A group of artists in Bristol has coordinated a united front in the face of an Arts Council England visual arts review in which they feel they weren’t offered an equal seat at the table. They outline their intervention in a recent public consultation event while proposing a new approach for the city’s art ecology.
The second Thought for Food evening took place in Suffolk, where Hayley Lock, Karen Densham, Eileen Haring Woods, Helen Rousseau, Buzz Mitchell and Caroline Wright engaged in a discussion around Mapping. Locating the rural venue on a dark evening perfectly […]
A bit of an introduction to me and my work. Trying to get to grips with this site and myself as an artist.
I always have a strange feeling when writing a blog; whenever I post my experiences, feelings, results of tests, etc. I often feel that the only voice I hear back is my own! I think that writing blogs is like putting a […]
One of the greatest challenges for me at the moment is of stillness. Being unwell and tolerating that, along with its unpredictability, brings it’s own internal activity – frustration, impatience, attempts to bargain and negotiate with an irrational unknown. Stillness of […]
This blog about my Professional Development Bursary is a little later than planned. When I wrote the application back in February there was quite a few unknowns that myself and the artists involved in the setting up of Paradise Works […]
Research designed to offer an authoritative overview of the state of curatorship and foundation for planning future role support within UK the museum and gallery sector.
I am very excited that Klas and I will be showing at the wonderful Målhammar next year! We spoke with Ann, who runs the gallery, at Klas’ opening last night and this morning I sent her an email confirming our […]
Immortalizing the sculpture – death is part of life. The humanity of ‘process’ – the cycle of a project starts from an ending, a death of sorts. I gave up working in the way I had been and started with […]
I walked over the Fairways this morning: I did that because I used to walk there when I wanted space, somewhere to reflect, have internal conversations with myself, listen to the birds, look at the autumn colours, and enjoy being […]
I have been writing here in several posts about my latest work “346. A Journey While Staying As Still As Possible”: I have explained how the format, the accompanying model, the visuals and the contents of my book all are […]
A bi-weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Leonardo da Vinci painting sells for £341m at auction; Documenta to return to Kassel in 2022 despite budget issues.
This week’s selection from a-n’s busy Events section, featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n members, includes selections from Cardiff, Grimsby, London, Southend-on-Sea and Taunton.
Sometimes it is impossible to blog. Right from the start I said that whatever I wrote would be honest and true. But that doesn’t mean you have to write EVERYTHING does it? Sometimes the things I would write about aren’t […]
The fourth 800-word piece informed by seeing Kim Yong-Ik’s ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol is by the Bath-based writer Trevor H. Smith. The writers were asked to include the following in the piece: a direct […]
The third 800-word piece informed by seeing Kim Yong-Ik’s ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol is by the London-based writer Carrie Foulkes. For this task, the writers were asked to include a direct quote from the artist, a […]
The London-based artist will receive a £10,000 bursary from disability-led arts organisation Shape Arts and undertake a three month residency at Pallant House Gallery and the University of Chichester in 2018.
Report on The Baring Foundation’s funding of arts activity with older people since 2010.
The recent ‘What Should White Culture Do? Art, Politics, Race’ brought academics and artists together for a day-long symposium at the Royal College of Art. Sonya Dyer contends that, judging by the approach of some of those talking at the event, the answer to the question is, ‘Much more than this’.
A bi-weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Swiss journalists reporting on opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi detained for two days; anti-gentrification activists target Laura Owens exhibition at the Whitney Museum.
having persuaded the dog to let me type i turn my thoughts to creating this post in which i catch up with the last few weeks. i glance over to the dog who has taken up her spot in the […]
