One of the UK’s longest running competitions, The Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition remains the largest art prize dedicated to the medium of watercolour.
Congratulations to New Work Network, that celebrates ten years as one of the UK’s leading arts networking organisations.
The Art Works Galleries
7 July 2007 to 8 August 2007
Southampton City Centre
7 July 2007 to 9 September 2007
Bury Art Gallery
7 July 2007 to 11 November 2007
Weather: Overcast and stiff breeze blowing from the sea. Outlook for today: not optimistic. Location: Skegness. Today’s Figures: Comments log entries 10, People photographed in the work 87, estimated viewers 800. To encourage interaction with the piece I have altered […]
The actual painting is now well under way. I started by using an Over Head Projector to project teaxt on to the wall. By using the OHP I was able to distort th eplanes of the surface creating optical illusions […]
One of the things that attracts me to Marquetry is the material itself. Working in wood has so many possibilities and connotations. I like the idea of connecting with nature through its use. As a starting point this seems more […]
I had a letter which began, "I am pleased to let you know…" from one of the solicitors. It went on to say the deal had been concluded in relation to the SIPP. I thought good. I failed to notice […]
As people had come into the opening viewing of the exhibition I had taken an up close quick photo of everybody’s face as if for I.D. security and also did the same for the Finissage. I had two sets of […]
Envelope Stuffing The proofs for the lenticular portrait arrived yesterday. I stuck them on the stairs and spent most of the day walking past them trying to decide which one was best. This morning has been taken up with […]
Projects unedited blog by Malcolm Tait
This stage of the project is now in its third week. Our expectation for audience numbers have not been realized in one section. The comments we are receiving are very positive but fewer than expected. The viewing numbers because of […]
Seeing St Christopher was the title of the press release I sent out locally in advance of yesterday's Festial performance. August 7 was St Christopher's Day; if you follow the Julian calendar, that is. Medieval people believed that whoever saw […]
The gallery is located in one of the 8 watchtowers that used to exist along the outer city wall of Beijing. It is the only one left, and is quite amazing to see. Built during the Ming period [1500s – […]
FUTURISM IS OURS! We currently have an exhibition of work by children who attended the St. Teresa Summer School, based on the Russian Futurism exhibition at the Hatton Gallery. Felicity Langthorne, Claire Rowlands and myself ran the Summer School along […]
Established in 1986 in Manchester, Chinese Arts Centre celebrates its twenty-first birthday this year.
In response to artists’ own needs for greater engagement with arts interested audiences – whether for selling or conversational purposes – many artists cluster together to create open studio events.
Michele Angelo Petrone, who died in June, transformed the lives of countless cancer patients and their carers by showing how painting could be used to express their fears about illness and death.
By popular request Pensions for artists is running more seminars this autumn.
Twenty-eight artists feature in this major international exhibition of contemporary glass.
With just over twenty-four hours in Lille, the apd ‘Sojourn’ was a whistle-stop tour, but one that attempted to broach the prospect of greater exchange between French and British artists and arts organisations by understanding equivalent professional development provision.
As children and young people are high on the national agenda with a host of new policies and initiatives addressing young people’s services, education and the arts, envision and enquire are hosting additional briefing days in September aimed at gallery and museum educators, artists and others working with these groups.
Susan Jones looks at the practice of Sabrina Cant, who works with glass, including her commission for Bookham United Reform Church.
The work and planning for the storytrail is mainly in place now. All it depends on now is good weather and people wanting to take part! Which isn’t certain at all. However, onward! I am looking forward to seeing some […]
