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WILLIAMS AND SON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Williams and Alun Williams: paintings and drawings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 23 \u2013 April 27 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private View: Saturday March 23, 12-4pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Saturdays and Sundays, 12-4pm and by appointment (contact alunw@pm.me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition presents the respective work of a father and son who came to their mutual passion for painting via different routes and whose subjects and techniques are apparently unrelated. One of the premises of the exhibition has been to see if the shared (artistic) DNA of the two artists rises to the surface in any perceptible way. As the first member of the family to attend university, Frank Williams had a career as an architect, and while draughtsmanship was a constant, he was only able to focus fully on painting and drawing much later in life. In consequence, his work has only rarely been presented in public, and this is in contrast to the work of his son, Alun, who was fortunate to study painting (with the clear support of his parents!) and who has exhibited regularly ever since in the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alun Williams has been committed to an exploration of the human presence in his paintings, frequently through a desire to represent specific characters, often historical ones, but rarely with any concern for \u201cresemblance\u201d, as such. This comes from the notion that paint has far more potential and potency for expression than merely by acting as a vehicle for observation. In this quest to give paint as rich a voice as possible, Williams also regularly resorts to referencing Art History. When Frank Williams began immersing himself more intensively in the challenges and pleasures of painting and drawing, about twenty years ago now, his reflex in terms of choice of subject was perhaps a conventional one: portraits, landscapes and the repetitive practice of life-drawing. However, behind this, it\u2019s interesting that when contemplating some of his architectural studies, the viewer might discern a small element or device that would seem to be not strictly necessary \u2013 and therefore somehow of great interest! In a similar way, his portraits and landscapes, and other unrelated works, often include a more or less unexpected detail, element or protocol, which serves to activate the work in a more dynamic way than it perhaps might seem at first sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Williams studied architecture at Manchester University, and ended his career by returning to teach in the new MMU School of Architecture, Faculty of Art and Design. In between, he worked first as architect and later as town planner for the City of Manchester, then for private architectural practices, and for an architects\u2019 cooperative. He also later studied architectural conservation and has campaigned, often successfully, to save buildings of historical interest in Manchester.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alun Williams was born in Manchester, studied painting at the University of Wales and Goldsmith\u2019s College in London, as well as at the National Art School in Bourges, France. He has exhibited regularly, mostly in the UK, France and the USA, in galleries, non-profit venues and museums, and his work is represented in numerous private and public collections. He has also been active within organisations offering opportunities to artists. For example, he was one of the founders of the Triangle-Asterides contemporary art center in Marseille, France, is currently co-chair of the Triangle Arts Association in New York, and was founder and director of Parker\u2019s Box, an experimental, artist-run gallery in Brooklyn (2000-2013).<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Paths We Cross<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Briony Jenkins, Stephen Milner, Mike Thorpe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations and hope.\u201d<\/em> (Steve Maraboli).
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It is so of these three artists, living in Aberdeen, Sale & Macclesfield, brought together via Newlyn in Cornwall, their paths joined by a casual conversation. A path that had crossed forty years before, unknowingly for Briony & Steve as students of Manchester School of Art, but all three universally connected by one birthplace \u2013 Manchester. Now joined in passion for their art, this a first opportunity to engage with their home city.

