21st Century Project Historian Dr Carole Reeves of The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine pointed out to me that this project – The Children of Craig-y-nos- is very much a "21st century project". Even five years ago […]
OPEN DAY We have set a date for our Open Day and have been finalising our invitations, though it seems that our printed cards will not be of much use now because of the postal strike. We will have […]
HOMEWORK As well as sorting out our invitations, the weekend break has allowed a little time for trying out ideas. I have sorted out my seedsmade packets for themthought about how to make a seed cataloguecovered a plant pot with […]
SUNDAY Nipped Jeannie up to the allotment to get spinach and picked greens for supper. Laid out the stem prints and they looked like sewing/sowing. This links with the seed collection and the seed table/seed pot. There is a seeding […]
AWAY DAY Went to work yesterday, it seemed odd not to be on the allotment and to chalk up the date, weather and lesson. Spent the evening sorting, grouping, deleting photos. The stem prints are dry enough to cut into […]
Rummaging Rummaging through a couple of boxes of veneers held by the Staffs Marquetry group I came across lots of lovely looking things. Veneers are fairly inconsistent and I imagine it can take a long time to understand how to […]
Bravo, Dave Grimbleby – and thanks for saying what many of us have thought for a long time.
Serpentine Gallery Pavillion, London
28 September 2007
come and see MY BERLIN WALL At the OPEN STUDIOS, PV 6 to 9pm Saturday Oct 6th, Open 6th & 7th October 12 noon to 6pm. C. Morey de Morand ACAVA Blechynden Street Studios , 54 Blechynden Street W10 6RJ, […]
Sorry about the short delay in getting back with my news. The Tuesday afternoon wasn’t a good day, we got to the slaughter house very late and there was just the secretary and the top director left in the office […]
DAY 4 – COLLECTION (cont’d) Collected 30 varieties of seed Antirrhinum Artichoke Beetroot Bindweed Comfrey Coriander Evening Primrose Gladiolus Golden Rod Green Alkanet Hollyhock Iris Lavender Lupin Marigold Mullein Nasturtium Onion Oregano Pine Poppy Rose Sunflower Sweet Pea Tansy and […]
HALF TERM One crow sat on top of the elder and called to another perched on a lamppost. Lots of birdsong on this damp dewy morning. After our conflab, the sun came out and we printed stems together. Simon turned […]
National Day fervour
Velocity UK One of the recordings has been selected for inclusion in Velocity – Festival of Digital Culture in Lancashire, UK. The work will be available as a podcast within a group of selected sound works designed to be heard […]
Piles Working in the countryside has a lot to do with piles (not the complaint, but of materials) Piles of things are constantly being moved from one place to another, gathered, bundled together, harvested, moved, mown, stacked, un-stacked, restacked, spread […]
October 4th Introduced to this years Social work students taking part in the cross department arts project with SWIG.
This month’s visual arts appointments
Arts Council England’s announcement on 26 September of its new Chief Executive, Alan Davey, was met with mixed feelings in the arts world.
The Crafts Council, the national development agency for contemporary crafts in the UK, has gone through huge changes in the last five years.
Leeds-based artists Lucy Gibson and Yvonne Carmichael are curating a new gallery space in Leeds.
Herts open studios celebrated its seventeenth year in September.
MASA Artists – a group of visual arts practitioners with studios on Blackfriars Road, Salford – are celebrating the organisation’s 25th anniversary with a series of artistic initiatives over the forthcoming months.
Public art think tank ixia’s recent review of public art and planning in England revealed that, through the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), the government is considering changes to the planning system.
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