Just listened to a podcast – Christopher Townsend on the Physicality of Drawing. Interesting comments on the importance of agency and the pain of touch. Spent some time in the studio earlier and started this piece of work, which could […]
That is it! I am finished with The Summer Exhibition. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT! I remember back in the mid 1980’s when my father bemoaned the lack of quality of said exhibition and going just after I had finished my A […]
I had a discussion with my friend who is also in the inhospitable show at the bridewell to push some ideas around a bit. We agreed that with little time to get something together it doesn’t really allow enough time […]
While the Olympics has helped highlight artistic, as well as sporting achievements, much still needs to be done to create sustainable careers in the arts.
As Olympic fever continues to grip the nation, we pay a visit to a multi-disciplinary exhibition that’s brimming with team spirit.
My name is Sheree Mack and I am the Writer in Residence in the Literary and Philosophical Society. During my time in the library, I will be investigating my interests of travel and exploration in the collections, riffling through their […]
Glimpses of the World’s Continents On the evening of Thursday 16 August, lets keep the spirit of the Olympics 2012 alive with an evening of readings influenced by countries from around the world.. Participates will share their writings about their […]
The High Alps of New Zealand (one) by Rev. W. S. Green by Sheree Mack “Are not the mountains, waves and skies, a part Of me and of my soul, as I of them? Is not the love of these […]
The Writing Process 06/08/12 I’ve just had a meeting this afternoon with a fellow writer, discussing the forthcoming event, Glimpses of the World’s Continents. We got talking about the writing process and what a weasel of an experience it can […]
http:// inceptionartexhbition2012.blogspot.co.uk/ After the major success of “Encompass”, the time is nearly upon us for our final MA show in ‘The innovation Factory’ at The University of Bolton. It has been a great year and there has much success for […]
Parnassus 1. 1. Here, where time seems to have stopped. Here, where the land is abandoned, sacrificed daily to useless memories and heroic songs. Here, where blood seems fruitless. Here, in the stillness of the cemetery, I’ve still found the […]
an unexpected discovery..
Offere II Our sourdough bread culture – which will be three years old in October – has travelled with us from Oxford to South Africa, Hull to London and formed the basis for khlebolsony rituals at multiple thresholds. It has […]
Currently in ‘holiday time limbo’ I am happily ignoring my pile of jobs and instead forcing as many art opportunities upon my (protesting) children as possible in the desperate belief that this is the same as actually getting some work […]
He is still twiddling his brushes. The work is an opportunity to do nothing whilst ‘doing’ something. Howard Hodgkin, lend us a mark or two? The image of the bird is a handhold on the cliff. Let go and, only […]
Came across this great quote today: “For me, practical and conceptual concerns are inseparable. We live in a world that is more easily defined by technology, but I am interested in ideas about the handmade, how human existence can be […]
