Events

EVENTS

THE OTHER COLLECTIVE: BLAST! CREATIVE NETWORK

12th May
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

This talk is taking place via Zoom.
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The Other is a photography collective working to raise awareness, using an intersectional approach, to class discrimination within photography in the UK. Cofounders Joanne Coates, Kelly O’Brien and Kirsty Mackay are photographers, artists, activists & educators from poor and working class backgrounds. We champion photographers & photographic artists from poor & lower economic positions in […] READ MORE

PAST EVENTS

BLAST! CREATIVE NETWORK: FUNDRAISING WORKSHOP

4th February
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

This workshop is taking place via Zoom.
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Following feedback from Blast! Creative Network members, we’ve organised a second fundraising workshop specifically designed to help you with applying to the Arts Council England’s Developing your Creative Practice fund, the deadline for which is coming up at 12pm (midday), 18 February 2021. Producer Jenny Moore will walk you through the important considerations when applying […] READ MORE

JAGDISH PATEL + BENJAMIN ELLIOTT: BLAST! CREATIVE NETWORK TALK

20th January
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

This talk is taking place via Zoom.
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Jagdish Patel will talk about his research-based collaborative art practice with communities in the Midlands, including his work with issues around anti-racism and well-being. Over the past decade, he has been working as a socially engaged visual artist, educator and writer, and he is currently working on a research project examining the inter-relationship between anti-racism, […] READ MORE

JEMELLA BINNS + DENISE MAXWELL: BLAST! CREATIVE NETWORK TALK

9th December 2020
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

This talk is taking place via Zoom.
A link will be sent out to attendees.

Jemella Binns and Denise Maxwell from the UK Black Female Photographers Group will share from their individual careers and artistic practices and on the importance of building networks of solidarity within an industry that is often exclusionary. They will map out what led them to where they are now as established photographers, including taking a […] READ MORE