Much of what I saw and experienced in Kassel felt like stunted conversations: vital and resonating but confined to an arena of controlled experience – whether through overcrowded gallery spaces, the rigorous time planning that was needed to catch the […]
I am one of twelve artists selected for Mark Devereux Projects’ StudioBook 2017 and one of five artists selected to receive an a-n bursary to support the costs of StudioBook.
This blog contains my reflections on the lead up to, during and after the Studiobook 2017 programme.
An artists response to the interesting and scary times we are all living through
During the opening week of her Scotland + Venice film, ‘Spite Your Face’, artist Rachel Maclean spoke to Emily Sparkes about politics, inappropriate nose-touching and pasta pomodoro.
a-n bursary award to attend the Venice Biennale 2017 experienced through performance work, drawing the pavilions with feet. It was amazing.
Reporting from Documenta 14 preview supported by a bursary from a-n The Artist Information Company
StudioBook is an 8-month artist mentoring programme by Mark Devereux Projects. I have been selected as one of the twelve participating artists and will be documenting the experience via this a-n blog.
Exhibition at Winterbourne House, University of Birmingham
An Arts Council England funded collaborative project about Felicia Browne, a British artist who volunteered and died in the Spanish Civil War. Through poetry and visual art we will respond to her life and her archive of drawings and letters held at Tate Britain.
Notes on my experience completing the RD1st Coaching Accreditation course funded by A-N.
After posting an image online of a local scene i have painted, the owner of the house involved is potentially not happy about me making prints and producing a calendar including the image. Were do I stand legally? Do I need permission from the house owner to proceed?
After posting an image online of a local scene i have painted, the owner of the house involved is potentially not happy about me making prints and producing a calendar including the image. Were do I stand legally? Do I need permission from the house owner to proceed?
a masterclass on pottery making
A selection of One Minutes compiled from 9 previous volumes are currently screening online http://www.visualcontainer.net/ until September 1st 2017. The One Minute programmes have been compiled over the last 9 years by artist Kerry Baldry and include an eclectic range of […]
An ocasional diary of writing, making, painting and processing.
I am an artist seeking new directions and guidance, luckily I have been selected for StudioBook 2017…in hope of a new road to follow.
A record of 12 days spent at Stour Valley Arts Forest Studio
The most precious find that inspired a range of new and challenging work
A blog of my Professional Development Bursary, learning new skills in metal work and After Effects
My constant challenges with my literary failings…
Exploring the different ways I can “break” an image.
As a Director of The Generator Loughborough CIC I’m taking part in an exchange programme with another hub in Rotterdam called City in the Making (Stad in de Maak). This is my blog about my week long immersion in this amazing undertaking to create a different kind of city.
Artists Dawn Giles and Arabel Rosillo de Blas are undertaking a 10 day residency to test the realities of working together. The collective space of Summer Lodge is an opportunity to make work in the same space without the pressure of an outcome.
Exploring the relationship between painting movements and the direction of travel.