My own words come back to bite me… Lately I’ve been banging on to a friend about “Authenticity”. I’ve clearly been ignoring my own actions in this. There’s a back story to why this is happening. It is to do […]
foraging for food starts now st George’s mushrooms on road verges on high moors hawthorn leaves and new nettles for soup
moorland walking insiration
I am very pleased to have new work from the Return to Ritherdon project exhibited in MAJOR Conversations: the industrial narrative exhibition at Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough UK Bobby Benjamin Connor Sheilds Craig Oldham Faye Hadfield Hannah Leighton Boyce Helen […]
the collections are central to the museum of making. they act as an inspiration for making today and for makers of the future. with the building being refurbished all the objects are being stored offsite. today i’ve visited one of […]
More News In Brief: Emilija Škarnulytė announced as winner of the Future Generation Art Prize 2019, plus Van Gogh exhibition opens after Tate gives assurances to Dutch galleries that loaned works would not get stuck in chaotic post-Brexit UK.
Starting out on my bursary journey
I’m really excited! Since September last year I have had 2 hours a day, Mon-Fri, to myself while my youngest son is at nursery. It has been a struggle to do much with this time, but each day it has […]
Unlimited Commissions offer four different types of award that will help support the development of new artistic work by disabled artists.
This week’s selection includes exhibitions in Lower Padley in The Peak District National Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, London, Oxford and Leeds, all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by a-n members.
A daily account about transforming this work into a business –
I’m writing about my studio, but to be honest, I’ve had no time to work in there these last few months. I have worked…. though at home, whenever I could. I’ve been trying to raise cash for future projects, so […]
Images from the opening ceremony and the GAS members exhibition
These are off to the Devonshire Collective Postcard show – continuing the theme of gardens. Having a thematic focus lets me try out lots of different approaches, which I like.
Delighted to have received an A-n Artist Bursary which will be supporting my research and practical exploration into large scale, public and outdoor sculpture over the next six months.
Alongside my artistic practice I’ll also be working as the CVAN (Contemporary Visual Arts Network) North West Network Manager this year. http://www.cvan.art/news/2019/2/13/appointment-of-holly-r-hesson-to-cvan-north-west-network-manager
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I have a great interest in the things that I find in the field and many questions about them. Often questions about what my own interest in them is about and what for? In previous research my focus and impulse […]
With a practice that conducts ‘non-expert’ skilling-up to streamline execution, Nicola Ellis is able to engage with the problems and solutions of sculpture in relation to material choice and the subversion of industrial processes. Richard Taylor finds out more.
