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Experiences when Participating in Open Studios and when Opting out

Meanderings through art and philosophy, practice and research interwoven

A blog in which I attempt to chart progress in 2018.

Anna Ray with Dash & Miller

Let The Arts be to climate change what music was to Live Aid

mentoring with Bill Campell of Islington Mill continues with a fab group sesh with other mentees

I am creating a mobile, moving artwork exploring my childhood journeys from the Midlands to coastal holidays in the South West, the memories, the excitement, the early starts, the car sickness, the model villages and our ever-present and trusty Volvos.

Is the volume of political art in the welsh valleys being turned up?

a-n Travel Bursary ~ artistic collaborations in the West Bank May 2016

I was recently asked to give a talk about starting out an art practice in Dumfries and Galloway, to a group of young artists – blueprint100 at the Stove. I’ve learned to avoid these experiences as I am usually far […]

A blog collecting inspiration, thoughts, ideas and more; particularly cross-disciplinary practice, material agency and new materialisms

The A-N bursary will enable me to undertake a confectionery short course, where I will acquire the skills to explore sugar as a sculptural and edible material in relation to the female body and embodiment.

touching the world through walking while seated, moving, in silence or not.

People and Places / Contemporary Art and the New Forest

We are amidst a global mental health crisis. To bring about policy and culture change, we must think outside the pillbox. Through an ACE-funded Unlimited commission #MagicCarpet, we argue for ‘lofty arts’ in effecting cultural change in mental health.

I have had a fantastic response to my request for mentoring from 4 South West curators and arts organisations, funded by this brilliant a-n bursary offer. I am looking forward to receiving their support at an exciting time when I am […]

A study from life of some very tiny creatures!

A place for fictional fragments, museum meanderings, and artistic iconoclasm, all stored neatly as blog posts.

Most of these are (hopefully) starting points for new ideas and longer articles.

Creative spaces on the road – triumphs and tribulations of adapting to ever changing spaces.

I recently had the opportunity to visit Delhi and Rajasthan, and started looking at making new work investigating the activities of street dogs (The Cynics of Rajasthan). I was able to take portraits of over 200 street/village dogs and plan now to create new film/performance work