My plan to heave a post-degree sigh of relief and have a few days off appear to have gone awry. It’s been a bit of a whirl the last few days.
We’ve spent the week curating and installing our graduate show in the Bangor Museum and Art Gallery, the show opened last night after our graduation ceremony. We drew a good crowd and the feedback was positive.
My occasional volunteering and freelancing at Mostyn, Wales’s leading contemporary gallery, have translated into a permanent part-time post as gallery assistant.
The Gimme Shelter work has been selected for the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham in August.
I have been offered, and accepted a place in Central Art Studios Cymru, a collective of established and emerging artists – space to work and a supportive creative and critical environment.
I will be travelling south to view The Last Gallery where my solo show opens in October.
And finally, I have been selected for Artisterium 4 the annual international contemporary art show in Tbilisi, Georgia in November. I am learning about the world of funding applications.
I’ve been meaning to paint the outside of my house for 5 summers now…
I was going to end on that but I can’t leave without mentioning the exceptional tutors at Coleg Menai especially Helen Jones and Emrys Williams who head up the BA Fine Art. They are both practicing artists and tutors of the highest calibre, approachable but uncompromising, friendly but professional. It’s thanks to their constant raising of the aesthetic bar and fantastic professional development support that the list above has happened and that I now possess a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art.
