:51pm
Annual Symposium | Residency

Short Residency and Symposium / Wolverhampton School of Art / 1-5 July 2019.
Art theorist Boris Groys reminds us of the...
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Drawing Symposium

Posted: 25 March 2019 - 10:42pm

A one day conference exploring the role of drawing in art, education, culture and the everyday

Friday 5 April 2019 @The Biscuit Room, The...
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All Party Parliamentary Group

Posted: 25 March 2019 - 10:34pm
Annual Conference

NAFAE’s Annual General Meeting is staged to coincide...
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NSEAD National Conference and AGM 2019

Posted: 6 January 2019 - 4:28pm
Annual Conference

Why is art, craft and design important for the economy, society and ourselves?

This conference will examine how a...
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Extreme Views Day Barrow

Posted: 5 January 2019 - 2:17pm

GET ON YOUR SOAPBOX
You will be invited to speak for 60 seconds from the Extreme Views soapbox tower (and contribute...
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LIVING RESEARCH: THE URGENCY OF THE ARTS

Posted: 19 November 2018 - 8:10am
Research Student Conference | PhD

What does arts and humanities research have to offer in our current socio-political climate? This conference for research students takes as its...
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Making Public: The Fine Art Degree Show

Posted: 6 November 2018 - 1:05pm
Annual Symposium | Call Out

Making Public: The Fine Art Degree Show
NAFAE's annual symposium is intended as an opportunity to meet, discuss and exchange ideas. We...
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The Mack must be rebuilt

Posted: 21 June 2018 - 9:29pm
Glasgow School of Art

The Mack must be rebuilt
Craig Richardson, professor in the School of Arts, English and Drama, Loughborough University
Full article:...
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British Abstract Painting in the Eighties

Posted: 27 February 2018 - 9:43pm
Symposium | Painting | Abstract

Papers are invited for a one-day symposium intended to consider the development of abstract painting during the 1980s in the UK.

This...
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Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Coventry University

Posted: 18 December 2017 - 9:23am

The School of Art and Design is seeking an innovative and experienced educator to join the Fine Art team in support of the University’s on-going...
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Austerity, Adversity, Art?

Posted: 12 December 2017 - 9:24pm
Annual Symposium | Call Out

CALL FOR PAPERS
NAFAE is inviting proposals for provocations and contributions for their up-coming annual symposium.
...
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15th ELIA Biennial Conference

Posted: 28 November 2017 - 3:48pm
ELIA | Call Out | Conference

The Steering Group of the 15th ELIA Biennial Conference invites colleagues from ELIA member institutions from all artistic disciplines to...
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The second Research Excellence Framework

Posted: 9 September 2017 - 12:46pm
HEFCE | REF

Applications are now being invited for the role of sub-panel chair for the REF 2021 exercise.
To apply see Annex B of the initial decisions...
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DRAWING CONVERSATIONS 2

Posted: 3 April 2017 - 6:47pm
Symposium

Lead conveners: Professor Jill Journeaux, Dr. Helen Gorrill, Dr. Imogen Racz, Dr. Sara Reed.
CALL FOR PAPERS...
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Foundations of a Creative Curriculum

Posted: 12 March 2017 - 10:40pm

A history of innovation in art and design education has cultivated generations of creative individuals. What can we gain by...
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PARADOX Biennial Conference Deadline extended

Posted: 19 February 2017 - 3:49pm
Conference

Call for Papers: Deadline extended to 21 April 2017
Building on the success of conferences in Poznan (2015), Granada (2013...
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EQ Arts is looking for experts in Fine Art

Posted: 24 January 2017 - 5:16pm

EQ-Arts is looking for experts in Fine Art
EQ-Arts announces its 2017 reviewer’s training for those working in higher arts education who are...
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Call for submissions Deadline Extended

Posted: 15 November 2016 - 11:22pm
Conference

NAFAE invites proposals for papers/artworks/creative responses for their up-coming annual symposium and accompanying exhibition.
DEADLINE...
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External examiner

Posted: 6 November 2016 - 4:14pm
Art History | Fine Art

BA(Hons) History of Art and Fine Art at University of Chichester is looking for an external examiner to oversee the development and academic...
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Call for Nominations to the Peer Review College

Posted: 2 August 2016 - 7:58pm

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is seeking nominations for new members to be appointed to its Peer Review College (PRC).
...
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Summer Challenges & Residential Summer Schools

Posted: 1 April 2016 - 1:51pm
A level students | Student opportunity

The Slade School of Fine Art at UCL have two opportunities for A level students from less advantaged backgrounds, encouraging them to consider...
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Woon Foundation Prize 2016

Posted: 21 March 2016 - 3:45pm
Graduate Opportunity

The first prize is a year long £20,000 Fellowship, based in the Woon Tai Jee, studio located at BALTIC 39 in Newcastle’s city centre and includes...
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Call for Artistic Project Nominations 8th NEU NOW Festival

