A beautiful looking day, sunny and clear. Unfortunately it was one of those days when everything seems to conspire to trip one up. On Fridays I am 'in residence' in the church, it's when people can drop in and see […]
i'm just about to sell out. the lights didn't work when i came in this morning. i took the momentary limping to run down to the shop and get the local papers. I'm thinking that if i stick around this […]
Roz's photgraph of the allotment (see yesterday's post) whets my appetite for a "site visit". I haven't yet been to the allotment and I'm looking forward to my first visit. It will be exciting to get a feel for the […]
Provocation published by Mission, Models, Money in 2007. Discusses six practical propositions to support the arts and cultural sector’s leadership role.
Part of an AHRC-funded ‘Artist as Leader’ research programme, notions of the artist as a cultural leader are discussed within the framework of their significant role as social entrepreneurs and catalysts for cultural change.
With forewords by David Lammy MP, then Minister for Culture, and Sarah Weir, then Chief Executive Arts Council England, London, this report provides in-depth information about the public benefit of affordable studio providers in London.
Published by long established studio providers ACME in 2006, offers information on affordable studio providers in London, and their contribution to cultural and economic life.
Elastic, London
16 January – 18 February
Jerwood Space, London
15 February – 31 March
Mary Mary, Glasgow
20 January – 23 February
Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
20 January – 19 March
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2 February – 3 March
Anne Douglas and Chris Fremantle of On The Edge Research share insights into the Artist as Leader research programme. The research aims to understand the way artists lead through their practice with a view to informing and developing a critical […]
“Spirit in community will die unless there’s someone calling the meeting.”
A leader is best
When people barely know that he(she) exists,
“What happened to the people who said ‘we will represent something in the world’? When did artists start to say ‘we will change the world’?”
They sit in the dark and mope
[or artists take the lead]
Twenty+3 projects
12 December 2006 to 1 January 2007
Now I feel much more at home in Berlin. It is actually brilliant fun to be immersed in another culture; a pleasure to learn the history, to read Thomas Mann, Nietzsche, Rilke, think about thinks differently. All those small details […]
With my day creeping towards noon with the energy of a deydrated slug. I am tempted so very tempted. And in fact I could quite severely justify this temptation. I've already committed to nearly a 1/5 of a century in […]
I forgot to mention the open evening – laid out, was the very finest of all simple snacking spreads — whole pears, glossy apples, cheese slices, carrot sticks and of course, Whoppers (as in the malted balls covered in choco, […]
Here is a photo of the allotment we plan to use for our residency. It is covered in patches of carpet (now banned) to hold back the winter growth of weeds. This gives an idea of the space available for […]
Egypt Off to Duhab tomorrow. The next week is going to be a real test for me of using the technology. Will I find internet access in the middle of the desert? will I be able to upload my daily […]
28/02/2007 From before ten am today I started drawing various directions and tryouts for the new canvases. From time to time a thought would impinge that I should stop for lunch soon, but when I finally did stop it turned […]
Yesterday I visited my allotment which we will use for our residency. I found polaroid photographs scattered over the overgrown flowerbed. They show antique furniture: a desk, table, chests of drawers. How did they get there? Who took the photos […]
