CAS research 3rd session May 4th 2021 – Yonat Nitzan-Green Drawings clockwise from top left: Will, Prudence Maltby, Elizabeth Hammond, Peter Driver, Yonat Nitzan- Green. Our second session led to refine the research question from ‘Who is community?’ to ‘Who are communities in the traumatic times of Covid 19; and how might CAS affect the […]
Andover Town Artist-In-Residence to deliver a 3 month ‘Andover Space Programme’
Artistic Director of Upstart Theatre, Tom Mansfield, and his team have been selected for our inaugural CAS:AIR community project commencing this September. They will connect Andover with ‘the bigger picture’ and give the whole of Andover an opportunity to experience a universe of hope and possibility. Tom Mansfield’s successful application to become the first ‘Andover […]
DIGITAL COMMISSION CALL OUT
CAS:AIR (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE) Deadline for application: 30th November To deliver our latest residency “Underearth”, CAS wishes to appoint a digital artist-in-residence for three months, from Feb to April 2022, to work with two schools in the Andover area, and in collaboration with the award- winning ecological organisation Andover Trees United (ATU). Just over a year […]
OPPORTUNITY
CAS welcomes applications for our summer project with young people. CAS is looking to create a summer art drop in project for young people, based at the Andover skate park. Using our ‘Bus of Many Things’ (and gazebos) as a workshop base, we are looking for an artist/artist-team to run creative opportunities that young people […]
Drawing communities in time of COVID 19 CAS Research Group April 2021 Session 2
Drawing communities in time of COVID 19 CAS Research Group April 2021Yonat Nitzan-Green25.4.2021 Prudence Maltby wrote a text that dialogued with some of Anna Lovatt’s ideas in ‘Introduction’,Vitamin 3D Today’s Best In Contemporary Drawing (Phaidon Press 2021), focusing on the question:Why drawing now?Lovatt writes about artist Rashid Johnson’s series of drawings called: ‘Untitled Anxious RedDrawings’ […]
Girls get journaling
Throughout March and April, CAS associate artist, Deborah Porter of Core Art Journaling, ran four one hour wellbeing sessions online for young women and girls aged 11 – 19. As part of our programme around International Women’s Day, the workshops gave participants a chance to enjoy some relaxation together while learning some skills and techniques […]
CAS Research Drawing Group 2021 – Who is Community?
March 2021, deep in the middle of the UK’s second pandemic lockdown, the research drawing group recommences to interrogate the subject of ‘community’. Who is it, where is it and how and why might artists be present in it? Who is ‘Community’? Drawing DialogueDrawing Languages of Dissent Part 2 – 1 st session – Monday […]
Job Vacancies
Chapel Arts Studios is recruiting! (click on title for more details) PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for the role of Executive Director has been extended to 19th March Chapel Arts Studio located in Andover, is a contemporary arts studio with National Portfolio Organisation status. We are recruiting for three exciting positions to be part of CAS […]
What is socially engaged art? with Susan Merrick
December’s artist Instagram takeover was with Susan Merrick who is currently running a socially engaged art project ‘Conversations with Aldershot.’ Click the images to watch the replay on CAS IGTV @CASartists on Instagram.
Ash Tree Stream – Virtual Tour
Enjoy this virtual tour by CAS Artist James Aldridge showing the Ash Tree Stream exhibition that opened at CAS on 3rd November 2020. Ash Tree Stream is an Art and Outdoor Learning project for Andover, led by artist James Aldridge, in partnership with Andover Trees United and CAS (Chapel Arts Studios) with five schools in […]
Working with purpose; artist James Aldridge
ARTIST INTERVIEW Today I interviewed artist and consultant James Aldridge. We talked about the contexts in which he works, the philosophy behind his work, and his recent and upcoming projects Ash Tree Stream and Queer River. Click the image to listen to the interview James is interested in exploring his relationship with place and sometimes […]
