The a-n professional bursary has now come to an end, but relationships and projects it has supported continue, so there will be more posts on this blog. So for now – warm thanks to Yasmin Canvin, Caroline Wright and Dr. […]
The first night we were staying in Brno at the 10-Z bunker, this former WWII highly classified fallout bunker was opened up as a hostel with all the original contents inside it; metal beds, sleeping bags, canisters and metal boxes, […]
Our second day we explored the city of Brno’s art galleries and were lucky enough to arrive during the annual design expo; Bienále Grafického Designu 2016, a series of art and design exhibitions were taking place in multiple galleries in […]
The first day in the prison it’s cold, dark, dank, there is no electricity, many of the windows are broken or open, its five degrees outside but feels colder inside. As we start moving about we stir up years of […]
We were welcomed into the print workshop of the art school, and for me this was my first experience of dry point etching. I had my camera with me along with the printed material I had gathered on the site, […]
Our mulita-media workshop was in the technology department in the main school building, we were hoping to do image mapping but were told that it was not possible in the time available so we ended up using some freeware that […]
Haunted Beauty with Nadine Talalla, Emerging Female Artists at the Dissenters’ Gallery, London W10 Exhibition: Dissenters’ Gallery, 391 Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5AA 27th January – 5rd February nadinetalalla.com | dissentersgallery.com Further Events: Artist Workshop – Saturday 28th January, 2pm Conducted by […]
A review of Edward Ardizzone’s exhibition at House of Illustration
Finally, I got to see my biggest inspiration in exhibition! Andrew Salgado is the reason I started painting portraits, and seeing this selection of work has definitely inspired me further. His use of colour, shapes and textures creates multiple layers […]
A journal recording the life of the Dissenters’ Gallery – a unique and unusual space located in the Kensal Green Cemetery
This is a re-blogged post from my website – you can see the original here… For a quick definition of the different types of coaching, take a look here. What is a coach? As an arts professional and educator, the […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here Ah well… It’s all Arty-Bollocks… Right up to the point where you find something you have experienced, and can see it as real. So, having finished my MA nearly five years ago, and having suppressed […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Winners of Wolf Prize announced, high-profile artists support strike on Trump’s inauguration day, and Bangor University fine arts courses under threat.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Birmingham, Leicester, London and Whitby.
The £110million project is to be built on the former Granada Studios site, with Manchester International Festival announced as operator of the new ‘flagship’ cultural venue.
Sarah McCrory has been appointed director of Goldsmiths’ new gallery of contemporary art, designed by Assemble and set to open to the public in spring 2018.
Whilst scrolling aimlessly through my Instagram page I had the thought that the throwaway society that we have now begun to live in has rubbed off on the way we choose to view art. Instead of picking up a book […]
While working on the Simulacrum series which uses a collage fragment and a printed element derived from other fragments, I altered the surfaces of some pieces. I experimented with aging effects for two reasons. Firstly because some of the surfaces […]
A collection of reflections on establishing a coaching practice as an artist and educator.
