After a considerable amount of time since the workshops back in April, I’ve been running after school kids’ comics workshops at a local school, which have recently finished at the end of June.
All details for this and an additional project I’ve been working on are documented in this blog: http://helendearnleyillustration.blogspot.co.uk/
With more time on my hands, I’ve been able to follow up on other things. The funding application for the LAN is still pending. I was invited to do a presentation in Boston at a time when I was too busy and at short notice, so it has been postponed. I had hoped it would be sometime this month, but it’s looking like the end of August now. Which is frustrating.
The Ayscoughfee Hall project was rejected by the curators. Which frees up my time to work on the new LAN hospital mural project – details are here: http://www.lincolnartistnetwork.co.uk/apps/blog/
So I’m busy, things are going well, with the prospect of more workshops in the next school year, this positivity is tempered by the recent budget announcements and my terror at the prospect of any cuts to tax credits with a son that is likely to be affected by some of the worst human rights abuses of the young unemployed as he leaves education.
It’s a disconcerting time.
The mural project is set for August; I don’t normally work during August, but it’ll keep me occupied, and the boys are old enough now to look after themselves somewhat, as long as I take any time out for caring responsibilities with support from Sarah. It isn’t ideal, but I expect to have some time off in the next few weeks.
