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Art classes for your children

Dear all, Knowing that many of you across the group are facing the great challenge of home-schooled children, I mentioned in the COVID update on 5 January about the potential of running a calendar of free art events for children via Zoom.  I am really pleased to say that, with the help of the Elephant […]

Elephant Live Stream and a new term for Elephant Academy

The newly appointed commercial director to Elephant, Karen Spinner recently presented a global live stream to Colart employees, aimed at providing an informed and educational overview of the business plus initiatives included the 2021 strategy. The mission statement described Elephant as “a dynamic D2C platform designed to turn an engaged community into repeat consumers of […]

Buying Art online – with Duane Romanell

Buying art online can be daunting as there are an infinite number of places to search for art and in the current climate many artists have been prompted to set up their own shops or offer work directly to their social media followers. This of course, is not great news for galleries (with resulting closures […]

JMPP – Emerging Artist category

The John Moores Painting Prize brings together the best in contemporary British painting of the moment. This prize provides a platform for artists to inspire, disrupt and challenge the British painting art scene today. Emerging Artist Prize supported by Winsor & Newton This year, the UK team, under the Winsor & Newton brand is honoured […]

The Big White Walls Project 2020

What is the ‘liquitex white walls’ project? Liquitex white walls is a great example of how TFAC directs traffic to brand. Each year we create a white walls project either through funded partnerships or through open submissions to engage with leading art schools, this time as Cental Saint Martin’s and Camberwell. Highight on: Mateo Gabayet’s […]

What are residencies?

What are residencies exactly ? An artist’s residency – or Artist-in-Residence (AiR) – is when an artist relocates for a period of time to another studio or location, usually within an institution set up for this purpose. Residencies can range from a few days, weeks to a year, or longer. There is often a proposal […]