Last week I had a rare opportunity to step outside of my constructed self, to escape my rigid schedule and reflect. I sat on the bonnet of my car and stared up at the sky as it passed from blue […]
Unique New Forest gallery forced to close following loss of Arts Council funding.
Web-site:annshaw.co.uk Plans are well under way for this years Forth Valley Open Studios and publicity is beginning to kick in. Our local newspaper, The Stirling Observer, is featuring an artist a week in the run up to the event in […]
I’m working on presenting a few things that have been in development for a while at the moment… and all of them are at that difficult stage where I can’t / don’t really want to say too much about them […]
Alice Bradshaw – Solo Exhibition Westgate Studios Project Space, Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BW, UK Preview: Wednesday 30th May 2012, 5-9pm (Wakefield Artwalk). Exhibition runs until 13th June 2012 by appointment. http://aliceandbobcurate.wordpress.com/ [email protected] Alice Bradshaw works with a wide range of […]
We finally have a title for the show: Context An apposition A placing side by side Artefacts brought together in a group exhibition A collection of objects in an antechamber to a collection of artworks in a show A collection […]
After an initial three months of research (taking to people, blue chair walking, hanging out) I am proceeding towards more tangible forms of making work. On 19th May I am inviting residents of Parson Cross and anyone interested in visiting […]
Yesterday we took down Hatch[ED]. Before we took it down I gave a personal tour to Fion Gunn who is curator of City and the City at APT currently: http://www.aptstudios.org/gallery/ The great thing about having a studio in Creekside is […]
Summary of research into international visual artists’ representation by April Britski, Director of Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC).
Here’s the plan. Finish the four paintings I’m still working on, frame them, call that side of it finished. Figure out how to make a bucketload of soap from scratch, buy the materials, make a soap Philip. Sounds easy enough. […]
We have had really positive day of introductions and presentations today and I think we have established a really positive bond with the BYU students and staff. I had asked my students and colleagues to each give me an image […]
Nearly finished my final piece for me second year. Been having kittens over it! Its a charcoal drawing so lots of rubbing out and starting again! Ive enjoyed doing a large piece, as ive found ive been able to be […]
Visited Ort in Balsall Heath yesterday. Cute and cool higgledy piggledy cafe/gallery/performance space fronting the most amazing building. Celia showed us round this vast cavern of prospective artist studios, workshops and office spaces, topped off by a beautiful light and […]
Things have calmed down the last two weeks, I’ve managed to get into the studio a few times and actually have started making some new pieces! Nothing is finished yet, but at least I don’t feel so stagnant. My studio […]
A New Studio I have taken another positive step towards rebuilding my practice. I have a new studio space! I am sharing a studio with Katie Goodwin, with whom I worked with successfully in the past during the MA. We […]
Shisha, the Manchester-based agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts has closed.
Annie Carpenter, Defying Entropy Attempt #1, sculpture, 2011.
We just had one of our degree show meetings today, it’s all getting very exciting, especially seeing the work come together. Walking around the studios, there are elements of really different practices. Vacuum formed masks, paintings, intricate pen drawings onto […]
The ‘Official’ Open day has been and gone now. So though we’ve been open 3 weeks, its official and now hopefully, maybe people will start hearing about us and popping by. Harriet Harman MP and Shadow secretary for Culture was […]
It was a great pleasure to eventually meet the two exchange artists from our partner organisation in Hungary: Ruziska Tunde and Eniko Kontor. They had responded quickly to our invitation and we were to find their enthusiasm and focus typical […]