Posted: 11 February 2016 - 5:53pm
Call Out

The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA) has extended the deadline for nominations for the 8th NEU NOW until 16 February 2016.
...
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Replacement External Examiners

Posted: 11 February 2016 - 4:24pm
External Examiner

The Fine Art Department of The University of Chichester is seeking replacement external examiners for all of its programmes....
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Research Practice Practice Research: Call for papers

Posted: 11 February 2016 - 12:08pm
Research | PhD

NAFAE is hosting a symposium exploring aspects of doctoral research in Fine Art practice and Fine Art pedagogy. We are offering an opportunity to...
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Studio external examiner

Posted: 25 November 2015 - 12:40pm
BA (Hons) | External Examiner

B.A (Hons) Fine Art at Leeds Beckett University (Formerly Leeds Metropolitan University) is looking to appoint a new studio external examiner for...
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GLAD Conference 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS

Posted: 24 November 2015 - 12:28pm
Call Out

Traditionally, the GLAD conference has offered an opportunity for the art, design and media community to share ideas and learn about innovative...
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Call for Presentations:14th ELIA Biennial Conference

Posted: 21 November 2015 - 1:26pm

ELIA ihas announced that the 14th ELIA Biennial Conference will take place in Florence, Italy the 30 November - 3 December 2016, hosted by Palazzo...
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NAFAE Steering Group December

Posted: 11 November 2015 - 6:31pm

The next NAFAE Steering Group meeting will be held on the 11 December 2015, London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP....
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iJADE Conference

Posted: 4 November 2015 - 4:31pm

Sustainability has become a growing focus for many educators and practitioners in the visual arts.
This year’s iJADE conference addresses...
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Tradesmans Entrance

Posted: 12 August 2015 - 1:56pm
FE | Research

Labour Exchange has announced that they have just been awarded funding to host two artists in residence in Earlsdon during...
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Drawing Conversations

Posted: 12 August 2015 - 8:45am

Event Overview Drawing Conversations: reflecting upon collective and collaborative drawing practices is a one-day symposium intended to...
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AA2A Project

Posted: 11 August 2015 - 2:30pm

The AA2A project (Artists Access to Art Colleges) is offering around 65 placements, giving artists and designer makers the opportunity to...
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NAFAE is the national subject association for Fine Art in Higher Education

Posted: 28 June 2015 - 2:29pm
Subject Association

NAFAE is the national subject association for Fine Art in Higher Education. We have a key role within...
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The Hidden Curriculum: Call for papers

Posted: 5 February 2015 - 11:45am
Call Out

It is becoming increasingly important for NAFAE that we increase our traditional schedule of seminar events over the year and find ways of...
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NAFAE Events

Annual Conference

The Artists Journey

The Artists Journey

Event Details

Day 2

Friday, 14 February 2020 (All day)

Event Institution:

Sheffield Hallam University

Event Partner:

National Association for Fine Art Education

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The Artist's Journey #3 Day 2 Free to NAFAE members

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Sheffield Hallam University

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Bloc Projects

Mansions of the Future

YVAN

Call for papers Sheffield Hallam 2020
The Artist's Journey #3: Day 2
Improfessional practices — Im- :in, into, within, on, towards, against, not, and opposite the ‘professional’¹ — art education and informal groups.;
Deadline for proposals has been extended to the 17th January 2020
Submissions should be sent to:
artistsjourneyconference@gmail.com
Any queries please email admin@nafae.org.uk
This conference aims to shed light on the practices, interest and groups that operate at the fringes of or outside of the ‘professional’ and formal structures of art education.

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The Artist's Journey #3 Day 2

