It’s definitely all go. Went to the opening of Beuys Is Here at the De La Warr last Friday and was pleased to see two people I knew well enough to talk to, one of whom was Sharon who is working with DAD on Reside, which was great even if we didn’t actually have time to talk.
DAD’s open weekend programme didn’t get ACE funding but has morphed into a smaller project of 5 workshops commissioned by Kent County Council to run alongside the Sea Change exhibition in Dover (regen project). As well as being part of the organisig team, I’m also running a drawing workshop which will feed into my professional practice as an artist rather than curator/organiser. This will look after most of August.
Tomorrow I have a practice guiding session at the Hayward with fellow student guides. We’ve had training in moving people round the gallery and picking the best spots to stand and the kind of guiding type info to give and we’ve also had the low down from chief curator Stephanie Rosenthal. Have been trying to do some research on all the artists and sort out my own ideas about the different pieces of work. Fortunately 45 mins is not masses of time so won’t have to talk too much!
Somehow I also have to finish my study proposal and written work to hand in for assessment on 15th and also take some decent images of my wall installation.
After that I’m off down to Exeter to clean up a space with fellow students ready for a group show in August. That’s when I get to try out the wall installation outside the studio. Should be fun.
