Judith Alder

	From September 2009 to September 2010 I will be studying MA Fine Art at Wimbledon College of Art, The University of the Arts, London, supported by an AHRC Postgraduate Award.
	My photograph from the Pushing The Boat Out series has been chosen for the cover of the 2009 Coastal Currents Festival brochure. Check out the Coastal Currents website for news of the 10th Coastal Currents arts festival - a month long celebration of dynamic and engaging arts events in and around Hastings, Rye and Bexhill-on-Sea. This year’s festival focuses on contemporary visual arts with the theme ‘hidden Hastings’, revealing new and exciting work by local artists, in unusual locations all over the town.
	You can follow my latest blog, Wanderings and Other Things, at Projects Unedited - "The coming year presents exciting opportunities on two fronts: a show at The Rope Store gallery, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight in June 2010, and, after six years of independent practice, a full time MA at Wimbledon College of Art starting in September 2009. Here we go then..." click here to read more.
	My recent work, "There's No Place Like..." can be seen at the Surface Gallery in Nottingham from 24 July to 7 August 2009 as part of the Surface Gallery Open 09. Surface Gallery will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this October, and this year’s Open Show marks an ambitiously curated and successful annual exhibition. This year’s show is hosted for the very first time in Surface Gallery’s new and exciting space on Southwell Road... more info at www.surfacegallery.org/
	Susan Collins' Seascape at De La Warr Pavilion, Exhibition Walk & Talk. Every week - on alternate Wednesdays and Saturdays - you can join a free tour of the exhibitions. Saturday tours will be led by artist Judith Alder and are a more personal interpretation of the work.From 4 April to 13 June 2009. Meet by the information desk at 2pm. Free. DLWP Interactive: "Thinking Aloud", Saturdays 18 April - 13 June, 3pm. Roof Top Foyer, sign up at the information desk. Free. You are invited to tea and talk with artist Judith Alder who will be holding weekly discussions about the Susan Collins exhibition, related themes and ideas, and contemporary art practice more generally. The themes of the discussions will be written up in a weekly blog and posted on the De La Warr Pavilion website.
	Micro-mapping Towner - my new site specific work made as one of two artists' interventions specially for Towner for Eastbourne Festival 2009. The work explores the interior landscape of Towner, marking a route using a broken line (the symbol for a footpath or bridleway on Ordnance Survey maps) which navigates the internal geography of the public, non-gallery spaces. Places and features along the route are named with titles from the Towner Collection. The work can be seen at Towner, Eastbourne until 31st May 2009.
	CIRCUMNAVIGATION - Blue Monkey Studio is presenting an exhibition of site specific art and performance at The Redoubt Fortress, Eastbourne as part of Eastbourne Festival 2009. The four Blue Monkey Artists, Judith Alder, Cat Ingrams, Wycliffe Stutchbury and Alison Haddon, have invited guest artists from along the South Coast to join them in exhibiting work in CIRCUMNAVIGATION. The exhibition will showcase work which responds to The Redoubt Fortress, its architecture, history and previous uses. The exhibition takes place 11th April to 31st May. www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk
	AXIS - You can now check out my profile on the Axis Artists Directory. Click on the Axis badge (left)
	BREAKING GROUND - The third and final residency will take place from 21st to 29th November 2008 at CRATE PROJECT SPACE, 6 Bilton Square, Margate, Kent, CT9 1DX OPEN DAY SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER FROM 2PM and DISCUSSION PLATFORM FROM 4PM Follow the Breaking Ground blog at www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking http://cratespace.co.uk
	"LOCATION" - Quay Arts Sat 4 Oct - Sat 15 Nov Judith's "Wanderings", "Garden Explorer" and "Floorboard Crossing" pieces will be amongst painting, sculpture, print, drawing, contemporary craft and photography selected for this year's open exhibition 'Location' at : Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport Harbour, Isle of Wight PO30 5BD Telephone: 01983 822490. Opening Times: Monday – Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 9:30am – 5pm, Thursdays 9:30 – 8pm. CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND BANK HOLIDAY MONDAYS. www.quayarts.org
	"Unpopular Culture" at the De La Warr Pavilion, 10 May 2008 - 6 Jul 2008 : Every week - on alternate Wednesdays and Saturdays - you can join a free tour of the current exhibition led by a member of the De La Warr Pavilion‘s programme team. Saturday tours are led by local artists. They offer a more personal perspective and are aimed at encouraging discussion about the work. Judith Alder will be leading the tours on Saturdays 24th May, 7th June, 21st June and 5th July at 2pm.
