The NewBridge Project is bidding farewell to its current home in Newcastle city centre with a month-long exhibition and events programme featuring over 80 artist studio holders.
I thoroughly enjoyed my trip this morning to Copenhagen Contemporary, which opened its doors in August last year. To get there I went over the Inderhavnsbro, a new cycle and pedestrian bridge linking Nyhavn and Christianshavn; an experience in itself, […]
Happy Year of the Rooster! I’ve been writing bids and doing budgets and need a bit of a break but will be back soon…
In the past red lipstick was associated with prostitutes. Prostitutes wore this to separate them from other women in society. If they were to be seen without red lipstick they could be punished for posing as ladies. It wasn’t until […]
London Underground has completed its restoration of Eduardo Paolozzi’s Tottenham Court Road station mosaics as part of an extensive modernisation and expansion of the station.
Using the work that I have been doing towards my woodcut designs and developing a simplistic design similar to the styles seen in Indian paintings and Japanese wood block print, I have developed a design for my screen print. The […]
Acrylic and ink on acrylic perspex.
New painting by artist Alexandra Francis.
this post has been written either side of eating dinner. it’s a post about recording something of the last few days. the cold of the previous post has peaked and today i’m in a lot better health. rather like playing 52 […]
Window University of Essex, 2017, Photograph: Gillian Lock-Bowen Further to the thoughts I listed in my previous blog (20/01/17) which attempt to explain my response to visiting the campus of my first university – from a psychogeoraphical perspective – I […]
Continental research and perspective on the field of participatory arts, intended to enhance pedagogical practice.
Turner prize 2016: I went to see the turner prize 2016 at the Tate Britain, which was won this year by Helen Marten. I was particularly inspired by her work; in terms of the way that she combines sculpture with […]
Year Five of my degree appeared to involve a lot of experimentation with the darker side of my psyche. It’s a strange affair, making art; sometimes I search for ideas and become dejected, feeling that the whole […]
The seventh edition of Fermynwoods’ annual online exhibition features two UK-based American artists whose work has resonances with the current political situation in the US. Jack Hutchinson speaks to Anna Brownsted and Jessica Harby about the anger, despair and anxiety fuelling their approach.
Last semester I began with a new subject matter, one which I felt would keep me focused for the entirety of level 6. The subject I chose was basing my practice on myself and so making my art personal to […]
Kusama goes on to say “The space is without composition – without beginning or end but it is a sculptural object, a room environment that project characterises an attempt of creating a new world” (Kusama, 2012, pg188) Kusama wanted to […]
A whole month without blogging. The building stays the same but new lecturers will be teaching. New head of year fine art Vicky I have met before in college same as Simon Keep who will be taking us for professional practice. What […]
Last semester I had a good idea of what I wanted to do for my degree project, but know because I have not done any art over the Christmas period I am starting to second guess my thoughts and ideas. […]
Finishing Macbeth & Changes of Direction It’s been a while since I last posted, so here is some of the process that I have made. Macbeth Since I last posted I have managed to finish the painting of Macbeth. I […]
Short guide with case studies demonstrating the use of culture in placemaking by ten local authorities.
With solo exhibitions at Spike Island and Modern Art Oxford, and archival work in a new group show at Nottingham Contemporary focusing on Black British art from the 1980s, Lubaina Himid’s paintings and installations are attracting both critical and popular acclaim. Fisun Güner talks to her about politics, migration, and taking on the art establishment.
Reading through Emma Watson’s UN speech on gender equality, i am glad to see that she has not only focused on the problems females experience with being sexualised, but also the problems males face with sensitivity and the pressure of […]
Suggests that the introduction of the Ebacc has no impact on pupils take-up of arts GCSEs. With foreword by Nick Gibb MP and Matt Hancock MP.
