Is a campaign to raise the threshold of the Artist’s Resale Right in the UK a threat to the incomes of already low-paid artists or a justifiable attempt to protect the art market infrastructure?
Olfactory Colours A perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena was interviewed on radio 4 Midweek 11/07/2012. He keeps working on a smell until he achieves simplicity. He said his work is like being an illusionist – where by we think we can smell […]
will i ever become comfortable with airing my thoughts in the public sphere? i ask this of myself a few days into the belper art trail. a point in time in which i am feeling the affects of installing the […]
It has taken many months of work to get this far and I will be trialing the walks this summer with a view to getting ACE funding for next year. I have the possibility of some funding from a local […]
I have been called raw. I have been called considered. It has been written that I have a transoppressive approach yet I am committed to strenious practice and training. It is undecided as to whether I am a sculptor or […]
I’ve been a bit of a slacker, forgetting to put the tracks here! So here are tracks 5, 6, and 7 Sally Sunbeam: http://soundcloud.com/elena-thomas/sally-sunbeam-s… Ellis Stephenson: http://soundcloud.com/elena-thomas/03-cracks-ellis… and today’s Thursday treat is poet Heather Wastie: http://soundcloud.com/elena-thomas/bananas-from-th… All great performers, with […]
I am starting a residency on Epsom Common. This is a project I have devised and organised in conjunction with the local council, arts organisations and the city of London. There will be three art walks over the summer, they […]
Shift Happens explores the opportunities that digital can offer arts organisations. The Head of Leeds School of Art, Architecture and Design explains what she got out of the conference.
Peckham Space, London
25 May 2009 to 29 July 2012
An impromptu Project Space meeting with Stephanie to catch up on events whilst I have been away. By all accounts a busy time with Debby Besford’s photography show and events. The photographs provide intense points of vibrant colour in our […]
D A I L Y S T U D I O S H O T S 10/07/12 My gallery space: 11 x 14 ft.
Who Am I ? my question to you all is – what do you call yourself when faced with the question “what do you do? “ ….having just moved to the countryside f, a small home counties village to be […]
I have a blogger profile! Horaay! You can look at it here; www.a-n.co.uk/p/2274061 I have now moved home from Brighton and my life as an art student has come to a close. Now all I need to do is find […]
Exhausted after hanging my work for When the Walls Come Down. I now know how to use a drill – not sure how I got away with not knowing for so long but anyway …. Husband thinks I’ll be putting […]
Can’t believe I haven’t been blogging, just told our artist this month Iain Broadley on facebook that he should be blogging and realised I haven’t either haha. Pot/Kettle/Black Anyway…………….. This month has been mad. Work is crazy busy and I […]
I’ve not written on this blog for a while, what with making short but daily entries on Shedding at the moment, and having things happen with Julie and Franny on Going Public, I can see you all getting a bit […]
Filmed over three years and premiered at last week’s East London Film Festival, a new film about Bob and Roberta Smith offers a fascinating insight into the life of the artist.
Last week’s Olympic Art Review conference looked beyond the headline-grabbing Arcelor Mittal Orbit to explore the social, cultural and economic agendas behind London 2012’s Art in the Park.
