Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year and are ready for a start of a new year. Well I am glad to have left 2007 and hoping that 2008 will be much more productive. I collected the […]
STAGE 2 BREAKING GROUND During our meetings about funding applications it has become clear that we have started on Stage 2 of BREAKING GROUND. This will comprise the Residency at the University of Brighton Printmaking Department for the month of […]
Its finally nearly time to go to Bedford. I got an email from Katie including my contract confirming that my residency officially begins next Thursday. I immediately went to the studio to pack my case. Its a big solid trunk […]
Lots of ideas for short stories and not sure what to do with them. I’m thinking a series of webcomics is a good solution… Can a webcomic be art? Should it be mentioned here? I see my work overlapping art […]
A response to the discussion event ‘Does Autonomy Matter?’
Gasworks, London
5 December
Leeds Art Gallery
22 November– 10 February
South Hill Park, Bracknell
30 November 2007 – 20 January 2008
.. and so that was Christmas. This is traditionally the time when the masses attempt to unmass the amassed. Yes – join the gym in other words. Well (with no particular feeling of smugness) I can at least say I’ve […]
I’m starting to have thoughts about the next festival – just as well, really! Christmas, Julian Calendar style, falls on Monday 7 January and after the New Style festive lull this date is coming up all too fast. I’ve been […]
John Holden, writing in 2008, asks what ‘cultural democracy’ might look like, if we had it, and begins by addressing what ‘culture’ means today.
Important at-the-time DCMS document explaining its developing thinking about the creative industries environment and policy.
Case studies, practical information and advice aimed at inspiring contemporary arts activity and different approaches for working with artists.
DCMS commissioned review of the system of public sector funding for the arts and how it can encourage excellence, risk-taking and innovation. Examines how artistic excellence can encourage wider and deeper engagement with the arts by audiences.
Overview of research on creative industries in rural areas of the East Midlands published in 2008. Draws together the data studies at district level and a series of case studies, with wider information from other research initiatives to provide analysis of key issues for rural policy making.
I have finally seen sense and will go to buy a copy of Thomas Cooks European Rail timetable. What was I thinking when I didn’t do that sooner..? And I will also book two hotels, the first one for Belgium […]
Not too long ago someone asked me to imagine it was five years in the future and I was being asked to tell my story of how we exceeded our goals with Cutlural Fusion. Initially, I had thought to point […]
How to distinquish between the real 3rd eye & the fake 3rd eye? Yes! Madbad Mags admits–it is not easy to distinguish the real, 3rd eye from the fake one.But let’s not worry too much at the moment….cause we first […]
The New Year is packed with exciting new projects for us…. We shall be kick starting the next instalment of our education programme at St.Teresa’s Primary School with drawing, printing, and sculpture based workshops. Our next exhibition Toetap will preview […]
I’m on the home stretch now in terms of this project. My final exhibitions for Papertrails open on 17 Jan with the PV on Saturday 19 January. It seems to be coming together. There is more work to be done […]
La Sucrière, Lyon Biennial
19 September 2007 – 6 January 2008
Well, I guess Christmas festivities have put this blog on hold. So it is time to catch up before the year ends. Good news on the grapevine regarding the Welsh Lottery Fund grant. I understand that an application for a […]
This is a project I have been working on for a year, but I have been running the art groups for over 4 years now. I have set certain criteria. The art sessions are drop-in sessions, with no restrictions on […]
In true festive spirit I have spent a lot of time this evening talking about my work and found myself discussing the production of my work, not the making… If that makes any sense.. Producing / making = producing as […]
