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Ep.242 Sara Prinsloo - Ministry of Arts Podcast Jan 07, 2024

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Sara Prinsloo (@saraprinslooart)

Sara Prinsloo is a Sheffield based artist exploring her own mental health and lived experiences through art. “My art is a journey into an unconventional adolescence and those ‘things’ that just stay with you forever. The aim is to make sense of my own life experiences: dealing with grief, coming from a working-class background and the impacts of being reckless as a youth.” Anger and frustration is an emotion often at the forefront of Sara’s work. Raising topics of class insecurities, anxiety, toxic labelling, in the aim to re-think negative emotions and open up conversations of why they exist in the first place.

In 2019, Sara created the @itsokayproj which provides a platform for others to share their mental health experiences, whilst celebrating the creative ways we express ourselves. By publishing zines, working with over 100 contributors and hosting workshops, she has been able to help defeat negative stigmas in relation to mental health. The project was set up in memory of her sibling.

Sara was shortlisted for the 2023 Cooper Prize in Barnsley and her work can be seen on display at the Cooper Gallery until April 2024.

For more information on the work of Sara Prinsloo and to read her essay ‘Cut Before It’s Grown’ go to

www.saraprinsloo.co.uk

For more information on the It’s OKAY Project go to

www.itsokayproject.com

@itsokayproj

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Ep.241 The 2023 Round-up - Ministry of Arts Podcast Jan 01, 2024

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In this episode, MoA host Gary Mansfield looks back at the guests that have appeared on the podcast throughout 2023.

As ever, we had the widest range of guests of any art podcast, from the unknown to the world renowned and all those in between.

Thank you for your support throughout 2023 and look forward to keeping you company through 2024.

For any podcast guest recommendations, please contact @MinistryOfArtsOrg on Instagram

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Ep.240 Martin O'Brien - Ministry of Arts Podcast Dec 11, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Martin O'Brien (@martinobrienart)

Martin O’Brien is an artist and zombie. He works across performance, writing and video art. His work uses long durational actions, short speculative texts and critical rants, and performance processes in order to explore death and dying, what it means to be born with a life shortening disease, and the philosophical implications of living longer than expected. He has shown work throughout the UK; Europe; USA; and Canada, and is well known for his solo performances and collaborations with the legendary LA artist and dominatrix Sheree Rose.

Martin is currently Writer in in Residence 2023, Whitechapel Gallery

He is winner of the Philip Leverhulme Prize for Visual and Performing Arts 2022. He will be writer in residence at Whitechapel Gallery throughout 2023. Martin has cystic fibrosis and all of his work and writing draws upon this experience. In 2018, the book ‘Survival of the Sickest: The Art of Martin O’Brien’ was published by Live Art Development Agency. His work has been featured on BBC radio and Sky Arts television. He is currently senior lecturer in Live Art at Queen Mary University of London.

For more information on the work of Martin O'Brien go to

http://www.martinobrienart.co.uk

Thanks to @abstraktpublicity for making this connection

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Ep.239 The Legend Background Bob - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 26, 2023

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Last week we said goodby Background Bob, the artist with the BIGGEST smile in the art world. In his short time on the art-scene he inspired everyone he came in contact with.

We're re-releasing episode 86, recorded [with his Dad Nathan] just over 3 years ago, at the start of his journry... Keep smiling Background Bob!!

This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Nathan, the Father of Background Bob (@background_bob)

Background Bob is a severely disabled young lad, that just so happened to make hundreds of new friends during lockdown, by collaborating with some of the biggest names on the Street Art scene. Before long he had artists from all over the World contacting him asking him to join in.

He hand-painted 250 cardboard backgrounds to be transformed into new collaborative artworks by his new friends. Background Bob, his family and friends have now created a book titled Background Bob & His Amazing Friends containing images of each collaboration and are selling them with all proceeds going to the local Hospital that has always cared for him.

For your own copy of Background Bob & His Amazing Friends go to his Instagram page @background_bob or visit www. colchesteripswichcharity.org.uk/backgroundbob

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Ep.238 Jamie Jones - Ministry of Arts Podcast Nov 13, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Jamie Jones (@just.jamie.jones)

Jamie Jones absorbed the artistic and illustrative pop-culture of the 80s and early 90s, bingeing Saturday-morning cartoons, collecting comic books and being mesmerised by the pillars of hip-hop.

Playful, bigger-than-life characters, bold neon colour palates and pop art styles. Jamie works with recognisable characters that evoke nostalgia - reflections of childhood memories that make his work accessible to audiences young and old.

For more information on the work of Jamie Jones go to

https://www.justjamiejones.com

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Ep.237 Joelle Taylor - Ministry of Arts Podcast Oct 30, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Joelle Taylor (@jtaylortrash)

Joelle Taylor is the author of 4 collections of poetry. Her most recent collection C+NTO & Othered Poems won the 2021 T.S Eliot Prize, and the 2022 Polari Book Prize for LGBT authors. C+NTO is currently being adapted for theatre with a view to touring. She is a co- curator and host of Out-Spoken Live at the Southbank Centre, and tours her work nationally and internationally in a diverse range of venues, from Australia to Brazil. She is also a Poetry Fellow of University of East Anglia and the curator of the Koestler Awards 2023.

