A day of results. My application to Axis has been accepted, excellent. I also got in to the Margaret Harvey Open, good. Also, I've started testing my phototransfers on linen, and reminded how I love working with physical things, unlike […]
Proposals are starting to gain momentum – I've been discussing ideas with colleagues to start some collaborative projects. Basically, most fine art graduates from Lincoln University have gone "home" since graduation and are having to take up other work to […]
Now that my book "Children of Craig-y-nos" is well on the way to being "wrapped up" I can get back to making videos. Have just filmed and uploaded to Youtube today one of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders marching through […]
From Leigh French, continued If Creative Scotland mirrors other European models, and given what the Culture Minister has said to date, the likelihood is that in Scotland, too, there will be significant financial pressure to replace grants with a system […]
From Leigh French, continued We believe that Creative Scotland will look to generate income streams through the exploitation of 'creatives'. Increasingly, they will be treated as the consumer base for a new financialised system of commercial 'creative' exploitation — indebting […]
From Leigh French, continued Given what will be a shortfall, if not initially then quite quickly, Fabiani has stated: “If formed, Creative Scotland will add to the range of funding sources available to artists and creative practitioners. As well as […]
From Leigh French, continued The Cultural Commission, established in 2004 to gather "views and opinions from the people of Scotland on where and how culture in Scotland should be supported", cost us around £500,000. What is the justification and expense […]
From Leigh French, continued We are now told Creative Scotland will firstly take the form of a "publicly owned limited company" after which it will be established as a statutory NDPB through the Public Services Reform Bill in 2009 (which […]
A Scottish Perspective on the economy of artists – by Leigh French This evening, special guest Leigh French from Variant talks to my art and economics blog about the debate around the proposed changes to the funding system in Scotland, […]
two weeks without internet connection is sort of a struggle. the thought that someone might be wanting to contact you or replying to an email sent is frustrating until you realize that nobody is. since i last blogged i have […]
Update December: With regard to the exhibition in the Graphic Studio in Dublin, contrary to what is written on an earlier blog, the exhibition is scheduled for next March (2009). Also the number of prints per person has been reduced. […]
I presented my options to the steering commitee and I enjoyed discusing the way forward. As usual I need to rework one option. The town history and as I anticipated in one of my earlier posts their were several missing […]
I'm overwhelmed with work at the moment. The money-earning kind. I just got some pictures back that were taken on disposable cameras at the White Night debate, that seems such a long time ago now. I've chosen this one because […]
Last week was a little quieter. I decided last minute to enter my ‘House’ into the Margaret Harvey Open Exhibition in St Albans. This meant making sure it would get through their very particular criteria like max size, plinth presentation […]
THE PIECE HALL Originally the smaller Cloth Hall, The Piece Hall was opened on 1st January 1779 as a place for hand loom weavers to sell their pieces of cloth. Halifax is a wool town and a variety of the […]
LOCATION Temporary Art Space | Units 34-35 | The Piece Hall | Halifax | HX1 1RE Multimap BY BUS: We are 5 minutes walk away from Halifax Bus Station. Halifax Bus Station serves routes from all over Calderdale as well […]
December certainly seems to be already a month of contrasts. I've visited Christina Bryant at her studio whom I first met doing a very inspirational talk at Wysing. I'm looking forward to keeping in contact with her. I've finally been […]
Looking back in history the Cloisters and its gardens use to be the only place, within the monastery at the time and now as a Cathedral, where the silent monks could talk and have a conversation. The work I am […]
ArrivalsAll packed and ready to set off, I wave goodbye to my partner and feel as though I’m about to go to the moon on a huge expedition. I think I have taken way too much stuff and I’ve borrowed […]
Day 11 Today is our final trip to the quarry to collect red earth. It seems the perpetual shovelling of soil into fluorescent shopping bags has come to an end, a task that neither Jonathan or I are likely to […]
Temporary Art Space is an unfunded, artist-run project with a lifespan of six months, situated in the magnificent Grade 1 listed Piece Hall in Halifax and co-directed by Alice Bradshaw, Bob Milner, Tom Senior, Kevin Boniface & Georgia Boniface.
