I have just heard that a whole room of Norwich MA students are being given a lecture about my blogs. Hello Norwich This would be funny if they were looking at it live, if not its a bit sad. I’m […]
Hey, nearly at the end of a very busy and frantic week. Thank goodness. Major technical issues have been dealt with amazingly by Frank the fabulous technician at Armley Mill. THANK YOU FRANK! The space is looking fantastic and I’ve […]
I did post some clips of the animations, honestly but they seem to have been lost somewhere in the ether. Maybe they will turn up, may be they won’t. I’m also a little worried as they were rather good. I’m […]
Having started a blog on my website and struggling to keep it up to date, I was a bit hesitant about starting something I might not be able to keep up. Here goes. I did not get in to Uni […]
I missed yesterday but I have good reason I was creating. I’ll be poppiing along later and posting up the images of the first thing I’ve actively created for INTERVALS.
The weather this week is a bit Scandinavian. It comes as no surprise to me. “The image is an artwork of which I am the artist” Well, no, it was a photograph taken by my son, but yes, because it […]
I am happy show you my new studio space. I have put up my ‘utensil bunting’ in celebration- I hope the other current occupants don’t take offence.
November seems to be a slow month, I have been pushing the challenges, but submissions have been minimal, so please do email one. I knew that the project would have peeks and troughs, and am really hoping that December will […]
MA Fine Art 2yrs Part-time Most of the work for this course will be self-directed. There are two modules of critical studies during the first year, with assessments. The other modules are related to developing and, finally, exhibiting one’s own […]
As Tom Duggan reviews his Degrees unedited blogging experience up to graduating in 2009, we catch up with his recent projects and artistic direction a year on.
Turning Point, a national network of regional visual arts groups, is taking the lead in placing artists at the centre of their activities.
Given the voracious and swift nature of the cuts brought in by the current government, it is unsurprising that artists are already feeling the effects.
This month’s bites.
Mission Models Money (MMM) has published a seminal guide on collaboration following their in-depth research.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt launched a major new national initiative for the visual arts on 21 October. Plus Tate is designed to broaden and deepen engagement in modern and contemporary art across the country.
China is moving fast, very fast
Subtitled ‘Women mapping Birmingham’, Craftspace’s ‘Routes to Revolution’ exhibition explores responses of refugees and newly arrived women to Birmingham and its industrial and craft-based heritage.
Alex Ball, The Obstacle, oil on linen, 31×23.5cm, 2010.
Social media is never out of the headlines, whether we’re talking about privacy issues or how it has allowed niche political groups to reach a wider public.
University of the Arts London has recently launched a new venue, the Arts Gallery on High Holborn, with a solo show by Catlin-prize winning painter Alex Ball.
The British Art Show (BAS) returns to Nottingham five years on for its seventh manifestation, only this time Nottingham plays host as the launching city and the show has a subtitle – ‘In the Days of the Comet’.
With bids starting at just £200, the UK’s first Chinese contemporary art auction aims to be accessible both to established collectors and those looking to start a collection.
