It was very interesting hearing Bob, from the Cardiff gallery G39, talk about his creative practice; amongst other things, it was relieving to know that from his experience you don’t need much money to set up a studio. . He provided a wealth of knowledge, including organisations artists can apply to to get funding, and unusual ways you can set up exhibitions etc without it costing you a fortune.
Bob Gelsthorpe
Fine Art graduate originally a painter
Work is not commercial, he has accepted he wont make any money from selling the work but he has found a way to make it sustainable… go self employed “last week I was laying laminate flooring for a friend, now im with you”
Performing art and video pieces- work is about advocacy 2014- devotion- what it means to have faith in someone or something and to have that reciprocated- related to kim fielding passing- giving back to him via hi practice
Solowit letter eva hess- letter comradery, having that friendship whilst making work
Stay in touch with absolutely everyone you’ve studied with!
Network and community of support
Bulidng up that tool box to be as articulate as you can with what you’re doing
Exhibition reviews are good at enabling you to articulate your artwork
Milkwood Gallery- applied to a marketing job but was told he was more of a curator
Guest curatorship- Made in Roath, painting show, solo show for an artist- all voluntary
Tactile Bosch- gallery studios performance art space- encompasses all arts
Fashion shows, raise the roof parties,
Kim Fielding- proactive approach of just having conversations with people and what theyre doing big influence on James Richards
Fringe Arts Bath- exporting Wales artists and tapping into a different audience
Started up own studio! Not difficult, incredibly easy.
Coach house in splott, opening party to help pay for it
Arts ecology is always changing… G39 has been running since 1998, it is an organic space ran by artists. It strictly supports the artists
WARP- wales artists resource programme, sister to g39
Start up grant- government scheme
X marks the bokship x-op
Palaces and cabins- sal
Vulpiz vulpiz- itinerants 6 people have made art their life
Sluice- commercial artist led art fair
Doggerlands
Archives of the artist led
Contributing to a wider aim. Cardiff has a young contemporary visual arts sector… open and friendly
Arcade Cardiff Rob Kennedy and board of trustees Rhiannon Lowe-editor for CCQ
Kim Fielding award 5000 pounds, John Lawrence- solar pessimist, spit and sawdust skatepark
Working with artists who have very conceptual or abstract work- demonstrate that level of ambition and supporting the work first and foremost
Kim fielding.org
Trustee-Paul Herley- performance artisit based in Bristol, southhampton microbial resitance
Bob is also a trustee
Spit and sawdust art programme, café exhibition, pizza oven and burgers are incredible
Hangover club
Critical of organistations- artes mundi, how does it have correlation with other projects in Cardiff
Organisations are willing to be more transparent, this it what were doing please come and talk to us about it.
Artist led sector is becoming a better way of working
Anti establishment Art schools- Broadway drawing school, school of the damned(4th Sunday of every month), metal southend (support from the whitechapel, democratic), the alternative ma, clay school in stoke (bcb part of it)
Funding
Arts council funding: getting tighter and tighter every year
Nester- really good for digital work, artists who have a commercial ability
Elephant trust- London- give money exclusively for new presentations of work- apply for grants year round
Oakdale trust- more in tune with community tinged projects, or which have a tangible public benefit
Laura Ashley similar
Wales Arts International- research trip, advice- ring them up! Large scale stuff
National Probation Service- 200 hours com service- borrow the boys for a few days etc
Artists Information Company A-N 36 pounds a year, offset it against your income
Start a blog on there, series of bursaries- released grants for people to see the Venice biennale etc
Access Web- membership scheme, insurance, opportunities, artist of the month
Waterloo foundation use it for education purposes, use funding to bring out fave artist to do a talk at a workshop you’re running
Henry Moore foundation- big ambitious projects
How important is virtual presence
Really good, helps you articulate your practice publicly, gets you used to keeping in touch with what you’re doing- which gets difficult when you graduate
Stream of thoughts- do it on AL
Helps you with writing proposals etc
Blogging is a slow burner and helps you
BE Open to having a number of things going on at the same time
Dan Rees
Helen sear
Tactile bosch show in berlin
Bedwyr Williams
Angharad pearce jones
Turner house Ragnar- poem his ex wife wrote, his ex is in the film
Louisa faircliff- Bristol, works with 16mm films
Making sense of yourself in whatever climate we’re inat the moment
Georgie Phillips 