Great meeting on Monday with Ken and Julia from M2 Gallery. We first met in Norway last year, Julia was another of Michael Petry’s Golden Rain artists. Since that first meeting over Margaritas in their suite at the Stavanger Clarion […]
So we find out this evening that we’re meeting the Lithuanian artists tomorrow. All eight of them. And then they move in with us. We’re wondering – do we take shots of vodka? or flowers? or both? Meanwhile, the TV […]
I have continued with the small paintings but have now added a portrait of a Morris Dancer. Dave has agreed to model for a number of live sessions. At the next session the film camera will be there as a […]
this is carrying on from my degree show blog. now im out in the big wide art world i hope this blog will prove to be as helpful as the last at recording and reflecting on my journey.
Sap has had many uses over the years and so far in my research I have discovered two methods of sap collection. The first is simply tap the tree by carving a series of v-shapes into the bark. The second […]
Image making and madness. Image making is seen as being so powerful that the major religions ban its practice. My image is the persona I present to the world. To a certain extent I have control over the image I […]
27 June. Whitstable. We left Ipswich just after 10 am on 26th June. I had tried to book in advance but had been unable to find cheaper tickets, so we bought ours from a machine at the station. As usual […]
Dear interested readers. Here is another update on our looming exhibition at the Works Gallery this September during the ArtsFest weekend in Birmingham. Plus some information and image on Bordeaux artist Richard Biardeau. The exhibition will run from 10th September-13th […]
Preparations for The Summer Gala weekend next Saturday are now being finalised – it seems that over the weekend things have started to pull together more – I’m really hoping we can pull off something interesting to promote the LAN!!! […]
I’m three quarters through a part time PgDip in History of Art. We’re just onto modern and contemporary art. Previously to that I did a BA at Chelsea in Fine Art: Painting. I work part time in quite a demanding […]
I’ve just had a great conversation with Martina Mullaney, an artist who is organising a discussion on Friday: Enemies of Good Art Whitechapel Art Gallery – Friday 17th July 14.30 “there is no more somber enemy of good art than […]
Any way you look at it, having a cameraman and sound man catching your every move is horrible. Especially when we’re sitting around trying to say hello to Anna, who’s just off a really terrible flight from Moscow. They did […]
First storyboard drawn up and put up on the wall of the incubator. Feeling inspired and the start of momentum. We still need to make the incubator space ours. To find bits and pieces to equip and furnish. I will […]
I was undecided about whether to put on record the conversation I had with a young Byelorussian I met last night. But after this and this came to my attention, I feel bound to add this story to the whole […]
Today started of very well indeed as we received our two first donations of red clothing. Both items were jackets and both were donated by woman. Thank you very much, and we hope our collection continues to grow! We had […]
“Arts Council England today announced final details of an organisation-wide restructure that will transform the way it serves the arts and audiences. The restructure will save £6.5 million a year in administration costs and these savings will be invested in […]
Tate Britain, London
3 June – 6 September 2009
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
22 May – 19 July 2009
