The Authentic Artist Collective has grown into a network for those who have participated in an Authentic Artist Workshop.
The AAC has a private Facebook group (separate from the general Authentic Artist Collective page) where people post links, photographs, ask questions, discuss artistic issues etc. This is a great resource and well used by the community.
There are also Authentic Artist Asylums, where 'AA's come to share current work or practices and connect with the community as sharers or witnesses.
Within the wider Collective, much artistic collaboration has occurred and continues to occur. The Collective has members in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the USA, France, Denmark, Australia, Cananda and Finland.
Previous AAC productions:
WOLF (2009-11)
Tender Age (2011-12)
InVisible Lines (2018-21)
Click for ARCHIVE of co-productions and work developed in and through Authentic Artist workshops and programmes. Puppetry, film/video, theatre, BSL interpreting, visual art, spoken word, music, books, new workshops & projects - it's all in the AAC Archive.
Asylum Dates 2022:
Authentic Artist Asylums are back in person in Scotland at a new, fully accessible venue, The Fisherrow Centre in Edinburgh.
The next Asylum will be
15 May 2022
Authentic Artist Alumni include:
ACTORS: Elizabeth Crarer, Sioned Jones, Ellis Kerkhoven, Henry McGrath, Kate Maravan, Michele Moran, Joanna Rosenfeld, Andrea Hall, Judith Williams, Jamie Zubairi
POETS: Omikemi Natacha Bryan, Rachel McCrum, Rachel Amey, Em Strang
VISUAL ARTISTS: Juliette June, Tamsin Haggis, Iddo Oberski, Kshema Cooper
MUSICIANS: Neyire Ashworth, Mark Aspinall, Mairi Campbell, Amy Duncan, Karine Polwart, Christine Sparks, Gwyneth Herbert, Lewis Barfoot
STORYTELLERS: Alice Fernbank, David Francis, Lea Taylor, David Campbell, Rachel Rose Reid, Eleanor Buchan, Zoie Kennedy, Dawne McFarlane
DANCERS/CHOREOGRAPHERS: Mina Aidoo, Ita O'Brien, Peter Groom, Vincent Manna
WRITERS: Diane Samuels, Danny Scheinmann, Rachel Connor, Skye Loneragan
DESIGNERS: Mallin Parry
CABARET ARTISTS: Paul Martin (Paulus), Sarah-Louise Young
'The Artist is a sacred permeable thing' Paul Oertel
Authentic Artist Collective is a Community Interest Company registered in Scotland.
Number: SC559833 Company Address: Post Office House The Square Blackness West Lothian EH49 7NG Directors: Kath Burlinson and Chris Grady