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.
Currently watching: Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010) dir Sophie Fiennes. “OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW bears witness to German artist Anselm Kiefer’s alchemical creative processes and renders as a film journey the personal universe he has built […]
Land Strategies and theCommons January 6th to February 21st. Harrington Mill Studios residency The aim of this residency is to create a discourse between all the elements of the residency/exhibition space exploring the genius loci and the intersections of space, […]
In a previous blog post I mentioned two areas of my work which were just beginning to unfold. The AA2A project, http://aa2a.biz/pg/profile/southampton based at Solent University took off to a slow start due to previous commitments and school holidays which […]
Antony Gormley, Susan Philipsz, Jonathan Harvey and David Panton are amongst the artists and arts professionals recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2014.
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #33 Artist led and the development of arts policies “Often an invisible process, artists continually provoke and respond to urban renewal, and thus make visible to other artists and audiences features of [the] terrain not previously recognised […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #34 A similar variation in numbers of artists in an area occurs within the case studies. For example, Eastern Arts Board, which covers the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Essex, Hertford, Lincoln, Norfolk and Suffolk holds a database […]
APIARY STUDOS, London
8 – 17 November 2013
Show opening at Chapel Arts Andover December 20th November 24th 2011 2 wine bottle labels – front & reverse 1 wine bottle label – neck One wine bottle screw cap – in silver One hair grip – clean 2 pull […]
So, sketchbooks still not completed. Horrendous filth at home, which I am valiantly trying to clean up in time for Christmas. The team are still on site, installing the wood pellet boiler, the company involved do not seem to know […]
For the last of guides to Christmas shopping alternatives to the high street, we take a look at gift ideas from artist-led charities, self-organised publishers and craft centres around the UK.