“The experience was an interesting way to explore ideas around communication within the space of Kelvingrove. It evoked feelings of excitement and a feeling of strength within the group. I felt the group engaged and interacted with one another in […]
Stephen Willats: surfing with the attractor. South London Gallery 1/6-15/7/12. Mixed feelings about this show. Is it a rigid (male) structure, a system that isn’t really saying anything about the world today? Is it ‘socially engaged’? He originally showed at […]
Basic Equipment list: Notebooks Paper Canvas Books Paint Place Space Five Weeks
I’ve had a really productive day today, completing two new drawings for possible inclusion in the show. Generally Gill leaves little or no empty space in her work, speckling dots and dashes across otherwise unfinished areas. I often attempt to […]
Caroline Wright is in artist’s conversation with Cheryl Pierce at The Project Space this Wednesday at 7pm. We’re excited to have this chance to hear about the numerous projects Caroline is working on, particularly those with rural Norfolk and East […]
The shed has now come home, and is in her rightful place at the top of my garden. She’s in need of a little tlc, and probably a lot of sunshine to dry out her boggy bottom! This is probably […]
Blimey! I will have to look at my Life /work balance. I am shattered. Bonkers. Latest thing was the last invited outing for the Farningham Hobby Horse Project. Ros and I took them down to Margate to join in the […]
As one of the art tutors with Sense Scotland this project brought together ten people re-discovering a particular architectural space. In the Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery, which first opened in 1901, the red sandstone and marble tiled flooring interior […]
MK Gallery have selected eight graduates/students from their region to participate in Showcase 2012. We have a week each in the project space at the Gallery during August and September. The proposal is to use my time in the space […]
If I may set the scene… Interim assessment for the MA Fine Art was rapidly approaching at the end of April. Previous attempts to secure a gallery space we (the other MA students) can all use have come to no […]
THE LIST PART 2 (continued from previous post) 6. My father has to have a pacemaker fitted so will need a little time to recover before I film him taking the journey back to Hartlepool. Looks like it will be […]
Deep Sigh….. LOAF has been amazing. I don’t know if it is because I’m tired, but I could lie in a darkened room and have a little bit of a cry before I fall asleep. I feel so grateful for […]
Why did you come here ? What do you want? What do you want? What do you want? What do you want? ask it again What are these decisions made on? [ ] {Silence} ( ) ‘sigh‘ multi-storied ebbsnflows constructed […]
“The Voyagers” work in progress. www.a-n.co.uk/p/2299600
Things just fall into place… A friend emailed me information on a Bauhaus costume making workshop in the Lighthouse Glasgow. What perfect timing! Preparation led me to dancer Martha Graham (who’s work was introduced to me by my aunt in […]
After my last post I could not help wondering if I’m shooting myself in the foot by revealing so much about the facts of life with M.E. Talked it over with a friend who can’t imagine it would hurt my […]
This year’s shortlisted artists explore the parameters of photography and invite us to reconsider the meaning of the contemporary photograph.
At an event at Manchester Art Gallery last night to celebrate the purchase of his work A Sleek Dry Yell, Haroon Mirza talked to a-n about life as an international artist and his plans to host residencies in his Sheffield studio.
