A blog from last Friday that there wasn’t time to post at the time…. these are busy times, nothing gentle here, evolving is not a gentle art! Here come some words from last Friday, the second day of the space now known as Cultivate Evolved…. Evolved, day two, the gentle art of evolving a space,…
We shall formally introduce you to the nine resident artists currently involved in Cultivate Evolved in the next couple of days – well eight at the moment, we’re busy seeking out that elusive ninth person yo come be part of it, should it be you? The guest spots need to be occupied as well, all…
MONDAY MORNING: CULTIVATE EVOLVED – WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THURSDAY, 11.30am From October 1st 2011 until December 8th 2013, the space known as Cultivate Vyner Street was operated as a rather full-on artist-run challenge of a gallery. The sometimes rewarding, sometimes infuriating space was run, on a daily basis by two artists, Sean…
ARTIST CALLS…. THE SPACE FORMALLY KNOWN AS CULTIVATE VYNER STREET IS EVOLVING. No more group shows and constant artists calls, time to refresh the space and do it a different way (see previous blog). No more artists calls besides this one… From 9th December 2013, the walls will be divided in to ten sections.…
Eighty shows, events and such, two and a quarter years of non-stop cultivation on the corner, far too many artists to count right now, and tomorrow, it all stops. Sunday December 8th is the last day of us using the space in the way we have for the last twenty-seven months. Cultivate Vyner Street, as…
The THIRD and final ONE HUNDRED PIECED PIECE is all painted, numbered, and ready for December First Thursday at Cultivate 4th December, 2013 – THE THIRD (and final) 100 PIECED PIECE. 100 pieces of painted cardboard, all painted at the same time, all on cardboard found thrown out in Vyner Street, East London. This is…
Well First Thursday week and everything that First Thursday brings, is upon us once more. And as we’ve said before, do like the buzz that flows up and down the street as everyone gets ready – new shows installed, art (and alcohol) being delivered, frantic hangs and excited artists (if you can’t get excited…
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CULTIVATE SPACE NEXT? AN ART CHUTE? AN ART SHOOT? WELCOME TO THE ART CHUTE…. Well I wrote a long-ass piece about the idea of an “art chute” and how to evolve the current Cultivate space into some kind of permanent collective base where a small group of committed pro-active artists work,…
Tuesday bloody Tuesday, still considering the notions of art chutes and why London-based artists don’t seem to want to get seriously involved in committed pro-active artist-run spaces. Said all this before though, and this week I really am enjoying the Katrine Storebo paintings we currently have in the gallery as part of the Art Is…
ART IS FOR LIFE, NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS – An affordable art event at Cultivate, Vyner Street – the show, is it a show? Is it an art event? An exhibition, an affordable art fair? A bit of all of those really, certainly being treated as a combination of all those elements by the people…
CULTIVATE... Artists doing it our way 