I am currently writing up fieldwork with Aboriginal groups across New South Wales (Australia). Our discussions have been about contemporary cultures of Aboriginal identity, government policy and wellbeing. I work for a large government department (as an anthropologist), I am […]
Last month I received the good news; I have been selected as an Escalator Live art artist. An Arts Council East scheme, Escalator supports the development of regional artist. Comprising selection and then GFTA proposal to realise the identified development […]
I have to depict the history of a town. This was my proposal and it was accepted. Suddenly then; history has become a real thing, not just a word on a piece of paper that represents….well er just …stuff. I […]
I'm using this blog to help myself move on with my creative practice, and to record my progress.
Well the blog instructions are stated for bloggin about project developments, and that can be good but not necessarily helpful when I'm in the throw of things,( where is the time) so thought I'd do this the other way round, […]
I am back for a second time at Cite Internationale des Arts. I found my stay last year of such great benefit that I applied to come back this Autom. It is an inspiring place to work as well as […]
Reindeer is an artist collective set up in 2008 by UK artists Rachael Elwell, Sarah Hardacre and Rebecca McKnight. The artists exhibit collectively as well as individually and share a common interest in process-driven art making. Reindeer seeks to form […]
Examining those things we usually overlook.
A selection of a dozen photographs showing boarded up cash machines. Large, close up, heavily cropped and completely out of context; they could almost be abstract paintings. The exhibition is part of the Photo Fringe 2008, which runs alongside the […]
Following a chance meeting in my studio and a discussion about the fascinating life of birds, in particular pigeons, a slot in a small shopfront has been offered to me……
After placing an advert in AN, I waited eagerly for the responses. We are offering a residency in the French Pyrenees with the aim of creating land art using found and local materials. We thought that it would be interesting […]
Recently graduated and on the start of something new. www.antoinettebrown.com
I speak estury english and I live in N.E Kent now, but for this project I am working up north, well… the midlands. Very near where my father grew up in fact. I am creating a mosaic focal point for […]
Tracking the development of an artist led exhibition – using vacant retail spaces in Bracknell Town Centre
My work conflates the real and the imaginary within a multidisciplinary practice, including digital installation, comics, animation and sound art. #payingartists
This residency offers me a free studio space at the newly renovated Harrington Mill Studios. The one year residency sponsored by Erewash borough council in conjunction with the University of Derby and Harrington Mill Studios is a unique opportunity for […]
A Grants for the Arts funded period of research and development. Time, space and funding to unravel years of experience raising a large family, to lay out the dissected pieces of my past working practice, take up the bare bones […]
a mythological character, an insect and a folk tale protagonist meet in a live art performance set in a city and in a countryside location.
I am on a journey investigating the sub conscious mind and a primordial relationship with trees. This project does link in with Heritage and Psychology. I am particularly interested in developing healthy pathway's for people that do not feel competent […]
The journey starts at Loweswater and meanders back in a generous flourish across the Lake District to Gurnal Dubs near Kendal, linking twelve tarns and lakes . The stretches of water swum in between might be thought of as the […]
I have been the Artist in Residence at the John Henry Newman School in Stevenage since September 2008. I have been spending the time developing my own practice as well as running art sessions for the staff and pupils at […]
The road from amateur artist to professional artist is a somewhat precarious and intimidating process. In this blog I aim to discuss my experiences of the journey and invite other artists on the same road to share their experience of […]
L.I.F.T. stands for Leeds intimate film theatre, the name that describes our latest interactive performance installation.It was an idea that came to my colleague when we were looking for a venue in Leeds for an installation for Leeds light Night. […]
I have recently been working with Open City on a collaborative phase of research and development. Open City is a project involving Andrew Brown, Katie Doubleday and Simone Kenyon which aims to explore how we live in and experience the […]
I am currently frustrated with my "art practice" so I have decided to address my circumstances by changing my surroundings. For the next five weeks, i will be an artist based in "the West Bank". These are my adventures……
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