Residencies
Residencies bring artists into archaeological settings to work with sites, finds and excavation processes over an extended period.
About us
Art+Archaeology
Art+Archaeology organises art residencies, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and events. It aims to research and enhance the connections between artistic and archaeological practice.
Our mission
Exploring interchange between archaeology and visual art
Our mission is to explore the interchange between archaeology and visual art. Working with artists, archaeologists and heritage sites, the initiative places creative practice alongside archaeological research so that each can inform the other.
The programme is delivered through a series of residencies, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and events. Through these activities we research and enhance the connections between artistic and archaeological practice, encouraging artists to engage directly with archaeological sites, collections and excavation.
- Art residencies hosted with archaeological sites and institutions.
- Exhibitions presenting artistic responses to archaeological work.
- Lectures, seminars and workshops for artists, archaeologists and the public.
How we work
Artists and archaeologists in shared settings
Residencies place artists within working archaeological environments, allowing observation of excavation, recording and site management to feed directly into the studio. The outcomes are exhibited and discussed publicly, and documented in publications.
Past activity includes the Stonehenge Riverside Project collaborations, exhibitions at the Oliver Holt Gallery in Sherborne and the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, and events including the Earthscapes: Geology + Geography Seminar and the Test Pit seminar at Birmingham City University.
What we do
Activities
Exhibitions
Exhibitions present completed artistic responses, including Touchstone at the Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum in 2010 and Stonehenge Riverside: The Ventral Surface at the Oliver Holt Gallery in 2009.
Lectures, Workshops & Events
Seminars and workshops open archaeological questions to artists and researchers, and to visitors who follow the debates through our exhibitions.
Coordination
Who to contact
The project is coordinated by Dr Helen Wickstead MIfA (Archaeologist) together with Leo Duff MA RCA (Artist).
Dr Helen Wickstead MIfA
Project Coordinator (Archaeologist)
h.Wickstead@artarchaeology.org
Leo Duff MA RCA
Visit
Artists in Archaeology, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston University, London, Knights Park, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey KT6 6BW UK