Amazon Handmade is not going well, only an odd sale here and there. Their system isn’t conducive to originals because they give more weight in searches to things with lots of stock on hand. They do allow prints and I […]
a-n Mentoring Bursary 2019 has had me trace the many different routes I have made: never taking the short-cut but instead; always the scenic route towards building my identity as artist.
over the course of my a-n blogging residency – (playing with words here) i’ve repeatedly returned to the internal notion i struggle to shake off = that i’m a fake artist. it’s not now this clear cut, i do have […]
A review of Shore by Emily Scarrott
Knitwear designer, JimiKnits gives an update on the knitting pattern releases, book launch and upcoming shows.
An exhibition of paintings and stone lithographs
Jerwood Arts is seeking host organisations for the Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries 2020-2022, its programme which supports those from socio-economic backgrounds who are currently under-represented across the arts to develop and thrive through paid fellowships with arts or cultural organisations.
Creating a publication from the collaborative research stage wasn’t a linear progression: we’d been thinking about format for a while and wanted to reflect the wider non-linear approach we’d taken. So we had a concept before the workshops, but only […]
This is one of a series of four 6-colour lino reduction prints based on walks in a park near me.
Our regular selection of shows to see around the UK, including an exploration of reductive and systems-based art in London, the deciphering of a forgotten photographic archive in Birkenhead, and an exhibition of paintings that take their time in Leeds.
I entered a bit of a time warp yesterday. It served as a timely reminder too. I took a table at the Festive Makers’ Market at General Office, alongside my fellow studio holder Louise Blakeway. It was a bit last […]
All I know is that this building feels sad. It sighs. Long sorrowful sighs that travel up and down the elevator shafts. The people who work here work hard long hours. They care. The building doesn’t seem to help. It’s […]
I have long thought I fared better under water than I do on land. I have used this blog in part to explore my connection with the sea. I hadn’t considered why these things might be, beyond a potentially deeply […]
This week’s selection includes exhibitions and events in Coventry, Bristol, Eastbourne and London – all taken from our busy Events section featuring events and shows posted by a-n members.
Yesterday Dwell Time interviewed one of our HOOT workshop participants Mary. We discussed in advance that she would talk to us about her bereavement of her son who “walked in front of a train 16 years ago” in her words. […]
Art Lab at Dean Clough had our festive party which had a different format to usual. Usually I programme 3-4 speakers/presentators with Q&A each but for the social festive party I invited everyone to bring a bottle/dish and some art […]
I went to the opening of the WI-FI Road to Recovery exhibition and had a couple of conversations with the artists. I was thinking afterwards about how important layout and seating is conducive or not to dialogue and how some […]
Sense-Perception: Sculpture, Drawing & the Influence of Classicism Conference 29 November, Henry Moore Institute Leeds …ontological categories… …thematic classification… …radically non-unified… …heterogeneous elements within the series… …archetypal categorisation… …classical aesthetics as categorisation (Greek)… …gallery as container… …naming as principally […]
I collected my Cap Stories work from Elland Library today as they are closed for refurbishment and the exhibition came down. The work had stayed pretty intact with only minor deterioration which was impressive. The next Cap Stories project I’ll […]
Dwell Time delivered a workshop at HOOT today. We had some great conversations which ranged from the weather and what we were having for tea tonight to suicide. Reflecting on how we as a team run workshops and connect with […]
Conversations for Change, 26/11/19, University of Huddersfield Dwell Time were invited to attend a conference on Creative Minds peer-led evaluation of their Community Reporter programme #softandfluffy There were presentations and workshop elements which encouraged group dialogue and critical feedback. The […]
