One more month to go, and then show time! May 2, 3 & 4th. In the meantime, the management company has asked us to vacate the studios we’ve been using, and move to another space in the same building, but […]
Last residency blog. gallery is back to white plus a few additional bumps, it suddenly seems bright and white(ish). All the work has been cleared and the walls selectively repainted. So what have I learned from this residency? It is […]
The latest round of a-n’s Go and see bursary scheme has awarded 10 artists’ initiatives nearly £5000, supporting the exchange of knowledge and fostering joint developments between artists.
Construction Project Day #13 Day 13 and already nearly two weeks of new ideas and making. From this time already my studio practice feels much healthier and my work is developing rapidly. I am enjoying getting in and spending time […]
As part of its New Art Spaces project, Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery has opened its biggest space yet, across a six-storey, 80,000 square feet building in the centre of the city. We pay it a visit and find out what makes it more than just another artists’ studio complex.
Second thought best It’s been a busy few weeks with starting my a-n Re:view meetings, co-curating an upcoming exhibition, viewing studios and looking after a six-week-old baby. I have had a bit of a creative revelation since my meeting with […]
I realize, looking back at my previous post, that I didn’t describe what I actually do. While my artist’s statement is at the bottom of this blog page, I’ve found that one of the best descriptions of my work was […]
I heard back from Creekside Discovery Centre. They ARE interested in giving my structure a new home! As a bug hotel for the kids to clamber upon and observe from all sides. I love that idea! Why not? More and […]
So as stated in the description I am trying to start the first Arts Trail in my local town. I have already come to the conclusion I may be more than a little mad. My reasons for attempting this are […]
I just spent the weekend having back to back meetings in Copenhagen, what a whirl! Very exciting stuff. Luckily I have some very good friends in Copenhagen whom I have known since I lived here in 1997, so I am […]
Well, sometimes in life you just have to accept that some fictitious and well-hidden being will chuck something your way that you can’t avoid. Usually, that’ll happen when you least need an extra thing to think about. That happened in […]
First off, we published our website this week: doggerland.info This hopefully gives a vague indication of things to come from Dogglerland, as well as detailing meetings in Scotland with GENERATORprojects in Dundee, and Many Studios in Glasgow. We have more […]
Remiss or what?! Last post January 2013? It’s now March… Hello again. Well, we’ve got the green light to stay until May 11, 2014, and are firming up plans to show in the first few days of May. I’m not […]
Currently watching: Garbage Warrior (2007), 86 mins, dir Oliver Hodge. “What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing […]
As I am just embarking on a new project freshly funded by the Arts Council of England (so fresh I am still to receive the first paycheque!), I thought it would be fun (and might be mildly entertaining or a […]
Blog it to flog it. After my last two blogs there was a flutter of activity on Twitter and then I got an offer. My blog about part time artists on a-n struck a chord with a lot of artists. […]
Today I find myself sitting in a hotel room pondering tomorrow. I have been given the opportunity to attend the a-n No Boundaries Conference in York and so I wait for a day to see what it brings. I don’t […]
Bristol-based artist Katie Davies, whose video works explore ‘the politics of spectatorship’, has been awarded the joint Berwick Visual Arts and Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival residency.
The artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman died on 19 February 1994. To mark 20 years since his death from an AIDS-related illness, a series of events and screenings are happening throughout the year, including two recently opened exhibitions in London. We talk to the shows’ curators and explore the riches on display.
Graduate Studios Me and Michael Borkowsky and currently putting together a plan to create a set of artist lead studios for recent graduates in Sheffield. I wanted to write a blog about why I feel that this would be a […]
From its base in rural Cambridgeshire, Wysing Arts Centre has been supporting artists to make new work for the past 25 years. We hear from artistic director Donna Lynas, and artists Emma Smith and Seb Patane, about the future aims of the organisation and how the its well-regarded residency programme fosters creative relationships.
I was starting to feel a bit guilty about not having posted since the birthday party. The last two and a half weeks have been (over) full and (over) exhausting. There is still a lot to do and February will […]
