Barbara Steveni introduces the methodology behind the radical Southwark Education Research Project (1989-95). Find out why the concept of the ‘open brief’ and its role in artist placement in schools was so critical. This video includes oral history testimonies from SERP participants including Rita Keegan, Carlyle Reedy, John McTernan, Lloyd Trott and Adrian Chappell.
Resource: Bookbed autodidacts reading collection
To accompany the exhibition Bookbed, artist Ruth Beale has complied a small collection of books by or about autodidacts and self-education, and books selected to aid the autodidact.
Artist Talk: Kimathi Donkor, ‘Daddy, I want to be a Black Artist’
Artist Kimathi Donkor, Lindsay Johns and Emily Druiff discuss the development of Kimathi’s exhibition ‘Daddy, I want to be a Black Artist’
Artist Talk: Janette Parris, Peckham Promenade
Janette Parris in conversation with Tamsin Dillon, Curator of 14-18 Now and former Director of Art on the Underground.