Their work encompasses painting, collage and film, and embodies each individual\u2019s search for a greater connection through their materials and experiences of landscape and the human form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SPARK: Artist Interventions in a Time of Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An exhibition of a network of North-West artists concerned with intervention in the climate crisis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue Project Space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-6 Barrass St, Manchester, M11 1WP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PV: 8th December, 2023, 6-8 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th December – January 13th<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Times: Saturday, Sunday 12-4 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or by appointment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curated by Sophy King and John-Paul Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring: Artist A & Artist B, Chris Alton, John-Paul Brown, Eleanor Capstick, Nerissa Cargill Thompson, Maya Chowdhry, Helen Clare, Louise Ann Clarke, Sara Kristina Davies, Sarah Feinmann, Sarah Grant, Anthony Hall, Jackie Haynes, Tracy Hill, David Jacques, Adele Jordan, Nick Jordan, Lizzie King, Sophy King, Jane Lawson, Helena Lee, Ruth Moilliet, Rob Mullender-Ross, Mike Perry, Sam Pickett, Gwen Riley Jones, Lucy Roberts, Heather Ross, Rae Story, Steve Sutton, TEA, Debbie Yare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPARK<\/strong> <\/strong>is the first exhibition by members of the SPARK Artists Network, who have been meeting since June 2022. Their monthly events have included guerilla gardening, moss walks, exploring urban and rural ecologies, tours of political sites and exhibition visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition aims to engender conversation and collaboration and foster the cross-pollination of ideas. The artists examine how their interventions can affect change, questioning whether art can be productive with or without overt activism. The exhibition, programme and conversations deriving from them will shape the future direction and plans of the Spark Artists Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will be a programme of events alongside the exhibition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th December, 6-8pm, Private View<\/strong> with Performances from Artist A <\/strong>&<\/strong> Artist B<\/strong>, and Maya Chowdhry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th December, 11-4pm SPARK<\/strong> #18<\/strong>: Talks and panel Q&A by invited speakers Rebecca Chesney, Liz Postlethwaite and Debbie Yare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16th December, 4-6pm Observed Ecologies: <\/strong>A programme of short films exploring the interconnections between human activity and the natural environment, selected from Braziers International Film Festival by Nick Jordan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th January 2-4pm What is the Role of the Artist at the End of Time?<\/strong>: Workshop led by Rae Story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th January 10am SPARK<\/strong> #19<\/strong>: Forest Bathing Walk with Niki Colclough<\/strong>. Part of the project ‘Rituals for Tomorrow’ by Jenny Steele<\/strong>. Followed by a Spark meeting \u2013 Where Do We Go From Here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13th January, 2pm, Photography Talks and Networking<\/strong> \u2013 Climate Aware Photography Projects with Helena Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SPARK Artists Network is open to all. Their meetings are usually on the first Saturday of the month. You can follow them @sparkartistsnetwork <\/strong>on Instagram or Facebook or email sparknetworkmcr@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n

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shifting ground<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

paintings by Margaret Cahill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue Project Space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Barrass Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manchester<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M11 1PU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 4 – November 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Saturdays & Sundays 12 \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P.V. Saturday November 4, 2-5pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shifting Ground is a retrospective exhibition of work resulting from projects undertaken in Europe in the last two decades alongside recent new paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work draws on the artists experiences of places containing resonances of social, political or historic changes. From an abandoned Russian airbase in Estonia after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 90s through post conflict Kosovo to the 1936 Olympic village outside Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The images from these sites become the starting point for paintings of spaces balanced between the real and imaginary that look beyond the landscape to distil the essence of a place capturing the sensations it evokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paintings are rooted in the experience of these places but at the same time are mediated notions of landscape refracted through memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition explores themes of memory, history and place and reflects on our relationship with landscape in a shifting and unstable world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information or to arrange an appointment outside opening times please contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Cahill at: margaretcahillartist@yahoo.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n

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ROGUE OPEN STUDIOS 2023 <\/strong>

Rogue Artists’ Studios & Project Space
4 Barrass Street
M11 1WP<\/strong>

Opening Party 2-5pm
Saturday 30 September 2023

Open Studios
12-5pm
Saturday 30 September & Sunday 1 October 2023<\/strong>

The \u2018Rogue Open Studios\u2019 is an opportunity to visit the workspaces of more than 85 leading contemporary artists. Rogue artists work across media including drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, glass, textiles, film, photography, sound art, performance and assemblage, and will be on hand over the weekend to welcome visitors to our magnificent Grade 2 listed buildings. In addition to the Open Studios, Rogue\u2019s Project Space, acclaimed by Time Out Manchester as one of the best art galleries in the city, will host ‘TEES’, an exhibition exploring the T-Shirt as art form. In our brand new Platform Space on the first floor Rogue artist Joe Hancock will present \u2018Working in Progress\u2019. All are welcome to the opening party on Saturday 30 September from 2-5pm.

