CRITICAL THRESHOLD (Caps) is an interactive abstract Augmented Reality (AR) piece of artwork currently exhibited on the side of Ebor Studio building, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, as part of the Billboard Project which is sponsored by the Arts Council England. The […]
Two very different artists responses to the shifting skyline of Manchester. Exhibited at a Deansgate popup gallery and online.
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This morning’s run took me passed the Swiss and the German ambassadors’ residencies. Every morning of the residency, except while we were away in the country, I have been for a run. The runs are about 40 minutes, I have […]
It is difficult to define what being here is giving me – as I write ’giving’ I wonder if I should expect that being here should give me something. I am getting something out of being here – not just […]
Why collect shopping lists? In this episode Guy Bigland tells me how (and why) he uses systems, constraints and rules to create paintings, prints, books and digital media. His latest work ‘All The Time In The World’ lists every second […]
A long meandering conversation via zoom led to an interesting debate about sculpture and forms, about materiality and air, about straight taut grids and floppy flailing grilles. Plan includes starting this conversation via a blog and testing out ideas, experimenting […]
Having shown work at the same venue in 2014, Sharon Haward and Laura Porter hit a chord, stayed in touch and finding many common themes in their work are now putting together a new body of work to exhibit. This blog reflects the ongoing conversation between them.
Hi there. Feeling a bit lost in the woods I thought i’d join A-N to forge some new connections but now I’m here I’m sort of wondering what I’ve paid for? I’ve attended two private views for art prizes in […]
Come along to view paintings, prints, reproductions and a few of my Daily Drawings sketchbooks! Little Nomad Gallery, Keighley Arts Hub 5 November – 17 December 2022 “Vivid, gestural oil paintings display a fascination with facial expressions. Viv has the […]
Most people in the arts seem to accept and even embrace that collaboration is embedded in much of what we do, so when it came to pondering whether to run another cycle of the art award I set up […]
i’ve been settling into a studio at banks mill since august. banks mill is the business incubation space of the university of derby and my studio is one of 4 spaces made available to students through competitive application, for […]
It is taking time for us to work out how to work. I have no experience to compare this residency with however Sorcha said that this is like no other residency that she has been on, and she has been […]
The work being done for the exhibition can just plod on, lots of it to be done, but it can plod on without too much in the way of decision making or hard work just yet. Meanwhile, there’s music going […]
Hi, I’m looking for advice on keeping track of my work (paintings) by way of making a digital inventory or catalogue. Up until now I’ve just used an Excel spreadsheet, but I really want an app or template which can […]
I note that I want the game that we are making to be as inclusive and as chaotic(?) as possible. While others talk of winning, taking turns, and it generally making sense I find myself drawn to it not making […]
There’s so much about motherhood that I wish I had known beforehand but nothing quite prepares you for the madness that comes with it. I’m still processing day by day whilst caught up in the wider messiness of day to […]
