The last week has been crazy! I haven’t even had a chance to blog! On Tuesday (27th Jan) I started installing my new site-specific chromatic light work Your Colour Perception at Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces Federation House on it’s […]
The Kent-based organisation that has championed art in the environment for over two decades has announced it is to cease trading.
This is the piece of art that i won on saturday at the ZAP art raffle and networking event and i love it. It is by an artist called Ana Ruepp who i had the pleasure to meet. This piece […]
love. a starting point. what do you love about this community? sue hill. artist. creative director. i’m reflecting on the notes i made during the presentation given by sue hill at the big lunch extras […]
Our world seems to be full of hatred and misunderstanding; full of murder and atrocities. Last week a lot of time was given to the ‘Holocaust’. I would like to pause for thought for those victims, but also for all […]
Art in Bearpit is a new programme of temporary art works for a public realm, community-led regeneration scheme in Bristol city centre, produced by the artist-led group Hand in Glove. Pippa Koszerek reports.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here This might seem ridiculous, but I am currently experiencing a small amount of panic. I know that it may be induced or exacerbated by insomnia. If I look back at previous times I can reassure […]
Another outlet for other words that do not find themselves elsewhere.
Another frustrating week. A meeting had been set up on Monday (my day off) between myself, East St Arts, Hammond associates and Kirkby shopping centre. I will be coordinating artists to work in the centre – initially painting murals, then […]
In freezing conditions, I focused today on arrival. In truth this month I am supposed to be thinking about the flight from Spain – the Retirada – as we have reached the 76th anniversary. But that was last February’s deep, […]
Collaboration between Justine Cook and Paul Simpson
WEEK 17 It is amazing how scary computers are to the older generation; Ipads are not so scary, why? Well I don’t have an ipad so we will just have to work on my trusty ancient Mac book. This week […]
I have been continuing my exploration of surface, collage and paint montages. These have been deliberately done rather quickly as I wanted to initially let my instinct take over the creation and merging rather than use an analytical take. In […]
An email was sent to UCS, informing us about Lost Wax Bronze Casting Lessons at Butley Mills Studio’s and Kathryn and I decided to make the most of this opportunity. It involved mold making, wax preparation, investing, bronze pouring and […]
This film has shocked me to the core, i knew politicians did not tell us the full story but this film exposes the trueth behind many a headline. It is a must watch for anyone interested in politics, society or […]
There can be very few works that are still echoing and reverberating through artistic practice a century or more after they were made. The latest show at the Whitechapel takes futurist Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square (1915) and shows just how […]
Five artists have been shortlisted for the 2015 Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award, in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts.
Following an open call, FORMAT International Photography Festival has announced the winners of its EXPOSURE Awards, with the prizewinners exhibiting during this year’s festival in March.
As I found it hard to come back to my project after the Xmas-break I looked at my last post of 2014, to see where I was. My writing always surprises me, I forget what&how I’ve written, marvel at those […]
