I attended one of the virtual events at the University of Suffolk’s careers week (26th – 30th April) titled ‘Suffolk and Norfolk School Centred Initial Teacher Training – Routes in to teaching’. As I am currently interested in becoming a […]
Jelly Green is a great example of how to keep the same voice through different platforms, for example Instagram and her website. Websites are often presented in a more professional way, where as Instagram and other social media platforms don’t […]
I was a part of a virtual group exhibition at The Art Station in February 2021 titled ‘Congruous’. Link to exhibition: https://theartstation.uk/exhibition/congruous/ The exhibition consisted of the level 6 Fine Art students at University of Suffolk. For this exhibition we […]
Tom Hunter link: http://www.tomhunter.org/blog/ Little Brown Mushroom link: https://littlebrownmushroom.com/blog/ Comparing Little Brown Mushroom Blog and the Blog section on the Tom Hunter website. The Little Brown Mushroom blog has a function where if you click on an image it enlarges […]
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWmIwbS7elE&ab_channel=M3lart When using Instagram, hashtags can help get your artwork out there for others to see. When you use generic hashtags for example #art, there will be lots of other posts that have used that hashtag, this […]
Both Dia Art and Holt/Smithson Foundation use their brand logo as their profile picture. Dia Art Foundation is verified on Instagram whereas Holt/Smithson Foundation is not. To have an account verified on Instagram, the account needs to have a sizeable […]
These are my notes from visiting artist Ann-Marie James on making a living as an artist. James took an unpaid work experience placement at a museum, and joined a group for young people interested in the arts at Kettle’s Yard. […]
1/4 I’ve created four screenprint copies of my work onto canaletto paper with Justin’s help last week. We exposed the mesh screens to UV at 155/160, washed out the excess, then applied the CMYK inks on the paper with a […]
When researching neurodiversity and art, the subject of access to funding came up for me. The application for funding documents a process that is often very challenging for the neurodiverse creative. Laura Dobbs, in her blog https://rachel.we-are-low-profile.com/blog/ July 2016) talks […]
Hidden in Plain Sight
Over the past few weeks, it has been really interesting looking into the analytics of social media, and also expanding our practice into the professional world. It has made me think about how I use social media as a tool […]
https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/education/pgce/independentpgce I found this course at Buckingham University which offers an iPGCE (a PGCE specifically for Independent schools). I know a number of people who did this course and really rated it, especially as you get to complete the course […]
Whilst looking at PGCE courses I have been having a think about what I want to teach in the future. As I said in a previous post, my end goal is to teach Art at a Prep School level (probably […]
For our Interim Exhibition, we had to do an online exhibition as we were unable to have a physical one due to Covid. As part of this, we did a Social Media take over in which each of use had […]
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I am currently looking at possibly going into a career in teaching after University. It has been a passion of mine for a few years now as I come from a family of teachers and so I have had a […]
How COVID-19 Has Changed Social Media Engagement | Sprout Social Following on from the previous post, I had a look at Sprout Social’s updated report on how Covid-19 has affected the most optimal times to use/post on different social media […]
These are my notes from visiting artist Steve Mcleod As a working artist it’s important to stay connected to groups of different kinds of people. Engage with the industry – be present and participate in what is going on around […]
https://sproutsocial.com/insights/best-times-to-post-on-social-media/ Today I have been looking into the analytics of social media. I wanted to find out more about the most optimal times to post something on different social media platforms. I found a really helpful website called Sprout Social […]
After completing the Charlie Mackesy murals and posting them on my Instagram account, I received a lot of interest from other staff members at the school who would like to have some other paintings in their departments. I have briefly […]
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXTs4XPChcE&list=WL&index=35&t=528s&ab_channel=ArtProf%3ACreate%26Critique These are my notes and what I took away from the video link above. In this video Professor Clara Lieu and Art Prof Teaching Artist Alex Rowe look at how Instagram, an excellent platform for artists, can […]
Twitter has a set layout, so the two twitter accounts feel very similar in terms of proportions. Bruce Gilden’s profile picture shows more personality as he is posing in a fun position however Mark Power has a profile picture where […]
