My current painting is of Rocket a character from Sucker Punch; a film about a girl institutionalised by her stepfather. As a coping mechanism she dreams up alternate realities for herself and imagines a plan to escape the mental facility. […]
The £40,000 Contemporary Art Society Annual Award for an artist working within a museum has been won by Nathaniel Mellors in partnership with Preston’s Harris Museum.
WEEK 11 Artists in attendance 10 The feed back from the gust artist workshop last week (MUSICAL CHAIRS) was great. The group said they really enjoyed sharing and working together. They said it took them out of their comfort zone […]
I have had my recent 3 images up in the exhibition area for testing since thursday. The general opinion seems to be that they like the addition of the woman within the work but that equally not to give up […]
Its a cold, grey morning in Stockholm. The weather forecast says rain. What’s coming out of the sky is white and flake-shaped. Anywhere else they’d call it snow. It’s not really settling here but there are plenty of cars around […]
In the window As part of the Graduate Residency Alice and myself had the opportunity to put together an interim exhibition in Airspace’s window space. This allowing us to pilot some initial ideas and works, while also letting the people […]
A symposium in Seoul this week will address the issues of artists’ fees in Korea and will include discussion of a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign.
Discussions and information on age discrimination issues.
I spent an enjoyable last Friday on A-N’s Granted: Dodge the Shredder training session led by the fascinating and engaging Emilia Telese. It’s about improving the chances of successful grant applications but its lessons translate throughout one’s practice. I got […]
This week’s must-see shows include a billboard in Sheffield, a new graduate group show in London and a sculptural event at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds.
– The next trip to The Isle of Man is booked for 27.12.14 – 31.12.14. – My wider fine art practice will go on hold as I go in search of the ‘You know what.’ – I find it hard […]
– The next trip to The Isle of Man is booked for 27.12.14 – 31.12.14. – My wider fine art practice will go on hold as I go in search of the ‘You know what.’ – I find it hard […]
Hi all I’m hoping someone may able to help me. I want to run a Christmas work shop, but not sure what the minimum age for a child to work in the studio is (hand building). I have insurance and […]
i’m not sure if this is the first bit of reflecting on this blog. i mean i’m bound to have reflected on previous posts, it is after all one thing i do lots of. when i began this blog i […]
I have written a song about domestic violence. I worry about it though. I think it could be a good one. I think also that it could be an important inclusion in the final nine. So it had better be […]
I was invited to COART festival in Lijiang Yunnan to give some performances and a workshop last week. It was the occasion to perform The Customer again and this time on a town square with a packed public listening to […]
Dear friends and colleagues! I co-edit ESC Zine – an arts and literary publication that’s been on the go since myself and the two other editors left university in 2011. We’re a self-funded initiative experimenting with the medium of the […]
There is so much you can do on this course – crits, lectures, tutorials, openings, participation, etc. I sometimes find it a little overwhelming – it occasionally feels as if you could be missing out, this would be interesting to […]
We pack into a taxi and ask to go to the end of the road. Actually, we request to be taken to the end of life. The word sticks between my colleagues teeth slurring voie to vie. Our french needs […]
