My moving image work is currently being screened as part of the Summer Camp exhibition at Eastside Projects in Digbeth, Birmingham, until 15th October.
I AM OKAY / I AM NOT OKAY at Eastside Projects, Birmingham
News
Artist talk now online
I recently presented an online screening of my moving image work I AM OKAY / I AM NOT OKAY, and Q&A hosted by curator Vickie Fear. The recording can now be watched online.
If you would like to watch the film, please send me an email: hello@alysscotthawkins.co.uk and I can send you a private link.
a-n Artists Council, 2022-2025
I am overjoyed to share this news that I’ve had been keeping quiet for a while… I will be part of the a-n Artists Council for the next three years, advocating for change in the visual arts sector on behalf of a-n’s 28 000 members.
I AM OKAY / I AM NOT OKAY artist talk
Please join me for an online screening of my moving image work, I AM OKAY / I AM NOT OKAY made during the first UK lockdown of 2020, as a way of documenting the strangeness and dislocation of living through a pandemic. Curator Vickie Fear will host a discussion.
I AM OKAY / I AM NOT OKAY wins award
Two of my works were selected for Southampton City Art Gallery‘s biannual Open Exhibition, and I was over the moon to attend the opening and discover that my moving image work I AM OKAY / I AM NOT OKAY had been awarded the New Media Prize.
The other work selected was an ink self-portrait from the ongoing series, this one made after the outbreak of war in Ukraine and a poignant online conversation with fellow artists which we concluded in silence.
The theme of this year’s exhibition is ‘What does culture mean to you?’ and it includes many wonderful works. It’s on until 10th September.
a-n bursary news
I’m utterly thrilled to be selected as one of the 174 UK artists to receive a bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company to support my professional development. My project is designed to build my confidence in working with autobiographical themes, across multiple mediums and formats including graphic narratives and book works.
Arts Council funding news
Very excited to share the news that I’ve been awarded Developing Your Creative Practice funding by the Arts Council. This will support a 12 month project, with mentoring from Lenka Clayton and NewArt.School, a course at Royal Drawing School and paid time to make new work.
A big thanks to Solent Showcase who kindly wrote me a letter of support, and also to A-N and Aspex Portsmouth who awarded me bursaries which paid for conversations with TheHourCollective.org and Rachel Dobbs which helped me to believe in the value of my practice and get in the right place to write this application. And thanks to Arts Council England of course!
I Didn’t Lick It, group show, Bruton Museum
During lockdown in 2020, I participated in a collaborative postal project, with The Bruton Correspondence School, in Somerset, UK. The work of over 350 artists who re-made each other’s work, is on show at Bruton Museum, until 25th September.
Self Portrait Prize 2021: longlist exhibition
I’m very happy to hear that my ink drawing has been long listed for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize, and will be part of an online exhibition hosted by London gallery Piano Nobile and Artsy, selected by a panel including Will Gompertz and Victoria Miro. The letter of confirmation was particularly satisfying to receive:
“From over 2000 entries your work has been identified as an outstanding contribution to the self-portrait genre and longlisted. With so many outstanding works submitted to the 2021 prize this is a huge achievement.”
The exhibitions opens on 14th May, here
