Ruth Claxton wins Sculpture Prize
Artist Ruth Claxton was awarded the Arts Founcation Sculpture award in 2012 with special commendation given for her Situations commission for Weston-super-Mare. "A powerful example of this is her project And My Eyes Danced. This uses the exisiting model yacht pond on the beach at Weston Super Mare as a framework. Inside are a series of overlapping rings with glass panels inserted in varying sections. The materials respond to changes in the light, weather and water level to create a “slippery shape shifter of a sculpture…which performs for the viewer and despite its scale, resists becoming stable, or fixed.” Instead it is always experienced afresh in the given moment." Find out more here.
Paul Hamyln Foundation Breakthrough Award
Claire Doherty, Director of Situations, was awarded a £300,000 prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Breakthrough Fund grant for exceptional creative entrepreneurs in 2009. The Fund, set up in 2008, was for individuals with a pressing and persuasive vision who are determined to do something differently and make a difference to the cultural landscape in which they work. The award has enabled Claire to expand the staff team and to embark on a new series of ambitious commissions. Download further details on the Breakthrough Fund →
Hew Locke’s Ruined: Planting Places Awards 2011
The redevelopment of Brunswick Cemetery Gardens, including Hew Locke’s newly commissioned work Ruined, was awarded one of ten regional Planting Places awards in 2011.
One Day Sculpture: Most Defining Research of the Decade
One Day Sculpture received the Research Award from the College of Creative Arts at Massey University, New Zealand for One Day Sculpture 2008-9.
