‘and the truth will give you fleas’ Portsmouth June 26th A collection of notes from the last few days with errors created by speech recognition software selectively left in: 20 June 2013 Unfortunately reach mental saturation overload point 21 June […]
I Can See Clearly Now The Rain Has Gone. Song by Johnny Nash 1972 Last week I was all set to write my first ever rant about the contemporary use (or misuse) of the word sketch. I did my research […]
That is why many people feel calmer or more refreshed after crying – because the tears get rid of these hormones that are produced when we are sad, happy, or distressed.
This week I visited to the “Fieldworks: Co-researching Self-organised Culture” exhibition at Gallery II, at Bradford University http://www.brad.ac.uk/gallery/whats-on/spring-summ… The exhibition, a joint project by Andy Abbott and Caroline Hick, Fellows in Art at the University of Bradford, explores the question“Should […]
Week 37: 27th May – 2nd JuneI’m back in London again and just in time to see the new Wellcome Collection exhibition of Japanese Outsider Art, entitled Souzou. As the exhibition information explains: ‘Souzou is a word which has no […]
People talk of how what we wear speaks of who we are, or perhaps of how we wish to be perceived. Yet what if neither of these things is really true? I, for one, have never had any problems appreciating […]
i didn’t see you there has launched! With tremendous support from 30 people we have raised £1355 from our crowd funding campaign and made it past the final hurdle to launch the works out into Bristol city centre. The launch […]
This weekend sees the reopening of the National Glass Centre after a major redevelopment scheme that has doubled its exhibition capacity and learning spaces. We talk to the centre’s director and exhibiting artists, and find out what’s being shown – and made – at the centre.
West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff
15 June 2013
19 days to go…. Only 460 people to pledge £5 to get to my target…….. but where to find them? I fear I am not Tweeting enough How much is too much? When do people tip over from thinking ‘ooh […]
Studio cleared and ready for action! Yesterday I just had to try spraypainting writing. I don’t have any history of spraypainting, so I feel out of context, but it’s worth thinking about. One of my (naive, perhaps) views of spraypainting […]
The Practicalities of Work Art making away in residency, or on the fly as the case may be, feels like a different beast to the controlled environment of the studio. Much more is up for chance, and necessity dictates lateral […]
Well nearly a year since I lasted posted in Memory Foam – lots happened! But now is for NOW! Just in the process of collating the work and trying to understand it, from last week’s piece on the Loughborough University […]
Oxford Brookes’ BA (Hons) Fine Art course enables students to develop and produce challenging contemporary artworks that often emphasise audience and context, and investigate the role of the artist in the 21st century.
a-n and The Design Trust launch a new partnership with a panel discussion as part of The Design Trust Start Up Day at New Designers 2013 on 27 June.
The Centre is Here symposium saw representatives of alternative art schools presenting their visions for art education. Kathryn Ashill, who starts an MA at Glasgow School of Art in September, found plenty to take on board as she prepares to embark on her course.
The fourteenth International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth showcases the exceptional skills of world-renowned makers while also exploring the theory and ideas that underpin their practice.
