I’ve been in touch with Pells Pool writer in residence, Tanya Shadrick, for over a year now. Since almost the start of her project we’ve been excited by each others work, noticing similarities in process and interests. I didn’t get to meet […]
Last weekend I was fortunate to be asked by Shape Arts to work with them on a one day residency as part of the Liberty Festival in Stratford. I’ve done portrait sessions at events before – see here but I […]
Moving on I have been asking myself ‘how do I develop my art?’ Is it a conscious or subconscious thing? I suspect it is actually a mixture of both. ‘What should I be doing more of?’ is a question I […]
I spent 5 days at Documenta supported by an A-N bursary.
A JUNE WALK – THINKING ABOUT PROJECTIVE VERSE ,with The Garden Gate community project in Margate. Sadly, I’ve just realised, having written this blog…I forgot to publish! Am now writing the blog for July’s walk….Hope you enjoy this enough to want […]
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The Minnesota Centre for Book Arts biennial celebration of artists’ books is taking place during July and August with a two-day symposium and book art prize at the centre of the event. Sarah Bodman previews the symposium, which runs from 20-23 July, and highlights the work of British artists involved in the biennial.
I find myself in Poland!
For me, an artist and a coach, the question I want to respond to is one of ethics. How does a contract of trust manifest when using coaching methods outside coaching contexts? When operating as a coach I am […]
Visual and performance artist Caitlin Griffiths blogs about her experience on the a-n funded coaching course with RD1st
My constant challenges with my literary failings…
Talks, tours, seminars, workshops, DIY building, chopping, cooking, eating: just some of the activities undertaken by artists at a-n’s Assembly events throughout May and June 2017. Here we pull together a collection of images from the events in Margate, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle and Leeds.
A blog in response to attending the opening of documenta14 in Kassel via the a-n travel bursary
Turning attention to materials which carry a message, I recently visited Jessica Ogden “Still” exhibition in Marylebone and learnt how certain patterned fabrics , Madras check, Gingham, Paisley , have strong cultural associations . A well known fashion designer, Jessica […]
Seduced by the delicacy of organdie, I have repeatedly used it in past work. It has a satisfying response to folding and creasing too, like paper. Also like paper it both contains and reveals. So it has re-emerged in my […]
17.07.17 – 22.07.17 The week began with a morning of presentations to introduce ourselves and our practices – watched and commented on by Manchester Art Gallery curator, Kate Jesson. So no pressure. I’d practiced what I would say in the […]
It is a sheer privilege to sit with a group of artists around a table, with a fabulous curator (Kitty Anderson of The Common Guild, Glasgow), and talk. Not only talk, but ask questions, those simple but sometimes allusive questions […]
Rachel and I ran the first workshop along with Sam Orton our storyteller and Matt Voits helped with sound, (currently doing a PHD at Nottingham University, and volunteers with a refugee group) on 16th June ’17, a warm sunny Friday […]
