A slightly better turn to the week with two much more successful workshops under my belt. I also have been incredibly heartened by the four (yes four!) emails and a very encouraging comment below after I posted my woes on the blog. Can I just retract eveything I said about artists not supporting each other? That was such a boost, as was going to see good stuff last night. Karen McLeod was performing at the Greenroom in Manchester as part of their Seed Fund programme – really fantastic stuff and followed by the Cholmondeley's and the Featherstonehaughs, a contemporary dance group with many laughs. I though Karen's performance really stood up against the main act too and was the most poised I have seen her yet. Those things always inspire don't they?
I have also been to see the space for DRAWN IN and have a chat with Bernadette O'Toole, who is putting the show together. We seem to have quite a similar outlook and interest in drawing so it was great to dredge up a lot of my research from the MA at Wimbledon and even better to have a place/time for a new drawing.
Did a book exchange too, with Gordon Shrigley from Marmalade press (we met at the IMT Gallery event) so have a very timely book (Spatula, How Drawing Changed the World) to read in exchange for my 'Lost at Sea'.
Swapping is for winners.
