Figure This! Conference about figuration today
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Venue:
Thames-Side Studios Gallery -
Date:
November 30, 2019 at 10:30 AM -
Location:
London
I went to the library yesterday and looked at the linguistics section. For a central library it was surprisingly sparse but I got an Elizabeth Bishop and Sylvia Plath book out. Words by Sylvia Plath Axes After whose stroke the […]
I undertook Dementia Awareness training with Dementia Friends today with Dwell Time and our partners Penistone Line Partnership. What was striking was the difference is approach in dialogue with people with dementia and mental health. With mental health issues, it’s […]
The Oxfordshire-based collective will celebrate 10 years since forming with a series of exhibitions across London and Oxford in autumn 2020.
I interviewed one of the Inspectors at British Transport Police today for Dwell Time. We discussed mental wellbeing and suicide prevention – quite fitting for World Mental Health Day. The interview started off quite guarded but through the course of […]
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Joining a board can provide artists with a voice in the decision-making room and a way to steer the arts agenda. Nicola Naismith explores what’s involved, and hears from artists and their fellow board members about the important contribution artists can make and why being a trustee matters.
Using colourless prismatic materials the interior space is transformed in direct sunlight. Daylight is split into multiple colours with interesting shadows and light-splitting effects. When the sun goes behind a cloud, the colours disappear and the space returns to normal.
The blog records the progress of bursary supported action research with artist Ruth Jones, connected to “The Agency of Visible Women” project.
London’s longest running contemporary visual arts festival, Deptford X, takes place from 25 October – 3 November 2019 and marks its twenty-first anniversary with its largest programme to date.