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Plas Bodfa, The Manor House
On my first visit to Plas Bodfa, my father insisted on giving me a lift, he wanted to go to Llangoed and see the village and the manor house too. As we drove up to the house, he pointed out […]
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Bodfa Continuum
My research and response to Plas Bodfa, Anglesey, exploring the techniques of Victorian Cross Stitch. Part of the Plas Bodfa History Project. I am one of the artists selected to create work for the upcoming exhibition at the house.
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Come Together, Fall Apart
Since I last posted in July I’ve had a chunk of time ‘off’ with my son (whilst my Urban Rural Exchange with Karen Wood continued on Instagram), and have also been involved in a number of events, coming together with […]
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Workshop One – Exploring the Flora
For our first Session, we had a lot of paperwork to get done and wanted to have a chilled out session, where new people could explore the farm surroundings and start to get to know each other. One of the […]
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Place-Based Practice and the Rural/Urban Divide
Starting out on my bursary journey
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CANALWORKS
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Andrew Lamont Gallery -
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October 05, 2018 -
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November 11, 2018 -
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Wales
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From town to countryside (a walk)
City Centre 12 May 2018 – A walk from town to countryside (Crouch Hill, Oxfordshire, UK) Walked by Ruth Broadbent and Rhiannon Evans Blake Morris is walking each of the walks from Ways to Wander by Clare Qualmann and Claire Hind […]
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Flock
Following our first rural, interactive, community- and time-based public installation…exploring the process, history, community, surroundings, landscape…
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Borderline residency: “You wouldn’t know the English-Scottish border was there”
London-based artist Zoe Childerley has been walking the English-Scottish border as part of a residency with Visual Arts in Rural Communities in Northumberland. Pippa Koszerek talks to her in the lead up to an end of residency exhibition
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Into the woods: charting my residency in a rural context
This blog charts my residency in Potterside Woods in North Yorkshire. In the past few years my practice has become increasingly site-responsive. A city girl until my recent move, this residency will allow me space to explore my practice in my new rural context.
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Pictures of… a public art ‘suburban farm’ where food can be foraged for free
A collaboration between artist Alex Murdin and the local community has turned the verges, hedgerows and other public spaces around a new housing estate in Wiltshire into suburban farmland where foraging residents can feast on a ready supply of edible herbs and fruits.
Review
MAKING HOMES, MAKING RURAL: Sander Van Raemdonck, Belgian Artist
A review of Sander Van Raemdonck’s residency at Berwick Visual Arts, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
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Conference
Gropius’ Impington: power and space, art and the rural, symposium
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Impington Village College -
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October 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM -
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South East England
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Gropius’ Impington: power and space, art and the rural exhibition
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Impington Village College -
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October 24, 2015 -
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November 01, 2015 -
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South East England
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The Excursionist – How can tourism work for art and art work for tourism?
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The Stonehall -
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October 08, 2015 -
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October 09, 2015 -
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South West England
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Rural arts and policy
Selected texts, discussions, guides and profiles that address issues around or profile arts taking place in rural contexts.
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WILD NETWORKING 4: Rural Factory
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Fermynwoods, Sudborough Green Lodge. -
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October 26, 2014 at 12:00 AM -
Location:
East Midlands
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Hauser & Wirth opens new arts centre in Somerset
With galleries in Zurich, London and New York and a stable of international artists, many will be familiar with art dealers Hauser & Wirth. The power couple’s decision to base their latest venture in the picturesque town of Bruton, Somerset, however, might take some by surprise.
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Are rural communities and artists disadvantaged?
In July 2010 the Rural Cultural Forum (RCF) produced a report, Creative Rural Communities (CRC), that sets out why a Rural Cultural Strategy (RCS) is needed and the form it might take.
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Wysing Arts Centre
What gives a particular place its characteristics? Why are some cities hip and others lame? How does a neighbourhood change from good to bad?