Jaywick Open : 2019 - ongoing
Nest
drawing by Talya Baldwin
Drawing by Talya Baldwin
image credit: Kevin Dutton
drawing by Talya Baldwin
Three year research project in a Basildon primary school, involving over 300 people; children, staff, parents and governors, leading to a promenade performance and book publication, Nest, illustrated by Talya Baldwin.
Arts in Education: essay by Cleo Fagan, using NEST as a case- study; 'The Art of Not Knowing in Learning Environments: in praise of artist residencies in schools'
Shoestring
Pedagogic sound-work devised with National Trust volunteers at Calke Abbey, Derby. Five audio narratives devised for five audiences to explore the recently opened family apartments.
Teatro aplicado, compiled by Maria Fukelman, for Collection Ciencias Del Arte, includes an essay written by Dr Sally Mackay, with Sarah Cole, about NEST ISBN: 978-987-3920-57-8
Weekly Returns
Cartographies of Life and Death exhibition with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Five events in Soho devised in collaboration with Anne Eggebert, exploring the legacy of John Snow's research in to the spread of cholera, including a song, a psychic reading, a cartographers presentation at a swimming pool, and a booklet publication
Horses for Courses
Developed out of a Lifelong Learning enquiry in West Bromwich, this body of work involved working as an Artist-in-Residence in George Salter Secondary School for a year.
During the initial project, the maths classroom became home for a horse to roam, staring wistfully out of the window and nibbling on the apple left on the teachers table.
The art teacher also featured in a video made with his judo club, exploring ideas of power, complicity and consent between combative partnerships.
National Gallery, Friday Late event
Safe House project, BAFA and P:DP collaboration
150 students working on-site for a week at Trinity Buoy Wharf
National Gallery, Friday Late event
Half Thoughts
Learning research exploring access to Kettle's Yard, working with different audiences and materials - work included smashing plates, making pom-pom lemons, creating a 'rug' made of talcum powder and opening the door between the museum and the house, changing the flow between the museum and the gallery. The Pom-Pom Lemon was later re-visited for Food Bank STILL Life, January 2024.
Central St Martins, UAL
January 2024, Sarah Cole hosted a series of CSM staff, student and visitor activities for Sideshow, in the Lethaby Gallery, Central St Martins, King's Cross. This work was developed out of Cole & Joslin's work at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, and was in partnership with Euston Food Bank, Food for All and the BAFA XD Pathway at CSM.
Workshops, readings, and events included: a Queer Picnic (Laura Bowels, Ewan Hindes and Esme Godkin), Leftovers; Edible DNA (Risa Ueno), STILL Writing (Alex Clarke), Sweet Nothings (Dalia Halwani) and a 'Turning the Tables' research presentation by Cole & Joslin.
CSM: UNIT 8 student projects
As a senior lecturer on the BA Fine Art, I also coordinate for all second year students to develop approaches to work and research in alternative contexts.
As Unit Leader for these projects, I manage up to twenty projects a year with partner hosts and artists, such as with Studio Wayne McGregor, Camden Arts Centre, the Petrie Museum, Wellcome, the National Gallery, Peckham Platform, the Warburg Institute, the British Museum and local primary schools. Here are some images from projects over the past ten years.