Venice Biennale trip

As most of you may be aware by now, the subject area will be running a trip to the Venice Biennale this November 5th-8th, open to full and part-time students with a cost of around £350. Deposits of £60 will be taken on enrolment on a first come, first served basis. Further details, flights etc., to follow. This is proving to be a popular trip so please secure your place early to avoid disappointment. For reviews and tasters of the Biennale copy the links below into your browser.

http://www.labiennale.org/en/
http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-art-venice-biennale.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/06/09/arts/09.bien.blog.slide.ready_1.html
http://www.artthrob.co.za/05july/reviews/venice.html

Open Congratulations

Congratulations are due to Katy Giles (Level 2 Part-time) who has had work accepted for the Leeds Art Gallery Open this year, the show will run from 25 August to 23 September.

As with previous annual 'open' exhibitions, it serves as an exceptional opportunity to see fresh work by artists, some of whom rarely have a chance to exhibit, alongside recent work by many of the region's established artists. In recent years, the range of the works on show has helped attract a large and varied audience, and a good number of the exhibits get sold.

This year's selectors are Leeds-based independent curator Glynn Thomson; Lara Eggleton, Assistant Director of ESA Patrick Studios, Leeds; and archivist at The Henry Moore Institute, Victoria Worsley.