I find myself ridiculously excited. I am going to a meeting in London on Friday, all art and education related stuff, which I’m really pleased to still be involved in, even after shucking off the job a few months […]
Residencies are as diverse as the practitioners, organisations and environments that host them. From fee paying to sponsored, rural to urban and global to local. They provide a matrix for investigation, invention and exploration (at best) and at worst they […]
Making the Future – Private View 24 September 5-8pm, exhibition runs to 2 October. This year’s MA exhibitions from the department of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) are part of a year long celebration of 170 years […]
This is the most recent art work that ive been working on. I have used unwanted canvases again. I arranged them together to make a square about a meter by a meter. I have used acrylic, emulsion, oil paint, oil […]
From my sketchbook. Oil stick, pastel, charcoal and pencil.
my reflective process of the #goandseebursary has gained some form completed storify timeline of the main part of the visit write and thank the curator of the arts development team at the forestry commission write more blog posts compose review […]
Arts organisations and those connected to them must be sure not to do anything that could damage Arts Council England’s reputation as a government-sponsored body, else their grants could be at risk. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
This week I enrolled on the MA Curating course at Sunderland University. I thought it time to get something academic and art related. I struggled with the decision – do I go for an MFA, practice based – but then […]
The controversy around Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B installation, which opens tomorrow at the Barbican, London continues to grow, with a petition calling for its cancellation attracting nearly 23,000 signatures and a discussion event about the work taking place tonight.
From a Tory MP being devoured by birds of prey to an exploration of modern methods of communication and human intimacy, this week’s tour of recommended exhibitions includes shows in Glasgow, Sunderland, Nottingham and more.
Thursday 18th September saw the opening of my hand printed wallpaper and origami birds installation at Castle House. As the doors to the ex-department store opened and the walls rippled in the breeze, I held my breath. Working with Castle […]
Back in July, 4 of us met to discuss the next FANS OF FEMINISM show, and unanimously decided on WitCH.. a theme with history, serious issues, intrigue, magic, and fun. (black cats?) Witch cocktails at the PV.. a Barbeque on […]
WitCH is a feminist through and through, how will my art and my curating develop exploring this outsider stereotype?
Rarely am I moved to actual tears by a piece of writing but Jenni Dutton’s marvellous Self Portrait with Portals has touched on something deep. How do we connect with memory and what happens to memory over time? What is […]
Applying for opportunities in the Arts
This week has very much been a visiting exhibitions week. On my last day off (Wednesday) I walked up the steep hill to the Bridewell to see ‘Searching: Unexpected Treasures’: http://culture.org.uk/2014/09/searching-unexpected-treasures-exhibition/ I missed the PV last week, but to be […]
The last ten days have been particularly tired, physically as well as mentally: limbs leaden and airy, resisting coherence; pockets of pain here and there, sewn to skin; fleeting periods of full alertness and acuity. Doubts though, about my oh, so very […]
The winner of this year’s John Moores Painting Prize is Rose Wylie for her painting PV Windows and Floorboards.
So here I am, feeling completely and utterly lousy. The result, I suspect, of yesterday’s fishcakes and salad. It is 3:25pm and I’m only just able to drag myself from my bed, to the shower, to the armchair, thoroughly exhausted. […]
Burmese artist San Zaw Htway has been announced as the winner of the £2500 Artraker Award for Impactful Conflict Art 2014 at the opening of the Art of peace exhibition in London.
