//I think POC artists finding support, mentorship and care within the arts is fucking vital for sustainable practice.// Finding pots of money that can be used for mentorship, coaching, counselling, therapy is vital for POC artists. It is necessary. continual unpacking needs […]
A space for documenting mentorship activity supported by a-n Artist Bursary 2018.
A selection of the week’s best shows, including: subversive humour and entertainment value from the Chicago Imagists at Goldsmiths CCA, London; popular culture and historical paranoias at Mostyn, Llandudno; plus a century of the Bauhaus at Nottingham Lakeside Arts.
I’m a little in love with this picture. It features one element of my new installation, which I’m about to show as part of a large group exhibition called Neither Use Nor Ornament or NUNO for short. My work is […]
November 2017 So I’ve been feeling a little stuck. I go out in the dark with a headlamp. It’s really dark. I grew up in Galloway Forest, apparently one of only four Dark Sky Parks in the western world. I […]
I can see that my insurance runs until the 31st of March (although my membership runs Sept to Sept) ? When will the new insurance documents become available? Does your insurance run from April 1st – asking this in case […]
We did the soundchecks back at our Penistone launch venue The White Heart today. Last time we were there the wifi was down so we were looking to hotspot one of our phones and skype call Anak in LA on […]
in my inexperience with social media i’ve arrived at an etiquette stanch to do with following up posts in which i have expressed something in such a way that might make the reader uncomfortable. i think i’m talking about restoring […]
in this post i aim to reflect as well as off load. i need to off load the feelings generated while working within a project. the details of this project are irrelevent as it’s not about the project – it’s […]
This morning I am delaying the start of the drawing, in order to write about the drawing. People have asked me why I have not been stitching, and why I am drawing after a lifetime of stitching. This blog post, […]
I’ve been working on a series of chemo day drawings which I do when I am actually at the chemo unit on my drip and sometimes can’t actually see very well. The paper is thin so each drawing I make […]
Last week we went to our Penistone venue The White Heart to do line checks in advance of our launch next week. On the way over we saw a double rainbow which reminded us of our late friend, who we’re […]
31 October 2017 – March 2019
It is the final weekend for M. On Monday morning I shall drive a hire van over to Uppsala and with the help of Henny, the Art Cube’s artistic leader, pack it up and bring it back to Enköping. […]
Marl, in the height of its use in agriculture, was commonly described as a treatment for ‘exhausted soil’. It was not therefore recommended as a general accelerant or helpful addition to healthy, fertile land. It was rather, applied in times […]
There is always cardboard in my workshop and that’s because I am an artist who often works for Animate Arts Company. Standing upright in the corner making it a little bit difficult to reach the light switches are all the […]
Can’t believe I haven’t blogged since January. Too much has happened since then to write about here. So am skipping the usual diary-type stuff. Suffice it to say…lots of exhibitions, submissions, painting, non-painting, blocked and unblocking has happened. And now […]
A programme to install art as much more than just valid, but essential to Contempory education
Crowd funding site www.crowdfunder.co.uk/artbuilders2020
More News in Brief: New £150,000 grant to ‘embolden’ museums goes to Manchester’s Whitworth and Van Abbemuseum; Sheela Gowda awarded 2019 Maria Lassnig Prize; Culture ministers from 16 German states agree to repatriate artefacts looted in colonial era.
This week’s selection includes exhibitions and publication launches in Cardiff, West Yorkshire, London and Newbury, all taken from a-n’s Events section featuring shows and events posted by a-n members.
