When the economic recession hit, it impacted on everything. But how in particular did it affect the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities, and what is the longer-term impact? [PDF version 153 kb]
Exploring the effect of the economic recession on the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities.
I have just had my first remove reply from mailing out about what I am up to. Its quite funny and hurtful at the same time. Hurtful sounds dramatic and WAY over sensitive and its probably not the word i […]
right. aim today is finish this blog so i can add it to my report on the residency. The project finished at the end of march with a great looking exhibition and a hectic run-up leaving me fairly exhausted and […]
we finally got the solar panel from sharps so got installing with the sculpture… that was quite stressful, i made part of it at home in a workshop to bring in and install in one session but discovered perspex isn’t […]
we called the sculpture garden ‘the elemental garden’ with the dragon being fire, the copper sculpture that is going to grow and corrode being earth and leaving wind and water to be explored at a later date. I like this […]
some detail of the sculpture garden…
the lights working at night! well almost night, i tried so hard to stay late enough for it to get dark but got kicked out by phylys the caretaker just before it was properly dark, so i am still to […]
A quick update on the situation with the Salisbury project. The proposal was finished and handed in to both the Salisbury city Council contact and the head of arts for Wiltshire Council. As proposals go I think it was a […]
i had got more year 7’s to do more monoprinting of pictures to do with the environment to then graffiti onto the sculpture but in the end i didn’t think it would look right, it still worked well as an […]
I ran the last two of the major workshops over february and march, each with one half of the year 10 group. Going with the theme of self portraits i took them through all the monoprinting techniques using photocopies of […]
some of their work… this forms part of the final exhibition which looks great up on the wall all together.
some more of their work… some of the plates looked as good as the prints.
My work has gravitated very much towards photography and printing from the photographs using the gum arabic method. the subject matter is still hovering around the idea of nature taking over the urban environment and human beings taking over or […]
some more images from the ‘unclaimed and reclaimed spaces’ series…
so most of march was consumed by the run up to the exhibition which took place on the 28th March, a monday night which i think meant a lot of people couldn’t make it but it did mean all the […]
The Count of Monte Cristo rambles on like a huge nineteenth century novel. The beautifully hung show at Exeter Phoenix (part two) is still up and has been reviewed on this site by Gabrielle Hoad www.a-n.co.uk/p/1219112. In Manchester, somewhere on […]
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago The installation period for the show went smoothly. My work features as part of Grand Bazzar, a celebration of diversity, curated by artist and cultural activist Juan Chavez. My exhibition […]
we spent a long time making that room i had spent the whole year in, into a clean and tidy, white space we could display the work but it worked well and i think it was good to have shown […]
we had a good mixture of stuff in the show with a smart looking gallery type side with thing framed nicely on the walls, some of the prints made by students pinned up on mass and some more finished in […]
more from the show and opening evening…
a few more…
i had some lovely quotes given to be by the pupils involved in the project…
Compiling my personal bibliography this evening after a long day volunteering at text+work gallery. I’ve spent most of my time in front of a laptop or tidying. Next week I’m looking forward to being in the studio all day everyday.
