Open Plan is a collaborative project space where >Departure Foundation< is hosting a second Micro-residency. A group of artists including me are invited over the next ten days to work in this newly refurbished ground floor office in a Central […]
Week 31: 15th – 21st AprilDespite all the hard work researching, writing and making, there are still lots of opportunities to explore and travel which come out of the PhD. This weeks adventure came courtesy of the Fruitmarket Gallery in […]
Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby
24 April – 1 June 2013
After days of reading, writing and confusion it was lovely to come to the studio put on my old overalls and get on with something practical before sitting at the desk and switching on the computer. I am tying myself […]
I went to the private view for this year’s Foundation and Access courses on Friday. The show is at Station Square, Swindon – where our degree show will be set up in a couple of weeks time. We have the […]
Now in its final year, Art Fund Collect sees curators competing for funds to purchase a piece from COLLECT – the international art fair for contemporary objects. Crafts Council Director Rosy Greenlees and Yvonne Hardman, one of last year’s winners, talk about the impact of the scheme.
Some kind of strange introduction part one. Origins of a project. Two weeks ago I embarked upon my ‘cheese dreams’ project. This project has been floating around for around two years but it has now taken form. The project involves […]
Only two more days for deadline on Friday. It has been mad to get everything going for the last month and it has been hard work but very rewarding indeed. Winning the award for the MA studentship has definately helped […]
The What Next? conference in London on 29 April brought together some 650 arts professionals as part of a new movement to reassert the value of the arts in society. Kwong Lee, Director of Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, shares his thoughts on the day.
Week 30: 8th – 14th AprilLast week I discussed how I’m expected to complete a transfer process in order to progress to the second year of the PhD. It still feels quite intimidating, as it’s essentially an assessment of my […]
Had my meet with Richard Hollinshead a sculpture and director of Grit and Pearl, a public art agency. There were many good points he raised. While video as a piece of long term public art would be problematic, often now […]
In a time of austerity, it’s become more important than ever for the visual arts to articulate their value to society. But, asks Claire Doherty, Director of arts producers Situations, what forms of evidence should be produced and whose criteria are we to use?
After keeping his video blog on Degrees unedited since November 2012, Joshua Tyson tells us of ‘The soap factory’ and its culture, in time for degree shows at University Campus Suffolk.
Discernible is on. ZAP’s Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley invited a motley crew of artists, all part of their forcefield, to submit one or two pieces no larger than A3 and managed to shape a marvellous little show from 89 […]
So over the past week or so I have starting working at BayArt Gallery again which I am very happy about, they have an exhibition on at the moment entitled Open Books which is a very interesting exhibition of artists […]
Creative Hinckley Gallery, Hinckley
1 April – 10 May 2013
I’m going to give myself an hour to write here today. I risk Elena’s wrath if I don’t keep up; besides, work is rather exciting at present and this always helps to clarify my thinking. I’m in the middle of […]
I leave for China tomorrow and have nearly finished packing. Over the last few weeks I’ve been collecting books and a few other resources to take with me which I’m now trying to squash into my luggage. I have a […]
TWO CONVERSATIONS AND STUDIES WITH A STONE Two valued conversations have happened in the last week as a result of my Re:View bursary. The first was with fellow Re:View recipient Susan Diab. We met in Brighton in a French coffee […]
The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 has opened at The Photographers’ Gallery in London and offers the most expanded view of what photography is, or can be, since its inception.
The sixth edition of the Liverpool Art Prize opens on Thursday in the city’s historic Albert Dock. We talk to Kevin Hunt, one of the shortlisted artists, and Robyn Woolston, winner of the 2012 Prize and one of this year’s judges, about the significance of the new venue.
The final stages are edging closer and closer now. Our course involves the first years in the degree show by assigning each student to a third year. Their role can be as involved as that third year wishes, from painting […]
A.M.Hanson / UCA Canterbury / Fine Art BA 2010-2013. Artist. Photo-related practitioner. Student. The Globes photo and installation works, (2012, ongoing), part of An Emerge (Office) project. Lights. Physical objects. Spherical, suspended, illuminated globes. In the previous post, I described […]
A couple of discussions this week have made me re-assess my work and have suggested ways of moving it forward. I need to question the materials which I am using and I need to think about the validity of casting […]
Perspective seems a good word to sum up my art practice since l started this journey of discovery, and it still plays a big part in creating images with perspective of how l see myself. You see this happy and […]
