Big congrats to Marc and Ruth!
What a fantastic idea to take this excellent show out of the traditional
art venue and into a space where it can be seen and experienced by those
with little exposure to contemporary media art.
Randall
On 8/7/13 7:27 AM, "marc garrett" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>We have just received some good newsŠ
>
>Furtherfield has just been awarded a grant of £65,500 by the Arts
>Council to tour the Being Social Exhibition.
>http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/being-social
>
>In partnership with CultureCode, Furtherfield will deliver a pilot tour
>of participatory digital art to six shopping centres in the North of
>England and London with the aim of establishing a sustainable touring
>network offering increased access and engagement in high quality art for
>people in places with limited arts provision. The exhibitions will be
>updated versions of Furtherfield's Being Social Exhibition - 2011.
>
>The show featured Annie Abrahams, Karen Blissett, Ele Carpenter, Emilie
>Giles, moddr_ , Liz Sterry and Thomson and Craighead - we'll see how it
>all pans out. Much work to doŠ
>
>Arts Council web site
>http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-for-funding/strategic-touring-
>programme/successful-applicants/
>
>wishing you all well.
>
>marc
|