SESSIONS:intermission
I am delighted to announce that I will be running Sessions: Intermission, an Alternative Art School from the 5th October - 23rd November.
Through a blend of in person and live online sessions, led by artist and Founder of Rear Window Editions Andrea Allan, you will ruminate on performances and narratives that surround the gallery space. We will reflect, react, and respond to the gallery, the architecture. social cues and exhibited artworks. We will be working between lens-based media, performance, and sculpture.
This eight-week school provides a supportive environment for self-led independent practice, group work, exploration into new disciplines and introduces participants to the alternative art school environment.
Taught by Andrea Allan and supported by artists Nicola Dale and Victoria Doyle, the course provides participants with the opportunity to develop their individual practice within an interdisciplinary and collaborative atmosphere.
Places: Limited places available
Location: The Engine House, Islington Mill, Salford & online
Timetable: Every Saturday through October - November. Self-study time is expected between the sessions.
Course structure
Learning will take place in 8 sessions over eight-weeks, starting the 5th of October. All sessions include a one-hour break minimum.
Week 1: Introduction to the school, student presentations, group workshop with Nicola Dale (Engine House)
Week 2: Group workshop with Victoria Doyle (Engine House)
Week 3: Lecture, group workshop (Online)
Week 4: Tutorials (online)
Week 5: Lecture, tutorials (Online)
Week 6: Group workshop, gallery visit (Engine House)
Week 7: Reading group, tutorials (Online)
Week 8: Final presentations and crit (Engine House)
Week 9+: Print publication, individual tutorials with Andrea (Online)
contributors
The course will be led by visual artist Andrea Allan.
Andrea Allan is a visual artist and producer based in Manchester. Her current practice centre’s around the gallery and the way we use that space as both artists and visitors. Previous works on this subject include Level 4, based at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, and Alfred Wallace Collection looking at the collections at Manchester Museum. Current work looks at onomatopoeia, drawing inspiration from graphic novels, and reframing it in relation to performance and the gallery. She founded Entitle Magazine (2011-2021) and has produced the program (Re)Production: Parenthood in the Art world, which received Arts Council funding, delivering a symposium, exhibition at Open Eye Gallery, and a commissioned print publication.
Andrea is the Founder of Rear Window Editions, an independent publisher and alternative art education program located in Manchester. Embedded in contemporary photography and art, our ethos is for small run, limited edition publications and prints. This approach follows through into our alternative art education program where we work with small groups of artists and creatives over short periods of time.
Workshops led by artists:
Nicola Dale is a visual artist. Recent highlights include exhibitions/commissions and/or performances with: Saatchi Gallery, London; The Hepworth Wakefield; The Grundy, Blackpool; Bobinska Brownlee, London and PINK, Manchester. This year she was longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize.
Victoria Doyle is an interdisciplinary Artist from South Tyneside, based in and between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London. Their practice is concerned with photography and learning - within their current research, chewing gum is put in place of the photograph and studied as a facsimile.
Collective working, collaboration and facilitation are integral to Victoria’s practice. They are currently working as a lead artist on Talking Cameras, a research project exploring how photography and digital literacy approaches can help support pupils in SEND settings. They are a member of Revolv Collective, an artist-led organisation that seeks to champion emerging artists through alternative education, collective working and collaboration in Photography and the Visual Arts. They work as an Academic Tutor at Sunderland University working across (BA) Fine Art, and (BA) Photography, Video and Digital Imaging. In addition to this, Victoria works with a range of artists and arts, community, and educational organisations such as; Curious Arts (a charity developing LGBTQIA+ arts/artists/ audiences in the North of England), The NewBridge Project (an artist-led community, studio and gallery space), and NEPN (North East Photography Network).
school benefits
You will:
Improve your confidence in your practice, making bolder decisions and explore new areas within your work.
Develop your understanding on the various elements of self-led projects.
Receive critical, productive, and insightful feedback and thinking.
Network and build connections with peers from different backgrounds.
How will you learn?
You will:
Expand your practice and knowledge through in-person sessions and online presentations, discussions, lectures, and workshops.
Present your work, receiving feedback and practical advice from Andrea Allan, and associated artists and peers.
Problematise your practice and re-situate it after acquiring more or new theoretical and practical knowledge through lectures, workshops, crits.
Be more decisive in your practice while working on your individual project, presenting at the end of the course either a work-in-progress piece or a final piece.
Immerse yourself in a multidisciplinary environment.
course outcomes
You will:
Have your work included in a printed publication.
Develop a WIP piece that can be performed at The Bigger Book Fair x Peckham 24 in 2025.
Improve your presentation and discussion skills while presenting your work to artists and fellow peers.
Receive feedback and practical advice from artists.
Develop your work under the supervision of the course leader.
Get dedicated time for independent study in your own space.
Benefit from technical support to develop your practice.
Immerse yourself in a multidisciplinary environment.
Meet like-minded peers.
Who should attend?
Practicing artists who want to develop their own personal and professional practice.
Practising artists who want to explore and integrate new mediums into their practice.
Those interested in preparing for Master’s study or an Alternative Art School programme.
Application Process
To apply, you need to complete the following and send as a word document with associated images to hello@rearwindoweditions.com
Up to 150-word statement explaining relevant professional experience
Up to150-word statement explaining your motivations for doing the course
Up to 150-word proposal for a project or studio work that you intend to undertake during the course
5 images / references of your work, max 10mb file size
CV
Website link / social media
Submit to: hello@rearwindoweditions.com
If you need to submit via audio or video due to accessibility requirements, please contact us at hello@rearwindoweditions.com and someone will contact you with a suitable format with which to submit your application.
If your application is accepted, you will be emailed with a booking link. The email will provide a deadline for accepting and paying for your place. If you do not make payment by this date, your place will be released and offered to another participant.
delivery
In person at the Engine House, Islington Mill, M3 5HW.
Online sessions will be conducted on Zoom.
Slack will enable participants to stay connected and communicate via channel-based messaging through the duration of the school.
Price
£650
We will email all applicants by the 20th September as to whether their submission has been successful.
The course needs to be paid in full by one instalment and via the online payment system using a debit or credit card. Once you are offered a place on the course you will receive a secure online booking link. We regret that it is not possible to pay the course fee by instalment.
Key dates
Applications open: 21st August
Application deadline: 25th September
Successful applicants notified: 29th September
School starts: 5th October