This residency at Ruthin Craft Centre has been pretty much all consuming the last few months. I wrote on my last blog post about the challenges of balancing. This was good preparation for the last two weeks, I’ve not been able to manage much time in the studio but haven’t been beating myself up about it.
Things are progressing anyway and some events have been scheduled to correspond with the residency. I wasn’t going to bother with an opening but realised people need a firm date to make the trek out to Ruthin. Now I am looking forward to it and am glad that I have imposed a deadline on finishing the installation; I always work well under a bit of pressure!
I am also super excited about an upcoming panel discussion:
Craft and Concept – Roz Hawksley, Tabitha Moses and Alana Tyson consider their use of textiles within the conceptual art field; a panel discussion at Ruthin Craft Centre led by curator, artist and writer Melanie Miller.
How is conceptual art defined, what is its relationship to textiles? Why do we need definitions, how useful are they? When is a maker an artist? Rather than provide answers, the idea is to explore these themes through presentations by the panel, and discussions with the panel and with the audience.
Timed to coincide with the creation of an installation by Ruthin Artist-in Residence Alana Tyson, participants will have the opportunity to view Alana’s ambitious new work created as part of her residency.
