Fresh Start It had the feeling of a TV game show: 48 hours to come up with a new location and concept. I rarely feel creative under pressure, but during 2 days back on Arran I was blessed with good […]
It’s the start of day 3 of my residency at Metal Southend. Day 1 was a travel day that ended with ice cream and fish and chips by the sea, so Day 2 was the first proper day. I spent […]
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16.4.14 A lot going on here at the Brindley this week. Our latest exhibition Castlefields of Dream & Inside, Outside In-between is being well received by visitors – it’s been a great opportunity to showcase the talents of local young […]
Construction Project Day #19 I built a den! With the intention of using no lighting element within this work, I built a cotton ‘shape’ within my space. I would have preferred it to have been a perfect cube with stretched […]
The first of my glass casts worked! After something like five days in the kiln I was delighted to discover that the mould held up, and that the glass melted, set, and cooled as it should do. The second, of […]
Everyday artist concerns
Lucy Clout and Marianna Simnett have been announced as winners of the £20,000 Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards: What Will They See of Me?
Bristol-based commissioning agency Situations has announced a national programme of live events and workshops looking at how international approaches to public art programming have developed during the past decade.
Glasgow-based artist Ally Wallace asks: Why is ageism seen as an acceptable form of discrimination by so many in the art world?
2014 Recipient of an a-n Re:View Bursary. Blogging about the process as it unfolds along with other practice related events.
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending some time visiting spaces in places outside of Manchester. As part of my move up to London, I wanted to take advantage of the closer proximity to the other cities up […]
x another no an other know Dear Martin Thank you for your recent application to our Wild Card open call for artists. Unfortunately your application was unsuccessful. We had a fantastic response with over 250 high quality applications from artists […]
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Reading: Bounce – The myth of talent and the power of practice (Matthew Syed); Everyday Life – Theories and Practices from Surrealism to the Present (Michael Sheringham); Artificial […]
Why I do all my most personal healing on a full moon eclipse ill never know. So here we go Another pic for you all to enjoy These pics I did a few days ago however I realise its going […]
Project Title – Applications of Socially Engaged Art Project Description The socially engaged arts have been developed in a number of fields as transformative interventions entailing specific forms of arts practice and methods of inquiry. The combination of artistic and […]
Two weeks ago I embarked on a journey to Jamestown, NY, in order to install and create work for an exhibition which was to be held over two gallery spaces from 4th April until 24th April. It was a massive […]
