B I T S T U D I O S South Wales art collective B I T are opening artist studios in East Cardiff very soon, all money has changed hands and we are halfway through a wood sponsorship for […]
Following a series of events this weekend, New Work Network (NWN) is to close. Director Orlagh Woods discusses NWN’s achievements over its fifteen year history, its closure and the future for artists working within ‘pioneering practices’.
In June, I spent the month in the studios in Cyprus at Larnaca and Paphos. Whilst there, I worked mainly on small scale using oils and pastels. Since returning home and developing some of the smaller sketches, I have realised […]
…. and so, one door is almost closing and we begin to approach another, waiting to turn the handle. The closing event of Inhospitable at the Bridewell actually began at various times, as people started to wander in as soon […]
Days 13, 14 and 15 Visits to Rathenau Hallen, Kinderhook and Caracas, and l’Atelier Kunst (spiel)arum and week review. Day 13 was filled with a visit to the studios of four artists based at Rathenau Hallen, Chrs Bierl, Bram Braams, […]
I’ve arranged to spend a day at The White Tree Studios in Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton next month. Belinda Longsden has very kindly said I can use some of their space. I have about 3 or 4 music/sound ideas muddled up […]
It is a Wednesday. Next Tuesday I will be pitching the project to a panel of judges to gain the award of a grant which will pay for the majority of Unrecorded Project’s development. I have run out of money. […]
Home Ground I’m not very good at this am I? My last post was in the spring when I had just embarked on the process of implementing what I had called my ‘Grand Plan’. This was so named half tongue […]
Days 10 & 11 Studio visits at Künstlerhaus Bethanien A few days prior to this visit, we each selected which artists we would like to visit from the 18 currently undertaking a studio residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a […]
Arrival in Liverpool, Monday 1 October, 1.45pm A pack of schoolboys zigzagging up and down the steps of St George’s Hall blazers flapping in the wind all jonpaulgeorgeandringo, taking photos A beach flip-flop on the pavement Japanese students standing in […]
The Old School Room, West Coker
15 – 30 September 2012
Day 6 Artist and gallery visits. Following a coulple of days discussing as a group methods of fundraising and grant proposal writing we ventured out into Berlin to visit a couple of artists and a project space. Visits to artists, […]
September Crits – Part 1 The other week, Katie Goodwin and myself hosted a peer critique session at ASC Studios. This was the third in our post MA Wimbledon roving salon/crit series. We were a little overdue with this one, […]
As The Manchester Contemporary art fair gets underway, we take a tour and talk to some of the galleries taking part this year.
Recently I have been re-visiting Arthur Koestler’s 1964 classic ‘The Act of Creation’. It’s over 700 pages so I have only ever dipped in here and there, and I’m sure it must be very dated in art theory terms. Nevertheless […]
One week before the exhibitions kick off and only now, am I thinking about publicity. It has taken an enormous amount of work to set up these two exhibitions and I feel absolutely drained. So apologies for going down the […]
It had a been a long wait to start my PhD since receiving notification about my AHRC funding in June, but the day was finally here. Armed with a new pencil case, I walked to university, excited to begin the […]
Days 2 and 3 At the beginning of day two we were divided into three groups. Each group was given the assignment of devising a hypothetical proposal for a site specific event, exhibition or project at a designated location in […]
So this is how things stood at the end of year four. Six collaborators, six throws of the dice, six excursions into unknown territory. Six ‘detours’. Detour 1 – Stella threw a number 4 and was handed a dictionary of […]
Busy times, getting used to being back in my own studio after such a long time. It is wonderful. Despite the fact that I thought that I would be revisiting the work I was making with dolls, I am continuing […]
Day 1 – So today was the first working day of the residency. Hangovers all round (a result of last night’s welcome party) aided the group’s camaraderie in a weird way. There are 10 residents in total, 2 of which […]
A good morning of making, thinking and talking for my piece for the SCIBase ‘Inhospitable’ show at Bridewell Studios for the Independents Liverpool Biennial. Can I be honest? I’m not keen on themed shows. Too often I feel like a […]
