One spin off already from Forth Valley Open Studios is that last weekend five artists in Stirling got together and organised their own mini Open Studios weekend – and it was a great success! Other spin-offs include a new gallery […]
Open studios went well – if a little quiet due to engineering works on the tube. I had some very positive feedback on the work – the map initially draws people in as they can’t resist trying to read it, […]
This month I’ve spent some happy hours reading the Artists Talking blogs. I’ve been picking a “Choice Blog” for the month, and landed gladly upon David Minton (see this page here). Separately, I’ve been struck by the role of the […]
I am not required to write a dissertation to complete my degree. Instead at NTU Fine Art students are required to hand in 7 staged pieces of writing beginning with a statement of intent and including two 1000 word essays […]
Well, the first Trossachs Open Studios weekend got off to a very wet start. I had some visitors that weekend from China so I took the opportunity to show them a side of British life they had never seen before. […]
Footnotes: the emerging artist On Open Studios My friend’s Open Studios make me cringe, rather like Open Houses do. It’s either other artists wanting to look at the size of the studio-space/house or women with large buggies, and bored partners […]
Taking a trip to Birmingham today has got me wanting to write, although as usual lacking in time. A new set of shows opened at the Ikon, Ikon Eastside, Eastside Projects and Vivid just last weekend. The highlights of the […]
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The annual Craft Curators Forum, a networking and discussion event from the Crafts Council, was held in London 23-24 September.
Update HMS websitePhone the court about proceedures – recommend emailing the judge directly. Email the court – follow up with phonecall to see if received. Positive. Phone HFC company secretary re letting. We have someone keen to rent the ground […]
First day back today and in the new studios. It is looking good with a better seminar room, drawing space, and project space. We have lost the common room and our technician is no longer based in the Fine Art […]
Monday… The first day of the MA in Fine Art, I started the day by organising a space in our allocated area of the Art studios, I claimed my spot by sticking a couple of ink sketches on the wall […]
The second section is well under way now. This is just as well as it is being installed for the Big Draw in less than a months time and I have to be back at Middlesex University to resume my […]
Perthshsire Open Studios Visited a number of studios. Those who had made a big effort to promote and market themselves did well. Others less so. Some blamed the recession. Maybe.
I graduated from Wimbledon in 2006 I was lucky enough to have been selected, almost immediately as eligible for a live work studio in the east end of London. The south edge of the Olympic park is around a five […]
Bookcycle Warehouse, Exeter
18 September – 16 October 2010
Well thats it, this epic summer has come to an end!!! Back to uni next week, although i spent the last week there working on the studio re-build and am back on monday to finish off a few of the […]
We shall soon be hanging and organising the Core gallery open submission which opens next Thursday night, http://bit.ly/DXspecial We have been lucky enough to bag an exclusive interview with Graham Crowley, http://coregalleryinterviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/… so this is uber short and packed full […]
It seems the decision as to when I should leave this first section and move onto the second one has been made for me. I have an Open studios weekend coming up 1 – 3 October at my Euroart studio […]
Box, Nottingham
12 January 2010
