Tend To It : a group show from TOMA 2019-2021 artists

The Other MA (TOMA) is a 21st century art education programme shaped by its participants and designed to fit the everyday lives of contemporary artists. TOMA is currently the only postgraduate level art programme in Essex after all other were stopped by their host Universities. It was set up to offer responsive, affordable, accessible unaccredited art education to artists.Founded in 2016 by Emma Edmondson TOMA was set up in partnership with Metal in Southend, working with them for an incubation period before becoming an independent not for profit. TOMA believes in life-long learning and aim to make the possibility of postgraduate style art education accessible to all. TOMA is artist-run and based in Southend-on-Sea.* Website:www.toma-art.com* Instagram:@theotherma* Email:emma@toma-art.com

The Other MA


The 2019-2021 TOMA (The Other MA) cohort present their end of year show: Tend to it. An instruction that doubles as a confession.

TOMA Project Space

<h1>OPENING: Tend To It </h1><h3>Group show from TOMA 2019-2021 artists</h3><h3>@ TOMA Project Space, Unit 13, Royals Shopping Centre, Southend, SS1 1DG</h3>* Opening: Saturday 23/01/21 12-6pm RSVP via Eventbrite (bookable slots to ensure social distancing). * Then: 24/01/21 onwards with usual opening times: Saturday + Sunday 12-5pm* FREE performance in the gallery by Milky Genes : 4:30pm and 5:30pm on 23/01/21. The 2019-2021 TOMA (The Other MA) cohort present their end of year show: Tend to it. An instruction that doubles as a confession.The pandemic gives the finger to ordinary life, forces a mutation in domestic space, rips at the cracks in the system, gnaws at the flimsy membrane between virtual and real life. Daft, meticulous, ancient, tender, critical and mysterious: the works in this exhibition show the approaches our 12 artists took to find meaning, safety and a sense of humour in a time of crisis.How has it affected our art making? Why do we make art? And what happens when we are faced with death? This show explores how even in a crisis we must tend to our needs to create. Raid the larder, stroke the euphoric parceltape, pass through the silky curtain, step onto the stage, go back in time, ooze into a queer new landscape, journey through screens, pause in isolation, ponder reused, reborn found objects. This exhibition shows how we tend to it.***2019-2021 TOMA cohort artists:<a href="https://bellastreetfenn.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bella Street Fenn</a><a href="http://jessica-scott.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jessica Scott</a><a href="https://portfolio.adobe.com/missing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jon Rust</a><a href="https://www.luwilliams.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lu Williams</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mariaalicebird/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Maria Bird</a><a href="https://www.markhicken.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Mark Hicken</a><a href="https://soundcloud.com/mikket" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Milky Genes</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fannyvonbeaverhausen/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ruth Hazel aka Fanny Von Beaverhausen</a><a href="http://www.peterhaugh.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Peter Haugh</a><a href="https://www.philippastewart.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Philippa Stewart</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/GABRIELLESEYEPATCH/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Paige Ockendon</a><a href="https://www.victoriasills.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Victoria Sills</a>***<aside>The Other MA (TOMA) is a 21st century art education programme shaped by its participants and designed to fit the everyday lives of contemporary artists. TOMA is currently the only postgraduate level art programme in Essex after all others were stopped by their host Universities. It was set up to offer responsive, affordable, accessible unaccredited art education to artists. Founded in 2016 by Emma Edmondson, TOMA was set up in partnership with Metal in Southend. TOMA is artist-run and based in Southend-on-Sea. Thank you to Arts Council England for funding towards our Project Space programme + The Royals Shopping Centre + Metal Southend for supporting us with the space. </aside>* Website: www.toma-art.com * Instagram: @theotherma * Email: toma@metalculture.com