Event
Detours
Jenni Lomax
6 March 2008
7pm
The Trades Hall of Glasgow
‘Detours’ is a series of talks introducing views from elsewhere by leaders in the visual arts. Speakers discuss the relationship between practice and context: how institutions and professional practice develop in response to specific situations, both geographic and cultural.
Jenni Lomax is Director of Camden Arts Centre, London, one of London’s best-loved and respected institutions, which places artists at the heart of everything it does, from residencies to artist-selected group shows. Jenni led the much-praised renovation and redevelopment of Camden’s building, re-opening in 2004. It has since been described as ‘London’s best public contemporary art space’ by The Evening Standard.
All talks are free and take place in the unique Trades Hall of Glasgow, designed by Robert Adam in 1791-94 and now – the medieval cathedral aside – the oldest building in Glasgow still in regular use for its original purpose.
Commencing in 2008, the series will run over three years, with ‘seasons’ of talks in March-May and October-November.
The ‘Detours’ project is a collaboration with the Centre for Art in Social Contexts, Glasgow School of Art.
