Currently Reading: Part Object Part Sculpture: The Scatter: Objects as Leftovers – Briony Fer. (2005). Pennsylvania State University Press In this chapter (p.222) of Part Object Part Sculpture, Fer highlights a couple of key artists working with her notion of […]
More experiments with Growing Stones Blog entry from 4th June 2013: “The stones haven’t grown. I might need to be a bit more scientific about providing the right conditions for life to start.” It is true, I have paid less […]
A couple of images of our new college building. The first (short) project is to ‘map’ the building in some way….
back from first session at college……….somewhat odd but then I think it was always going to be. Same college as my BA five years ago, An unaccredited six months course of studio practice, seminars, crits and student led research groups… […]
Announcing a-n’s latest fundraising workshop for artists and arts organisers in Newcastle upon Tyne – presented in partnership with north-east England arts and business network The Sponsors Club, and with support from funding platform Kickstarter.
Funding cuts have forced museums and galleries to employ more unpaid volunteers and reduce the numbers of museum professionals, affecting education and outreach programmes.
This year’s Abandon Normal Devices, a festival of digital culture, film and art, takes place in Liverpool from 3-5 October and for the first time includes the AND Fair – a showcase for new innovations.
Exchange, labour, economy and collaboration: the fifth instalment of Art Sheffield fills the city’s galleries and industrial quarters with Beuys and debate.
An unexpected development, a meeting with my mentor and a birthday party While I was working back in June or July, I was unexpectedly put forward for an opportunity at Phoenix Arts in Brighton. Things progressed and excitingly, I have […]
Trying to set up an Alias advisory session with Paula Orrell since July – couple of suggested dates we were unable to do and then Paula became so busy that she let us know that she wouldn’t be available until […]
I have had some incredible conversations with Bridget, Annie and Heather this summer. With still more to come. Later this month I’ll be travelling to Eindhoven, Holland, to meet with Annie there. I’ll also use the trip to visit Hannah […]
Still trying to catch up/ multitask but grateful to be in paid work I suppose. …. 24 September. Work day. Crazy day as hundreds + hundreds descended onto Chagall before the exhibition ends next week, so I couldn’t get any […]
I went back down to Marlborough over last weekend, for the SKETCH 2013 seminar. It was very interesting to hear the four artists talking about how they use sketch books (or not) and how important the acts of drawing, collating, […]
Today I returned for my 5th year of part-time study – in the College’s new buildings in a very large Victorian Gothic buliding in Hereford. It has been transformed over the last few months into a huge blank canvas and […]
A one thousand pound experiment to exhibit (not sell/sold nout) at Buy Art Fair in Manchester and critically engage. You’re in the wrong place, should be over there but can only be over there if I have gallery representation which […]
I have spent much of the last few years trying to play down the teaching, in order to boost the awareness of myself as an artist, not just to other people, but to myself. It took me a long long […]
Independently researched and evidence based report addressing the balance of arts funding between London and the rest of England.
Schools are playing a critical role in levelling access to the arts in London, but those in outer London are still missing out, according to new research.
Final report on LARC’s Thrive programme which tested a new model for embedding the arts and cultural sectors in the processes of social and economic renewal.
The third British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke on Trent highlights both the importance of artistic creativity to the industry and the appeal of ceramics to the fine artist. We report from the Potteries, once the world’s centre of china production and now struggling to find its place in a global market.
Executive summary of the headline findings of research into arts subjects at Key Stage 4, commissioned by Creative & Cultural Skills.
Leeds’ new contemporary art space The Tetley launches in November with a programme that looks to ‘unpick the fabric, history and future use’ of its art deco home – the city’s former Tetley Brewery headquarters.
