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The latest from UK Arts
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Commonly known for his award winning music, grime artist Stormzy is now stepping in to the world of literacy in an effort to get young writers work published. Speaking to his Instagram followers he recently announced that he will be teaming up with Penguin Books to create #Merky Books, a publishing imprint in collaboration. He speaks passionately about making sure talented young writers have the opportunity to showcase their work expressing that "reading and writing as a kid was integral" to his success today.
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Congratulations are in order for Tate St Ives who have been awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year award. The gallery has been recognised for the recent renovations it underwent after receiving funding in 2015, with Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar saying that the addition to the 25-year-old original building is what swayed the judges. Current exhibitions being hosted at the gallery include a retrospective of Patrick Heron's work and an ambitious new 16mm film that retraces Paul Gauguin’s fêted journey to Tahiti by contemporary British artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer.
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The classical music world is mourning the loss of one of the UK’s finest composers, Oliver Knussen. In this tribute, the British Council’s Director of Music, Cathy Graham, reflects on "Olly", recalling "a conductor and teacher of great stature whose contribution to the world of contemporary music is inestimable".
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Two reports were released this week showing that EU funding programme Creative Europe brings much more to the UK than €74 million in grants. One report reveals 2017 UK results, while the other highlights the programme’s effect on building networks, growing audiences, boosting jobs and more, while profiling beneficiaries such as MUBI, Candoco Dance Company, FACT Liverpool, LIFT and the Nerve Centre.
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Priceless pieces of art are now brought to life for the visually impaired in a new exhibition that has opened in Prague, named The Touching Masterpiece. Through the help of virtual reality, visitors to the exhibition can wear haptic gloves to map out the shape and feel of famous sculptures. The gloves vibrate, replicating the sense of touch to the brain, and with 1024 variations of these vibrations users are able to differentiate what detail they touching. The system was developed by NeuroDigital Technologies and Geometry.
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Dance company Company Chameleon are hoping to break down barriers in mental health through the medium of dance, launching a new project in three secondary academies, which are part of the Co-op Academies Trust in North Manchester. Writing for Arts Pro, Kevin Edward Turner explains how Company Chameleon aims to help young people to embrace their mental health through starting discussions and coaching them on how to develop a creative response to how they're feeling.
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