10.4.12
Back in the office after Easter and catching up with things. Met with the treasurer from Years Ahead – Halton’s community arts group for the over 50s. Just getting up to date before the committee meeting next week.
Put all the MP3 players back in the gallery – our lovely new exhibition Toward the Light by Leeds based artist Pip Dickens is already attracting some good comments and people are enjoying the soundtracks by Monty Adkins which accompany 6 of the paintings. Pip & Monty will be in the gallery on 21 April from 1pm, talking about their work, all welcome, and refreshments provided.
Now to catch up my ‘to do’ list, including contracts, and catching up on artists’ studios emails…
16.1.12
The lovely new exhibition Inspired Responses 7 is now up. Phew!!!
A few technical difficulties there – have you ever tried to suspend a cricket bat covered in mosaic from a non-load bearing ceiling? Anyway, it looks much nicer than it sounds!
Have sent out lots of application packs for our public art project designed to brighten up the subways of the Castlefields estate to day. Looking forward to the response.
Of yes, and all last week’s unread email too…
3 January 2012
Back at my desk for the New Year and tackling the backlog of emails. This is the last week of our lovely exhibitions, Michael Craig-Martin’s Alphabet prints and Telling Tales: Story Scrolls from India.
I’ll be getting ready to set up the Inspired Responses exhibition next week – collecting in all the statements, working out if I need a van to pick up any work.
Also need to run over and visit the Hazlehurst studios group and the Wednesday Woolies. It’s all happening…
5.12.11
Exciting things starting to happen with the Inspired Responses project.
Visited artist Jeni McConnell at Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy today. She’s been working with the students on the idea of journeys and creating handmade books.
30.11.11
Typically my resolution to write something regularly got off to a false start. However, I’ll make the excuse that it’s because I’ve been busy doing since I last posted.
I’ve been setting up the exhibitions Telling Tales: Story scrolls from India, on loan from National Museums Liverpool, and Michael Craig-Martin’s Alphabet – a show of fantastic prints on loan to us from Hayward Touring at the Southbank Centre.
Then on Friday I was hosting a craft fair in the gallery – an experiment for us, but well received by participants and visitors.
Our mural for the town has now been installed. Follow this link to see the image and its creation. Once the scaffolding comes down there will be more pictures. http://www.oneredshoe.co.uk/runcornmural.html
Have to dash off to a meeting now, but more posts will follow.
