New blog for a new start.
I found out this week that I’ve been appointed to one of the Directors posts at my studio, Arena Studios and Gallery in Liverpool.
In 2012 we have our 30th anniversary as a succesful studio and are formulating plans for how to celebrate this.
I have a new job as Activity Plan Manager for an amazing Heritage Restoration site that plans to re-open in 2012.
I am still heavily involved with New Ferry Butterfly Park see my other blog www.a-n.co.uk/p/614513/
I have applied for funding for an empty shops project on behalf of the Butterfly Park and for a grant to enable us to do workshops during 2012.
Primarily I am an artist – first and foremost and after a much needed break once the MA finished I’m ready to get back to it and find some fabulous projects to be involved with or exhibitions to take part in, mainly I want to make art. In order for this to be possible I need to plan – need to be quite draconian in that planning.
I’m interested in words, text, books, maps, codes and when I looked up the meaning of the word formulate a lot of the synonyms stood out to me. A lot of them seem to expain my way of working at this particular time.
Formulate: Synonyms: codify, coin, compose, concoct, contrive, cook up, couch, define, detail, develop, devise, draft, draw up, dream up, evolve, express, forge, frame, give form to, hatch, indite, invent, make, make up*, map, originate, particularize, phrase, prepare, put, set down, systematise, vamp, work, work out.
In my home, I am list woman, I write and leave notes all over the place that remind me, help me organise my life around my kids and work. I am, by nature, disorganised. I kind of thrive on disorder but I realise that 2012 will be an extremely busy (though exciting) year and as such I am going to need to plan my life in order that my own art gets a chance too.
I wonder if this will mean my artwork, my practice, will alter somewhat , who knows, I hope not too much but maybe it will be for the better. This blog will help me decide I hope….but time will tell.
