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Should We Teach Art?

Responses by Juan Bolivar, Michele Gregson and Munira Mirza, chaired by Andy Ash.

71-min listen
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Thinking Making

A documentary that explores the work of Plymouth College of Art and its pioneering approach to art education.

29-min watch
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Edges of Edie Evans

A response to the practice of Edie Evans during their fellowship at Swansea College of Art. 

5-min read
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SHIFT: Katherine Smith

Artist Katherine Smith discusses her investigation into using materials as an interface for connection to the body. 

18-min watch
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Championing making practices in UK art schools

A reflection on five years of thinking, teaching and practicing painting in UK higher education by Freelands Foundation.

8-min read
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Art Schools, Place and Policy

A conversation about the impact of place and policy on teaching and art practice with Dr Silvie Jacobi and Dr Matthew Macaulay, chaired by Paul Haywood.

100-min listen
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SHIFT: Chris Francis

Secondary school art lead from Bournemouth and founder of @ArtPedagogy and @PhotoPedagogy Chris Francis reflects on his approach using the prompts ‘Culture and Concepts’, ‘Mischief and Meaning’ and ‘Authenticity and Actions’. 

13-min watch
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SHIFT: Nicola Hepworth

Artist teacher Nicola Hepworth discusses how her decades of teaching in secondary schools in London informs her painting practice, reflecting her students and wider community.

12-min watch
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Balancing Acts: Between Abstraction and Figuration

Drawing on his extensive career teaching on Foundation courses, Sean Kaye discusses how to teach painting by not teaching painting, and the relationship between the abstract and the representational.

59-min watch
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The Unteacher: Philip Guston and pedagogy as practice

A conversation on painter Philip Guston’s relationship to teaching practice with Sepake Angiama, Dana Clancy, and Alexis Harding, chaired by Ben Street. 

92-min listen
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SHIFT: Natasha Kidd & Jo Addison

Artists Natasha Kidd and Jo Addison reflect on their collaborative practice and the participatory performances that have constituted their ongoing project #InventoryofBehaviours.

12-min watch
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What if the environment was our teacher?

A student-led film documenting the Haberdashers’ Borough Academy project, led by artist Sean Roy Parker, to imagine an eco-responsive curriculum.

11-min watch
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SHIFT: Daniel T. Barney

Artist and educator Daniel T. Barney explores the productive 'misuse' of tools in an exploration of artistic teaching practices that go beyond traditional curricula to enable a pedagogy of play.

11-min watch
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SHIFT: Sadegh Aleahmad

Artist and educator Sadegh Aleahmad explores the discourse of ‘Decolonisation of Mind’, investigating its applications in his practice and its influence on his methodology for facilitating art workshops for primary school children.

11-min watch
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Lou Blakeway: Painting Her Stories

A response to the practice of artist and 2024 Freelands Studio Fellow Lou Blakeway during her fellowship at the University of Brighton.

6-min read
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SHIFT: Shepherd Manyika

Artist and educator Shepherd Manyika discusses the relationship between his roles as artist, university tutor and working in arts outreach, and the thoughts that arise for him when working with others, including collaboration, orientations and site.

23-min watch
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Rachel Wharton: Wishful Thinking

A response to the practice of artist and 2024 Freelands Studio Fellow Rachel Wharton during her fellowship at Belfast School of Art.

6-min read
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Painterly Perversions: Expansion as Translation

Magnus Quaife delivers a talk that explores the boundaries of painting and how it might be defined.

73-min watch
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SHIFT: Joanna Fursman

Artist educator and researcher Joanna Fursman reflects on how educators and students negotiate the complex relationship between educational spaces and art-making.

19-min watch
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Tia Maria Taylor Berry: Unquenchable Spirit

A response to the practice of artist and 2024 Freelands Studio Fellow Tia Maria Taylor Berry during her fellowship at Robert Gordon University.

5-min read
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Studios Make Artists: How Studios Can Support Artist Development

A conversation on how studios can support artists’ making, learning and professional practice with Colette Griffin, Dan Brown and Dr. Maggie Matić, chaired by Exodus Crooks.

56-min listen
transcript available (pdf)
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Pippa El-Kadhi Brown: A World Inside Out

A response to the practice of artist and 2024 Freelands Studio Fellow Pippa El-Kadhi Brown during her fellowship at Manchester Metropolitan University.

6-min read
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SHIFT: Exodus Crooks

Artist and educator Exodus Crooks discusses how their research and experience as a freelance art educator has influenced their philosophy of art education, which centres care as a pedagogic practice.

17-min watch
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SHIFT: Jorge Lucero

Artist and educator Jorge Lucero describes his work as "making the material of schooling pliable". In this film, he sets out his theory that the 'pliability of school' comes through the practice of reading the traits, mechanisms, potential, and troubles of an institution.

19-min watch