I have just reread my last two posts in an attempt to give myself a boost and a belief that what my work has dealt with and what I am attempting to communicate is something I can continue to address…Today […]
Lindsay Connors & Val Bolsover We are investigating indirect mark making – currently in the form of photograms.
Keep moving… Today was a continuation and a pushing forward into exploring new ideas after renewing my last studio work space yesterday… feeling at a loss..so time to look at a different perspective… Not sure where it will take me […]
A short paper that briefly reviews some of the existing literature that has been referenced or has provided useful context and comparison for the Paying Artists study.
A collation of material shared across social media and peer networks during 2013-14 that provides insights around the broad topic of payment of and working conditions for freelance arts professionals. The report complements the more traditional Literature review produced for the Paying Artists campaign by DHA Communications.
Peckham Platform launches its new vision as an independent charity with the opening of Ruth Beale’s participatory installation, Bookbed. We talk to the artist and the organisation’s executive director Emily Druiff about libraries, socially-engaged practice and being a creative educational platform.
Dany Louise collates material that is being widely shared across social media and peer networks to provide fascinating insights around the broad topic of payment of and working conditions for freelance arts professionals, complementing the more traditional Literature review that has been produced by DHA.
A short paper that briefly reviews some of the existing literature – research, resources and approaches to artists’ terms and conditions in exhibition practice – which have been referenced or provided useful context and comparison for the Paying Artists Study.
The Studio The Place I read about quite fequently on these AN blogs; These are the blogs that come immediately to mind what with Elena and Franny just moving in to new ones and that, I thought about the relationship […]
Very productive time with two, very different collaborations going on. Firstly, recording for sound artist Peter Barnard where we will excahnge recordings. First one completed yesterday and ready to send and be layered. Done in the liminal space between mill […]
We’ve been getting some great comments about our Inspired Responses show, and some local press coverage, but as usual once the exhibition is up I’m on to the next thing. We have exciting workshops coming up led by artists Jeni […]
x Matt Stokes large text based work at the Grundy similar to Zoe Beloff and Jamie Shovlin, in as much as a visual component of the exhibition is text, but the feeling created very different. The words are anecdotes not […]
Last year I made the decision to not continue with my current website : www.wendycwilliams.co.uk for which I pay an annual fee. It was a pain to maintain, wasn’t liked by many ( including the Bluecoat’s Sara Jayne Parsons) and […]
I can’t believe it, I went to do my recycling today and ended up being part of a protest about fracking, so I did what seems to be a common theme in my work, I started a new piece of […]
Today I sent my rubbish newspaper to print and am really looking forward to it being delivered at the end of the week. It was quite a big moment; the finalising of my rubbish research project by setting it in […]
Frustratingly stuck in bed feeling rubbish with a fluy cold. I am a very impatient patient and annoyed not to be well enough to go to the studio. I tried to get up earlier and nearly fell over-I think I […]
If it’s true what they say about art imitating life, then the things I’ve been thinking about and experiencing this past week or so all feel pretty timely. The gagging law was passed last Monday evening in the House of […]
Sometimes good things in life happen when you don’t expect them.Be patient and think one step at a time.In order to finish your path you have to walk through it first.
Artists talking blogger Stuart Mayes is celebrating seven years using the platform, which he says has provided him with an important thinking space and access to a supportive community of fellow artists.
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes Matt Stokes’ elegiac films in Blackpool, Pop Art pioneer Patrick Caulfield in Kendal, and Chinese animator Sun Xun in London.
Everyone in the 3rd year final year currently have a piece of work on display in the Folly Lane Campus Foyer. I’ve just re-written my artist statement to go alongside my work retrieve: My work centres on listening. Over the […]
I’ve just spent a long time exploring the edges of my self-portraits. Rather than taking the lines outside of the drawings, I have started to contain them within a portrait ‘frame.’ These drawings interest me However I have also been […]
A Chosen Topic Since I wrote that back in October, a lot has changed in terms of my art- I have completed a dissertation based around the sublime, with particular reference to the size/ scale of an artwork, given a […]
i finding that my renewed interest in applying for opportunities is having a positve impact on my mediation tools. in considering my applications i’m reflecting upon my practice and my evidence of practice, as this goes a long way to […]
