WEEK ONE BUDDY GROUP NEWS – a message from Anne Barrell, Buddy Group leader to the Buddies.
The first meeting was very productive. As we have seen, Buddies have a diverse range of artistic practice and requirements from the programme. It was great to see that people have been meeting up, going drawing, visiting exhibitions, studios, cafes, and pubs and fire jumping.
THE PLAN – You should have at least weekly contact with your Buddy, which can be by phone, email or face to face, whatever works best for you. I will be in contact each week with a general email asking how you are getting on and what you have been up to:- this is the first one.
There will be an opportunity to all meet again to discuss how things have been going with the group and to share your practice. If some of you are getting on really well and have some great ideas you can suggest these to the group. Anyone struggling can get hints, tips and support from others. I’m proposing 4th or 5th June for an informal get together. Let me know your thoughts and if you would like to come.
Our final meeting is on Wednesday 26th June (7th week). This is an opportunity for you to feed back to all Blue Monkey members what you have gained from buddying, good, bad, highs and lows. Where has your artistic practice moved as a result? You can introduce your buddy and talk about them or talk about your own practice or jointly present. However, if you do not want to talk to the group there is no requirement to do so, and in fact if everyone does it might take too long anyway!
