Spent most of today looking for jobs and ways to create some kind of income. Even resorted to selling drawings on ebay. There’s a few interesting art opportunities I in the midst of applying for. If I could get even […]
I got talking in the street to a Korean man yesterday. He was in Xiamen for a few days on a business trip. His employer, a major electronics company has put him on a year-long placement in Shanghai to learn […]
I’m seeing Norwegians everywhere now….had a meeting with Kaya Herstad yesterday to discuss the Threshold festival (an arts and music event at Novas CUC 11 – 13 February )http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=124976877557141 Looked at the space she has given us and had a […]
No sooner than I posted the last blog and help arrived! The gallery has employed help in the form of Katie Martin who will be here on a months contract, which gives me the hands free time needed to crack […]
My Arts Councils years grant is officially coming to an end. The funding enabled me to concentrate on areas of my practice; to focus on identifying key people who would help, support and advise me on developing my work, eg […]
The focus shifts again this coming week. gimme shelter is now up and running and ready for assessment on Monday. My Blurb book is in transit and will be here on Monday, my tutors are happy for me to include […]
I spent New Year’s Eve with my fellow illustrator friend from Oslo, Freya, who somehow managed to fly over here without getting snowed in at Heathrow, and came over to Lincoln for an illustration grads night out! And very enjoyable […]
Well, thanks to my husband who has helped me take my stuff over and set me up I should be able to do some work in the studio this week, other work commitments notwithstanding. I have some people coming to […]
Yesterday’s productivity obviously took it out of me. I didn’t wake up til 1 today and that’s only because I was called for lunch. I was planning to empty that room to install work and photograph but instead I just […]
Over the last few months I’ve been looking at street performers and trying to understand their acts both artistically and technically as I suspect I will also be doing some of my performances outdoors. While I very much doubt I […]
The reason I go to exhibitions is to get inspiration (and to nick ideas) which hopefully will kick start something. It also reminds me why I’m an artist because I forget. Juggling single parenthood and my creative practice is something […]
With the other two artists in residence here at CEAC I went to The Blind Massage Centre of Ming Ai Xiamen. I can’t honestly say whether it was a pleasant experience or not, I’m still digesting it. It began with […]
In Preston yesterday, presenting our work so far. Great to see what the others in the group have been up to, very diverse work. We don’t get to meet up as often in this final year and as such I […]
Made a very small 3D cardboard caravan maquette of my Visitor Centre Design. Has a very Blue Peter quality to it I think, quite proud of that. Grateful I watched so much of it as a child. All workshop proposals […]
10th January, 2011. Well I had a tutorial with Joe, Gutted!! I totally got the wrong end of the stick, I misheard what He wanted me to focus on. I thought when I was focusing on a dialogue, that it […]
interview (i & ii), Supermarket 2011, printer, pictures It’s very interesting to see Andrew Bryant’s interview with me online. Reading my words online is different from having read them in the word documents that we exchanged over the summer and […]