The UK boasts literally hundreds of visual arts competitions annually. Here, we look at some of the most significant opens and prizes on offer this year.
Key recommendations in Brian McMaster’s review of public arts, launched in January, are that there should be at least two artists on the Boards of arts organisations and that peer review should underpin decisions about arts funding.
Housed in a refurbished art deco cinema in Penarth’s centre, Washington Gallery has become a focal point in this Victorian coastal town.
In this the second feature exploring strategies and approaches to commissioning art in the public realm, the focus is on regeneration and renewal and the role of agencies and consultancies.
It’s a week now since our medieval Christmas Eve ‘vigil’ in St Andrew’s, and I know that both Trevor and I have been thinking a lot about the experience. Being in an empty, darkened church at what would have been […]
happy new year :) this is a picture from the DO YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU in the Terrace Studios&Gallery from 30th November till 16th December 2007. now i'm getting ready to take part in New Research Exhibition at the […]
SOURCE Part of the polaroid mystery is solved. I found another photo and another and followed them back to Ken's blind shed (it has no door). There was a stack of them by the wall. On the grass lay a […]
Photographing the view from my bedroom's window for 49 days at 11 am helped me to experience the changeable atmosphere and scene that I see everyday but never paid attention to its details. The tree leaves, the weather, laundry lines, […]
12/01/08 It was freezing this morning; the Travelodge car park was icy underfoot. There are no footpaths at the Travelodge you are expected to arrive by car and are considered freakish if you don’t. On my walk in I have […]
11/01/08 Today I am told tactfully that there is another artist and I may be in her space also that I can use some shelves if I want. At the interview last year we never discussed how untidy I can […]
Oysters Things here are continuing with other stuff going on too. Before Christmas I had dropped into the staffs Marquetry group to see if they had any ideas about Oysters…..Not the fishy type in shells but the Marquetry technique or […]
Goldfactory Project Space, Egerton Studios, Nottingham
21 October 2007
Today I began my journey to Bedford. In my wisdom I decided to make the first expedition by train. As this was likely to be my most heavily laden leg I thought it would be fun to drag my trunk […]
THIS IS A POST WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN DECEMBER BUT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE CHANGE-OVER. Friday 7th December I spent most of today helping the students to put up an exhibition, discussing presentation issues and how […]
Thursday 10th January Second workshop went well (but started late). The students really took to the process and whilst some were soldering the others were testing their mics on objects and surfaces (and hair). It’s great to get an enthusiastic […]
As the train approached MK Central at 11.25 this morning I prepared to lift my bike onto the platform. But no-one came to unlock the door and so I was trapped and had to continue to London Euston! Almost 2 […]
TRADIGITAL printmaking – experimentation in digital print, incorporating silkscreen/relief/intaglio techniques. I hope to research, question, present +provide an educational resource for artists/printmakers.
