This is my first post of 2011 – how disgraceful it is February! I have been busy writing proposals and trying to raise funds for a big project which will hopefully end up at the Edinburgh Fringe. The whole raising […]
Saturday has mainly been a housework and domestic chores day. Washing, grocery shopping, tidying etc. The fairies don’t do it unfortunately. I’ve spend 4 hours on e-learning to be a census collector in the hope of getting some kind of […]
The virtual exhibition catalogue which forms the core of the dissertation is pretty much complete – I’m just waiting for some images from one of the artists involved now – they’re back in the studio on Monday and I should […]
Falling through the world Another week when I didn’t get all I wanted to done, a full on day at work yesterday and I didn’t get my collision mesh done. A collision mesh is basic low poly version of the […]
The ups and downs, the successes and the setbacks, this blog will chart the progress of a project, warts and all. Whether it materialises in its entirety, whether the necessary funding can be found remains to be seen but either […]
It could fizzle out before it gets going, blow up in our faces or explode and set the town on fire – a step by step record of a project unfolding.
Socially Engaged Adventures blog maps the journey of co-mentoring between Ruthie Ford & Ania Bas. Since 2011 Ruthie & Ania have been exploring socially engaged issues, language and practice whilst visiting artists, arts projects and arts organisations working in the […]
Being an artist fills my head with turmoil and my heart with light. ________ I stumbled across this today, quite by chance, through a link that showed up on my stats – my project Colin of Alaska translated into Japanese! […]
how to emerge? Drawing … Spent three hours, yesterday afternoon, between London’s National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square drawing and looking, and all for free! Aren’t we lucky. YES WE ARE! I know we are in the […]
Well I have, at last, made a collage from the last envelope of stuff – I began with the coloured pile. and an extra piece of strong colour that had got overlooked. It became the all important starting point. Bird […]
The studio is proving very useful as a meeting space. I lent 2 small easels to Lion Aid today for a sale they are organising to raise funds. The dog is a bit better so I felt ok about leaving […]
I made a camera :) and I got some photographic paper for 95p – yes 95p Last night we had the meeting about Live Art week. Six artists came and we had a good discussion about the event what we […]
O U I #2 Bleak Actions, York
23 January 2011
TROVE, Birmingham
16 – 22 December 2010
Venetia Norris, 'Orchid 1', mixed media, paint & ink, 17-01-2011. Courtesy: Sean Barnes. 56cm x 76cm
Victoria Wareham, 'Looking Back', still from film, 2011. Photo: Victoria Wareham. Courtesy: the artist.