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Ok, so I’ve never been very patient. I was going to post this next week, but it’s ready now so I might as well post it, right?   click here for part 2

The plan was to start posting from the start of this project but… great plans and all that. Here I am finally writing about it and we are almost halfway through. The summer of planning, recruiting and promoting the project […]

It’s done so here is the link: https://vimeo.com/claresmith/watercressandaffodils Thank you so very much – I watched it this afternoon and cried all over again.  I enjoyed it in March but this was even better and it is a wonderful end to […]

Pamela Schilderman and I have been awarded Arts Council England funding for our exhibition ‘Fool’s Gold’, opening in January 2020 (January 25th – 14th March) at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. The project, which takes place in Rugby, London, and online, will […]

I had a meeting with the Portico Library today and James brought to my attention one of their previous exhibition In So Many Words: Roget’s Thesaurus and the Power of Language.   “The Portico Library’s first Secretary, Peter Mark Roget, […]

Reading list: Social Science, Philosophy and Theology in Dialogue A Relational Perspective Edited ByPierpaolo Donati, Antonio Malo, Giulio Maspero First Published 2019 Imprint Routledge This volume explores the potential of employing a relational paradigm for the purposes of interdisciplinary exchange. […]

Conversational narcissism Anita L. Vangelisti , Mark L. Knapp & John A. Daly Pages 251-274 | Published online: 02 Jun 2009 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03637759009376202?journalCode=rcmm20 Conversational narcissism is typified by an extreme self‐focusing in a conversation, to the exclusion of appropriate concerns for […]

I went to an artist development session run by Anna Turzynski at Compass Live Art in Leeds about Audience Care. Some key points to consider that I took away include: How we communicate with a rapidly changing audience with new […]

I gave my Rubbish talk at Impressions Gallery Bradford in the gallery space where Mandy Barker’s show is on. The talk and ensuing dialogue was recorded and will be available on the website! The Rubbish Conversations after the slide presentation […]

I prepared for my Rubbish talk at Impressions Gallery Bradford and revisited my previous works Talking Rubbish / Rubbish Conversations. I compiled a 30 slide presentation I could talk through but I didn’t prepare a script. My presentation covered some […]

Description: #ArtBuilders Manifesto Day Date And Time Tue, 1 October 2019 09:30 – 15:00 BST Location: Turner Contemporary Rendezvous Margate CT9 1HG SOLD OUT? Want to join us? Please email [email protected] and we will put your name on a reserve […]

As part of my Cause and Effect exhibition, I did an interview with Sarah Goudie, and this is it… Part one… Part two next week…. Thanks to Nicki Kelly at Effing and Blinding Productions for the editing and production.   […]

Walking through a new country… a departure or a new seeking A visceral journey…

This week I had my first meeting at The Orchards specialist school in Flixton, Trafford to talk about how to introduce and adapt Statue performance/workshop for the school setting. I specifically wanted to work with this school as it believes […]