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BBC News
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
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York Minster wants artists to mark 1,400th birthday
A cathedral is to award two artists £10,000 each to create works for its 1,400th anniversary Minster said the Talent Award would be open to artists working in various disciplines and "at any stage of their career".Candidates are being asked to propose large-scale installations that interpret the minster's legacy through the themes of "renewal and transformation".The winning entries are set to go on show for 10 months to mark the anniversary in 2027. Immersive art shows in recent years have included the Phoenix exhibition, which marked 40 years since a devastating fire at the minster, and Colour and Light, which explored wildlife in York.A spokesperson for the minster said: "The Talent Awards are open to anyone anywhere in the world and are an opportunity to contribute to the ongoing narrative of a space that has stood as a centre of culture, craft, and community for nearly 1,400 years." Cherie Federico, who runs the annual Aesthetica short film festival in York, is working with the minster on the awards."We're especially interested in how artists can explore themes of water and baptism – powerful symbols of renewal and transformation," she said. The Very Rev Dominic Barrington, Dean of York, added: "No visitor to the minster leaves without a sense of the artistry that generations have poured into this place. "These exciting artistic commissions offer a chance to rediscover, reassess and reassert our mission today through the lens of contemporary art." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
15-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bedford art show aims to bring 'new technology to the masses'
The organisers of an art exhibition will draw on the influences of painters through the generations to "bring new technology and digital art to the masses". Colour and Light, at The Higgins Bedford, will showcase artwork through the ages, from JMW Turner to pop artist Peter Blake and Chila Kumari Alison Goodyear, a Bedford-based artist, said she was able to create "innovative, ground-breaking" work with people who did not believe they were "arty"."We're looking at historical paintings through the lens of contemporary expanding painting practice, we're not ignoring what has gone before - we're seeing it in a new light," she said. "It shows how digital art can be all things," she added. Dr Goodyear worked with four community groups - the Higgins volunteers, Queen's Park Youth Group, Castle Art Life Group and a team of Ukrainian artists - on the show. She said many believed they were "not artists or arty, but I disagree with that, everyone has the potential to be an artist". Working with a virtual reality (VR) assistant, Amina Pagliari, the groups were shown how to create VR together in an "immersive space". What they created was edited into a 26-minute animated film which will be projected on to a wall within the exhibition. Dr Goodyear said: "I felt like a virtual explorer flying around the space creating a film path to capture the content."The goal is to bring new technology and digital art to the masses, in a way that hasn't been done before." Victoria Partridge, keeper of fine and decorative art at the museum, said three of its nine Turner paintings would be on display, including "one of his most famous watercolours, A First Rate Taking in Stores". The piece Cecil and Kali, painted by the renowned artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman, will also be exhibited, as it was created while Burman was artist in residence in 2003. "It's a fascinating new way at looking at art through virtual reality," Ms Partridge added. The exhibition is supported by Arts Council England, opens on 15 February and runs until 2 November. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
