Visual Arts
REVIEW: A Short History of Tractors, in the UK rain again
Last weekend Gordon Haynes visited Tractor Fest in Nethy Bridge, part of the annual historical Steam Fair at nearby Boat…
Art and the Shopping Mall
For most people, shopping malls would be generally regarded as existing at pretty much the polar opposite end of the…
Art and Money: Strange Bedfellows
“A starving artist…sacrifices material well-being in order to focus on their artwork. They typically live on minimum expenses, either for…
Platform 1: Shock and Bore
I’m advised that a column can be personal and opinionated. As some things just get me hot under the collar,…
Career profile: Maeve Davey, communications and co-ordination at The Beat Initiative
Meabh Ritchie talks to Maeve Davey who works for The Beat Initiative, co-ordinating community and carnival arts production in Belfast…
REVIEW: Aberdeen Art Gallery, The Collection
Gordon Haynes reviews the collection at the Aberdeen Art Gallery as a mixed bag - "it’s warm and it’s mostly…
How to write a best seller: An interview with Rusty Young
What does it feel like to write a best-selling book? Rusty Young published Marching Powder in 2003 and its ingredients…
Interview with Walter Keeler, Welsh Artist of the Year
Walter Keeler has been a potter for over forty years and has just been made Welsh Artist of the Year.…
Virtually dancing
All you professional dancers out there, imagine a world where you could turn a jete' into a mid-air pirouette, where…
Career Profile: Nick Hennegan, theatre producer
Nick Hennegan set up Maverick Theatre in Birmingham in 1994 with composer Robb Williams - on the eve of their…