FIFTH MONDAY I selected readings on silence and solitude for the Artist Retreat Day I am running at St. George’s Arts, Esher, this Wednesday. Noticed the importance of nature to artists and writers. Simplicity. Went down to the sea to […]
I catch myself wishing that my January trip to India would not just feel like a long distant memory. I gathered there a lot of material for thought and for practice but most of all, I learnt that managing the […]
Progress I had a call from Carla Moss today who is curating an exhibition at Greenbelt Festival this year. The theme of the show is text because it is the 400th Anniversary of the King James Version Bible. She called […]
Time of our Lives…challenging perceptions of older people We were just about to start filming the soft rock group Steamer Lane on Saturday in the middle of Stirling when they started: the South American pan pipers with all their amplifiers […]
Whilst halfway through a year long residency project at a secondary school in Wrexham, I began a second, year long residency at a Hospital in Bangor. Having just finished the school project i am now half-way through the project in […]
Beth Shapeero – Hanging Gloss Westgate Studios Project Space55 Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BS, UK Saturday 21st May 2011, 12-6pmSunday 22nd May 2011, 12-4pm The Prince Albert in Studio A6 will be open from 6pm on Saturday 21st May 2011 (buzzer […]
Temporary Art Show 3 Part 2 Wednesday 25th May 2011, 5-9pm Westgate Studios Project SpacePrudential Building55 WestgateWakefieldWest YorkshireWF1 1BW http://aliceandbobcurate.wordpress.com/ For the second installment of Temporary Art Show 3, selected artists and collectives present diverse works of sculpture, installation, drawing, […]
PROSPERO’S LIBRARY EXHIBITION For the London exhibition of Prospero’s Library, the artists involved included: Books: Les Bicknell, Tracey Tofield, Theresa Easton, Nicholas Wright, Annabelle Moreau, Evelina Schatz, Mikhail Pogarsky, Evgeny Strelkov, Nazir Tanbouli, The Point and Place Collective (Julie Brixey-Williams, […]
Studio Shed | Update I have been working on several canvases for an upcoming group show curated by my fellow student at Bucks, Danielle Teper. The exhibition will be at Wolfson College, Oxford, June 12th-July 1, 2011. I do have […]
We’ve all been really busy lately, with our own individual projects and practices, but here is our itinerary for the SAM WEST visit to Helsinki and Tallinn Thursday Travel from Bristol to Helsinki Arrival – meet with Antti (at the […]
Friday 13th May Arrived in Helsinki late last night, a much more pleasant flight experience than the usual Ryan Air cattle shed. After an all too brief night’s sleep we were up again at 7:30 to get to our first […]
Barbara Walker, 'Same Difference (after Lorna)', Charoal on paper, 2009. Photo: Barbara Walker. Courtesy: Barbara Walker.
The Women’s Library Foyer, London
6 April – 28 May 2011
Torre Abbey, Torquay
14 – 26 April 2011
I have a final assessment for this academic year on Wednesday and am sorting through all my work wondering what to include and what to leave out – there is too much to show it all as we only have […]
Just come back from a wonderful eight day holiday in Finland having mostly pleasure and doing a little bit of work. Mr Smith and myself enjoyed the great architecture of Helsinki and the wilderness of ‘the island’ that consisted of […]
I have wrapped the blob in every scrap of bubblewrap that could be found in the house. This was not an inconsiderable amount but only barely sufficed. Then I wrapped the bubblewrap in a reel of parcel tape emblazoned with […]
Here are my final degree show piece of work…they range from silkscreen, dye fabric and paint and drawings.
Metaphors are useful at this point! I have rowed out to sea and have lost me ore’s! So I can’t runaway I am just stuck here drifting….. till I arrive at shore which should take a short while longer! Assessment […]
Sporting League: Game 2 Novia continued their strong start to the season with a convincing two goals to nil away win against Lunderbach. Sporting Radio: Pundit A: ‘I’m just feeling a little tired at how easily Lunderbach rolled over out […]
Half way through the second week, and another very successful life class, from my point of view anyway – I’m not sure that the model would agree entirely as he got very cold feet (literally). Most of the students came […]
A Case of Seller Beware! (Part 1) I was contacted by a (supposed) Japanese collector of art, pre-earthquake, last year, via the Saatchi saleroom, before Saatchi revamped their online platform. It was pretty promising and I was like “Domo arigato, […]
A Case of Seller Beware ! (Part 2 of 3) Fastforward to the recent Japanese earthquake(s), and I was emailing everyone I knew who had any connection to Japan to express my concerns for their safety and my sincerest hopes […]