It has been a whole week since the deadline and although I’m not actually making, I’m trying to keep pro-active and look for new opportunities and challenges.
I have applied for the WW Solo Award 2013 with two works from last year and my degree show work, and for the Santander University of Brighton Studen Awards for Community Engagement and Volunteering for the Artist Parents Group (£500 to be win) I’m also going to apply today for the 5 days long Heritage Residency in Northwich this August. I think it is worth to go for this too, as it will give me the space and time to think about the next year in the MA.
We have planning permission to build an office and studio at the back of the garden, this is very exciting as at some point I will have the space to keep everything organised and to make work. Not sure how big it will be and how I can use the space as a storage for work, office, and studio for making. It might be a bit of a challenge but it’s better than not having anything. Hopefully everything will come to plan and we can afford it financially. There is a necessity of expanding within both businesses.
What worries me the most is perhaps the storage part of everything. How I’m going to store the degree show work?, everything is relatively large and I don’t think the garage is the best place for this to keep it clean and safe, and there is not much space, full stop. I would like to get an exhibition proposal with my classmates, or to apply for another local exhbition, so at least the work is out being seen and it will solve the storage problem for a bit longer. I haven’t kept much of the previous works because of the lack of storage so i feel like if I want to start exhibiting I have to start from scratch and I don’t think at this stage I can’t afford to start from scratch again and again. Ideally it will be amazing if I’m selected for the WW Solo 2013 exhibition so the work can be part of this, we will see. The money from the Santander award will be so welcome right now too. If you don’t ask you don’t get, so let’s see what happens.
Only another week until the degree show private view, I hope we will enjoy a bright and warm sunny day in Brighton that day.
Now DIY at home which I’m enjoyining too. There are too many things that we don’t need. My family and I need to travel lighter.
