After leaving the State of the Arts conference tweets alone yesterday, I came back and had a read through them all in the evening. It was interesting stuff, but although full of good soundbites and kindly distilled by the tweeting sudience, I got the impression I was missing a fair bit. In summary though, it seemed that: the wifi was rubbish; people felt artists were under-represented in the audience; people were (too?) easily impressed by Jeremy Hunt; although not perfect, it was a good coming together and discussion; artists are valuable to the economy and mood of the nation; it was an exhausting day. Anyway, I shall look forward to it going online…
Found out I have a group of 12 sixth-formers for a whole week next week as part of the YSP thing. I am very excited as the age groups have mainly been under 10 so far. The project will be based around turning their research papers into artists’ books. Joy.
Moving house tomorrow, which makes me want to cry a bit, but thinking of when I am back here at the new place with fire on and wine/takeaway on the go. It will be very good to have it done and be rid of the other place.
Waiting to hear about a lot of things, applications, projects and possible trips abroad. It’s frustrating as it is putting me off applying for other things (if I get certain chances, they will clash and applying will be a waste of time). It’s always like that though, and usually you end up with the thing you were least keen on and you have plenty of free, unpaid time.
I am also waiting for a delivery of soapstone. Although I haven’t carved anything since 1997, the latest work seems to warrant it, so I have yellow and grey tones ordered and will do my best! Next on my list – re-learning to weld.
