Ireland’s biennial of contemporary art has announced the appointment of CCA Derry-Londonderry’s Matt Packer as its new director.
The commissioning and awards programme that aims to embed work by disabled artists within the UK and international cultural sectors has announced the recipients of its 2017 awards.
breakfast today was a bowl of oats, fruit and yoghurt and this is significant because it’s a breakfast we’ve not had for a while. along with this was a cup of tea, conversation and me filling the gaps by looking […]
I’m absolutely delighted to have won an a-n Professional Development Bursary to make a short film and learn editing skills on professional software. I’m especially happy that the film will focus on the British artist who was the subject of […]
When I set out for Shetland a month ago, I was expecting it to be a) windy, b) dark and c) still winter. I was right about a), as mentioned in previous posts. I was wrong about b) and c). […]
So after deciding to live firmly in the moment, I’m experimenting with a short video I took in Paris when my lovely grand-daughter suddenly flew into action in the middle of the Pompidou Centre in Paris. She’s a very talented […]
I’ve realised it would be useful for me to clarify at the beginning of this project that this work is not intended as an anti-CCTV gesture. While I have a generally skeptical attitude to an overabundance of surveillance and security […]
Positive vs Negative, optimism vs pessimism, I find that this is a fight people fight their whole life. Being too optimistic can be problematic if they lose touch with reality and believe everything is dandelions and roses but end up stepping […]
I have been playing with the idea of creating an installation of my studio space. I came up with this idea because my artwork is all about processes and how that influences my work, so I thought instead of having […]
‘Margate Landlady’ Work-in-progress. One of a number of silverpoint drawings based on people in an old photograph from Margate. Note: any similarity to any B&B owners currently living in Margate or Cliftonville is purely coincidental.
In my dissertation I briefly touch upon the process of traditional western art that do not so much include the processes of making as representation or evoking of temporal experiences of more than pending duration in the content of the […]
The nine painters is an exhibition featuring multiple painters, including Sean Cummings, Mali Morris and Michael Simpson.
Using Metzger’s natural process, it suggests that painting of a flat surface can be used to create organic substance and detailed content. (Cole, I (1999) pp. 31-38) Applying this process to my work makes me realize that creating a […]
New Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota makes his first speech at the No Boundaries conference in Hull, setting out his priorities for the organisation.
This week I am re focusing on the experimental nature of the project – How, at every stage I still slip invisibly into new ideas and become too fixed on an end product/work defeats me but it happens all the […]
Inspired by model used by law firm Clyde and Co, the scheme will offer professional mentoring and exhibition opportunities to recently graduated and emerging artists.
This series of six posts explores my adventures through the light filled summer days of Iceland, close to the Arctic circle.
hello . my post tonight is one of up and down. to begin with i can write about the opening of the ten exhibition at london road commuity hospital in derby. ten years ago the new royal derby hospital opened […]
When I began this year I wanted to get far away from Jackson Pollock as possible, the reason is because I wanted my artwork to be remember as something that I did and not copied another artists’ technique. I was […]
The seals were having a people-spotting Away Day today: I was bagged four and possibly five times on my wanderings along the shore today. At the time, I thought they were grey seals (Roman noses, you know), but checking […]
