Pool Artists come from diverse backgrounds and their chosen art forms are equally varied. They are working to create opportunities to produce, promote and sell their own artwork. Pool Arts aims to educate the public about the positive effects of […]
It is the start of my last week at Meantime, Cheltenham. Discussion of the work with respondent Anna Falcini will take place on Thursday 26th September from 7-9pm. All welcome. The exhibition continues at Meantime on Friday 27th and Saturday […]
This last week has been a bit about experiencing the weather and a bit about finding balance. Throughout my stay I’ve been reading a few books of Roni Horn – whose work has often focused on the weather in Iceland […]
Role of the curator I was invited to meet the Pool Arts members to introduce myself as a Support Curator and to learn more about were the artists thinking was at for the exhibition. It was lovely to be back […]
I am now reviewing my draft project proposal for the 3rd year and found it didn’t clarify anything for me, so I need to re-write it. I have used this time before term starts again to do practical work in […]
Well throws are finished and they are looking good, now to start more scares for christmas. We are holding a artfair at UCS, Waterfront,Ipswich for christmas, the fair is on the 14th December from 10 till 3pm so anyone liveing […]
Dear Martin, Thank you very much for taking the time to apply for the Platform residency program at Site Gallery. We were amazed by number of genuinely exceptional applications we received and our panel of UK curators, previous Platform artists […]
I’m currently well under way working towards my next painting Pearl, but as yet I haven’t even begun to work on the final piece. I thought I’d use this blog post to talk about process, and why it takes me […]
I’ve just completed my very first application for arts funding. I know. I’m 52 for goodness sake! What have I been doing all my life? Anyway, it’s done. I’ve done my best with it. The rest is up to someone […]
A.P.T Gallery, Creekside, Deptford
30 August – 22 September 2013
Sunderland Museum, Sunderland
28 June – 29 September 2013
Been asked to create some throws for some seating at the Ipswich ReCreate Launch at the Ipswich Town Hall very exciting begining for Art in Ipswich. If you are an aspiring creative, based in or around Ipswich, and you are […]
Even if I am a kind of pop-up figure in the land of the upright, an occasional visitor in sitting country and residing mostly (and not in state) in the realm of supinity – my art finds ways to stand […]
Is it possible to be artist in residence in two places at the same time? I’m about to find out. I’m at the critical stage of the Lincoln residency. The film, Place Setting, has been made and re-made and I […]
Opening negotiations for a dynamic activity in a pristine state of the art space. What an opportunity to challenge us all out of our comfort zones. How to realise our ambitious imaginations to suit the situation while still creating sauce […]
Perspective drawings i have been trying out. (Excuse the grubby finger prints!) Just experiments for now but can’t decide which i prefer – with or without the perspective lines??
Anything Could Happen I’ve been off and on the saddle since my last post: missing opportunities, (narrowly) missing deadlines, clinging on small bursts of inspiration, but not following them through, getting frustrated at my rusty movements, at my lack of […]
A heady mix of gumption, foresight and horse sense… this will not be boring. Our preparations for Residency @Locally sourced: Recipes for change in the arts. The SSoCiaL ‘SAUCED’ residency is a partnership between Arts Development UK and a-n The […]
The second instalment of a new weekly slot on a-n News, providing a snapshot of what’s happening internationally in the visual arts over the next seven days: 20-27 September.
This weekend sees the opening of Somerset Art Weeks, a two-week-long visual art and crafts festival with a micro-tasting feast of locally-sourced foods.
The Drawing Room in Bermondsey is set to open Outset Study – a free, open-access research hub with a specialist contemporary drawing library and study area.
