Hello reader! Recently I have had the luxury of some unexpected time away from my day job. This has resulted in some obsessively intense sessions of drawing. These sessions have been incredibly beneficial to my practice and my state of […]
http://www.10prjct.com/post/138535806573/week-2-the-ties-that-bind This is a link to the www of 10PRJCT, so in some way the work lives on, altho in fact it is in piles in the corner of my workroom and two more artists are slaving away in the […]
Since my mixed media studies, I have been working with acrylics on a self-portrait. I wanted to challenge myself by using a contrast of warm and cold tones to paint the face. This was inspired by some makeup art imagery […]
When Val and I started our collaborative conversations, we had a discussion about how I expected to see a range of unique postures and activities that reflected the vast range of art practice. Val expected to see more common postures […]
I’ve been looking at Joseph Cornell’s work before Christmas as I love his boxes and the fact that he collected stuff. I recently bought Wanderlust, it’s a lovely book on his life and beautiful illustrations of his box constructions and […]
I have finally placed more copper outside, four pieces. I have placed plant pots over the top to hold them down again, although the copper is thicker than the last lot so I am expecting a different outcome. With the […]
This essay was written on the receipt of support from a-n when I had a series of fundamental questions about where I was professionally and where to go. Since then I have taken another less anticipated step into full time education as a lecturer in University of the Arts Helsin
In time for International Women’s Day we have a competition with cash prizes for women artists working anywhere in the uk
Looking Back | Moving Forward In Certain Places Project Space, Preston Opening Tuesday 15th March 5-7pm, continues until 24th March 2016 Looking Back | Moving Forward will show new sculptures and drawings by artist Jenny Steele from her recent research […]
For the latest in her regular series for a-n News, Sarah Bodman introduces two works from a new collection of 13 artists’ books to be launched at PAGES: The Leeds International Artists’ Book Fair.
In Spring this year (2016) AirSpace Gallery reaches a milestone in its history; a full decade of artist run activity. Reflecting on this is perhaps a useful starting point to approach our recent series of research visits. Through the […]
A-N Go and See – Artist Led Development: Place and Resources AirSpace Gallery is about to enter its 10th year as an artist led organisation in Stoke-on-Trent, and as a result we are thinking about resilience, and how […]
In Certain Places headquarters, Preston In 2015, AirSpace Gallery received some funding through A-N (Artist Newsletter)’s Go&See Programme. The funding was timely. We had just come to the end of a 2 year Arts Council-funded programme, and had been […]
a snapshot of the thinking and behind the scenes of Stoke-on-Trent’s contemporary visual art gallery
Strong cultural statement of policy intention by the DCMS presented to Parliament as a White Paper in March 2016.
The Science Museum Group says it is to review recent feedback over plans to move a significant photography collection from the National Media Museum, Bradford, to the V&A in London, as the campaign site 38 Degrees puts out a further call for signatures to its petition to block the transfer.
This is the statement and verse that I created for 10 PRJCT… “Jenny is exploring the ties that are broken when a child is given up for adoption. For the adopted child, ties with her birth family are often broken […]
Week 2 of drawing class and an exercise in painting with ink and sticks. Even though we were drawing from a photograph, at a further distance it was easier to measure and gave the mark making more freedom. […]
Executive summary of report evaluating the Wales in Venice project since 2009.
Write-up of research project examining the ways in which two of Tate’s 2014 ticketed exhibitions created value for audiences.
