The title of the blog, from a piece of writing by Anni Albers is a rather apt description of the exhilarating feeling of freefall (or is it flying?) that I am feeling now as I emerge from a twelve month […]
.. currently very busy! .. am developing a new project: “Dungbeetle and Sisyphus” (film and performance) for the Portuguese Consulate in Manchester .. & .. collaborating with vocalist/performer Steve Boyland. …& .. preparing exhibition with Arena for the Biennial … […]
I went to a meeting the other night about the Artist’s open studio trail for the next Bollington Festival in May 2009. Bollington is the town in Cheshire where I live. This is largely to chart the development of my […]
This blog documents my process this year of researching and developing new, live work based on two pilot projects; ‘The Loom; from Text to Textile’ (2005) a live, textile installation and ‘Mother to Mother’ (2006), a participative online Garden of […]
Last week I finally took that step and put myself onto the world wide web (www.bethbarlow.com). And I feel pretty good about.
An exploration into creativity…wanting to give and share an unique experience…already, slightly concerned. Feedback is always welcome.
In a collaboration between Waygood Studios and Arcadea I have been invited to be a Resident Artist in the Project Space for 6 months. See also http://textartist.blogspot.com/
A house made of newspapers? Why? Where? By Who? Whatever for?
We're are hosting an exhibition and artists' workshops at Freightliners City Farm in April and May 2008. This group blog will document what we're up to as we get to know the farm and its animals and people, and begin […]
Why does only one in four paintings work? My method is simple – I gad around the countryside, look for attractive trees, then sit and paint. Who knows what'll happen (though probably one in four will succeed). My aim is […]
I recently completed a three months residency at in Paris. My residency at Cite Internationale des Arts was a great opportunity to meet artists from all over the world, as most countries have at least one live in studio on […]
This is my first blog to accompany my first official residency. Over the course of a week (18th Feb – 22nd Feb) I will be in residence at the Victoria Quarter in Leeds City centre, daily from about 11am – […]
Why make art? To compensate oneself for the fact that one dies and disappears from the earth? I am making a year long journey around Europe and I am trying to make sense of it and the journey I make […]
The blog started with the run up to my exhibition at Oriel Wrecsam in August – October 2008, and is now following on to the next one in November 2008 at Galeri and then onto a group show at Theatr […]
This blog is a reflective account of a year of research and development funded by Arts Council England, Yorkshire. The funding enabled me to redress the balance between having a family and being an artist.
I want to use this space to reflect on, and find my own balance between these three aspects in relation to my art practice. I make porcelain domestic objects and I seek to improve their technical detail and their meaning.
Miss B’s Salons are regular discussion events chaired by Ruth Beale (Miss B) that bring together invited groups of artists, curators and interested parties to present and discuss their work and selected topics. They are frequently private and by invitation […]
A year long residency in West Penwith: Re-Connecting: layers of people and place; feet to ground (of practice); practice within sites of wider context www.veronicavickery.co.uk
The project discussed is a joint collaboration between two artists, Neil Galligan a watercolour painter, and Kim Walker, a digital artist. Both artists travelled together for three weeks around the Western Isles, collecting material in 2009. When The Stone Falls […]
This is a record of my progress in 2008. I am looking forward to some exciting and challenging exhibitions and wanted to log the growth of my work and ideas throughout them. With lots to learn and many challenges ahead, […]
Three artists setting up a community arts project in Hastings, East Sussex. We have a centre, with a gallery shop and two workshops. We will run classes, rent space out, sell local artists work, run outside events, whilst trying to […]
TRADIGITAL printmaking – experimentation in digital print, incorporating silkscreen/relief/intaglio techniques. I hope to research, question, present +provide an educational resource for artists/printmakers.
Creating new paintings for a solo exhibition titled 'Hundreds' at Milton Keynes Contemporary in March 2008.www.miltonkeynescontemporary.co.uk
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Lots of ideas for short stories and not sure what to do with them. I’m thinking a series of webcomics is a good solution… Can a webcomic be art? Should it be mentioned here? I see my work overlapping art […]
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