Name: How to Enter the Art World After… with Hettie Judah in Newquay
Start: 2026-06-16T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-16T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Project Eighty Three

$How to Enter the Art World After\u2026 with Hettie Judah in Newquay$

ALMA presents... a special evening, hosted by the curator and author Hettie Judah.
About this Event

Following the recent publication of her book ‘How to Enter The Artworld After a late start, a first career, illness, raising children, a crisis of confidence or leaving it in disgust’, we are delighted to welcome Hettie Judah to Newquay.

Coinciding with the last day of Melanie Stidolph and Rachael Coward’s exhibition Anchorhold, Hettie will host ‘After Sessions' - an informal space for people to gather, listen, share and ask open questions.

The session will start with introductions from four artists who will share their practice and talk about their current projects. This will be followed by an informal hour-long Q&A during which people can ask Hettie anything - it can be about her work, about the art world, or mentoring-type advice.

Clemo Books will be joining us, with copies of Hettie’s book for sale. There will also be an opportunity to view Melanie Stidolph and Rachael Coward’s exhibition Anchorhold at ALMA Artspace.

Please contact us if you would like a free ticket as we have a few available for those who need them.

About the event contributors (more information below under Line-up):

Hettie Judah is a writer and curator. She is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement, and writes a monthly column for magazine. Her writing on art can also be found in Art Quarterly, Art Monthly, ArtReview and other publications with 'art' in the title. Between 2016 and 2024 she was the chief art critic for the British daily newspaper The i. Hettie curated the which toured venues in the UK between 2024 and 2025, before transferring to VISUAL in Ireland, where it ran until early 2026. The standalone book is published by Thames & Hudson. Following publication of her 2020 study on the impact of motherhood on artists’ careers, in 2021 she worked with a group of artists to draw up the manifesto How Not To Exclude Artist Parents, now available in 16 languages. She regularly talks about art and with artists for colleges, as well as museum and gallery events. A supporter of Arts Emergency she has mentored artists and students through a variety of different schemes. Recent books include (Tate, 2026), (Lund Humphries, 2022) and has just been published by Hoxton Mini Press. She is currently working on a major book on art and women’s desire, to be published by Thames & Hudson in autumn 2027.