Free entry and parking.
Coffee stall
Wheelchair accessible (ground floor only). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or contact: rogueartistsstudios@yahoo.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rogue Project Space 
Ground Floor Gallery Space
2-6 Barrass St
Manchester, M11 1WP


TEES <\/strong>
An exhibition exploring the t-shirt as art form<\/em>

Preview: 30 September 2023, 2-5pm
Show runs until 31 October 2023
Opening Times: 12-4pm
Or by appointment

Curated by Mike Chavez-Dawson & Co. Assisted by; Jamie Kirk, Grecia Balassone, Vincent Patterson, Maggie Stick and John Paul Brown.

Featuring Sir Peter Blake, Jeremy Deller, David Shrigley, Bob and Roberta Smith and artists from Rogue Artists’ Studios, Paradise Works, Suite, Bankley Studios, AWOL Studios, Islington Mill and beyond..

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Ten\n Obstructions are a porous group of ten artists that came together in \nlate 2019 through bOlder, a Castlefield Gallery artist development \nprogramme. This is their sixth group exhibition and they continue to \noffer each other support critique encouragement and friendship. The \nexhibiting artists are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maya Chowdhry, Jane Fairhurst, Sarah Feinmann, Sabrina Fuller, Claire Hignett, Christopher Rainham and Ian Vines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Gladly Beyond<\/em>\n Ten Obstructions embrace the opportunity for experimentation that Rogue\n Project Space offers. The title comes from ee cummings, himself  a \nradical experimenter with form: \u2018somewhere i have never travelled, \ngladly beyond any experience\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gladly Beyond<\/em>\n journeys literally, visually and imaginatively through time and through\n space. It explores the possibilities of visual representation: through \nlight, through simplification of form, or by playing with scale. It \ndelves into the nature of perception, the process of looking, the \nconnections and dialogue between visual representation and the natural \nworld \u2013 capturing a feeling, a pulsing life essence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journeys\n of the imagination take us from fabled and mythic magical gardens to \nspeculative fictions. We leave behind the constructs and fictions that \njustify existing hierarchies and inequalities – all responding to the \ninexorable march of man-made climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rogue Women Returns.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An\n exhibition bringing together and celebrating the work of women artists \nfrom Roque Studios plus invited artists from around the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us for our PV on Friday 5th <\/sup>May 6-9pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition runs from Sat 6th<\/sup> May to Sun 28th<\/sup> May<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Saturday & Sunday 11am – 4pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekdays by appointment only<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ground Floor Gallery Space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue Artists’ Studios CIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2-6 Barrass Street, Higher Openshaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manchester M11 1PU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\n November 2019 in response to the gender imbalance in the arts we \norganised and co-curated a hugely successful exhibition of all female \nartists entitled ROGUE WOMEN. This was shown in the large ground floor \nRogue Studios Gallery Space with most female members taking part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the dialogue surrounding the inequality of women in the arts continues, we have decided to create ROGUE WOMEN 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\n have a 50% representation of female artists practicing both nationally \nand internationally here at Rogue and the exhibition will showcase the \ntalent of up to 40 of the women members alongside a small number of \nselected guest artists from around the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout\n art history women have been largely invisible, ignored and excluded. \nOur aim is to place women in the spotlight, show solidarity and to \ncontinue the discourse around these issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our guest curator will be Natasha Howes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Curator at Manchester Art Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n

