An outing, a new group, a workshop and a big event!
Things have been pretty busy here at Blue Monkey this last few weeks. Admin queen, Cat Ingrams, has been working her socks off trying to get everyone organised! What with a day trip to Margate, our new Crit Group and our big Axis event coming up next week, Cat’s Inbox has been bulging.
A small but enthusiastic group of Blue Monkey members LOVED their day out to Turner Contemporary to see the fantastic Curiosity show just before it closed. We successfully negotiated the 4 minute train connection at Ashford International and then made the most of the time we’d saved by taking an hour to do the 10 minute walk to the gallery, stopping for 2 fag-breaks and a coffee on the way! We all loved the show AND the chance to talk about our favourite bits on the journey home.
Crit Group is now almost fully formed (though there is still one space available if anyone’s interested?) We’re looking forward to starting on the 9th October with 12 artists each showing work in progress over the course of 6 sessions. It should be a great chance to explore some ideas surrounding people’s work and hopefully the commitment of attending all the sessions should lead to some interesting themes developing over the course of the weeks.
Next week we’re very excited to be welcoming Sheila MacGregor and Ruth Wilbur from Axis. Sheila and Ruth are running 2 workshops for us on Thursday & Friday all about maintaining an effective online presence. There’s been a great demand for these workshops and out of a total of nearly 50 spaces over the 2 sessions, there are only 4 spaces left – book NOW if you think you want one of those last 4 spaces!
Last but not least in this busy month is Blue Monkey Studio’s BIG BIRTHDAY BASH to celebrate 10 good years since Wycliffe Stutchbury, Cat Ingrams, Alison Haddon and I set up our shared workspace. We could never have guessed then that we’d still be going strong 10 years later! Happy birthday to us!
