I was completely blown away by my visit to Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. I had been a member for a couple of years in the early nineties when I first moved to Edinburgh. Living in a shared flat and not having […]
OBRAS is a Portuguese word and means “work in progress”. They provide space, support and hospitality necessary for effective working on art and science. It is based in a rural region with several apartments, studios and music hall.
Group of artists based in east London launch campaign to stop demolition of studios at Vittoria Wharf site in Hackney Wick.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Detroit’s Heidelberg Project to be dismantled, claims Topshop ripped off artist’s designs, and UK Culture Secretary endorses White Paper goals.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Thursday 18th Aug I jump into an ongoing workshop which started on Monday with the guess from Western Sahara it was a frantic day with a million and one things going on. Phone calls from Malmo local newspaper were always […]
Thanks again to Artist Information Network, I’m back in Sweden for my final visit and this time my objectives have happened. During my 2 wreek stay I’ll be working with Råfilm on a workshop based project with refugees from Western Sahara. More to follow during my stay.
Keeping a record of my progress towards a PhD in Fine Art at the Aberystwyth University, School of Art. I use drawing, print and book works to help visualise Welsh Medieval oral tales.
fig 1. 1. because it will start again, but why not 2. who are you to complain about such a thing 3. standing there and hearing it again 4. there is nothing that enters my head 5. except the eternal words […]
Ruth Singer has won the Fine Art Quilt Masters competition with her piece Criminal Quilts: Hanging inspired by photographs of women criminals.
Hello, I’m curating an art exhibition next year on the theme ‘The Human Condition’. After a very successful show in Leeds, we are looking to curate another show with artists (emerging and established in UK and beyond) in London. Are […]
The level of satisfaction with my painting soars and plummets but at the moment I’m cautiously happy with the way things are going. I’ve adopted an attitude of not over-thinking what I’m doing but to just get on with it […]
Sustainable fashion design, up cycling vintage garments with marine debris
August 18 The poster for the World Premiere of Sound Scape is now ready and there will be two performances on Sunday 18th September at 2pm and again at 3pm of it with live musicians. Each performance will be different […]
A group of artists respond to the theme ‘The Human Condition’. Garry Barker, Leeds College of Art and Design, writes a review.
SUGAR AND SPICE WWW.PLASTICPROPAGANDA.CO.UK, @PLASTICP1, @PLASTICPROPAGANDA, @STKATS @WAPPINGLONDON @CITYOFLONDON THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2016 Yesterday the sun shine was on my side as I added the last coat of paint to my plinth for Mr Equines scales, so now just a […]
It took me a while to solve the problem of how to present “Tea Caddy” at the upcoming Sugar and Spice exhibition. A pristine white plinth didn’t seem right though I did think I could paint a plinth in a glossy […]
I had another morning at Meltdowns Foundry on Tuesday, this time applying resin with a brush. I didn’t put quite enough catalyst into the mixture which meant that the afternoon was spent staring at the work and trying to speed […]
A new toolkit / ‘cheatsheet’, designed by artist Rachel Dobbs, reformats the Arts Council England Grants for the Arts application form to make it more accessible.
Photo: John McCormick My photographer friend John (with whom I recently submitted the first piece of Murdoch-McCormick collaborative work, ‘Creps’ for the Harts Lane gallery open call) spent some time with me in my studio at the end of […]
I’m seven weeks into my slogans project and exploring ways of finding a bigger audience. At the end of the first week I decided to publish a round up of the slogans posted daily with further explanations for each. Here is […]
