A basic guide to presenting your artwork in a portfolio.
Written by Louise Ross
There will be many times in your career as an artist that you will need to present your artwork either to a gallery or...
A list of possible careers for those in the arts, compiled by Anthea Pokroy. If you would like to add a career option that we have not included pelase email us at website@assemblage.co.za
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Reasons for attending exhibition openings
Written by Louise Ross
I’ve been to a lot of exhibition openings over the last few years. Probably close to forty, and I could have gone to a lot more if I...
Working with layers in Photoshop
Written by Carmen Jerrard
An easy way to understand Layers is to think of them as if they were transparent pages that are lying on top of each other – so that you...
Written by Leigh Blanckenberg
An important part of establishing yourself as an artist, as well as a form of organisation, is making an ‘archive’ of what you produce. This is something that artists...
Hosted by Mandy Johnston and Robert Lowry in February 2011
Basic information about various kinds of moulds and materials.
The most important consideration is what you want the end result to be. There...
Written by Carmen Jerrard
Every Photoshop user will develop their own editing workflow and preferred tools. This article takes you through the basic pallets you will need to set up before editing...
Written by Carmen Jerrard
WHAT ARE PIXELS?
Pixels are the small squares that are placed next to each other, vertically and horizontally, that make up an image. If you open your images in Photoshop...
Introduction to spin casting
Written by Mandy Johnston
I love starting new projects, especially interactive ones because I never know what direction the project will ultimately take. I am always...
Written by Mitch Said
The article is intended to serve as a primer for artists interested in the creative use of technology, and will hopefully provide a jumping off point for interested parties by...
On Saturday 13 November 2010 the first Assemblage workshop was held at Wits University.
The workshop was facilitated by Gina Van Zyl De Oliviera
Gina shared her knowledge about several different...
Want to know how to write about your work?
Here is a great article.
Being able to write about your artwork is an absolute neccesity for any artists, so best know how to do it properly.
Going on a residency is a very useful and helpful way to make new work.
Visit VANSA's website for listings of available residency programmes www.vansa.co.za
The Sober&Lonely Institute for...
Studios are few and far between in Johannesburg. Besides the Assemblage Studios, below are details on other Joburg based studios that we are aware of.
If you know of any studios available in...