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 […]
Construction Project: Day 1 I have set myself a two/three week project to make a construction of my pre-existing materials in my studio everyday in order to free up some ideas and possibilities for new works. I have set myself […]
Getting very excited about the exhibition now, especially as some of the other artists involved have started to send images of works in progress http://w0budong.wordpress.com/news/ – can’t wait to see how it all comes together. It’s so much easier to […]
Creative Scotland has announced £9.4million of capital funding for 12 organisations in Scotland, including Collective Gallery, Fruitmarket Gallery, Cove Park and Hospitalfield Arts.
Over the last 300+ posts, sometimes I have written twaddle, just for the sake of it. I have treated you to a whole new level of mundanity. Today dear reader(s) I have a proper reason for posting, A proper artist’s […]
I’ve been busy recently, completing the new series on aluminium in my studio at Magdalen Road, printmaking at Oxford Printmakers, preparing some new videos for a show in St Petersburg and completing some large paintings for a show at the […]
Following a £1.4million expansion project, Delfina Foundation re-opens its doors with The Politics of Food, a four-year residency project exploring ways creative process and practice can address issues around food, agriculture and the environment.
All a-n’s UK Artist + AIR members get free, specially tailored public and products liability insurance with their annual membership. Here, a-n’s Director outlines why making sure you’re properly covered is essential for every practising artist.
There was a really fantastic co-resident artist working in the studios on Sunday who is working on a top secret project that I can’t share anything about, except perhaps that it deals with environmental issues and soil samples in an […]
The viral infection I’ve had recently has left me feeling quite depleted; I still haven’t managed to get to the studio to address the dire mess it’s in and I’ve had to let go of fulfilling any of the projects […]
Spring Cleaning Its that time of year when I feel the insatiable need to clean and tidy all around me. Last week I decided to give my studio at Rogue a complete overhaul. This meant making room for a plan-chest […]
Hotel Elephant’s recent move from the Heygate Estate to Newington Causeway in South London sees the launch of its first shop and café, along with studios, a gallery and projection room within 15,000 square feet of warehouse space.
I spent a long weekend away on the borders of Somerset and Wiltshire. It was the opening of the Frome part of the touring Sketch show and I went; partly because I was intrigued to see how the exhibition would […]
What does 2014 have in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer.