She has judged several poetry and literary prizes including Jerwood Fellowship, the Forward Prize, and the Ondaatje Prize. Her novel of interconnecting stories The Night Alphabet will be published by Riverrun in Spring of 2024. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and the 2022 Saboteur Spoken Word Artist of the Year. Her most recent acting role was in Blue by Derek Jarman, which was directed by Neil Bartlett and featured Russell Tovey, Jay Bernard, and Travis Alabanza. Blue sold out its run across the UK and more dates are expected for the future.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY will feature nearly 200 artworks across visual, writing and music categories entered into the 2023 Koestler Awards for art in the criminal justice system, by individuals in prisons, secure mental health facilities, immigration removal centres, young offender institutions and on community sentences across the UK

Cover image credit @fish2commercial

For more information on the work of Joelle Taylor go to

http://joelletaylor.co.uk

For more information on the work of Koestler Artsgo to

https://koestlerarts.org.uk

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Ep.236 Chris Atkins - Ministry of Arts Podcast Oct 15, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Chris Atkins (@scatatkins )

Chris Atkins is a British journalist, documentary film maker and best-selling author.

He has made several fiction feature films, feature length documentaries and television documentaries, which have received three BAFTA nominations.

His work is noted for causing controversy and has faced legal action as a result of his films. He gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics of the British press.

In 2016 he was sentenced to five years in prison for tax fraud. He published a book about his time in jail entitled A Bit of a Stretch which became a bestseller in the UK.

In 2021 Chris Atkins released a documentary about The KLF. Who Killed the KLF? The unauthorised documentary includes reconstructions of the band's dramatic gestures, played by actors.

In 2022 Chris Atkins wrote and relesed 'Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama' a Channel 4 two-part courtroom drama based on the Wagatha Christie events and subsequent high-profile court case

For more information on the work of Chris Atkins go to

https://chrisatkins.co.uk

Thanks to @trishwylieartist for the connection

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Joseph Ford - MoA Bonus Episode 39 Oct 11, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Joseph Ford (@josephfordphotography)

The best summary of what I do is 'storytelling with a side order of off-beat creativity and an occasional sprinkling of optical illusions'. Twins blended into a wall with custom knitwear? Check. A railway line merging into a zipper? Check. A lifestyle shoot featuring a cardboard teenager? Yup, that too.

Clients around the world choose me to create advertising and editorial images and films of people on location or in studio.

I love finding creative solutions and ideas and making sure everyone has fun in the process.

For more information on the work of Joseph Ford go to: https://josephford.net

Thanks to @miss_buggs for the connection

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Ep.235 Alison Jackson - Ministry of Arts Podcast Oct 03, 2023

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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Alison Jackson (@alisonjacksonartist)

Alison Jackson, a contemporary, BAFTA and multi award-winning artist, photographer and filmmaker explores the cult of celebrity – an extraordinary phenomenon manufactured by the media, publicity industries and the public figures themselves. To raise questions about this, Jackson creates celebrity ‘news’ that appears real and plausible but isn’t.

She creates convincingly realistic work portraying the imagined private lives of public figures using cleverly styled lookalikes. Resemblance becomes real, and fantasy touches on the plausible. Jackson creates scenes that the public have all imagined but never seen. It’s an exploration of our insatiable desire to get personal with public personalities, raising questions about the power and seductive nature of imagery which incites voyeurism and our need to believe - Jackson challenges our preconceptions.

Jackson takes portraits of (real!) famous actors, politicians and celebrities, collected by Museum collections, such as at the National Portrait Gallery, The Parliamentary Art Collection in London and SF MOMA, San Francisco amongst many others.

For more information on the work of Alison Jackson go to

https://www.alisonjackson.com/

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CONART - MoA Bonus Episode 38 Oct 01, 2023

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In this bonus episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Katy & Jo of CONART (@conartglobal)

Conart is a social art marketplace, combining the community engagement of a social network with the trust of a curated marketplace. Designed for artists, art lovers and collectors to connect, discover and buy art, all on one app.

Conart was born out of our personal frustration and struggle to access and purchase original art, online. Our experience on other platforms was overwhelming, impersonal and confusing. In the absence of a true connection with the artist and their story, it was hard for us to emotionally connect with the artwork and feel confident in making a purchase.

As part of this journey, we discovered an extensive passionate community of art lovers that shared these same frustrations, so we set out to solve for this. That’s when we created Conart - an app where the art community can not only connect, engage and discover one another, but also securely purchase quality artwork through a trusted platform.

We want to better connect artists with a more relevant audience and to give buyers a more personalised and immersive experience of discovering new artwork.

This platform will facilitate artists to build and grow sustainable careers, at the same time as providing art lovers with an unparalleled experience to discover and buy original art.

This is not only an art marketplace, but a community of artists and art lovers, wanting to collectively, make a difference. We really look forward to you being part of the journey and joining the Conart community.

For more information on the work of CONART go to: https://www.theconart.com

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