OpenFORUM: art festival supporting artists' professional development

6 May - 13 June 2010

For six weeks MRA Project Space will be hosting OpenFORUM – a series of workshops, talks, screenings and performances presented by professional development organisations, artist-led groups, curators and publications.

Throughout May and June OpenFORUM aims to provide a highly-visible platform for the involved organisations to share their knowledge with artists about the ways in which they can best develop their career, as well as creating an open environment for exchange and discussion whilst showcasing a diverse array of artist-led organisations working within the UK.

A broad range of arts organisations will take over the exhibition space for a morning, afternoon, evening, or full-day session to present events supporting artists’ professional development, discussions around issues in contemporary art/practice, performance-presentations and publication launches.

Click on the title of individual events for more information:

Thursday 6 May, 2-5pm
JOHN JONES: Artist Surface Workshop

Thursday 6 May, 6-9pm
IMPULSIVE RANDOM PLATFORM: Launch party for IRP Issue 12

Friday 7 May, 2-5pm
JOHN JONES: Artist Surface Workshop

Friday 7 May, 6.30-8pm
ARTQUEST: Self Assembly

Saturday 8 May, 11am-6pm
Q-ART LONDON

Thursday 13 May, 3.30-5pm
THE LIVE ART ADVISORY NETWORK (LAAN): Profiling Live Art and Interdisciplinary Practices

Thursday 13 May, 6-9pm
THE LIVE ART ADVISORY NETWORK (LAAN): Talking Shop

Friday 14 May, 2-9pm
CECILIA WEE: 'Keep Going, Immediately'

Saturday 15 May, 2-5pm
SPACE STATION SIXTY-FIVE

Thursday 20 May, 6-9pm
SOPHIO MEDOIDZE AND TANK.TV: Screening

Friday 21 May, 2-5pm
EMERGE

Saturday 22 May, 2-5pm
JOTTA: Symposium

Saturday 22 May, 7-8.30pm
REACTOR

Thursday 27 May, 10am-1pm
a-n: The Artists Information Company

Thursday 27 May, 2-9pm
LAHF: Artists’ Commissions in Health

Friday 28 May, 2-9pm
TETHER

Saturday 29 May, 2-5pm
BASEMENT ART PROJECTS

Saturday 29 May, 6-9pm
HATCLUB: Continuity Error

Thursday 3 June, 6-9pm
DOYLE & MALLINSON: Publication launch