Gabi Gillott with co host Max Walker

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09/07/20 • 49 min

In this week's episode Leo is joined by Edinburgh based writer Max Walker to chat with award winning artist, Gabrielle Gillott.
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Gabrielle attended the Edinburgh College of Art and won the Glenfiddich award for her artwork ' Safe Haven' which is a piece is large scale installation referencing Domesday prepping.
Our chat covers her use of Sims software to create artwork, her time at the Bothy Project, winning the Glenfiddich Award and how the recent pandemic induced lock-down has affected her creative output. We also touched on how she ended up studying the Edinburgh College of Art and her relationship with colour has affected her artwork.
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Gabi currently also works at the Royal Botanics in Edinburgh so we had a wee chat about all the great things that go on there!
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Find Gabi on Instagram at @gabriellegillott
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Verity Babbs & Joséphine May Bailey. Aurelia Arts Festival

In this week's episode, Leo chats to Verity Babbs and Joséphine May Bailey about their latest venture, Aurelia Arts Festival.
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Our chat covers their earliest experiences with art, their time at Oxford University where they met studying History of Art, the experiences they have had in the arts, both good and bad; from dealing with huge commercial galleries through to defending their degree choice at parties. Along with this we talked about the impact of Instagram on the arts network and the issues of privilege in the arts.
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We discussed their reasons for founding Aurelia Arts Festival and what we can expect from their opening on the 1st September 2020. The festival will consist of a virtual viewing room, online artwork listing, catalogue, IGTV live interviews, studio tours, and more. They are working to give a platform to the very best emerging and underrepresented women* artists.
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It is a really fun episode with lots of laughs, I hope you enjoy!
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Find Verity and Joséphine on Instagram at:
@veritybabbsart
@procrastinarting_
Aureila Arts Festival at @aurelia_arts_festival
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Will Claridge, Roy's Art Fair

In this week's episode, Leo chats to contemporary artist and art fair manager Will Claridge.
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Our chat covers his artistic education and the beautiful art he produces, along with from studying Fine Art in Falmouth to managing art fairs. We mentioned the artists that inspire him such as Gerhard Richter and Isa Genzken, among others. We discussed the role contemporary, emerging artists have to play to make a living in the current economic and artistic climate.
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We made sure to talk about Roy's Art Fair and the fantastic work he does there as the fair manager, and how he ended up getting the role! ( Spoiler, it wasn't a glamorous start). We also had a look into his artistic process, from using film cameras right through to oil paint.
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The importance of supporting your contemporaries and making the most of your situation seemed to be an ongoing theme throughout our chat, with Will's advice to emerging artists being, ' If you think other people might find it weird, do it'.
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It was a great episode to record with lots of banter throughout, enjoy!
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Find Will and Roy's Art Fair on Instagram at
@Willclaridge.art
@roysartfair
Keep up to date with the podcast at:
@curatingconversation
and find me and the gallery at
@the_rafiki_gallery
Thanks for listening!