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Magazine NOW 222 Jan-Feb 09
Magazine NOW 222 Jan-Feb 09
CNWL in Serbian art project
by Kay Shelley
TWO lecturers and a student from CNWL who
represented the UK in an art project in Serbia in
January and February 2009, involving 38 artists
from 20 countries, now expect it to travel to
other countries, including Japan.
The Iwano Project, this year featuring 76 works
of art displayed on hand-made Japanese paper,
explores the interaction between European
and Japanese art which was begun in 1999 by
Serbian designer and artist Aleksandar Pedovic.
The exhibition includes two pictures each by
student Jane Lind Walker (Michniewicz) and
tutors Sara-Anne Barraclough and Veselinka
McLarnon. In summer 2008 Veselinka also had
a solo exhibition in Novi Sad, Serbia, and spent
ten days as an artist in residence at Pale Bosnia
with 15 other artists from Bulgaria, America,
Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Hungary, and the UK.
Access to Art & Design student Jane was invited to
take part because she is interested in
Japanese paper. Serbian-born Veselinka studied
Fine Art in London and has taught at CNWL for three years on
BTEC Visual Arts, OCN-LR Art and Design
Access and BTEC Art and Design Graphics
courses. As a mother of two children, she has
focussed on the theme of motherhood.
A year ago she helped set up a ‘Wikispaces’ – a free
online visual art space, operating on similar
lines to the Wikipedia / Wiki News websites
– to display the work of Art & Design students
at CNWL. Anyone searching Google for visual
arts CNWL can find it – or click on https://
visual-arts-cnwl.wikispaces.com/
“The Serbian and Bosnian media extensively
covered events last summer and CNWL was
mentioned and promoted in a positive way,”
said Veselinka, who recently invited Serbian
artist Minya Mikic to lecture at CNWL.
“In order to be an effective visual art teacher/
instructor/lecturer, we have to keep up with
our practice, but we also hope the Iwano
Project will help us to build networks with
other artists from all around the world and
again promote CNWL.” Kay Shelley
by Kay Shelley
TWO lecturers and a student from CNWL who
represented the UK in an art project in Serbia in
January and February 2009, involving 38 artists
from 20 countries, now expect it to travel to
other countries, including Japan.
The Iwano Project, this year featuring 76 works
of art displayed on hand-made Japanese paper,
explores the interaction between European
and Japanese art which was begun in 1999 by
Serbian designer and artist Aleksandar Pedovic.
The exhibition includes two pictures each by
student Jane Lind Walker (Michniewicz) and
tutors Sara-Anne Barraclough and Veselinka
McLarnon. In summer 2008 Veselinka also had
a solo exhibition in Novi Sad, Serbia, and spent
ten days as an artist in residence at Pale Bosnia
with 15 other artists from Bulgaria, America,
Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Hungary, and the UK.
Access to Art & Design student Jane was invited to
take part because she is interested in
Japanese paper. Serbian-born Veselinka studied
Fine Art in London and has taught at CNWL for three years on
BTEC Visual Arts, OCN-LR Art and Design
Access and BTEC Art and Design Graphics
courses. As a mother of two children, she has
focussed on the theme of motherhood.
A year ago she helped set up a ‘Wikispaces’ – a free
online visual art space, operating on similar
lines to the Wikipedia / Wiki News websites
– to display the work of Art & Design students
at CNWL. Anyone searching Google for visual
arts CNWL can find it – or click on https://
visual-arts-cnwl.wikispaces.com/
“The Serbian and Bosnian media extensively
covered events last summer and CNWL was
mentioned and promoted in a positive way,”
said Veselinka, who recently invited Serbian
artist Minya Mikic to lecture at CNWL.
“In order to be an effective visual art teacher/
instructor/lecturer, we have to keep up with
our practice, but we also hope the Iwano
Project will help us to build networks with
other artists from all around the world and
again promote CNWL.” Kay Shelley
