Q-Art was set up to: -provide a place for graduates to discuss work post- art school -break down boundaries between courses/ colleges/ and levels of study -allow those who have not studied for a degree in art to join in […]
I should stop. I have been bent over the computer all day and wrist/arm/neck have had enough. I am writing profiles on four artists and an essay – so lots to get on with. I have transcribed three of the […]
Q-Art uses the crit, or the convenor, the common form of art ‘teaching’ or ‘pedagogy’ in art schools. I am thinking of researching different pedagogical models now… I also graduate soon and will be needing to find money to keep […]
Another day on site and I have almost completed the first phase of the installation. No matter how much planning i do there will always be something that doesnt happen quite right. I secretly enjoy the challenge that sets me. […]
Right, we have our first show of 2010 under our belts already – hurrah for us!! The show launched last Tuesday and runs all the way until 26th February. As shows go, this one was relatively straight forward. For a […]
I’m not sure where I’m at in terms of my course and projects. Since Christmas, the tutors have more or least left us to our own devices. For the dreay months of January and February, maybe that was the wrong […]
main motivation: Raymond Williams points out television is a social form which presents social and cultural difference in societies. Wi-Fi is also a similar social form and its construction materialize the form. Wi-Fi access points exists in our daily life […]
In the time I have been offline some exciting projects have begun to line up for the year. Since September I have been very engaged with ‘Pistols and Pollinators’ – a 26 artist poet collaboration organised by Accident and Emergence. […]
20th December. Running around trying to sort out Christmas for thirteen people, but still fixated in my head on the collaboration. I send R. images of some drawings on the theme of Pampliset and a poem by Graham Greene that […]
6th January R. responded that she thought the bones beautiful and inspiring and that she liked the idea of an imaginary museum. She suggested we met up somewhere that might be inspiring. The British museum perhaps or the John Soanes? […]
25th January ‘I have begun a test piece of scrimshaw on the goose bone bangles. More difficult than I thought. I hope practice makes perfect. Have set the eyes in the bangles – they look good. I will send photo […]
Donna Scultura (Women Sculpture) This morning I went to the opening of the women’s scultpture show – an annual show they have of 4 prominent female sculptors working in Pietrasanta now in its 8th year – which they always schedule […]
So, I’ve had a great idea for an exhibition. It’s only at the early stages, but this is the broad outline. It’s quite conceptual, containing a lot of allegory – things like a reductionist scientific investigation into something destroys a […]
Have been frantically busy with Forth Valley Open Studios – we are up and running now with a fantastic committee of people with a wide range of expertise including business, marketing and PR skills. My solo exhibition officially opens tomorrow […]