Well, I spent the weekend down at Grove House, Froebel College. Just like August, it was hot and empty! This time though, i was not folding paper, but wading through the finished paper tiles, playing with them through the corridors […]
I am a Professional Artist! Today I went along to the artists forum in Bethanal Green. In the space of 2 hours I took in a lot of information, was told to sell myself as a professional artist and decided […]
Well, the residency has finally, i think, come to an end. The work is up an has been unveiled to the college. The annual “Froebel Birthday Celebrations” marked the event and my piece seemed to go down well, although at […]
Best Practice Seminar: with Alex Pearl 29th May 12.00PM-4.00PM @ AirSpace Gallery www.newgenerationspace.wordpress.com airspacegallery no4 Broad Street Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST1 4HL In this session we will be looking at the fundamentals of what it means to be an artist […]
A 6 month artistic development project for Escalator performing arts 2010. Developing HE SAID TALENT AGENCY as a practise. With Special consideration to our current project: YOU WILL BE RARE. www.hesaidtalentagency.co.uk/artists/hesaidtalent/…
As a print based artists i find that i’m constantly seeing, thinking, planning and writing. Having graduated in the summer of 2009 I’m starting this blog as a way to develope ideas and express my thoughts outloud and inspire a […]
Dipping my toe in the blogging pool again
This month’s bites.
AIR – Artists Interaction and Representation will later this year be providing a much-needed platform for artists to identify and lead campaigns to improve their professional status and economic conditions, supported by a secondment to AIR from Canadian Artists Representation.
‘Digital Continuities: from the history of digital art to contemporary transmedial practices’ formed a key strand at March’s Association of Art Historian’s conference. Organised by Nick Lambert from Birkbeck’s CAT project, his vision was to assemble a group of interested academics and think through some of the more contemporary aspects of digital arts activity.
The NCA has launched its Cultural Workforce Survey in order to gather data from everyone who works in the cultural sector, including CEOs, Chairs, Board Members/Trustees, Employers, Employees, Freelancers, Interns and Volunteers. With this data, they hope to create a snapshot of what the cultural workforce looks like today and find out how people really feel about the work that they do.
Lin Cheung, Papaver Argentum (silver poppy)
Jeremy Hunt MP has been appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport. He was Shadow Culture Secretary 2007-10.
Sarah Burgess, David Cotterrell, Peter Hill and David Watson were amongst 186 AIR members who successfully claimed Payback in 2009, the first year that AIR has been a recognised collection agency for this scheme run by DACS – Design and Artists Copyright Society.
A round-up of recent shortlists, winners and awards.
