I can’t believe that it is already day 5 of the residency. It has been very hot today, and the sun has been shining which has been a welcome break from the cloud. I have been working in the studio […]
Day 3 in Chongqing I have spent the day in the studio getting to work on my project. I have been creating some sketches from the photographs of local architectural structures, and online research into popular community websites within China. […]
Take Courage, Amersham Arms, London
30 May – 1 June 2011
Profiling new courses and developments in postgraduate teaching across the UK.
As a new generation of artists embark on a career in the visual arts this month, the #degreeshows Twitter campaign again draws attention to their sheer hard work, determination and achievements during an exceptional period in higher education.
My head is still everywhere. I know what I am doing within my research and studio practice but still feel out of sorts with everything. This week I had the use of the Centre for Drawing again (no one else […]
Beth Shapeero – Hanging Gloss Westgate Studios Project Space55 Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BS, UK Saturday 21st May 2011, 12-6pmSunday 22nd May 2011, 12-4pm The Prince Albert in Studio A6 will be open from 6pm on Saturday 21st May 2011 (buzzer […]
OMG. It all so exciting and I am so shattered. Our studio is being re-painted for the exhibition. we have just removed all our stuff. I didnt realise I had so much. Am I turning into a collector?!!! Check List: […]
Showcases the best art and design shows with advertising of degree shows around the UK. Plus in ‘Keep moving’ four recent graduates describe their journeys through the tricky months after university and in ‘Points of reference’ Richard Taylor presents excerpts […]
Times they are a-changing. Excellent news from the Royal Standard studio group with several people (present and past) going away to study for postgrads in various brilliant places. Other artists I know in Liverpool are also looking to move away […]
Last month Cambridge saw the launch of a significant new artist-run space, Aid & Abet. Artists Sarah Evans, David Kefford and CJ Mahony discuss how the project has developed and how their relationship has graduated from being fellow studio holders to a collaborative working group.
In March, artists got together to discuss and share their strategies for surviving the cuts without compromising practice, ethics or professionalism.
Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
15 March – 9 April 2011
It’s all a bit strange in work today… We had an hour long meeting in which we were told about the forthcoming changes to the staff structure…then given an hour and half to digest everything that we were told. 90 […]
I listened to a man this week. He told me a story of stories. He said, if he had a book, an autobiography and he asked the writer the story of that book, they would tell him a story of […]
I think I’m to have a bit of a moan about money in this blog. I’m sure that it’s quite a blogged about subject especially the lack of it but that’s not the main reason for this though, it’s the […]
The studio now has running water and great facilities for washing buckets etc. This week sees the studio used for Design & Build, 2 workshops run by UCA architecture students on the graduate diploma course. The first workshop was on […]
