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Barentsburg // Svalbard

by Agata Kowalewska

On Friday I visited the Russian settlement of Barentsburg, the second-largest community of Svalbard. The easiest way to get there in summer is by boat, as there are no roads between it and Longyearbyen. Barentsburg is said to be home […]

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New perspectives and people

by Agata Kowalewska

By now I’ve entirely abandoned all previous plans for making anything concrete during this residency and just focus on research. I’ve met some great people, each with their own reason to be here, and gained a bunch of new and […]

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The Sweariest and Least Apologetic Post Ever…

by Elena Thomas

There are times when embodying The Tenth Woman is a Herculean Task (female equivalent suggestions please?) Small things irritate me to the point of being able to incite violence. Things that would normally make me laugh make me want to […]

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Who’s doing the gardening?

by Eva Rowson

Part of a research project ‘Who’s doing the washing up?’ engaging with feminist approaches to ask questions that often go unasked in discourses of hospitality, self-organisation & imagined futures: who has a voice, who’s actually doing the work, and what work is valued.

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Do Artists in Residence need a plan?

by Karen Wallis

In response to a comment by a-n blogs on Twitter: Do Artists in Residence need a plan? I have decided the answer is no. The whole point of being an Artist in Residence is to interact with the host context […]

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NO!!!! Not yet

by Val Bright-Jones

Well I knew I’d change my mind. Started the reworking by turning this into a portrait instead of landscape. That seemed to help emphasising the height of the cliffs. Then I put in some lines and drawing…. I always say […]

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Glasgow’s CCA to remain closed until end of August; Germaine Greer claims ‘we should stop teaching art’ in schools

by Jack Hutchinson

In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: Artemisia Gentileschi masterpiece becomes only 20th work by a woman owned by National Gallery; Arts Council England launches Impact and Insight Toolkit; artist to receive $3.5m from US Postal Service for copyright infringement; French president Emmanuel Macron to reform country’s artist residencies.

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Can it be done?

by Nichola Goff

As part of my final major project for an MA in Art, Health & Wellbeing I have come up with a bonkers plan to grow a meadow indoors, in a gallery space. This blog is going to document the project, […]

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Growing the Gallery K4 meadow

by Nichola Goff

A project blog documenting the ambitious (and possibly ridiculous) attempt to grow a meadow in a gallery space in 8 weeks!

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listening for the singing.

by Andrew Martyn Sugars

i’d love to be able to capture my feeling and place it into the opening of this post because i’d love to share with a feeling of uplift, hope, optimism and all round head nodding pleasure. you might have read […]

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Sweetness – a blog about my a-n bursary 2018

by Nuala Clooney

The A-N bursary will enable me to undertake a confectionery short course, where I will acquire the skills to explore sugar as a sculptural and edible material in relation to the female body and embodiment.

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Day 4 on site

by Karen Wallis

Two trenches are uncovering new ground. Trench J has been extended and today they are starting to find bits of pottery. The other is a completely new trench by the loch edge. This is a colour sketch that will be […]

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The art world is Social

by Sonia Boué

The title for this blog post is a quote which comes from an article published by Shape Arts called How to Get an Exhibition. It’s an article “adapted to suit disabled artists and sit alongside Shape’s own resources…” I’ll quote […]

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