Transmission ‘In Conversation’ – 2018-2019

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Transmission is an annual series of lectures and symposia, now in its fifteenth year, and is a collaboration between Fine Art, the Art & Design Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, and Site Gallery. Convened by Sharon Kivland in 2001, Transmission was developed collaboratively with Lesley Sanderson from 2001 to 2004, and with Jasper Joseph-Lester from 2004 to 2012. The series is now convened […]

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‘Liquid Crystal Display’ – Lise Autogena and Penny McCarthy feature in exhibition at Sheffield Site Gallery – Until 27 January 2019

Photo by Waad AlBawardi, The Hidden Life of Crystals, 2018. Superimposed Site Gallery logo.

Photo by Waad AlBawardi, The Hidden Life of Crystals, 2018. 16 November 2018 Update: The exhibition featured in a piece in Frieze magazine exploring the triumphant return of Sheffield’s art scene. Read more here. Sheffield Hallam Researchers Lise Autogena and Penny McCarthy will take part in an exhibition entitled Liquid Crystal Display at Site Gallery in Sheffield this month, opening […]

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‘Site Sessions: The Sea and the Sky’ – Professor Lise Autogena talks at Site Session on 29 March 2018

Photograph courtesy of Lise Autogena

The Art & Design Research Centre’s Professor of Cross-Disciplinary Art Lise Autogena has been invited to speak at Site Gallery‘s second Site Session in their Landscape Series, entitled The Sea and the Sky. The series explores the sensory, symbolic and psychological spectacles which change our sense of perspective. Site Sessions: The Landscape Series #2: The Sea and the Sky Sheffield Institute of Arts […]

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Sheffield-Busan art collaboration: Senior lecturer in Design Interaction Ben Tew featured in Sheffield Telegraph piece on UK artists in South Korea

Image of Ben Tew, from SIA website

Ben Tew, senior lecturer MA Design Interaction at Sheffield Institute of Arts (SIA) has been involved with an Intercity Arts Project linking Busan and Sheffield aimed at introducing audiences to work and collaborations between artists from the two countries and creating opportunities for English arts in South Korea. Ben, along with Sheffield artist Paul Morrison, went to Busan last summer […]

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Researcher blog by Penny McCarthy: The Society of Explorers

Penny McCarthy in discussion with the Society of Explorers

About the author Penny McCarthy is a Reader in Fine Art. Penny’s work is included in Site Gallery’s Material Truths exhibition which runs until 10 March 2017. In this post, Penny McCarthy reveals her notes from her recent exchange with The Society of Explorers who were visiting her work at the Material Truths exhibition.   Some exhibition projects take place […]

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Material Truths at Site Gallery features work by Penny McCarthy, Reader in Fine Art – opens 17 February

Penny McCarthy Material Truths, Joan's Hand Tracey Holland

Material Truths Site Gallery, Sheffield Friday 17 February – Friday 10 March 2017 Open Tuesday – Saturday 11.00am – 5.30pm Admission is free Material Truths, featuring work from Penny McCarthy, opens at Site Gallery Sheffield on Friday 17 February 2017. Penny McCarthy: Folder explores the framework of meaning that is produced when representations of material forms are transported between the […]

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