Coventry Artspace

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

*annotations on multiplicity of us by melissandre varin

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Pour moi Pour mamou Pour ma mere Pour Eole Pour Véronique Kanor Pour papaya Pour Alice Walker Pour Amandine Gay Pour bell hooks Pour l’amour Pour Frantz Fanon Pour la justice Pour Arcadia Gallery Pour ceux qui ne sont plus là Pour nous tous     credit: Ryan Christopher (Autumn residency) routes/roots, black synthetic hair, […]

Artist On My Street

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The call out for the second round of Artist On My Street is now closed. The artists selected will be announced here soon! The Artist On My Street project was launched on 17 August 2021. It brings the work of locally based artists to Coventry neighbourhoods. In the first round five artists were selected to […]

Gloris Adusu – Summer Residency – Multiplicity of Us

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Coventry-based creative Gloria Adusa shares a bit about her creative practice ahead of the Summer Residency “Multiplicity of Us” opening on 27th July at Arcadia Gallery…   “Originally from Ghana, I live in Coventry, I have been in the UK for 17 years now. Mother of 4, I live with the last one. I am […]

The Utility Room at The Empire Commission

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Artist Commission Opportunity in partnership with Coventry Biennial! (DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 9AM 30TH AUGUST)   PROJECT OVERVIEW:   The Utility Room is a new kind of space for flexible working, meeting and other activities related to the development of artistic practice in the city, that is designed to encourage artists to self-organise.   This new […]

Ayesha Jones – Summer Residency – Multiplicity of Us

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Ayesha Jones is another artist who will be joining melissandre varin for their Summer Residency at Arcadia Gallery. Ayesha is a dual heritage, neurodiverse, visual artist. She uses photography and film to interrogate social structures and belief systems, through personal narratives. Her autobiographical project, which explores disability, female sexuality and family lineage, was one of […]

Loraine Mponela – Summer Residency – Multiplicity Of Us

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Loraine Mponela will be sharing some of her poetry as part of the “Multiplicity of Us” residency at Arcadia coming later this month. She’s shared with us a bit about her background and her involvement in the project… “Loraine is a native of Malawi. She has lived in England for 13 years in September. Loraines […]

Japhet Dinganga – Summer Residency – Multiplicity Of Us

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Japhet Dinganga will be part of melissandre varin’s summer residency in Arcadia, and he’s shared with us a little insight into his creative practice. We’re looking forward to seeing his contributions to the residency!   “I’m an Artist based in Birmingham and a Painting Masters student at Coventry University currently on a gap year.    […]

The Art of Place – applications open

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Ludic Rooms, in partnership with Coventry Artspace is inviting local artists to explore ‘The Art of Place’ with them in a free course and commissioning opportunity. This is part of Ludic Rooms’ Random String programme and the Coventry Artspace Artist Development programme 2021-22. Random String is a nine month long arts and technology programme exploring […]

IJE Blog – Summer Residency – Multiplicity Of Us

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Warwickshire based artist Ije will be involved in melissandre varin’s summer residency at Arcadia Gallery, so she’s shared with us a bit about herself and her creative practice… Ije (eejay): A Scottish/Nigerian artist-healer. My practice draws on a lifetime of exploring landscapes, from wild spaces of mountains and coastlines, to mining and farming communities to industrial towns […]

‘Traces of Other(s)’ – Final Blog

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  (Image by Mandip Singh Seehra).   All of the artists involved in melissandre varin’s Spring Residency at Arcadia have reflected on their experience of their time in the gallery space, and what the themes that the residency allowed their work to explore…   Traces of Other(s) – Ryan Christopher A space of fragility and […]