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THE END, THE BEGINNING AND THE BIT IN BETWEEN The End of current projects with deadlines The Beginning of a new focus on developing projects, including the Blue Monkey Network (before the deadlines for these projects begin to creep up […]

SKILLS SWAP Today I tested out an idea for the first time. An idea which I hope to establish as a an integral part of the Blue Monkey Network: the idea of Skills Swaps. This week I’m installing some work […]

SOCIAL NETWORKING… Just set up our Blue Monkey Network Facebook page. Really looking forward to getting some feedback & hoping for some “likes”! www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Monkey-Network/216305941729120#!

PLANS AND PROMOTION Last week was a bustle of activity. I spent the whole week split between installing my work at the East Sussex Open and hanging a collaborative show with fellow Blue Monkey, Cat Ingrams and another Eastbourne artist, […]

MAKING PROGRESS Yesterday I enjoyed some of the pleasures on offer at Towner, our new partner in the Blue Monkey Network. In glorious Eastbourne spring sunshine I met with Matthew Rowe, Towner’s Artistic Director, on the cafe balcony with its […]

FRIDAY JOBS My “To Do” list for yesterday: write constitution for the new Blue Monkey Network update website with news of our bursary set up bank account (don’t forget to take ID) deal with NAN Futurific paperwork prepare for talk […]

GREAT NEWS! We have been awarded a NAN Futurific! bursary. This is fantastic news! It means we can put aside time to research the best way to set up our new organisation and to study other organisations who seem to […]

AN OPEN LETTER TO EAST SUSSEX ARTISTS Yesterday I sent out a message to the 200+ artists on our mailing list telling them about our new plans. Already people are responding, telling me how excited they are about the new […]

I have found it incredibly difficult choosing images thinking of where they are going to be placed. Should I choose according to what people might be most likely to buy or want. Or stick to my favourites. My favourites have […]

One of the items on my wishlist during the bursary year was photoshop training. But it became clear that the issue was the quality of the original image itself, rather than its manipulation that was the problem. This was easily […]

A condition of receiving my re:view bursary was to share my experience of the bursary with my peers, so when I was asked by the Bluemonkey artists network based at Towner, Eastbourne I had the perfect opportunity. It was also […]

INTRODUCING… 5X5 After a great evening out last month at Fabrica with Sharon Haward, we were back on home ground at Towner last night for our latest Network event. The evening took a format which we’ve followed before – 5 […]

GOING OUT One of our Blue Monkey New Year Resolutions is to get out more, meet new people, make new friends and see more art! This week, one of our members, Sharon Haward, has been spending the week at Fabrica, […]

BLUE MONKEY LOVES DAVID KEFFORD! Blue Monkey artist Anne Barrell writes, “I very much enjoyed the David Kefford talk at Towner on Wednesday. Part of what he talked about was the importance of artists support networks and about how through […]

BLUE MONKEY BREAKFAST TALK Well here’s a first! On Tuesday I gave a breakfast talk to the Eastbourne and District Chamber of Commerce. This was quite challenging in some ways. For one thing it was day 4 of a very […]

WEBSITE WONDER! Exciting news for the Network this week is that Towner have just launched their new website and we are very proud to have our very own pages!

NEWS AND NEWSLETTER Brilliant! I’ve just had a message from Matt Roberts about arranging a time for me to go and visit him. Part of my NAN Futurific proposal was to visit a couple of other artists’ networks to see […]

EASTBOURNE FESTIVAL The fourth Eastbourne Festival started this weekend, the beginning of 3 weeks of music, arts and literature events in the town. Many Eastbourne artists, including Blue Monkey Studio, open their houses and studios for the festival and it […]

BLUE MONKEY BRAINSTORM Looking forward to meeting with the other Monkeys tomorrow to brainstorm ideas for the Network opening programme : )