The Welsh Yew – Myth & Reality
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Archive
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Venue:
MOMA MACHYNLLETH -
From:
September 17, 2016 -
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October 29, 2016 -
Location:
Wales
I am busy getting ready for the Art Market in Maidstone on 17 September. It is going to be a long day and I am not brilliant at early mornings so I am psyching myself up for the early start already! […]
Last week I returned from another visit to Sint-Niklaas – this time to install the work in preparation for Coup de Ville. I was the first artist out of a total of 4 who are exhibiting in the Landhuis to […]
Whilst I try to write up a chapter of my phd, I have been reading about mobility.In the introduction to Life Between Borders: The Nomadic Life of Curators and Artists. one of the editors asserts that “you have to be […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here It’s like nailing smoke to the floor… I’m playing with whatever takes my fancy each time I go into the studio, then clear the decks, wipe down the table, to leave it clean and empty […]
This week has been mainly studio housework in preparation for developing the material collected during the residency. In between clearing the decks, I have been re-scanning all my sketches as high resolution images on a flat bed scanner, and regaining the […]
an exhibition of screenprints, digital films, and wall-based text works by artist Amelia Crouch.
In the meantime… The studio work continues, drawings of objects made into assemblies, bringing together unusual bedfellows. Some of these had a public showing at the Blackwater Polytechnic Open Studios recently in the magnificent home of Ben Coode-Adams and Freddie Robins. […]
What we need today is New Art, original and authentic work. People are tired of the derivative art of Post Modernism, of the art that is calculated to shock and undermine our inherited wisdom, of the art that is produced […]
After a summer of illuminating more informal discussions with thanks to an array of curators and artists, I have the final A-n Professional Development Bursary funded curatorial critique sessions booked and am looking forward to adding to the diverse feedback received […]
An intensive week-long course with Charlotte De Syllas to learn techniques of hard stone and gemstone carving.
A selection of members’ events taken from a-n’s busy Events section. This week there’s painting in Penarth, abstraction and illustration in London, architectural explorations in Swansea, and a weather station project on the Isle of Portland.
Research and development exploring reconsiderations of landscape through my fine art practice as part of the A-N Travel Bursary 2016
Working predominantly in ceramics, I am permanently running the gauntlet of my work being damaged. Not just in it’s final glazed state but in the numerous stages it takes to get there. The malleability of the still-wet slip as […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Richard Prince faces another lawsuit over copyright infringement, V&A set for Pink Floyd exhibition, and Google returns literary blog data to Dennis Cooper.
Hello there, Today is the eve of month three of the slogans project. I joked this week that after 50 odd days you would think I’d run out of things to bitch about but nope. Still going strong. I must however, […]
The Precarious Workers Brigade has published an open letter criticising Somerset House’s call for volunteers and stating that the Icelandic musician’s exhibition should be an opportunity to offer paid work.
since my last post i’ve enjoyed some time to unwind from figment and the emotions of the personal event that has been with me during the residency. i must thank the staff at the mill for being so understanding and […]
From community university partnerships to practice-based PhDs and tenured teaching posts, a new set of resources developed for a-n by artist Steve Pool identifies some key ways artists are working within higher education, and considers the value of such relationships to both artists and institutions.
‘ I Always Wanted To Be .. ‘ Details from Princess Ballet book 5. Original photos by Mike Davis.