It is really slow going at the moment. All the spaces are being re-built for the exhibition, none of them are properly finished with loose boards, missing supports and panels etc. It's all a bit of a mess really. Some […]
PRIMARY PUPILS ENTER THE ART WORLD Nottingham-based installation artist Chris Lewis-Jones feels that he has struck artistic gold working with 52 Year 2 pupils at Forest Park Primary School in Cobridge. Using contemporary art to enhance learning across the curriculum […]
I have finally printed the actual comic! I'm so happy to have that finished! I was going to print several copies, but now time is running out I'm just glad to have one finished comic to go in the installation […]
We have recently started a Network of Artists who deliver community art in the Border area of NE England and SE Scotland. This blog will introduce some of these artists and their work, and the ways in which we try […]
There's a strange sort of feeling about rearranging the department to make way for the degree show; something like a sort of mini-apocalypse, though probably far less threatening! We had a meeting with the tutors this morning, and surrounded by […]
…just returned from France. Things are moving forward. If this was a diary I would happily divulge more, but this is a blog, so I have to be careful what I write. The image shows a view from our meadow…the […]
Things are getting moving in the studio now, we have to move everything to start the 'installation' phase tomorrow. still not sure what im going to make.. but ive got a few fingers in a few sizzling pies so should […]
Week three and the workshop went much better. I rearranged the space, built in a break and some outdoors time as well. More to the point we were doing some more involving, less outcome driven work. Vast quantities of materials […]
Our vision for the photo-shoot is to organize an event which facilitates collaboration between local businesses, and a mix of artists, student artists, designers and photographers. As Art-wave weaving together the strands of this collaborative mix has become our art. […]
Its all getting out of hand….paintings a go go, and black fingernails until the show. I keep mixing up real characters with false or historic. Each with their own hidden meaning for me. The question is whether the variants of […]
Feel like I'm juggling jelly at the moment. Spent most of the day so far trying to allocate time in my diary to get everything done. The main complication as ever is finding childcare to fit around erratic and irregular […]
Tears before dawn. So the other day. What a day that was. Firstly the space I plan on using it full with crap… haha yes crap. :P So i go on the hunt for any other space not used in […]
We are really hot and sweaty today. We are in the library making a list of our favourite books especially the fat ones. We will create a tower because we all hate plinths. It will be a tower for the […]
OLD DANDELIONS I looked at Judith's dandelions and remembered my dandelions. I made an etching, back in 2003. Two flowers were pressed onto a soft ground layer on a steel plate, overlapping, intertwining. This was etched in acid, inked and […]
Lets get the bad news out of the way first… my web page:www.annshaw.net has disappeared and I spent a very frustrating morning trying to contact my domain server who refuses to answer emails. (they withdrew telephone support some time ago). […]
Various venues, Manchester
5 April –1 June
Charles Danby reviews the work of Chloë Steele and considers the role of artist-curator duo Day and Gluckman whose notable track record continues throughout 2008-09 with a programme of five exhibitions for the law firm Collyer Bristow LLP.
The largest UK annual event of its kind, Hereford Photography Festival celebrates its 18th year in 2008.
Round-up of support to artists policies in Canada, England and Australia.
Eighty-one artists have been selected from 235 applicants for the 2008 Glass Biennale exhibition.
Berlin plays host to two events that utilise openness as a means of operation; naturally resulting in two distinctly different outcomes.
Seven Midlands-based producers and curators have taken part in an innovative programme, Momentum, to develop their ideas and support them in making art.
