2003

Training Course
January – March 2003
Yet more enthusiastic people get the chance to work learn and work at Tate, this time Alana Jelinek takes the group and gives them a firm and thorough grounding in, amongst other things, the basics of critical theory and workshop techniques.

Pick’n’Mix
5 April 2003
An action packed drop in day, for a real taste of Tate. Making our presence felt, Raw Canvas hosted a day of taster events, discussion, video, drawing courses and curators talks all made up a mixed bag of sweet treats. The day culminates in a talk with fabulous artist Sutapa Biswas and Curator Ann Coxon.

Beckmann Live
May 2003
In collaboration with Southbank Sinfonia.
A three month project culminating in a musical performance in the Max Beckmann exhibition, complete with dinner jackets and finger symbols, Raw Canvas take over the gallery for the evening, along with over 100 guests. An Interactive CD is produced.

Ghetto Superstar?
Ghetto Superstar? The case continues…Alana leads another group on an investigative enquiry into artists of non-European decent and Tate Modern. Guest speakers include artists Sonia Boyce and Roshini Kempadoo and Curator Shaheen Morali.
Read about Ghetto Superstar? 2004 >

Rebrand redux
Raw Canvas likes to reflect those that make it, the team decide to have another go at portraying themselves, and pick up a few pointers on how the marketing machine works. But still can't shake that green!

Summer Course: cruel + tender
July/August 2003
Every Picture Tells a Story...
Working with the Cruel and Tender Exhibition participants use the photos as a starting point for their own films, stylishly and stealthy, they film their way around Tate Modern.

Watch Jungle >
Watch Lost >
Watch Thinking Out the Box >

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Exhibition
June –October 2003
The Clore Education Centre gets the Raw Canvas treatment for the summer months.
The team curate an exhibition of the projects that have taken place over the past three years, The new brand is unveiled and young people visiting the gallery are given a place to voice their opinions. At last!!

SALAD
October 2003
Another healthy dose of Raw Canvas fun. This time with practical video workshops, printmaking and the unveiling of Big Ideas, the new in depth workshops for 2004.

A-Z's
Our popular A-Z series continued throughout 2003, concluding with XYZ for the end of the century.
Read the Report of the A-Z series >

Q for Quality
R for Rubbish
S for Shopping
T for Tabloid
U for Upclose
V for Value
W for Women
XYZ for the End of the Twentieth Century

Polke Printmaking
November 2003
Inspired by the Sigmar Polke exhibition and excited by the fun we had at SALAD, Raw Canvas decided on a full weekend of screen printing with Cloth of Gold. Two days packed with seeing the exhibition and using Polkes work as inspiration for our own screen prints.