THE (ACCIDENTAL) MARKS MADE WHILE MAKING ART – The accidental marks made while making art are always intriguing, the floors of artist’s studios, their boots or dresses or shirts, the outside wall that a canvas might have been propped against while being painted on. The photographs of studio floors, paint covered boots, colour-encrusted easels, old…
The artists have been selected, the many (many submissions have all trawled through, the (accidental) marks explored and enjoyed, some artists studios visited, photographs taken, people chased up, thanks everyone (well almost everyone). The show will open on-line both here via the Cultivate website and via our sister website that is Organ magazine next Monday. Expect…
Oh the pleasures of running an open call and being on the receiving end of it all. Now we’ve been very loud and vocal here about out policy in terms of open calls and how they work, the complete and utter cynical scam that is the pay a gallery a fee just to submit a…
We have some exciting things going on right now, we’ll keep it all under our hats for the time being, we’re rather excited about where it all goes next in terms of Cultivate. For now a slightly different open call… THE (ACCIDENTAL) MARKS MADE WHILE MAKING ART, AN OPEN CALL The (Accidental) Marks Made While…
Another of 2017’s #43ArtDrop pieces from Sean Worrall. This time, following on from all the fun of the seaside and the Art Car Boot Fair back on the opening Saturday of the 2017 Folkestone Triennial, we return to the Harbour, the old High Street, the Art School and the glorious seaside town with another #43ArtDrop…
Okay, so things have been a little quiet since the adventures and the seaside treats of Folkestone, all the ponies sold straight away of course and a fine day was had by all. You can read lots more about Folkestone via the Organ pages and the link comng up underneath the first image… ORGAN THING:…
The second (and very definitely final according to the artist) part of the Ponies Against Patriarchy series of small canvas paintings created by Emma Harvey especially for the 2017 Art Car Boot Fair will be making their way to Folkestone this Saturday. The first of the individual paintings appeared for the London leg of the…
The Something Blue show opened almost two weeks ago now, the third in a trilogy of experimental art shows from Cultivate that started in February with the Red show, carried on in April with Something Black and continued this August with Something Blue. The Something Blue show, featuring around 50 artists and 130 or…
The Art Car Boot Fair is off to the seaside again. Each year the Art Car Boot Fair follows the main London event by taking to the road. In past years we’ve been to Liverpool, Hastings, Margate, this year we return to Folkstone for the opening day of the always excellent Folkestone Triennial. Once again…
Something Blue, An Art Exhibition… The notion is simple, an on-line curated art exhibition, a group show of artists and a carefully selected curated show united via the vague theme of “something blue”. A collection of painters, print makers, video makers, sculptors and more, a simple notion, please explore and enjoy (Sean Worrall, Cultivate, August…
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