Graduation: Yesterday Fred graduated and has a certificate to prove things! Completion of an eight-week puppy training course. This is actually the second puppy training course Fred has completed the other a six week course. So, I think Fred is […]
It seemed a bit crazy to have a day trip while in the midst of so much chaos at the moment. Every spare second of my spare time has been accounted for and yet, I had this mad idea to […]
I had my initial meeting with the team at Brighouse Recycling Centre yesterday and bought a giant fibreglass yellow pepper for 50p from the on site ‘Revive’ shop at the recycling centre which intercepts items destined for the skips. The […]
I’m artist in residency at Brighouse Recycling Centre for Brighouse Festival 2018. I will be working on site researching and and undertaking Rubbish Conversations leading up to the Festival (5-14th October), culminating in a performance on site and exhibition at Brighouse Library
It’s hard to bounce back from rejection and keep going. Life and art practice is inevitably crap at times and coping strategies for the lows are helpful. I’ve been reflecting about this and think this is one of the many […]
It was an unseasonably hot day in the verdant grounds of the Dartington estate. Bathed in the dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy, a group of artists and curators headed towards the river Dart. Image by Hannah Cochrane […]
REVIEW BY CLAIRE HARPER
One of those days when the morning is so stimulating that it doesn’t matter if rain stops work in the afternoon. Sinead, the supervisor in Structure 10 came to tell me that they had just uncovered a beautiful stone axe. […]
once more i sit staring at the blank blog post entry and negotiate with myself how to begin. i do this ignoring my overall mood – one of tired hot slightly low yet upbeat at the same time. i have […]
The day arrives when we can take the ferry onto Orford Ness. Entry and movement around the Ness is strictly controlled to protect the marshland and shingle habitat, and to avoid the public finding unexploded ordnance left from successive testing […]
I’ve had my work selected for the 2018 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize! The exhibition opens in September in London and then tours to various galleries across the country. This piece is one of a series of metalpoint drawings based […]
A course for anyone interested in pushing a predominantly 2D practice into 3D in order to observe the impact this has on your thinking / research
In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: Programme for South London Gallery’s new space in a former fire station announced, Conserving Canvas grants announced to help teach art conservation skills, plus Pussy Riot members who were arrested at World Cup final in Moscow released then immediately detained again.
From Giverny, Monet could hear the guns of the first world war as he painted. He conceived his towering series of nearly abstract water lilies canvases as his response to the carnage. “Yesterday I resumed work,” he wrote in December […]
Five projects featuring a-n members selected from a-n’s busy Events section and including exhibitions and events in California, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham and Newcastle.
Today I was shown round Structure 10. When you get inside and receive inside knowledge, out of the chaotic sea of stones and mounds of mud there appears a sense of order. Two lines indicate a corridor. It’s not that […]
A five day workshop with international wildlife conservation artist, Steve Nayar
Artists remove work from the Design Museum’s ‘Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008–18’ exhibition in protest at the museum hosting a private event organised by Italian aerospace and defence company Leonardo.
The next day, we walked from Aldeburgh to the northern end of Orford Ness by Slaughden. Here, the distance between the North Sea shingle shore and the marsh of the River Alde is a matter of metres. We saw a […]
It’s quieter in my neighbourhood at present – lots of people off on their family holidays – and the recent heat wave means that the usual frenetic pace of London life has slowed down, at least a little. I’m in […]
Each week the blog will act as a resource for any notes or references mentioned during the workshop, as well as featuring at least one visual or written response from one or more of the participants. WEEK 3 Recap […]
Each week the blog will act as a resource for any notes or references mentioned during the workshop, as well as featuring at least one visual or written response from one or more of the participants. WEEK 2 Recap […]
