So even though, I have tonnes of work to be getting on with and even though I still haven’t got enough dust for my degree show, I have started new projects, organised more events and found myself drowning in more […]
Crowdfunding revisited. After writing a guide to crowdfunding, I have been watching visual arts projects with interest to see how they’re faring. Here’s the guide if you wish to have a look: www.a-n.co.uk/p/100291/ It seems arts aren’t doing that well. […]
I have work in a curated exhibition called “Beyond the Horizon” at Emrace Arts at the RA centre, Leicester. The exhibition is a collection of work from leading contemporary artists of the East Midlands whose work relates to landscape. The […]
28th April 2011. First Day at Chongqing I finally arrived at Chongqing. This is my second trip to the Yangtze River. For the first trip, I went to Yi Chang, the downstream border city of the Three Gorges Dam (Chongqing […]
29th Apil 2011 First real day with the river Today has been a full and important day. After months’ preparation, I finally had the opportunity to stroll and sit next to the river. In the morning I set off to […]
1 May 2011 Today’s experience seems to be damaging for my emotional well-being. I went to downtown Chongqing with the intention to find the photo lab but even the policeman seemed to know nothing about their local area. So I […]
Not sure where this is going, but listen to this: “A taxicab drives up outside the theater. A man gets out of the cab and draws a gun. Across Twenty-third Street another man, a pedestrian, stops, kneels by a streetlight, […]
I’m starting the last of the ‘big jobs’ on my flat. Over the last two months I’ve allowed myself to be totally consumed by decorating and other DIY. Having said that I went to a wonderful talk by Dorothy Cross […]
Explores the affect of the economic recession on the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities and raises concerns about how artists’ practice is likely to fare in this period of arts austerity. [HTML format]
ArtWorks, Poole
22 April – 7 May 2011
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
21 January – 20 March 2011
One week left until the Open Day and I am praying that the weather stays so great. There are butterflies in abundance at the park this week, it’s too early for a lot of them but the sun has brought […]
Went to the Williamson Art Gallery yesterday, to give artist Louise Waller a helping hand with her workshop there. It was a drop in session and on a glorious day like yesterday, it was hit or miss if anyone would […]
We’re planning to use this blog as a catalyst for defining our collaborative relationships as artists both using drawing as a working medium, as well as a process to realise and experiment with ideas.
Traveller, there is no path,The path is made by walkingAntonio Machado Rivalry, division and inequality can make collaboration difficult, but on a one-to-one level, they can be overcome with a mixture of hard work and patience. However, what can you […]
Sporting League: Game 38 Sporting Radio: Pundit X: ‘Well we got the top gig in providing post match analysis on the last game of the season – and what a day we’ve had!’ Pundit Y: ‘Aye, it was a day […]
This is a reply to Carol Ramsey’s comment (in italics here) in my previous post – mainly because it prompted some thoughts about pop-up events and because of that old friend – word count. I agree, The Art School is […]
I got an email yesterday with a video reply from Sid, the artist who I mentioned in my previous post. He’s changed his voice and his face in the first part, which raises interesting questions about self and identity and […]
