Swifts: A Virtual Residency
Virtual Art Residency with Louisa Chambers, Victoria Lucas, Danica Maier, Olivia Penrose Punnett, Lucy Renton, Sue Withers
Virtual Art Residency with Louisa Chambers, Victoria Lucas, Danica Maier, Olivia Penrose Punnett, Lucy Renton, Sue Withers
Monday: Erika and I will be showing in the adjacent galleries at Uppsala Artists’ Club in January. Earlier in the summer we exchanged a few emails and on Monday afternoon we met up for a chat. We had met at […]
Deep breath, and then GO… Arts Council England said yes. Thank you. I’ve been at this for over a year. If you count the first abortive attempt, nearly two years. This was the seventh attempt. Six unsuccessful applications. So the […]
Deep breath, and then GO… Arts Council England said yes. Thank you. I’ve been at this for over a year. If you count the first abortive attempt, nearly two years. This was the seventh attempt. Six unsuccessful applications. So the […]
“The work is to keep doing the work.” When I read that in Estés’ Women Who Run With Wolves I felt some kind of relief. It makes it ok to never actually be ok, or more accurately to never reach […]
Equilibrium in chaos.
Professional practice journal.
Textiles artist discusses how arts organisations need to better engage deaf and disabled artists, and how the coronavirus pandemic presents a time for change and opportunity.
Wednesday: I set off for Uppsala with enough time to see Alvar Campo’s installation at the museum (and pick-up the second light and tripod) before the committee meeting at the artists’ club. The Observatory (part 1) The Measure of Change, […]
This is my first blog post on a-n :) In the Archaeology of Self series that I have been working since 2019, I explore the intersection of figuration, abstraction and indexicality of subjecthood in the context of the Anthropocene. The […]
Laying a screenprint, one colour separation after another
In the Archaeology of Self series that Jose Westerman has been working since 2019, he explores the intersection of figuration, abstraction and indexicality of subjecthood in the context of the anthropocene. The interplay of the abstract artefacts and the figurative […]
Moscow based photographer wins £15,000, plus an additional £1,250 for being the winner of the Mental Health series category, in prize designed to help combat health taboos.
In the middle of a pandemic, amidst the pain and anger that erupted as a result of the George Floyd murder, it is hard to make art that captures this point in time. Yet, The symbolism of the Four Horsemen seems perfectly suited to these imperfect times.
One drenched, gloomy morning a few weeks ago, we found ourselves on a rural-lane-detour around major roadworks en-route to the studio. As I sat in the passenger seat, snapping photos from the window on my phone (a favourite way of […]
Over the last few months, I’ve been—very speculatively—entering my paintings into a few prize exhibitions and competitions. There are literally hundreds to choose from—just in the UK—and they cover just about any medium, style of work, and career stage you […]
With life being a bit busy of late, last week I realised I hadn’t been out walking with my phone camera and sketchbook for a while. So in pursuit of recording the changing environment and invoking some summery inspiration, I […]
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Sometimes when fragments are drawn together, a kind of transformation takes place. The simple placement of things side by side and interweaved with each other creates a dynamic and centrifugal energy and out of this new possibilities can arise. Nature […]
Solo interactive show during lockdown
This week’s selection features exhibitions, talks and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms, plus newly reopened physical spaces, including: a-n member Loz Atkinson telling the story of her Great Grandfather Arthur Pinder’s death in WW2 at the newly reopened Leicester Museum And Art Gallery, a new digital art project responding to personal and collective relationships with breathing at Modern Art Oxford, plus South London Gallery reopens with Sophie Cundale’s film following the journey of a professional boxer after a near-fatal knockout. Also this week is a Zoom session on how makers can maximise online sales from the Goldsmiths Centre.