My computer decided to behave itself with regard to its colour calibration for a good hour the other day, which gave me chance to play around with colours and tones of some shots I took in the project space. I […]
After much uncertainty, our main focus for Beacon will now be Kelly Large's performative artwork in April; an event to highlight the tide of school children which floods Sleaford every weekday afternoon that she observed during her residency at Sleaford […]
The Tulse Luper's Suitcases project has been described by Peter Greenaway as "a personal history of urainium" and the "autobiography of a professional prisoner". It is structured around 92 suitcases allegedly belonging to Luper, 92 being the atomic number of […]
Having handed my dissertation in week before last i have been very excited to get stuck into some work but instead have been spending a lot of time writing up my journal. I wanted to write what i have learned […]
South London Gallery, London
16 January 2008 – 1 March 2009
Various cinema over the UK, London
23 January – 27 February 2009
I'm totally blown away by the lino prints that Alison has produced for this project. It's been really great to share ideas and images and the project as a whole has kept me stimulated to produce work. There have been […]
I have now attended the third session of my business start up course. Investigating different routes for my career once I graduate. It has been a real eye opener looking at the application process for Arts Council Grants. We have […]
Statement from the show: TurnHurst began in 2006 at Kingston University with the opening of The Shit Gallery, a receptacle for our fellow students' most embarrassing and clichéd works of art. Since then, we have continued to question the art […]
This year in September I started an MA in Creative Entrepreneurship at the UEA, or in other more common words: A course in how to make a living at being an artist. It is incredibly hands on and very intensive. […]
I think the time has nearly come when this blog splits into two because my work seems to be diverging into two related but separate activities. The project in Caterham which has been progressing oh so slowly has gained some […]
This week I have been taking a break from the Doll Gallery while I gain further advice to clear up a few niggles I have before applying for funding. It's my first application, and things have seemed so slow, but […]
The hunt is on to equip Temporary Art Space with plinths, shelving and other furniture, projectors, TV monitors and DVD players. We've already managed to go over our zero budget with public liability insurance, website hosting and £10 top up […]
too many things happening to go into now, but here's a sample off the top of my head; had a site visit in Room 315 at The Grand Hotel – originally planned for two days, but had to fit everything […]
Bearing in mind that Ireland is a state of mind rather than a place?
I've started a new project within the residency. It's to do with ways of learning and developing and a number of teachers from the school are doing projects and we have meetings and evening sessions to discuss our ideas. Anyway, […]
Darlington Arts Association A proposal to re-establish the Darlington Arts Association The shock decision by Darlington Council to knock down a third of the Arts Centre to make way for a huge expansion of the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College […]
Don and I got together yesterday and have exchanged prints, and taken away ideas to work on the second part of the project – the response prints to each others work. Allison John
After hearing that the buildings used by various independent art groups may be sold off to the local Sixth Form College it was thought that a group to represent all the various individual groups should be formed as a united […]
Beyond the curatorial work established by and presented from within art museums and galleries, a plethora of curatorial organisations operate in order to support and develop the practice of curating. This tour, by Charlotte Frost, examines some of the different remits addressed by curatorial organisations, providing an initial orientation in their hugely diverse activities.
