It was another cold morning in the coffee shop yesterday, with the door open to the elements. People didn’t stay, or if they did (mostly the stalwart regulars) it wasn’t for long. I struggled to motivate myself. I never work […]
There’s much talk about at the moment about funding artists to just be artists. There was an article in the Irish Times saying that Ireland were going to pay a select number of “creatives” around €300 a week https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/it-s-a-game-changer-for-us-artists-welcome-guaranteed-basic-income-plan-1.4699820 And […]
Hello, I am new to a-n and generally to applying grants. I am looking for funds to travel abroad for an internship in ceramics. It’s not a residency. Any lead will be hugely appreciated. Thank you. Regards Archana
Matt Chesney is an artist whose own work is based around performance, video and sculpture. He is also the founder and director of Backlit Nottingham, a gallery and studio complex based in a large industrial building with a fascinating history […]
Artists Ope Lori and Othello De’Souza-Hartley discuss creative inspiration and collaboration, working through self-doubt, and the meaning of home in this livestreamed talk produced by students at London College of Communication.
Come along to the St. Marys Church Art & Photography Exhibition and Sale. Date: 28th Nov 2021 Time: 11am-3pm Venue: St Marys Church, Hatfield Broad Oak, CM22 7HF Talented local Artists & Photographers exhibiting and selling, plus Christmas cards, local […]
I’d gone to the coffee shop intending to spend the three hours focussing on drawing with my collection of dip pen nibs but was stymied by the cold. I mean I did draw but I was torpid and slow to […]
I saw a pheasant, a rabbit and a spotted woodpecker this morning and heard an owl this evening, as I have been up the woods twice today. That’s not unusual I also noticed in what seems to be only a […]
Tutorial with Gary Colclough Talking to Gary has always helped me in the field of painting and the process of getting to painting(collage making, choosing of the subject for my art etc.) and this conversation was not different. While Gary […]
I will be exhibiting with lots of amazing artists in Norwich
I spent the weekend drawing. Writing had absorbed me all week and I needed to throw myself back into it. And, I had the delivery of some new dip pen holders and nibs and a lovely fat bamboo pen. It […]
Went to this Exhibitions preview Friday night. What seems initially like an overblown Primary School project given too much money develops as you go through the Galleries reading the chronology into an interesting story peppered with Relics as Art.
It is just about two months until the show in Uppsala and I think that I might have some idea about what I will do. I say ’do’ rather than ’show’ because I do not feel like showing anything at […]
POSTER The picture used for my poster is not included in my exhibition. Its a cropped picture from another picture not choosen for it. In this picture, it indicates, that the exhibition is going to have to do something […]
