In Spring 2024 NCA will host No Last Dance, a painting exhibition, curated by Helen Baker and Sue Spark. No Last Dance will, in part, explore how time is intrinsic to the act of making and viewing painting.
As a precursor to the exhibition, NCA will be holding three public conversations in the Gallery space in April, May and June. The aim of the conversations is to elicit discussion that may inform the content of the final exhibition.
The First Dance invites both visible and invisible artists in the North East to come together and discuss how, why and when they make and show work. As a catalyst for the evening’s discussion, we will screen a short film about the artist Phyllida Barlow and ask participants to respond to several questions (see below). If you have time before the event, please send your answers to the questions via email to: info@visitnca.com
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Invisible Artist Questionnaire
How visible do you consider yourself as an artist and your work to be?
Where do you make your work?
Work doesn’t need to be seen in a gallery or exhibition.
How is your work seen, by whom, where, how, when?
Do you think you operate outside the conventional gallery system? If so what do you do and where do you do it?
Many artists don’t show their work. Does this matter?
How often do you view other artists work that inspires you? (Apart from in print or digitally).
What problems do you have as an artist?