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I go to China on 31st October. That is in about 3 weeks, which is not long at all. I feel like I have lots to do before I go but maybe I am just panicking a bit? I think […]
I go to China on 31st October. That is in about 3 weeks, which is not long at all. I feel like I have lots to do before I go but maybe I am just panicking a bit? I think […]
Post 10 Christian Mooney – 2 July Not to repeat myself too much, although at this stage it seemed clear that some of the given advice was overlapping from the 5 mentors but of course with individual nuances. So I […]
It took a long time to adapt, but I’m getting more and more into the studio routine now. I’m finding that even if I only spend 3 ½ hours in the studio, its 3 ½ hours of solid work – […]
The prizewinners of the third annual Lumen Prize international award for digital art have been announced.
My Deptford X, 1: Market Musical, Janette Parris, songs based on her conversations with Market stall holders and local shop-keepers. Janette wrote the songs based on that material (and she also created the Deptford X edition of her ARCH Comic […]
Being an artist has certain pressures associated with it, not everyone understands these pressures, of course. It is only those working within creative fields that seem to ‘get’ it. Finding enough drive to lead your own self-initiated activities on […]
Finding myself in the studios is unusual these days, not because I’m not working, I am, all the time. But because taking a ten month old to a communal studio and expecting her not to a) break something b) injure […]
During my first month at the studios I have had many interesting talks with the lead artist, David Dixon, who has been working hard to set up some amazing opportunities for the associate artists within Chapel Arts Studios. One of […]
Cardiff Contemporary brings together a range of special commissions, exhibitions and residencies across the city for a five-week festival of the visual arts.
At the end of August I moved to Stoke-On-Trent to begin a Graduate Residency at Airspace Gallery. It has now been just over a month since I arrived. ‘Airspace Gallery is a collaborative, artist led project in Stoke-on-Trent, providing professional development […]
Asia Triennial Manchester is a multi-venue festival of contemporary art which for its third edition takes Conflict and Compassion as its theme. Chris Sharratt reports.
Taking the measure of last week I declare it a good one, starting with a cautiously hopeful hospital-appointment and ending with an encounter with an artist I hadn’t met before, not in person that is. This is what I tweeted […]
What are artists’ associate programmes and what do they offer within the broad landscape of artists’ professional development? What should artists consider before applying? Based on extensive research into sixty arts organisations across England, Scotland and Wales, this guide by Dany Louise offers artists help in thinking through the various options available to them.
Kind of at the last minute, I got an email about my ‘Concrete Tower turned Bug Hotel’ at Creekside Discovery Centre, to the effect of: it hasn’t been turned into a bug hotel yet, sorry… something to do with volunteers […]
I’ve heard artists say they don’t want to be ‘over stimulated’ but I wonder if anyone other than me feels ‘over connected?’. Now, I am into modern technology and the way it can make things easier for everyone so that […]
This weekend’s Manchester Contemporary art fair has got more galleries and artists than ever, and it’s in a new venue, too. Chris Sharratt reports.
I have literally spent the last 3 days continuously stripping copper wire – a job that is hard to romanticise and makes me feel like I might be some scrap metal merchant hell-bent on labour intensive tasks. Luckily, to easy […]
Scottish-born oil painter Mackie has been awarded the 18th National Open Art Competition’s top prize of £10,000, from a selection of 29 awards worth over £60,000 in total.
17/09/2014 Week 2 In attendance am 9 artists pm 9 artists 4 new artists If I ever know of an exhibition or opening I am letting the group know so they can attend if they wish. This week it […]
Rebecca Travis reflects on Northern Film and Media’s pilot project Connect/Exchange launched earlier this year.
MODEL is a new artist-run gallery in Liverpool that aims to provide a flexible and experimental platform for artist-led activity in the city. Laura Robertson pays a visit and speaks to its three founders.
The first weekend at Cuckoo Farm Studios has gone by at lighting pace. I managed to make a new work, White Fish with Sweetcorn Salad. Which as planned will be left in the communal barn area of the farm, with […]
Today my task in the studio was to adapt my working space. Yet again the objects that surround me were in flux. How many times have I arranged and rearranged, destroying one order and function to create another? The studio […]
My wallpaper for Sheffield Bazaar at Castle House is inspired by the up/down motion of the lifts it surrounds. With two opposing arrows against the tops of the doors which signal the movement of repetative behaviour, once enacted in the […]