The Norse god Odin has two pet ravens, Hugin and Munin. He sends them out each morning to fly around the world and gather news. When they return they sit on his shoulders and tell him all they have seen […]
Over the past few months I have worked with staff and patients in critical care, changing the environment with light, colour and projected imagery. One patient I met, and have worked with closely, was admitted in June 2018 and has […]
This is the first contribution to this blog by Dean Melbourne. As the project is collaborative it seemed to make sense that one blog would better reflect the tone of experiences as opposed to the repetition of two very similar […]
I have been looking at the work of Austrian avant-garde artist Renate Bertlmann for the last year and I recently visited the Austrian Pavillion in the Venice Biennale, where her work was exhibited. Bertlmann’s work consists of female figures who grapple […]
Curated by Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff, the International Exhibition at the 58th Venice Biennale features work by 74 artists across the two sites at the Giardini and Arsenale. Jack Hutchinson reports.
Maybe I was always going to be a songwriter, but it took me 50 years to actually get round to it? And maybe I was always going to be a lyricist? I love words, the way they feel in my […]
A selection of recommended shows, including: Monster Chetwynd at Eastside Projects, Birmingham, Morgan Quaintance at LUX, London, plus a Cory Arcangel survey at Firstsite, Colchester.
Looking around the studios at Textilsetur here in Iceland, traces left behind by textile artists who have passed through the place over the years peep out at you wherever you look. From every, shelf and drawer, tumble discarded and leftover […]
Astound 2019 – Contemporary Art Exhibition – 10th Anniversary
Nicholson Art Gallery – Stockwell Street Leek
1st to 22nd June
Open 10am – 3.45pm, Monday to Saturday – Free entry
We were at Sheffield Railway Station with our partner Penistone Line Partnership on Wednesday 15th May for Community Rail in the City 2019 The event was promoting the work of the local community rail partnerships and we had some copies […]
DAY 1 I collect keys to the project space. I look around. the empty project space seems somehow frightening. DAY 2 I pack a bag with “art materials” big enough to carry by foot. I walk to Limbo project space. […]
For the second part of my professional development award I am on a course with Australian glass artist, Kirstie Rea, at the studio of artist Silvia Levenson near Milan. The participants on the course are artists who come from all […]
Had a fabulous morning in the studio today running the 2nd print club session. Things are starting to work as I wanted with really constructive peer-to-peer advice for those involved and lots of experimentation. Wonderful morning spent remembering that sometimes […]
Working with new materials and learning new skills. The kelp discovered on the beaches of Kálfshamarsvík, with the blackened, elongated stem-like structures known as stipes and the holdfasts (root-like structures which anchor the kelp to the substrate of the ocean), […]
The sun was out, the sea was sparkling and the beauty of the highlands was clear for all to see as I sketched from the GALE Centre in Gairloch last weekend. I have an exhibition there during this month and […]
