Venture Arts Artist Barry Finan at Major UK Ceramics Festival
September 7 – October 13, 2019
British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) has selected Manchester artist Barry Finan for its headline exhibition AWARD 2019, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this month in Stoke-on-Trent. Finan will be exhibiting amongst ten of the UK’s most talented ceramicists with a chance to win the £10,000 prize. Barry Finan has been practising for over ten years at Manchester’s Venture Arts, which supports learning disabled artists to develop and showcase new art.
Spode China Hall, Former Spode Works, Kingsway, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1JB
www.venturearts.org
Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York
September 6 – October 19, 2019
Paulina Peavy (1901–1999) painted while wearing a mask and served as a channel for a being she described as her personal “UFO,” a highly evolved teacher from the future named Lacamo. In "Paulina Peavy/Lacamo: They Call us Unidentified", curated by Bill Arning, Andrew Edlin Gallery will feature multilayered paintings in which abstract motifs resolve into mystic figures.
Andrew Edlin Gallery
212 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
www.edlingallery.com
Folk Art Explorers: Trip to Memphis
October 18–21, 2019
The Folk Art Explorers are offering a trip to Memphis, Tennessee, in October: four days and three nights of self-taught and folk art environments, museums, private collection tours, fine dining, music and American history. Highlights of the trip include private tours of John Jerit’s collection and St. Paul’s Spiritual Holy Temple. For information or to purchase a ticket, please contact Julia Sucher at jsucher@folkartmuseum.org.
Last Chance to Support Ben Wilson in Creating New Book!
A book of Ben Wilson's chewing gum pictures on the Millennium Bridge in London is due to be published this autumn. The project is being crowdfunded via Kickstarter. To pre-order a copy or to support the project, click here.
Black Sheep Gallery, Nova Scotia
Norval Morrisseau
until November 15, 2019
Black Sheep Gallery presents "The Story Of Our People – The visual interpretation of the stories and legends of his ancestors by Norval Morrisseau, a descendant of Ojibway chiefs".
The Black Sheep Gallery
1689 West Jeddore Road, West Jeddore Village, Nova Scotia, Canada
blacksheepart.com
Our special summer sale continues, with a huge 50% off back issues and books, for a limited time!
For orders of 10+ issues please email info@rawvision.com for reduced postage.
cover image: Sulton Rogers, Gordon W. Baily Collection
Raw Vision Short Film Competition
Below is Francis Lill's entry into the 2019 Raw Vision short film competition.
Fountain House Gallery provides an environment for artists living and working with mental illness to pursue their creative visions and to challenge the stigma that surrounds mental illness. In this short film, several Fountain House Gallery artists talk about their experience with art, recovery, and community.
To see the rest of the short films, click here.