	We have been awarded a Grant For the Arts from Arts Council England to continue to develop our Breaking Ground project - a collaborative project with artist Roz Cran. Roz & I plan to make new work in 3 project spaces across the South East during the coming months and show the work to invited audiences at each location. We will be continuing to "blog" the project at http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/385051
	Work from the Mapping & Measuring series including "Wanderings - an incomplete guide" and "Floorboard Crossing" can be seen at the Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk from 19 April to 17 May 2008. Chapel Gallery, St Helen's Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QR. Tel: +44 (0) 1695 571328 chapel.gallery@westlancsdc.gov.uk
	TALK ABOUT THE WORK Tuesday 22nd April 2008, 5.30-8pm The Reading Room, 12 Claremont, Hastings. Esther Appleyard will be leading the next Talk About The Work session at Claremont Studios on the 22nd April. It will feature Roz Cran & Judith Alder talking about collaboration and their collaborative project Breaking Ground.
	GET IN TOUCH - Tactile Art at Eastbourne Blind Society - Judith's interactive piece "Game", pictured left, was on display at an exhibition of tactile art at Eastbourne Blind Society as part of the Eastbourne Festival 2008. The exhibition was curated by Solveigh Goett and featured work made by members of the Blind Society and guest artists. See solveighgoett.blogspot.com (March archive) for more pictures.
	"FIVE" - Blue Monkey Open Studio for Eastbourne Festival - Artists from Blue Monkey Studio will be celebrating Eastbourne’s Cultural Festival with a programme of events and activities during March 2008. As well as opening their studio to the public, the artists will be organising talks and workshops linked to current projects. More info at www.eastbourneartists.co.uk
	Breaking Ground Project - the project continues during a residency at The University of Brighton where Roz & I are developing our ideas through Printmaking. We will be resident at the University throughout February 2008. The project blog continues on a-n's Projects Unedited site at http://sites.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/385051
	Personal Mappings - I am giving a talk entitled "Personal Mappings" for the SoCo group of artists at Claremont Studios on Wednesday 9th January, 6.30pm
	New BMPD website - www.bmpd.org.uk sponsored by Out of Nowhere Design
	BMPD will be holding two events in the run up to the Eastbourne Cultural Festival 2008. The events are specifically aimed at supporting artists during their preparations for the Cultural Festival. The first event will be held at the Town Hall, Grove Road, Eastbourne on Wednesday 21st November 2007 between 6 and 9pm. A panel of artists will lead the discussion about organising artist-led events and Open Houses. There will be opportunities for all artists to ask questions and raise issues which concern them. For further information contact bluemonkeystudio@btinternet.com or go to the BMPD project page.
	Judith Alder & Roz Cran have been invited to speak at a-n's AIR Open Dialogue event for AIR members at Fabrica at the end of March 2007. AIR is a membership scheme exclusively for practising visual artists who are a-n Artist subscribers. Open Dialogues are informal networking events which give AIR members a chance to share ideas and information over a drink, meet a-n staff and listen to talks from other artists.
	NAN BURSARY FOR BREAKING GROUND - Roz and I have just been awarded a NAN New Collaborations Bursary by a-n The Artists Information Company.New Collaborations Bursaries aim to enable two or more professional artists to spend time together to explore notions and issues around collaborative working and research the development of a specific project.
	PLANS FOR NEW PROJECT "BREAKING GROUND" - A COLLABORATION WITH ROZ CRAN - Plans are under way for a new collaborative project with Roz Cran. The proposed project, “Breaking Ground” , will develop in two parts: Part 1 will involve Initiation of a dialogue to be based on a mutual examination of our respective practices. We will make a presentation of our work to each other, interview each other about our practices, and then write an article about each other's practice. The articles will be published on a-n projects unedited In Part 2 , we will develop ideas for a joint residency on an allotment, during which we will explore the possibility of producing a body of new work together, based upon existing common ground and interests. The residency will be called "Two Artists in Residence on an Allotment: Breaking Ground" The whole project will be documented on a-n projects unedited. TOP

	PECHA CUCHA, FABRICA, BRIGHTON, 27 NOVEMBER 2006 "Running Stitch" Pecha Cucha Mon 27 November, 6-8.30pm
	"Pecha Cucha (Japanese for 'chit chat') is an informal forum for interaction and exchange. Using the Running Stitch themes as a starting point, five seven-minute slide talks by invited speakers provide the initial stimulus for the evening, followed by food, drink and chat." I'm going to be giving a short talk based on recent "Mappings" work at the Pecha Cucha event. To download a copy of my Powerpoint presentation, click here. You can also download a copy of my written preparation for the presentation here. TOP