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Event: Exhibition Sue Gollifer Retrospective 19 September 2025 – 11 January 2026 | Phoenix Gallery, Leicester Free

Following on from Sue Gollifer’s recent London summer show at the Computer Arts Society,  Phoenix Gallery in Leicester will present her  original works with complementary video material. She will also hold an artist’s talk on 9 October 2025. For uptodate information, please refer to the website here: https://www.phoenix.org.uk/events/sue-gollifer-retrospective/   Background Sue Gollifer (b. 1944) began her career as a printmaker, having graduated with a master’s degree from the University of Brighton in 1969. She worked as an artist and academic at Brighton, gaining a reputation for her innovative silkscreen technique. Drawn to a “computational aesthetic”, she was initially discouraged from using computers in her work by an establishment that regarded computer programming as an unsuitable activity for a female artist. She reacted to this by “becoming a computer” in the production of her artwork, before later using digital devices to help create her art. She went on to curate the […]

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Event Grant Capture: Joint bid writing day | 26 September 2025 at Moulsecoomb, Elm House

The Grant Capture Leads (GCL) from the School of Applied Sciences (SAS) and School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering (SATES) are holding a joint bid writing day on Friday 26th September (Elm House) that SAM staff have been invited to join. The main focus of the day will be on funding for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC and Natural Environment Research Council NERC Oyuna Rybdylova (Grant Capture Lead, SATE) will lead bid writing sessions for those preparing proposals. In parallel, Peter Cragg (Grant Capture Lead, SAS) and Martin Smith (Dean, R&KE, SAS) will run sessions on introducing the bid writing process (ideal for ECRs) and detailed information on EPSRC/NERC funding processes from panel members and successful applicants. There will also be a session for PGRs and ECRs on identifying and applying for small external grants. See the  Bid writing and UKRI intelligence agenda The day’s activities are open to […]

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Event: On Reflection new mirrored artworks by Cathy Lomax | Exhibition 22 September – 15 October 2025 at Grand Parade, Atrium Gallery, Seminar 3 October 2025 12-1 at Grand Parade, G4

On Reflection is an exhibition of archival material and film clips curated by Proffessor Tamar Jeffers McDonald  accompanied by new works from artist and academic Cathy Lomax. These are works that Cathy Lomax has created while spending time in the School of Art of Media as a Visiting Research Fellow sponsored by the Centre for Design History. The exhibition focuses on the themes of mirrors and mirroring, film and beauty. The ‘Mirrors’ issue (50)of the art zine Arty* will be launched for the exhibition. A seminar  Introducing ‘On Reflection’: Mirrors, Film and Beauty will take place 3 October 2025  12.00-1-00, Grand Parade G4, no need to RSVP. * Arty has tracked the subjects that its creator Cathy Lomax is preoccupied by. In its 40+ issues to date Arty’s eclectic content has put fame, romance, the Deep South, white, Rome, architecture, red, dresses and Venus under the spotlight.  Made up of […]