Studio 3 Arts In Conversation with Ngadi

Liza Vallance talks to artist Ngadi Smart about her Windows In Commission, TITLE TBC. The Interweaving Flow by Walid Siti is showing from 12th July - 5th August 2021 in Unit 46, Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, Barking.

Through an illustrated story following a gender ambiguous looking African character that lands in London from home and then discovers a new, freer version of herself through modern dating, Finding Oneself explores Ngadi’s experiences as a queer, feminist immigrant living in the UK.

From visual arts to live performance, Studio 3 Arts' Windows In is a series of new installations throughout 2021. Ten artists open up a window to reveal personal perspectives on home, belonging, migration and identity.

For more information visit www.studio3arts.org.uk/windows 

Liza Vallance talks to artist Mia Mai about her Windows In Commission, We Belong Here, Together. Mia Mai is an emerging artist and practitioner working primarily with fibre. Since graduating from Chelsea College of Arts (UAL) in 2019 with a BA Honours in Textile Design, specialising in weaving, she has since gone on to develop her practice at Goldsmiths University of London where she is currently completing a master’s degree in Design Expanded Practice.

We Belong Here, Together by Mia Mai is showing from 12th August - 5th September 2021 in Unit 46, Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, Barking.

From visual arts to live performance, Studio 3 Arts' Windows In is a series of new installations throughout 2021. Ten artists open up a window to reveal personal perspectives on home, belonging, migration and identity.

For more information visit www.studio3arts.org.uk/windows 

Liza Vallance talks to artist Walid Siti about his Windows In Commission, The Interweaving Flow. During the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown we all witnessed a feeling of oneness, reminding us that we belong to the same world and its humanity while facing this troubled time that effected us all regardless of borders.  Connecting two window sides of the exhibition space, The Interweaving Flow conveys ideas of connectedness, freedom of movement, and mobility through a weaved installation featuring joined human figures that span the two sides of the space. 

The Interweaving Flow by Walid Siti is showing from 12th July - 5th August 2021 in Unit 46, Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, Barking.

From visual arts to live performance, Studio 3 Arts' Windows In is a series of new installations throughout 2021. Ten artists open up a window to reveal personal perspectives on home, belonging, migration and identity.

For more information visit www.studio3arts.org.uk/windows 

Liza Vallance chats to artist Conall McAteer about his new Studio 3 Arts commission for Windows In, which has been inspired by the thoughts and hopes of the people of Barking & Dagenham, where Conall was born. Windows In takes places in Barking’s Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, and with so many town centres facing huge change and gentrification, they talk about the role of art in different and evolving public spaces, along with Conall's own journey as an artist

Everything Must Change by Conall McAteer is showing from 14th June - 9th July 2021 in Unit 46, Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, Barking.

From visual arts to live performance, Studio 3 Arts' Windows In is a series of new installations throughout 2021. Ten artists open up a window to reveal personal perspectives on home, belonging, migration and identity.

For more information visit www.studio3arts.org.uk/windows 

Liza Vallance chats to performance artist Philip Ewe about his new Studio 3 Arts commission for Windows In, showing from 27th May - 6th June 2021 in the window of Unit 46, Vicarage Field Shopping Centre, Barking. 

From visual arts to live performance, Studio 3 Arts's Windows In is a series of new installations throughout 2021. Ten Artists open up a window in to their lives and reveal personal perspectives on home, belonging, migration and identity.

Philip Ewe is a Performance Artist living and working in London. His practice explores gentrification and its attendant mental states. Motivated by the inequalities of the property market and coming from a proud LGBTQ+ history of subverting urban space, Philip draws attention to the housing crisis and how we attempt to build our identities through an absurd one-man language of buffoonery.

Philip’s exhibition & live-streamed performance will include a scale sculpture of the Ripple Road Fish & Chip Shop, that his family ran in Barking from the 1950s to the 2000s.

For more information visit www.studio3arts.org.uk/windows 

Liza Vallance talks to Miss High Leg Kick about her live art installation taking place in a shop window in Barking, part of Studio 3 Arts' Windows In series. 

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To launch Studio 3 Arts' new series of art installations, Liza Vallance talks to artist RhyanRhyan about 'Forward' - four digital mixed media pieces commissioned by Studio 3 Arts depicting the Black Queer Experience. Each illustration explores the subjects of home, belonging, identity and migration.

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