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World-building, creating immersive experiences and collaborative practice.
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Challenging the Inner Critic
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/challenging-the-inner-critic My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out and sign up for free tips on ways to improve your life! And if you want to keep you […]
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Does anyone listen to you?
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/does-anyone-listen-to-you My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out and sign up for free tips on ways to improve your life! And if you want to keep you […]
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DiGesture | a-n bursary project
A peer-led artist development programme working with an art-technologist — consisting of mentoring and training in the use of wearables to create immersive artworks.
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Is it clarity or confidence that you need?
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/is-it-clarity-or-confidence-that-you-need My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out and sign up for free tips on ways to improve your life! And if you want to keep you […]
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a-n Artist Bursary Evaluation
Bursary schedule The aim of my proposed bursary activity was to research and develop making my work accessible to children by integrating Makaton language to communicate signs within the work. There were some changes to my original schedule due to […]
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Creating space in your life
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/creating-space-in-your-life My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out and sign up for free tips on ways to improve your life! Happy creating! Dominique www.dominiquedelight.co.uk Linked In: dominique-de-light […]
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Getting into the flow
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/getting-into-the-flow My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out. If you want regular free tips on ways to improve your life sign up to my newsletter here. Happy […]
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1-2-1 Mirror
I had my first 1-2-1 rehearsal with Helen Adams through a Skype link which was my first time performing to someone in this way. Originally I wanted to be in a physical space but actually working like this is a […]
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If you had six months to live
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/if-you-had-six-months-to-live My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out and sign up for free tips on ways to improve your life! Happy creating! Dominique www.dominiquedelight.co.uk Linked In: dominique-de-light […]
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Being Statue Still
To support my artistic practice I work part-time as an Audience Interviewer in the cultural sector, which has informed my work & I regularly receive neurodiverse audience feedback of the lack of access to interpretation in museums & galleries, which is […]
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Access 2 Statue
I will develop making my work accessible to children using an extract from my performance Unknown Statue integrating Makaton language to communicate signs & symbols within the work. Supported by a-n bursary 2019 programme supporting self-determined professional development.
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How peer coaching can help your artistic practice
To read this post visit: https://www.dominiquedelight.co.uk/how-peer-coaching-can-help-your-artistic-practice My monthly blog is now based on my website – come and check it out and sign up for free tips on ways to improve your life! Happy creating! Dominique www.dominiquedelight.co.uk Linked In: dominique-de-light […]
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Possible Utopias. Totally, sometimes.
Steve Dutton discusses the outcomes of a-n’s Artist-led Bursaries, awarded to six artist-led groups in 2017 to explore how artists and artists’ groups adapt to navigate turbulent cultural and political landscapes.
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Artist-led: AltMFA
Founded in 2010 by a group of London-based artists, AltMFA is a free, nomadic, alternative art school whose fluid content and structure morphs around the needs of its members. Lydia Ashman speaks to co-founder Louise Ashcroft about the project and why radical inclusivity and a little bit of anarchism are essential to its existence.
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Possible Utopias. Totally, sometimes.
Steve Dutton discusses the outcomes of a-n’s Artist-led Bursaries, awarded to six artist-led groups in 2017 to explore how artists and artists’ groups adapt to navigate turbulent cultural and political landscapes.
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Artist-led: Hack & Host
Hack & Host in Hull was established in 2015 by three local arts workers as a public forum for structured conversations about contemporary art. Lydia Ashman reflects on how the project has been impacted by Hull City of Culture 2017 and speaks to associated artist, Clare Holdstock, about Hack & Host’s ongoing appetite for debates about art and politics.
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Artist-led: Keep It Complex
Formed in 2016 in the run up to the EU referendum, Keep It Complex: Make it Clear is a loose collective of London-based artists and cultural workers. Its members aim to challenge apathy and fear by providing people with ‘tools and ideas to get involved with everyday politics’. Lydia Ashman reflects on the ways in which the group use their skills and networks as artists to facilitate conversation in a divided world.
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Artist-led: Market Gallery
Market Gallery has been part of Glasgow’s artist-led ecology since 2000. The gallery is led by a volunteer committee and operates from a shop unit in the working-class neighbourhood of Dennistoun, where it presents a varied programme of exhibitions, events and residencies. Lydia Ashman talks to artist and committee member Catalina Barroso-Luque about how the gallery is responding to a reduction of resources through its programme and structure.
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Artist-led: Rhubaba
Rhubaba is a studio provider and a project space in Edinburgh. Led by a volunteer committee, it presents an interdisciplinary programme of exhibitions, workshops and events. Lydia Ashman speaks to committee member Ben Callaghan about Learnin’ Broke my ?, Rhubaba’s research project on radical pedagogy and self-organisation, and the challenges and rewards of operating in an artist-led context.
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Artist-led: Treeline
Treeline is a Birmingham-based artist-led investigation into how artists can influence our relationship with nature. In 2017, members of Vivid Projects’ Black Hole Club visited Norway and Spain to research and develop an international network of artists, sustainability practitioners and academics for Treeline. Lydia Ashman speaks to Jaime Jackson, one of Treeline’s founders, about why artists are best placed to facilitate positive change.
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A New Year, a new you?
After the indulgence of Christmas comes the annual round of self-recriminations and desire to do better. Resolutions are set, gym memberships bought and diet books are dusted down. Enquiries to therapists, personal trainers and coaches spike this month as people […]
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Setting up as a Limited Company
I am a light and text artist working to create installations and sculptures mainly for the public realm. For around 5 years I have been working as a sole trader in terms of my business structure. It has worked well […]
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The best present you can give yourself this Christmas
Tis the season to be jolly, stressed and overwhelmed. With presents to buy, festive food to prepare, late night socialising and increased food and alcohol intake, by the time we get to Boxing Day, we can feel frazzled, exhausted and […]
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Getting to the heart of the matter and finding our true purpose.
How do I, as coach, get to the heart of the matter? How do we, as humans, work out our true purpose? Big questions that deserve big thinking, for my own life as well as for every client I work […]