The Virtual Lectures by Frank Wasser – The Art School: Digressions on Affection and Anger

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On Thursday 16 March 2023 at 7pm CCA hosts The Art School: Digressions on Affection and Anger a new Lecture Performance by artist, writer and educator Frank Wasser.

In this Lecture Frank Wasser presents a series of Digressions exploring the historical and contemporary complexities, constraints and contradictions of art school education from his experience as a student, researcher and teacher over the past decade. The lecture starts with a visual analysis of the current state of Art School education in the UK and Ireland.

The Virtual Lectures started as a temporary project during the Covid-19 pandemic focused on delivering decentred art education internationally initiated by Frank Wasser. Early lectures were supported by institutions including Pallas Project Space (Dublin) and Tate (London). The lectures developed into a performative and collaborative research project which is currently supported by the Arts Council of Ireland Project Award. Frank will deliver a series of lectures in the Spring of 2023 starting with this lecture ‘The Art School: digressions on Affection and Anger’.

This Lecture Performance forms part of the Public Programme for the exhibition URGENCIES (2023). This event is free, online and will take place on Zoom. Duration 45 mins. Booking is essential and tickets can be booked through our online shop here. This is a paperless ticket, to avoid shipping please select Local pick up at CCA at checkout.