As part of the bursary I recently made the first of two visits to ‘Lunatraktors’ studio in Margate to begin working further on the ‘Song of the Shirt’ with Clair Le Couteur. Clair has taken Thomas Hood’s very long original […]
I had big drawing plans for the third day but they were overshadowed by my lack of preparation for a 4 colour CMYK Riso workshop I had booked for 7pm. The workshop was at Rope Press and I needed to have […]
Day 1 of my residency was a flop and doesn’t warrant its own post so I’ve decided my residency actually starts today, Tuesday. On Monday I missed my train in an attempt to track down a lightbox I lost in […]
Today at the beach high tide line I rediscovered an idea. 45 years ago I launched a toy yacht on a pond on Wimbledon common. Attached to the keel was a torpedo shaped, battery powered propellor, somewhere in the middle […]
In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: Jupiter Artland marks 10th anniversary with first permanent commission by Phyllida Barlow; UK museums suffer as Heritage Lottery grants plummet; Arts Council of Ireland issues impartiality warning over abortion referendum.
Long distance walks through beautiful places, looking to capture what I see and how I feel
Why do I (we?) need permission to do things our own way? Art research is a thorny, prickly, uncomfortable thing for me. I don’t really like reading other people’s thoughts and opinions… although I do like it when something is […]
A month-long residency in Johnson Vermont with 50+ writers and visual artists
Really excited to announce that I have been commissioned by Dover District Council to make an artist’s film to portray Russell Gardens in Dover Kent, the only example of Thomas H Mawson’s garden design in the South East that is open […]
London’s Griffin Gallery is to close after six years to make way for a new White City based interdisciplinary project space, Elephant West, which is due to open autumn 2018.
One of Scotland’s key commercial galleries for contemporary art marks its 20th year with a new home in a former Glasite Meeting House in the city. Jessica Ramm reports.
This week I’ve been compiling a list of local/UK mental health support services and charities that now feature on our blog and will form a directory in the newspaper. One of the risks of raising awareness about mental health and […]
ACE Club launches it debut show at Union Club, Soho, London June 4th and 5th,
. ‘Document’ follows six East Midlands-based artists: Andrew Bracey; Geoff Diego Litherland; Jessica Harby; Kajal Nisha Patel; Tim Shore and Tracey Kershaw to capture their activities and experiences over three years.
The first in a series of blog posts about a self-organised Risograph and silk-screen printing residency in Birmingham.
A new partnership between Dash and Arnolfini, MAC Birmingham and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art will offer residencies for curators who identify themselves as disabled.
