BUDDIES!
We had our first Buddy Group meeting last night at Towner. Our Buddying scheme is running for 6 weeks and we’ve managed to pair up 14 artists into 7 Buddy pairs. It was great to meet almost all of them last night and hear about their plans and ideas for their buddying partnerships.
Everyone has different ideas about what they want to get out of buddying, from moral support and feedback on work, to exchanging skills and knowledge, learning more about marketing or galleries or simply having another artist to talk to and exchange ideas with. What is very exciting is the willingness and desire to actually make some new collaborative work – this is something which I had not necessarily expected.
It was exciting to see that everyone seems to have got off to a good start by introducing themselves to their buddies and starting to form a plan. Some have already visited each other’s studios, been to see an exhibition together or been out on a drawing expedition. Look out for photos and reports of buddy activity coming soon – watch this space.
