Dear Rt. Honourable Nicky Morgan MP. Jobs in the future not effected by Computer growth; “It just seems common sense that the skills that computers can’t acquire — forming emotional bonds, making human judgments — will be valuable.”
Flounce ruffle furbelow frill – the words loll on my tongue, adornments, embellishments, extra. Sewn on cuffs and collars they add a flourish, soften, feminise; without context though the fabric of certain terms is liable to change, will suddenly carry […]
A short blog this week. A time to reflect. A time to remember all those innocents who died because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. All those lost children who will never paint a picture, kick […]
It’s the night of my first day in Saint Louis, but I feel like I’ve been here a week already. Maybe it’s because I’ve slipped in and out of consciousness so many times in the last 32 hours. My […]
My life is constantly a journey so therefore my art is too. I am on a continuous Journey in China to what can inspire me on my wondrous travels there, experiencing and discovering vital research in creating great artwork here in England.
To help focus other pieces of work I have pictures that feature bold patterns and figures pinned up for inspiration. Photographer Kathryn Raffell, 2014.
So you’ve probably realised I like to come up with corny and slightly childish titles for my posts. I had an email from an alcohol producer the other day to say they couldn’t contemplate my grant application due to using […]
Paul Westcombe Wherever he is and whatever is to hand, Paul Westcombe will draw on it! Paul colonises places with his drawings of weird and tortured imagery, with scenes replaying themselves out on and around different surfaces, often starting on […]
I have a couple of friends who have visual impairments of one sort or another. I don’t really take much notice of it. I’m not even sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I think, because […]
Day one of painting on the union jack laid over with clear gesso and the face started in oil paint. It is still in its development stage but for now I am happy. I intend to finish it next week […]
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan recently claimed at a science and technology event that “arts subjects limit career choices”. Poet Jo Bell takes issue with the minister’s assumptions and argues that, on the contrary, art is what makes our lives ‘possible and meaningful’.
As the Gap in the Air festival of sonic art kicks off four months of art, performance, workshops and symposia in Edinburgh, Richard Taylor talks to its organisers and artists.
I step out the airport taxi on to a sandy street. Sand! I know I grin, I’ve never lived anywhere where the city streets are sandy, and the exoticism thrills me. It’s now 3am, but the city doesn’t sleep. The […]
With its focus on the idea of gallery educators as ‘disruptive influences’, this year’s engage International Conference in Leeds took a close look at the innovative use of digital technologies in gallery education. Mike Pinnington, content editor at Tate Liverpool, reports from day one of the conference.
Hi I organised a big art event this year and from May 30th -June 6th next year I am going to be the project manager for a new arts festival over multiple venues in the coastal town of Fareham. […]
The recipients of this year’s Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists include Turner Prize-nominated filmmaker James Richards.
