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Coventry Artspace is a charity dedicated to supporting and developing the visual arts in Coventry for the benefit of its citizens.

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‘Stories That Made Us’ by Hardish Virk

August 4, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

  In the late 1980s, the Indian actor and comedian Mehar Mittal visited my family home. I remember my father positioning our new Panasonic Video Camera Recorder a few feet from where Mittal was sitting and started filming. I can remember this famous actor’s face showing some discomfort to a camera pointed at him as […]

Stories That Made Us

August 3, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Our Stories That Made Us project is led by Hardish Virk and funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. The project is inspired by two Coventry collections of South Asian artefacts. The first is Hardish’s own archive, consisting of over 1000 items, including vinyl records, cassettes, minidiscs, CDs, videos, DVDs, reports, books, magazines, posters, newspapers, passports, […]

My Year at Coventry Artspace by Sophie Clausen

July 15, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Sophie Clausen worked with Coventry Artspace during Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture as our Lead Producer. Her wealth of talent and skills saw us through the Artist on My Street Project and the roll out of the Artist Development Programme, both of which were a great success. It was a delight working with […]

A visit to the seaside by Xiaohan Wu

July 13, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

See the Chinese translation of this blog below! Leave all the stress to the sea – in conversation with artist Denise Startin at Arcadia Gallery   My name is Xiaohan, and I am currently studying at Warwick University for an MA in International Cultural Policy and Management. As part of my course I am currently […]

Re-assembling residencies 2020-21

July 1, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Context by Coventry Artspace In Autumn 2020, emerging artist melisandre varin was awarded the Covid Artist in Action Award, providing free use of Arcadia Gallery as a residency space. Alongside this they were also selected as the first ‘Featured Artist’ on the new Outside In Midlands Hub. Combining the benefits of both, melissandre worked on […]

Blog by David Jones following the Leading Workshops Training with Outside In

June 26, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Back in April we hosted a 5-day workshop in partnership with Outside In, ran by artist and curator Tess Radcliffe which aimed to equip participants with the skills and confidence to design and deliver their own creative workshops. Local artist David Jones attended, and has shared his account of this insightful week… “As a rural […]

WEIRD VALUE by Janet Tryner

June 12, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Warwickshire based artist Janet Tryner has shared with us her experience of attending our Exploring Collections Workshop and what she then went on to create in response to this…   “Back in February I was fortunate to have participated as an artist in a Working with Collections Workshop held by OutsideIn and Coventry Artspace and […]

Blog by Ana Jesus following the Art of Curation Workshop with Roo Dhissou

June 12, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Applying to the workshop as my last semester of the final year of university came to an end felt like a coping mechanism to keep going, keep on making work and engage with a community who had the same passion for creation. On the first few days of the workshop, we were challenged to come […]

Blog by Ian Sergeant following the Art of Curation Workshop

February 27, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

We were thrilled to welcome curator and PhD researcher Ian Sergeant to host the Art of Curation workshop earlier this month. Participants had the opportunity to explore the work of the 1980s BLK Art Group and follow-up with a pop-up exhibition at Arcadia. Here’s Ian’s account on his experience…   What is the story? I […]

Join melissandre varin for a series of events to celebrate their time with us!

January 10, 2022 by Coventry Artspace

Following their series of seasonal residencies with us and the team at Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art, melissandre varin is thrilled to announce a series of forthcoming events in which all are invited to join!   mel says…   “i have had the pleasure to join Coventry Artspace staff operating as an artist and a […]
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