art industry | Ella Frost Professional Practice

Working with galleries and art projects

March 1, 2023UncategorizedLeave a Comment

We had guest speaker Lindsey Smith come in and talk to us about working with galleries and the process she went through whilst studying and how she got to be an established artist. She has worked in collaboration with a range of organisations to design, deliver and evaluate learning and engagement initiatives. Her main peace of advice was to keep networking as well as have the confidence to reach out to people to see if they want to produce collaborative work or to see if you can get exhibited in a gallery. Having a strong portfolio is something I need to consider as I do want to be exhibited into galleries. Now that we are planning our grad show this will be a great opportunity to network and put myself out there!

I have selected some images and started to build my portfolio up as well as begin to do my CV and artist bio.

Artist bio:

Ella Frost is a British visual artist currently in attendance of The University of Brighton for BA(Hons) Photography, of which she is in her third year. Frost’s work re-imagines our relationship with the photographic image: documentation of truth, memory, and existence are explored through the use of portraiture. Working with alternative processes and merging analogue & digital technology with contemporary methods, Frost explores the power of portraits to challenge existing narratives and boundaries. By reflecting on the history of the portrait and engaging with current views of the portrait, she creates abstract work reflecting on these ideas within photography by editing and manipulating her images to reimagine their possibilities.

Through her studies at the University of Brighton Frost has established strong concepts and creative interests within her visual practice. Through the exploration of 35mm film as well as studio shoots, frosts works visualises the truth within photography as she bushed the boundaries between reality and fictionality. Her wider visual concepts incorporate these ideas by using mixed medias to aesthetically convey her concepts as well as researching into the historical and critical analysis of photography. Her work guides the viewer to the depict world. During 2022 my project ‘Conceal & Reveal, which was made by splashing developer onto my prints in the darkroom, was shown in ‘Indagation’. The exhibition was displayed at Edward Street by the university of Brighton. This series as well as ‘conceal & reveal continued’ is also soon to be displayed at the Free Range in London as well as another exhibition held by the university of Brighton.

CV:

Clear and concise

November 24, 2022UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Blog post week six: Social Media + Self promotion

Perpetration is key, we need to be actively making work and showing work to peers. Documentation of this process can also be included within an account of some sort like Instagram or a website. Update this regularly so the algorithm will put your work onto people’s feeds! Authenticity is so important now days too, your work needs to stand out and your profile is a different layer of art, does it have the sequence, is it aesthetically pleasing to look at? I need to rebrand my Instagram so it is more engaging, I need to analyse my profile and see how I can make it captivating!

Self promotion:

Build your profile
Solidify your online support – Instagram, website, business time …
Network with people

Promotion:

Builds excitement
Reaches your audience
Communication and writing is key
Social media campagnas

I don’t post often on my Instagram, and this is something I will do more to engage more people. I have also added a bio to make my account clearer and more concise as this is the first thing people see when they view your profile. I have also archived some of my work to make my feed flow more. I have downloaded the app preview where I can upload my images and move them to see how they would look on my Instagram feed. I want to include all my work in progress too so people can actively see I’m producing work.

Finding our path

October 23, 2022UncategorizedLeave a Comment

Week three: Applying for Residencies, Exhibitions, and Funding (and Commissions)

Screenshot: http://www.zoechilderley.co.uk/beyondthepale?lightbox=dataItem-kur9u5wi4

I didn’t realise how many different paths you can go down as an artist and how you get there but today an artist talk from Zoe Childerley gave me comfort in figuring out what is my path and how I get to it. I feel like each week everything is slowly starting to all come together things such as funding, art residencies, and the application process is all starting to make sense. I’ve never heard of art residencies before, “Residencies are temporary periods for an artist to work on a project or develop new ideas. They are time out of your usual work to develop new art and ideas.”Artist residencies (no date) Artquest. Available at: https://artquest.org.uk/how-to-articles/artist-residencies/ (Accessed: October 23, 2022). Beyond the Pale, a project created by Zoe whilst exploring the 100-mile-long border in Northumberland in 2016 during her residency, explores a narrative around territory, land, and belonging on the Anglo-Scottish border. To fund this project Zoe applied for DYCP (develop your creative practice) through the arts council – https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/our-open-funds/new-arts-council. They invest public money from the government and the national lottery to make sure that everyone’s creativity is given the chance to flourish through a wide range of experiences.

Screenshot: https://www.artsjobs.org.uk/artsjobshome/

So, what is it that I exactly want to do? I have been looking on the arts council website (https://www.artscouncil.org.uk) for potential opportunities for when I graduate. The website is so easy to use and has a wide range of areas of art you can go into. It can be as specific as you like to where you work, how much you want to get paid, and whether you want to work full/part-time. Because I have looked through this website I am interested in jobs such as studio assistant, gallery or sales assistant, or marketing assistant. I’m now in the process of refining my cv so I can contact these companies to see what is their application process. The end is near and my professional career is closer than I thought.