Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Metalsmithing in Bangladesh
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An article about the metalworkers I visited in Bangladesh during the MS: SP Fellowship has been included in the Craft Revival Trust Website. The website is "a constantly expanding Encyclopedia featuring information on the makers, the techniques, processes and vocabulary of the intangible cultural heritage of South Asia".
Making Space:Sensing Place
In October 2009, along with artist Thurle Wright, I was awarded a Making Space:Sensing Place Fellowship; part of the HAT: Here and There International Exchange Programme, managed by A Fine Line:Cultural Practice. The Fellowship includes residencies with Britto Arts in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with Arts Reverie in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with The V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London and with The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire. Working and collaborating with artists and craftspeople from the UK, Bangladesh and India, responding to the collections and spaces we encounter and sharing these experiences through a touring exhibition and educational workshops.
This blog, which is still developing and being added to, is a record of my experiences during the MS:SP Fellowship. Steven Follen.
www.stevenfollen.com
Outline timetable
February 2010 - UK Artists residency: Britto Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
March 2010 - UK Artists residency: Arts Reverie, Ahmedabad, Gujurat, India.
April- July 2010 - Asian and UK artists residency and educational workshops: V&A Museum of Childhood, London and The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, UK.
November 2010 - Exhibition. V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London.
June 2011 - Exhibition. The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire.
MS:SP Fellowship Links
The project is funded by:
Arts Council England
Helen Hamlyn Foundation