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Week 4 In attendance 16 artists This week we have been relaxing, I have not asked the artists to push their boundaries or to try anything new. (I thought I would give them a week off) this weeks focus was […]

This year I’ve been working on an exhibition together with Michael Borkowsky. We were looking for work inspired by computer games, and we decided to set up an open call for submissions. Through social media we appealed for venues, and […]

09 October – 08 November 2014 The inaugural exhibition of Leeds College of Arts’ first graduates from MA Creative Practices. Four students exhibit work “exploring the intersection between researched contextualisation, personal practice and current events” at Leeds Gallery, Monroe House. After […]

i return today to finishing off the review for our #goandseebursary .   from a review of twitter i saw that my review needed to answer a question we’d set ourselves.  today i’ve emailed hayley at grizedale to ask some […]

  Intervals Installation (T5 bulbs and acrylic) Variable dimensions, this image shows 500cm (w) x 150cm (d) x 10cm (h) 2014 For Light Night Leeds I exhibited new work in the Henry Moore Room at Leeds Art Gallery. Light Night […]

My ohyoiw work since June: Despite my vehemently anti-commemoration feelings, when I was asked if I’d like to curate the WW1 research of 6th form students of the Simon Langton Grammar Schools in Canterbury, I was keen to do it. […]

Previously I have made a piece of work called ‘my cup runneth over’ – cups molded from my own receipts. For our PaperFields exhibition we realise that we’ll have to make our exhibition obviously there and open to get visitors […]

Riches are arriving at The Museum door in quick succession and the past few days have seen a lot of activity and interest in the project to create a forum for ideas and a resource for artists working with objects. […]

I’ve had the best 24 hours. I found Sonia Boués blog ‘The Museum of Object Research’ on the a-n blogs page and quickly got in to conversation with Sonia. I’m very interested in the area of the meaning of objects […]

I’ve been working on a series of short observational spoken-word sound poems. Each is based on an object that Sarah and I have found as we’ve explored Islay together for our collaborative art project. Here’s a little excerpt of one: […]

I’m living a double life. With a double brain. One half of me is organised, list-writing and keen to Get Things Done. This person has an operation soon, and needs to be sorted. The freezer needs to be full of […]

The Museum is particularly pleased to host a blog post by Kate Morgan Clare, http://www.a-n.co.uk/person/kate-morgan-clare who is near completing a six year part time BA degree in Fine Art at Herefordshire College of Art. Her blog weaves in personal reflection […]

During my first month at the studios I have had many interesting talks with the lead artist, David Dixon, who has been working hard to set up some amazing opportunities for the associate artists within Chapel Arts Studios. One of […]

I read this great quote about the power of stories the other day from Shami Chakrabarti,  who was talking in an interview  about a biography of Eleanor Marx She says “My career has been about being a grim and worthy […]

Confidence is a tricky thing to measure – it comes and goes sometimes without warning. It’s helpful, often necessary, for some activities. I enjoyed Monday’s group crit session – a welcoming and mutually respectful environment – what a crit should […]

Can you remember what you did on the day Scotland didn’t vote YES? I can. ‘Remembering a dog walk on the day Scotland didn’t vote YES’ It was foggy on our walk and notably quieter somehow, the birds seemed louder […]