Today was the day! I am now the proud owner of a set of keys! After all the waiting and building snag-list sorting, I at last have access to this fantastic building. Had an introductory meeting with some councillors and […]
A few days later, and the dust has started to settle. Examining the nature of a community based residency, and its requirements, we decided to uproot, and move right into the heart of Andover. I think it’s important to be […]
Feedback from the sponsors re. the open studios : great night, a real buzz. But Friday PVs are difficult as the roads are jammed, people still in suits and folks are exhausted. Art was great, food was marvellous and wine […]
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Open Studios is now closed. A fantastic turnout . The PV on Friday was full and food was wiped out. Well almost. A giant sponge provided by Jess wasn’t cut until 8 o’clock – so it was cake for Saturday […]
My name is Vanessa and I am a bum. Well, not really but i feel like it at the moment. I finished m degree in Fine Art and Spanish at Chester Uni in June and since then things don’t really […]
I think the issue with this government high street initiative is that it’s not part of a programme which attempts to actively deal with the underlying problems that have caused the recession in the first place.
Dan Thompson from The Revolutionary Arts Group reveals how artists are once again making use of empty spaces as a means to kick-start both the cultural and economic well being of town centres, and suggests seven steps to enable this area of practice to flourish.
Here are some more images of my drawing/installation that I showed as part of Open Studios at Phoenix Brighton. I’d left the drawing for a while because it has been quite time consuming but felt as though in this context […]
Today, amongst other things I have to research an idea that I have conjured up with the curator Catherine Hemelryck. We are hatching a plan with hopefully the go ahead from Arts Council Funding to form an elaborate selection of […]
Well, i still havent started any work. Not really. I’m getting really quite restless now that ive started to settle in up here in York. However, this may be because i’ve had flu for a week… I found an ancient […]
Phoenix Gallery, Brighton5 September – 11 October 2009
Tracey and Hayley, the artists who are showing work in the HMS Exhibition Space during our open studio event, came to stay on saturday night. We talked til 1.30pm. After a quick tour of Southwell Minster we were at the […]
Being Home As soon as you begin your return journey, you just want to be home. The train journey to the airport was sad – i can’t think of a better word, it was dark, cold and raining for the […]
Writer and editor Jane MacNamee came to visit me in my studio during September. We had the following interview for local and wider publicity about the project.. Hi Clare, are you usually based here as an artist? I’m based here […]
Since I last wrote, things have really started to pick up momentum. An Enterprise Inc meeting made me feel back on the ball again, and as we look forward to the opening of the new Enterprise@Lincoln building, where Sparkhouse businesses […]
I have decided it is time for a new blog. The summer in a certain way has felt endless and I haven’t seemed to be able to find the enthusiasm to keep this blog updated. I have seen it all […]
Richard Taylor in conversation with Carolyn Shepherd, final year degree student at Wirral Metropolitan.
Tuesday – My last day in Finland We turned a different way out of the road this time, and Edwina took me to the side of Riihimaki that i had not been to yet; i am amazed how far this […]
With so many shows on this month, I have barely had time to breather let alone evaluate what has been going on around me. My show at g39, Cardiff has had many visitors and next weekend it sadly comes down. […]
With so many shows on this month, I have barely had time to breathe let alone evaluate what has been going on around me. My show at g39, Cardiff has had many visitors but next weekend it sadly comes down. […]
