Party pledges £160 million annual boost for schools to invest in projects that will support cultural activities, while there will also be a review of EBacc performance measures to ensure the arts are not sidelined.
Degree show guide, assessments, degree show organizing, and I went off to Cyprus! I shall first say how pleased I am to be in a-n degree show guide!! have a look at it lots of amazing things https://issuu.com/anartistsinfo/docs/an_degree_shows_guide_2017/10 I would love to say […]
Happy to have had work selected by Jordan Baseman for the Creekside Open at A.P.T Gallery in London. Show is open 4 – 28 May, Thursday to Sunday from 12 noon to 5pm. Details at www.creeksideopen.org
Having got frustrated with a lack of progress with the TLCs this week I decided to switch my attention to another project hoping to finish it in time for the Summer Exhibition at the Devon Guild. Some time ago I […]
We asked this year’s Venice Biennale a-n travel bursary recipients and AIR Council members attending the biennale preview to tell us what their highlights were. They came back with 26 different recommendations – and a few repeats.
As art and design degree shows open around the UK, a-n’s annual guide is the perfect degree show season companion. The a-n Degree Shows Guide 2017 captures the buzz of ideas and activity that this time of year is all […]
As I think about the Edinburgh walk I am reflecting on this line from Larry Eigner: “a poem can be like walking down a street and noticing things, extending itself without obscurity or too much effort” Larry Eigner’s writing made […]
This year’s Golden Lion for Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale has been awarded Germany for Anne Imhof’s engaging and disturbing performance-cum-installation.
There are 129 people living in Commondale (2011 Census) and many more sheep. There was a statistic floating around (which I’ve been unable to hunt down) that there are thirty sheep to every person in the Moors, which would make […]
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including museum shows by Pink Floyd and Giacometti in London, sculpture in Salisbury and painting in Derry-Londonderry.
“Biennale focus on Art and Artists” I have to admit that I was rather confused to read the introduction of 2017 Venice Biennale by chief curator Christine Macel, “Focus on the role of Art and Artists”. OK, great! Artist on […]
Close up shot of the 1930s tea caddy which will feature in the film – Gift. Pace has surfaced as a major theme in my professional life. I will be talking and blogging about it some more in time (appropriately […]
“Immanence refers to those philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world. Immanence is usually applied in monotheistic, pantheistic, pandeistic, or panentheistic faiths to suggest that the spiritual world permeates […]
First a big thank you to a-n for featuring this blog in the May digest/e-alert and to those who haven’t seen it yet, the May digest has a link to a pre-election advocacy toolkit to help artists continue to make the […]
Here is the pieces selected it is on show at the APT until the 28th May. I am so delighted to have been selected by Jordan Baseman for this years show. go along and see his interesting curation, creating little […]
Signs of a Struggle (2002) by Clare Strand was a work made in response to the phenomena of the New Town and Garden City movement. These were supposed to be developments that offered an ideal way of living but they […]
David Claerbout’s projection Shadow Play (2005) showed the doors of a large corporate building. Periodically people would come up and try the doors but they were locked so no one ever managed to gain access to the building. The artist […]
Launching my project to bring the very best British and Croatian naive artists working today, in a range of media, to a gallery or museum near you, with an outreach programme to encourage art making in the community – including a Call for Partners.
