I have been reading in Charles Harrison’s ‘Art in Theory 1900 – 2000’ an extract from Joseph Kosuth’s ‘Art after Philosophy’. What he says about painting and its condition underlines some of the problems that I have when I pick […]
Bleaberry Tarn 30th November 2009 After delays in the project caused by periods of sickness for both Richard and I, followed by the Cumbria flooding, we finally made it out to Buttermere for the ascent to Bleaberry Tarn. Last year, […]
The CCS (Creative and Cultural Skills Council) have released the Visual Arts Blueprint after much consultation: http://www.ccskills.org.uk/LinkClick.aspx?filetick… Below are some examples of the recommendations it makes: Ensure that internships are fair and offer high quality career development opportunities by 2010 […]
I am expanding my vocab with words I would rather not know. Calderbank offers for instance. These are offers made by parties to settle a dispute -which a judge will later examine when awarding costs. If a party refuses a […]
Richard Taylor came in today to talk to the second and third year students about blogging. They were split into four groups and we went around each group talking about our blogging experience. I’m hoping they will at least visit […]
This weekend I discovered that if I didn’t have my camera I would do drawing. As much as I love taking photos, there was nothing like drawing. Drawing very fast as the train passed through the countryside at 120mph. I […]
I am 45, and currently working fulltime as an advanced nurse practitioner. what is this you ask? It basically means I work like a doctor but i am a nurse, i have been a nurse for nearly 30 years. got […]
I seem to be too busy to come on here which is disappointing. Anyway – I have been emailing with the possibility of showing some work into an exhibition in Sheffield and have some ideas that they may be interested […]
I am a second year student doing a Ba Fine Art. We are currently doing our gallery practice, so busy busy busy!
Croak. Monday morning – the first one after a very intense load of work in schools and also my first day off in ages. I am struggling to get going. I say day off, but actually that just means no […]
I just caught up on “School of Saatchi,” and while I thought it to be slightly out of date (the question “Is it art?” is not a new one) and ridiculous in parts, (the anonymous phone calls from Saatchi, for […]
A busy week ahead of me: I’m going to read “Time” by Eva Hoffman, I haven’t read as much this semester as everything I have been looking at is dissertation orientated. I’ve also ordered the new blackdog “Art and Text” […]
The LAN are taking part in Lincoln Christmas Market, so this is a flying visit just to make a note of that, and to share some news – I received a very interesting illustration commission to illustrate the cover of […]
Thinking very carefully about what to write today. Last week was a lot of reflecting, reconsidering where I am and considering where this is going. I think it is a confidence thing. Since I began this course I have found […]
In an attempt to avoid doing any work of my own I have taken on some volunteer work, to take my mind off my lack of creativity. I’m helping the family history archive (where I made my last project) catalogue […]
I can’t take my work with transparencies any further until I get my light boxes at the weekend. Layers are an important element of my work. We are all familiar with layers and use them to hide, cover up and […]
Another element of research finds its beginnings in the make-up of Leeds’ new city museum that opened in 2008. Upon making friends with an assistant who worked there I managed to locate and attain a number of wooden panels that […]
On Saturday I presented a new work at the Stanley Picker gallery during the Writing Exhibitions symposium. Here’s an outline of my work, which I called Genuine Smiles: “A sheet of paper is attached to one wall of the gallery, […]
Boards I continue to struggle to paint four boards with black paint. The perfect surface still eludes me however. As of yesterday I had applied and sanded four layers of blackboard paint but still there remained imperfections on each board. […]
Interview at the Walsall Gallery went pretty well. Fantastic building. Beautiful floor. Jon and I had a tough pitch to make though. Building a residency programme that has it’s origin on a responsive footing leaves the field of play completely […]
The Future Jobs Fund is looking to be possible addition to the Chapel Arts studio programme. I had a good chat with those people today, and they think the ideas are (a) good and (b) stand a high chance of […]
Enham in Southampton left me knackered. Re-united again with my sometimes-partner in things arty, Jon Adams, we were speakers at a pilot session for the Dada Exchange programme we are involved with. Usually it serves to provide a mentoring service […]
The Anish Kapoor exhibition was fantastic, although it was smaller than I had expected. ‘Tall Tree and the Eye’ was so beautiful I could have spent all day just circling it, looking at its different reflections if it hadn’t been […]
Here’s an outline of Genuine Smiles, which I showed at the Stanley Picker on Saturday: “A sheet of paper is attached to one wall of the gallery, and attached just below it is a long piece of string with a […]
