Work in Progress.. Since 2008, we have been developing ideas for a journey, and a longer period to focus on making work for the project. We have been offered a residency in Cape Town, at Greatmore Studios, part of the […]
03/08/09 The Train to Leicester was very full. I had had to delay my journey a couple of days due to industrial action and was beginning to wonder if many of my fellow passengers would have preferred to have been […]
I am not cut out for this! We had some amazing applications for the HMS Exhibition Space to show during the open studios event in October. We are an unfunded organisation so targeting artists had to be done on a […]
Erik at wip:sthlm has been wonderful in getting everything sorted out so that I have the studio from 1 August. I can’t quite believe how well it is all working out. After meeting Erik and seeing the studio on Wednesday […]
After falling in love with clay at the age of 12 Katie finally went to art school in her mid 20s bursting with a hunger for experimentation, and graduated with a degree in ceramics from Camberwell College of Art in […]
TV studios this afternoon and this evening. Some teams are stronger than others, for sure, and I think the key to that has been to be really clear about how they have decided to work together – either by doing […]
JULIET- At work in the art school shop and robotic with tiredness, I was up working on a drawing for the show untill late late night. Heres some photos of what we did at the Southside Studios yesterday. Install starts […]
After a run of incidents, issues and bad luck Iwas hoping to post some more positive thoughts on the blog. Bad stuff happens but a break would be good. Running the studios has been a virtual process of late, but […]
Creative Coast has just finished the mammouth task of completing the 64 page Festival Brochure! With the this now out the way we start on the next task to promote the festival and prepare for the coordination of the events.We […]
All the gory details of the GSA Mutual adventure this summer at the Southside Studios, Glasgow. Written jointly by Carrie Skinner, Jen White, Amy Birchard and Juliet Fellows-Smith.
JULIET- Just got a text from my friend Joanna, she says ‘Sounds to me like ur beginning to enjoy hiding away!’ Maybe she’s right. I’m sitting at the kitchen table where I’ve been sitting most of the day except now […]
I suppose this is where the ‘degrees unedited’ blog ends. I imagine I will continue on through the ‘artists talking’ bit, could well be an intriguing way of thinking through work and discussing the complications and (hopefully) joys of ongoing […]
Press conference this morning. By being in the main drag of the river, rather than at the edge, we managed to commit to the river as an idea. It created a scene for the press and keep a distance from […]
Joanne Lee writes in praise of the amateur art critic.
A bunch of us are just back from the flea market, and we’re ready to help Paulius carry some old furniture from the dorm to the studios. We ain’t just the talent – we’re talented labourers, too. I’ve always wanted […]
Creative Coast a newly formed artists organisation formed by Sarah Yates and Lorna Crabbe has taken on the Coastal Currents Arts Festival in Hastings this September! Working alongside the Independent Curator Christine Gist the team are curating and coordinating a […]
Vilnius Academy of Arts Dormitory: 2.45pm, local time It rains a lot in Vilnius in the summer, and that’s exactly what it’s doing now. After breakfast at 11am in the dungeon-like restaurant who have the contract to feed us we’re […]