The Artist's Journey #3: Day 2
14 February 2020

This conference aims to shed light on the practices, interest and groups that operate at the fringes of or outside of the ‘professional’ and formal structures of art education. Art schools frequently facilitate or tolerate, groups of students (and staff) that take it upon themselves to meet regularly to produce work or dialogue — to explore or talk about content or means of producing, to share opportunity, to drawing or essay together, put on a show, develop performance, constructively criticise each other’s work, embark on specific enterprise, or to activate public spaces, etc. To share experiences in a way that is not part of the formal curriculum. These groups are part of a long tradition of informal education practices that operate within and often beyond the art school. They are valued for engendering learning that compliments curriculum experiences. They are a means of extending and expanding on the potential outcomes of study; taking the individual into collaborative territories or exploring alternative dynamics that frame art possibilities and interactions with civic society. Such groups often promote initiative. They can have an ambiguous relation to the art school but can form part of the student exit strategy or lead graduates into post-study environments: alumni that continue to meet once a month, effectively maintaining the course culture; studio collectives; non-studio collective; the monthly crit located in and supported by the art school. They locate, at least partially, outside the art school and relate to a broader social and cultural community; often pointing to alternative economies and realities for graduate. The art school can be a porous institution, alive with groups that bubble up around passions and practices. It is a source of new economy and comm with art practices at the core.
Such groups can be framed in terms of communities of practice. According to Wenger and Snyder (2000) communities of practice can be found all over the place and many of us will be involved in a number of them; characteristically they occur when self-selecting members come together around a shared passion, because they get something out of it, and learn, problem solve, develop, enhance, and exchange knowledge and capabilities through interaction with the other members — the group lasts as long as there is interest in maintaining the group. Indeed, NAFAE is a community of practice. Wenger and Snyder propose that in communities of practice members learn to solve problems, develop professional skills, generate economy, create value, and contribute to the developing landscape of an industry. Indeed, should art schools and higher education develop strategies for identifying them, and infrastructure for supporting them? If this is an outcome of the art school that promotes or produces alternative futures does it also require an alternative relationship with the institution? Is there a danger that any formal directive to form or maintain communities of practice might generate empty shells devoid of the members personal interest and passion, their characteristic defining feature — they are communities of passion as well as practice.
The conference will ask about different models of groups, and the strategies evolved within the group that structure members’ interactions. What role can and should the art school play in identifying and maintaining relationships with emerging groups and networks of artists, producers or researchers? What are the models for art schools taking responsibility for nurturing and incubating opportunities for younger artists, activists, designers, and curators?
This call for contributions invites educators, recent graduates, external networks, and artist collectives, and research groups to submit papers, propose workshops or discussions, offer posters, that uncover, invent, and critically engage with models by which art education might foster and promote learning and thriving, and the further development of art education practices. Accounts of innovative learning practices in collaborative and group work are particularly welcome.
References
Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, (1988) ed. Robert K. Barnhart, Edinburgh and New York: Chambers, 1988.
Smith, M. K. (2003, 2009) ‘Jean Lave, Etienne Wenger and communities of practice’, the encyclopedia of informal education,www.infed.org/biblio/communities_of_practice.htm.
Wenger, Etienne, C., and Snyder, William M., (January – February 2000), ‘Communities of Practice: The Organisational Frontier, Harvard Business Review, reprint number R00110.
1. Chambers Dictionary of Etymology(1988), s.v. im-1 and im-2

The Artist's Journey #3 Day 1

The Artist's Journey #3: Day 1
13 February 2020

The first day is made up of invited artist presentations. While ‘professionalisation’ suggests the positive, necessary steps to becoming an artist, there are ‘improfessional’ practices that exist at an off-kilter relation to this imperative. Outside of the professional / unprofessional binary, what else do artists do, feel, or think as they build their portfolio, write their grants, or get on with these obvious tasks? And as both a direct or dissonant response to our art-making lives, what modalities of survival and thriving do we develop? How do we – or don’t we – maintain the balance, health, and motivation necessary to keep going as supposed art professionals?

The presentations will explore these questions in two thematically-based sessions: improfessional organising (morning) and improfessional trajectories (afternoon). The morning session will focus on ways of organising, with contributions from institutional as well as artist-led perspectives. The afternoon session will turn to the different pathways that artists have made for themselves. Both sessions will feature three shorter panel presentations (20 minutes) with a group discussion, followed by a longer artist talk (40minute) with a moderated Q&A.

The Artist's Journey #3 Day 1

About

The Artist’s Journey conferences were founded through a partnership with the Art and Design department at Sheffield Hallam University and Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts Network (YVAN). The conferences provide an annual discussion between individual artists and small-scale, artist-led collectives and organisations addressing (but not limited to) recent graduates and early career practitioners. The conferences build on support, guidance and critical discussion as part of existing courses within the local creative communities national debate. By working in partnership we broaden the conversation, provide a rich, informed and sustainable way forward to enhance the many different routes we might take to establish ourselves as artists.

Art and Design at Sheffield Hallam University is an amazing, diverse community of artists – where staff, students and partners work as equals to deliver real innovation and creativity. Sheffield is home to the UK's largest practicing community of artists and designers outside London, bringing a constant flow of creative energy and activity. We are an integral part of the vibrant and creative city of Sheffield and have a well-established professional development programme.

Bloc Projects is a not-for-profit creative organisation based within Sheffield city centre supporting artists at key stages in their careers through an acclaimed artistic programme of events, workshops, exhibitions and public commissions. Bloc Projects work with other local art organisations, universities and charities to ensure our activities welcome a diverse and intergenerational demographic, removing barriers to access across to all elements of our programme.

Mansions of the Future is an arts and cultural hub in Lincoln brought to life through a public programme of free talks, workshops, communal lunches and family activities, alongside national and international artistic commissions. Working with artists from inception to delivery alongside local communities, the three year programme privileges social, site-specific and collaborative ways of working.

NAFAE is the Subject Association for Fine Art education in the UK. We advocate the interests, promotion and cultural relevance of Fine Art education at Foundation, BA, MA and PhD levels. The Association aims to be instrumental in anticipating and shaping decisions that impact on the enhancement and future development of Fine Art by engaging with a range of constituencies.

YVAN works to be a voice and advocate for the visual arts sector in Yorkshire & Humber, delivering a programme that effects change in the profile, reputation and sustainability of the visual arts and artists in Yorkshire & Humber, and is part of the national Contemporary Visual Arts Network.

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