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Spring as a Rebel, Act I & Act II<\/strong>
John-Paul Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Act I   01.04.23 – 16.04.23
Act II  22.04.23 – 29.04.23
Open Saturdays and Sundays 12-6pm*
*excludes Easter Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evening Performance with artist Kelly Jayne Jones 
18.04.23 6-8pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/spring-as-a-rebel-evening-performance-with-kelly-jayne-jones-tickets-572864341667<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John-Paul Brown explores what it is to communicate in an age plagued with disinformation and polar opinion; how the present day written word and verbal languages are failing to connect, unify, inform and address the climate emergency. A rise in climate-related anxiety is effectively shutting down social capacity to sustain a collective demand for change, and feel optimistic for our futures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embracing a no blame, no shame approach to discussing carbon footprints, he aims to create a safe space for open dialogue and shared learning, juxtaposing global issues such as deforestation, mass migration, permafrost, new energy etc, with notions of self care, resilience, and future affirmations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking inspiration from the ancient visual languages of cave art, and the Rosetta Stone in the age of short-hand emoji chat, he has produced a series of symbols and signifiers to encourage climate curiosity, self education and continued conversation. He explores alternative ways of low-carbon art-making through material choices, utilising non-recyclable materials, and post-art recycling considerations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show is presented in two acts. Act I offers research and development through a series of installations, climate equations, AI sound, and painting. Act II explores performance and ritual meditation with artists Kelly Jayne Jones, transformation of Act I materials, and regeneration of self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About John-Paul Brown <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John-Paul Brown (b.1981) graduated with a BA (Hons) in Photography from Blackpool & Fylde College in 2004. His practice ranges from documentary photography and drawing, to large scale installation and social engagement. His work addresses concerns relating to the climate and ecological emergency, non-recyclable materials, urban environments, and low-carbon art-making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He combines research with personal experience to create layered narratives of social present, exploring the material choices and positive roles artists can play in tackling the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.johnpaulbrown.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Kelly Jayne Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelly Jayne Jones is a Manchester-based artist making work that combines performance, installation and sound. She is self-taught and began working in DIY experimental noise music. Her practice has expanded to include sound installation, dance, gesture, sonic drawings, stone sculpture and film scores.
She is interested in creating multi-sensory experiences that create possible conditions for communication and exchange. She is currently exploring animist ideas around the breath and spirit of mountains and rivers and how we can reconnect with our planet by means of ancient and modern rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.kellyjaynejones.org<\/a>
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Six Fornarinas<\/em> oil and acrylic on canvas 2011 Alun Williams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Inside the Mountain Refuge<\/em> digital print 2019 Claire Lesteven<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Thirty years of making art and running projects and programs in France and the USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist’s talk with Alun Williams and Claire Lesteven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rogue Residency Studio Friday February 24 at 7pm. Admission free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alun Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alun Williams was born in Manchester, UK and studied painting at\nthe University of Wales and Goldsmiths\u2019 College, University of London. He has\nexhibited internationally, and his paintings are represented in private and\npublic collections in Europe and the USA, where he has lived since 1998,\ndividing his time between New York City and Brittany in the north west of\nFrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since more than a quarter of a century, Williams has devoted much\ntime and energy to running non-profit organizations offering time and space to\nartists, including the Triangle Arts Association, New York, where he has been a\nBoard member since 1993, and is currently co-chair, and Triangle-France in\nMarseille (of which he was a founder in 1995). He was also a founder of\nParker\u2019s Box, an experimental gallery in Brooklyn (2000 \u2013 2013) and more\nrecently a new project, Minoterie21 in Brittany, France organizing various\ncontemporary art projects and residencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williams has lectured or taught in numerous art schools and\nuniversities in Europe and North America. Most recently he was artist in\nresidence\/ visiting professor at the School of Visual and Media Arts,\nUniversity of Quebec in Montreal, Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2004, Alun Williams was honoured by the French government with\nthe medal of Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, in recognition of\nservices to international culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is represented by Galerie Anne Barrault in Paris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.galerieannebarrault.com\/en\/artiste\/alun-williams\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire Lesteven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Paris where she spent her\nchildhood, Claire Lesteven then lived in Brittany, then in Nantes where she\nstudied at the \u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts. After a new period in\nParis, she moved to Marseille where she became one of the founders of the\nTriangle France Association, whose mission is to support artists through\nan experimental program of projects, residencies and exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Rogue Studios, Clare will make a new work that will be a fusion between landscapes photographed recently, and new landscapes from the Manchester area with a camera-obscura, and distant views borrowed from the history of painting, to include examples from the City Art Gallery collections. http:\/\/www.h-gallery.fr\/claire-lesteven\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Noses<\/strong>
Rogue Platform Space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st Floor
2-6 Barrass Street
Openshaw
Manchester
M11 1PU
Ongoing from 13th February – 17th March.
The space is open to the public on Friday 17th March from 4-7pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Following the success of their duo show at Manchester\u2019s Holden gallery in August 2022 (curated by Julia Makojnik), Steve Oliver and Jon Whitter will spend 21 days in Rogue\u2019s first floor project space, exploring making and installation strategies in real time. Expect actors, plasterers, 3D scanners and screens.<\/strong>

Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access is via two flights of stairs to the first floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holding Time<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preview: Saturday 18 February 4-7pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18 February – 12 March<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open Saturdays 12-4pm and by appointment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holding Time is an exhibition by Ruth Murray and Linda Hemmersbach. It explores their mutual fascination with the materiality of paint and its ability to evoke places and sensations through colour, surface and touch. Focusing on the relationship between ourselves and the environments we inhabit and through which we move, the exhibition aims to show the many shared avenues that their studio practices have taken. Themes such as landscape, geological matter, deep time, the body and birth, are presented as constellations of memory, consciousness and hope. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How to get to Rogue: 2-6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU. Rogue is easily accessible by rail. Take the Rose Hill Marple train from Platform 2 at Manchester Piccadilly and alight at Gorton station. Leave the station and turn left. Walk 50 yards and turn left again into Beeth Street. Rogue is straight ahead of you. By car, turn off the Ashton Old Road onto Lees Street towards Gorton Railway Station. After approximately 300 yards take a right turn into Beeth Street. Rogue is straight ahead of you. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artists in Residence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alun Williams and Claire Lestevan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists Talk Friday 24 February 7pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Front Nursery building at Rogue Studios<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admission and parking free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Paris where she spent her childhood, Claire Lesteven then lived in Brittany, then in Nantes where she studied at the \u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts. After a new period in Paris, she moved to Marseille where she became one of the founders of the Triangle France Association, whose mission is to support artists through an experimental program of projects, residencies and exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Rogue Studios, Clare will make a new work that will be a fusion between landscapes photographed recently, and new landscapes from the Manchester area with a camera-obscura, and distant views borrowed from the history of painting, to include examples from the City Art Gallery collections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alun Williams was born in\nManchester, UK and studied painting at the University of Wales and Goldsmiths\u2019\nCollege, University of London. He has exhibited internationally,\nand his paintings are represented in private and public collections in Europe\nand the USA, where he has lived since 1998, dividing his time between New York\nCity and Brittany in the north west of France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since more than a quarter of a century,\nWilliams has devoted much time and energy to running non-profit organizations\noffering time and space to artists, including the Triangle Arts Association,\nNew York, where he has been a Board member since 1993, and is currently\nco-chair, and Triangle-France in Marseille (of which he was a founder in 1995).\nHe was also a founder of Parker\u2019s Box, an experimental gallery in Brooklyn\n(2000 \u2013 2013) and more recently a new project, Minoterie21 in Brittany, France\norganizing various contemporary art projects and residencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Williams has lectured or taught in\nnumerous art schools and universities in Europe and North America. Most\nrecently he was artist in residence\/ visiting professor at the School of Visual\nand Media Arts, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2004, Alun Williams was honoured by\nthe French government with the medal of Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre des Arts et des\nLettres, in recognition of services to international culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is represented by Galerie Anne\nBarrault in Paris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.galerieannebarrault.com\/en\/artiste\/alun-williams\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artist Artiste<\/em>
Board of Directors, Triangle Arts Association, New York
Board \/ CA Triangle Canada, Montr\u00e9al
Pr\u00e9sident, Minoterie21, Gu\u00e9veneux, Peillac, France
Membre d’honneur, Triangle France-Ast\u00e9rides, Marseille
CA Art Contemporain en Bretagne
www.galerieannebarrault.com\/en\/artiste\/alun-williams\/<\/a>
www.triangleartsnyc.org
www.trianglenetwork.org
www.minoterie21.tumblr.com
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