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Mr Ron O'Donnell's Recognition (17)

What do Artists do all Day John Byrne TV Documentary

DIY Creativity and Conceptual Advertising Student Futures Pechakucha 2020

Scottish National Portrait Gallery Bonjour Monsieur Byrne 2016

Annual Awards Ceremony St Modans High School Stirling 2016

Edinburgh Photographic Society

Hawthornden Lecture theatre. National Galleries of Scotland

Edinburgh Science Festival National Museums of Scotland

Edinburgh College of Art

Falmouth School of Art

British Artists Dictionary 2017 Publisher De Gruyter

A Companion to British Art: 1600 to the Present

Eight Museum Marvels! Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery Glasgow

All the Worlds a Stage

High Ed Conf

BBC Scotland Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth
2023 - 2023

Recognition Type Media Activity
Description Talk show with Janice Forsyth on the exhibition Edinburgh a Lost World
Affiliated Organisations British Broadcasting Corporation
Research Areas Art and design

Scottish identity in the works of contemporary artists.
2020 - 2020

Recognition Type Media Activity
Description The article is in French and was written by Marion AMBLARD (Uni. of Grenoble). It is entitled: " La fronti¨re culturelle et artistique entre ia Ecosse et la Angleterre ou la revendication de la spcificit de identite cossaise dans les ouvres des artistes contemporains" translate as:
The cultural and artistic frontier between Scotland and England, or the claim to the specificity of Scottish identity in the works of contemporary artists.
published by the Annales Littraires (Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comte
Research Areas Art and design
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries

Edinburgh Festival Fringe Art is Shit
2019 - 2019

Recognition Type Public/Community Engagement
Description This is a performance, a documentation of a live event at the Edinburgh International Festival fringe. CODI Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas, is a unique public engagement event, combining serious academic research with irreverent, down-to-Earth discussion, and a dash of comedy, at the world’s largest arts festival.
The feedback from both fringe performances was really positive both performances at separate venues were sold out. The Stand Comedy club and New Town Theatre Edinburgh.Evaluation data collected on the night CODI54% of the audience were visitors to Edinburgh81% of the audience did not personally know the performer (i.e. not friends, family or colleagues)93% of the audience had no affiliation with a universityRon O’Donnell performed to a sell-out crowd during the 2019 Fringe and in a Fringe previewshow at the Stand Comedy Club.Fiona Murray –programme curator"Ron's show was very popular, not least because of Ron's commitment to promotion and audience maximisation, coupled with an innovative approach to engaging with the public." Stephen Wrightproducer CODI“Art is Shit” had enormous entertainment value as Ron O’Donnell clearly had a natural way of keeping his audience transfixed and laughing all the way along.Hisnarrative of, quite frankly, questionableart. From Duchamp to Richard Prince, O’Donnell had an extremely engaging talk, which could have easily kept people engrossed for hours longer. The highlight was not only leaving with new knowledge of the art world and facts to impress your family with over dinner, but leaving with a signed print, and some even leaving with a personalised Ron O’Donnell t-shirt as a souvenir. Erin Veitch An eloquent, incisive and passionate perspective on art,

In this show “Art is Shit”, he shared with us his thinking on the corporate art world. His argumentswere well conceived, and delivered with gusto and humour. The audience was engaged from beginning to end. Ron O’Donnell used anecdotal evidence alongside relevant visuals, to share his arguments that -no!
Research Areas Art and design
Org Units School of Arts and Creative Industries
URL https://www.beltanenetwork.org/news-blogs-reports/beltane-news/the-cabaret-of-dangerous-ideas-at-the-fringe-2019/