Although not a modernist building, The Winter Gardens in Blackpool is a very impressive entertainment complex, originally designed and opened in 1878, that houses a range of venues such as the Ballroom, Theatre, Opera House, café and various other conference […]
I have only been in Cairns a few days and so far I have managed to check out most of the local art galleries and spend time with Theo Tremblay at Tremblay Editions NFP. Theo is a local master printer […]
i run around sometimes, this most often happens when i get excited about something because things click into place and i feel good. this can happen both physically and in words. i’ve been reflecting about my recent post art comment. […]
(Kay) Two days of incessant rain meant that yesterday was not exactly conducive to going out into the landscape! So we spent most of the day in the booth. We designed the invitation for our final open studio event on […]
Well there are many people who contribute to placing the little pieces of art that you see when you ‘Google ‘ something.. on Googles home page.. And heres the story behind it all.. The Google doodle was first created in […]
A fortnight ago I took the train to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, to visit the Blackpool Casino and Pleasure Beach, designed by Joseph Emberton. It is probably quicker to take the train to Blackpool North, if you are travelling from far, […]
The Museum hosts an unusual blog post about an unusual and supreme object artist. Less about the objects than the neurology, Sonia Boué attempts to explore a like mind. Joseph Cornell: Untitled (Multiple Cubes), constructed in 1946-48 Before taking a […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Ahh… I thought I had escaped it this time. How naïve of me! In the middle of yesterday afternoon it hit me – Thump – The Slump. Ridiculous. I know it will pass, thank […]
Over the last few months we have been working with Co3 Dance and the poet Louise Fazackerley, sharing ideas and using the garden space for more creative endeavours. As the garden is having a Alice in Wonderland theme, due to the tale […]
post by Joseph) A day of rain… A day for staying indoors and catching up on sound and photo editing and compiling. We took ourselves out briefly at midday to go and visit a couple of knitters near Cunningsburgh (one […]
On the 11th of August, Hazlehurst Studios held their first ‘Art in the Garden’ session, which I blogged about here ‘Art in the Garden‘ , which is supporting our campaign to get more creative with the local community, that in […]
The Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture has announced the winners of its annual art prizes for artists working in lens-based media and water-based media, plus its annual travel award for graduates and current postgraduate students.
A piece of Site-specific Art by Rowena Zoro for the Cornwall Design Fair, in reponse to Trereife House. www.cornwalldesignfair.co.uk 14th-16th Aug 2015.
Commissioned projects at this year’s ‘celebration of digital culture’, which takes place in September, will include a pop-up shop selling white noise, an immersive map tracking the movement of transport infrastructure, and a work that uses the virtual world to explore human identity and post-colonialism.
Five events posted by a-n’s members onto the popular Events listings section, including exhibitions and events in Hampshire, Harrow, Leicester, Stockport and Willesden Green.
The V & A , ( Victoria and Albert Museum ) , London, UK , Has collated a beautiful exhibition from its sizeable collection of prints and photographs, which illustrates how artists have interpreted the subject of portraiture in the […]
(Kay) Today we went to Nesting to visit a colleague from when I was here in 2010 – the headteacher at the time of Olnafirth Primary School, who instigated the sculpture commission I came to Shetland for. When I first […]
It has been a very long time since I have been here. I feel like I am having to relearn the whole blogging thing. I hope I am different now to how I left. I hope I have learnt a […]
distillation through literation
As a former cycle messenger I’m fascinated by alternative ways of understanding the city – how we navigate its complex spaces and the role which sound plays in helping us locate ourselves within it. The piece I am devising (Wait and […]
Album 31, produced by GRAIN and the Library of Birmingham, is a collaboration between artists Sophy Rickett and Bettina von Zwehl. The exhibition developed from a commission which saw the two artists responding to ‘Album 31’ a miscellaneous album by Sir Benjamin Stone.
An app at the cultural heart of Plymouth