I am so excited to say that I will be taking a train across Europe and heading for Budapest as part of an a-n / Castlefield artist delegation. I intend to blog during and after the trip as a way […]
Refelections on a trip to Budapest as part of the a-n / Castlefield Artists’ International Delegation 2018
You might remember that mid of March was the inaugural show at Chateau Marcus which took place in conjunction with the second Salon Slum. Simply put both events were absolutely exciting as everybody really engaged and nobody came just for […]
The elements that I’m focussing on – words, seeds and something that has been lost. Seeds – plants as part of the language of an area. Language as a reflection of the landscape. Plants individually remain the same across generations, […]
Four projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and including exhibitions and events in Lancaster, London, Northampton and Plymouth.
In considering documenting my Lost Library project to now, I’ve come across an opportunity: Goldsmiths Library Residency later in the year. I know for a fact my approach to the residency isn’t strictly what they are looking for. My approach […]
News briefing with national and international stories, including: Victoria and Albert Museum offers to return Ethiopian treasures looted by British troops in 1868 and Cristiano Ronaldo bust remade following ridicule.
Set up in 2007 by artists’ studio providers to establish links between studios, the membership body had been operated on a voluntary basis since 2012 when it lost its Arts Council England funding.
For a while now, I have been working on a video piece inspired by my interest in the artist’s self portrait. After several months of playing with the footage, and several re-edits, it’s finally finished. In Being Here (Now), I explore […]
In our workshop on March 29th we supported the Riverside group of young adults with learning disabilities and autism to compose a piece of sound art from the industrial, made and found sounds we have recorded over the last few […]
The We Are Not Surprised network is hosting an open meeting in London to collectively establish a code of conduct following numerous reports of sexual harassment within the visual arts.
Last week I heard that my Arts Council Grant application has been successful!! The project is to work with writer Suzanne Joinson, exploring Worthing Museum’s (extensive) clothing collection and linking with stories / memories from residents in a local care […]
In lieu of a more imaginative way to blog, and because I have a very bad memory, I’ll write about what happened, and what I thought, across an 8 day Budapest Delegation Trip in chronological order. Hopefully this will develop […]
I haven’t blogged in ages but in my silence I have very busy. I now have a studio at Waterfront Studios which is based at the University of Suffolk. Actually, here is an interview I did recently with Pop My […]
Reflective blog on my recent trip to Budapest, kindly funded by Castlefield Gallery’s Lee Artists’ International Bursary Fund and supported by a-n.
Don’t Frack… the Commonweal When the frackers retreated from the Forest of Dean and the local campaign was suspended, I had to halt my anti fracking murals (see previous blog). But I was reluctant to halt protest art production until […]
Sometimes you’ve just got to say no to Westminster.
In the meantime I am continuing to draw, while working on my current commission for the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, Holland. I also broke my foot which has slowed down the results of the mentoring process but it’s getting better and […]
My next Mentor was Pauline de Souza, Founding Director of Diversity Arts Forum and Senior Lecturer at the University of East London. Pauline knows my work as we teach together at the University Of East London and are both members […]
