With just a few weeks to go ’til the joy of the Degree Show, there’s not really any point in me pretending that I’ll post frequently on here – but I certainly will post enough to show the whole process […]
While I’ve been carrying on with my normal routine, something about NY pops into my head. Random things trigger memories….like the snow on Fargo…packaging on a delivery…words from a song…….all bringing fond memories of events, but also reminding me that […]
Pointeso School of Art Deadline: Jun 30, 2015 Application fee: £60 The state of Lower Soca and the University of Art Pointeso announce scholarships for the year 2015/16. They consist of: – Four Haser NETWORK scholarships for artists of Sound […]
April marked the official launch of the SEA, SKY AND STONE project – a plan to combine art, geology and astronomy drawings into one new book project and move my studio to the Yorkshire coast. Fully funded in under 72 […]
I seem to have been doing all kinds of things in the past week – and seen a lot of people. On the 25th and 26th April I was accepting works for our annual Open art exhibition. We had 92 […]
I was commissioned to write this text to mark 10 years working together for fabricators Plenderleith Scantlebury. ‘One of the perks of being an artist based in one of the most populated artist studios in the country is the wealth […]
This May Day bank holiday weekend sees the launch of the Bristol Art Weekender, a four-day event that brings together 16 of the city’s visual arts venues, producers and artist-run initiatives for the first time. We talk to some of those involved and investigate the wider context for the upsurge in cultural activity in the city.
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since I last put together a blog entry – not because I’ve been holidaying in the Bahamas or anything; far from it! In the first week, I visited my studio space at uni […]
Last time I was talking about how progress isnt linear – and in the light of recent activities I reckon its much more like a spider diagram in fact! I’m preparing for an Open Studio as part of Powys Arts […]
Following a successful application to KARST’s Artist Residency Programme, I am spending a week developing a new video piece in an individual studio space at KARST. KARST is a non-profit contemporary art venue in Plymouth, which comprises a public gallery […]
I have finished printing my 90 flowers! Some of these I printed onto wet Somerset paper and some onto dry. Where the paper was dry I also splattered water so it made the silkscreen inks bleed and this effect was […]
The Northern Rock Foundation, a major funder of arts and community projects in the North East and Cumbria, has announced it is to close following the withdrawal of funding support from Virgin Money.
John Wood and Paul Harrison exhibition launches 18th edition of Stroud’s contemporary arts festival.
Yesterday, I had an interesting visit to Sheffield – it was my first time there. True to form, despite how many maps I print out in advance, I still manage to get incredibly lost and subsequently run late – no […]
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending some time visiting spaces in places outside of Manchester. As part of my move up to London, I wanted to take advantage of the closer proximity to the other cities up […]
Enduring progress! Last week was an amazing turn for my practice; I am so used to taking a couple of rejections per week that I never imagined that I would get a couple of successful applications over two days. In […]
I’ve been back a week and no let up in the pace! It’s been even more of a whirlwind than being in Denmark was, well, what was I expecting? So no time to even blog this week. After a 22 […]
From over 2500 entries, 52 artists have been selected for the 2014 John Moores Prize exhibition, the UK’s largest prize devoted to painting.
New Glasgow International director Sarah McCrory has stamped her personality on the festival’s programme, but the sixth edition of this biennial with a difference still retains its unique character and sense of place.
Major development project will restore former Rubber Company HQ to create specialist arts centre for the city.
