Very excited to be one of the artists working on the Woods to Where else project in Kings Wood with Stour Valley Creative Partnerships. This is a research and development project with a mini residency, working with Mavernie Cunningham, to […]
“One picture worth ten thousand words”… (as quoted from a Japanese proverb by Barnard in 1927)… But ironically, put a web-search for ‘dyslexia’ and you will get a lot of words and not many pictures! However, Hull based photographer Miranda […]
The second Thought for Food event will finally take place on 9th November 2017 , after a hiatus resulting in a long pause in the project. The subject on this occasion will be mapping. Guests are currently being invited and […]
Notes from a travel to HangZhou with Macclesfield Historian Dorothy Bentley Smith (a-n Travel Bursary)
I have been continuing my work on my Moor series which was instigated by a trip away to Derbyshire. I’ve extended this remit to essentially include the more wildish aspects of the UK countryside as I normally spend most of […]
here is video of day I have been on a PhD looking at the role of game structures for participatory artworks. I have developed this project, that looks at how perhaps gaming principles of Mechanics and location through something called […]
the second Shed Talk – a loose group of alumni from Suffolk University, took place last night. Good to meet new like-minded friends and former fellow-students. We’re an eclectic mix. It’s made me realise that I simply have to get […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Explicit sculpture finds new home at Pompidou Centre, and Hayward Gallery appoints Vincent Honoré and Cliff Lauson as senior curators.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and including exhibitions in Bath, Eastbourne, Nottingham, Salford and Warrington.
I was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of a friend this morning. Francois and I met in Venice at little café where we the only patrons. He simply asked if he could join me. It was summer […]
I was lucky enough to witness the production ‘We’re still here’ at the National Theatre Wales. The performance was truly breathtaking and awe-inspiring; shadows of history shouting defiantly from their unemployed graves. The production in its entirety was emotive […]
The making of ‘little mother’ https://www.facebook.com/mandymay.lane/videos/1477038119048719/
To coincide with Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern, US writer Claudia Rankine presented a reading from her new play, which explores racism in the art world and beyond. Sonya Dyer found it a powerful vehicle for exploring the intersections of capitalism, race, empathy and resistance – particularly in light of the Dana Schutz Whitney Biennial controversy and a renewed focus on depictions of the Black body.
The online survey of arts workers reveals the strain local authority cuts are putting on the sector, with community arts groups facing the biggest threat.
I started university full of ideas about what I wanted to explore in my creative practise. I didn’t have preconceived ideas about exactly how I was going to execute my ideas and now I have too many to comprehend. The […]
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