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.
In part three of our series highlighting artworks by artists and designer-makers that provide an enticing alternative to the high street, we visit Bexhill-on-Sea, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London.
I never knew at the time how useful learning French would be. It was of course very useful to be able to speak it in Luxembourg, where I lived for 15 years, and eventually ended up translating French for banks […]
From the Turner Prize to the recent Lumiere festival, the visual arts has played an important role in Derry-Londonderry’s 12 months as the first UK City of Culture. But as the year draws to a close, what will its legacy be for art and artists in the city?
“Art is not produced in art Colleges but in studios, with people working together.” Paolozzi I have just finished re-writing my “Masterclass- Ten Days with Paolozzi” Now I am looking for an editor and people to read and check it. […]
An opportunity has arisen, about 5 miles from my front door, for me to “register interest” in occupying a studio. I think I have said here, early on in my blogging, that I didn’t want a studio away from home, […]
Our search for gift ideas beyond the High Street continues as we highlight opportunities to support the work of artists and arts organisations in Aberdeen, Ashford, Bristol, London and Sheffield.
I came in Tuesday as well, but mainly to document the work in progress with my dslr. Haven’t uploaded them yet. which is why I’m still showing you cameraphone images. I shot another video of the unintended ‘incidental/accidental wave’, but […]
Today was really productive. I had a quick catch up with my mentor John and then there was a meeting about our degree show in the studios today. David chaired the meeting and talked us through what to expect and […]
At Art021 (an international art fair at the NIB Building in Shanghai), Art Review Asia provided a counterpoint to the city library’s motif that “Knowledge is Power” – their posters loudly proclaimed: “Power Eats the Soul”. Although I don’t believe […]
Spa Conference Centre, Scarborough
23 – 24 November 2013
I’m trying to finish this article and I keep thinking about how you put up tents. You lay the whole thing out flat on the ground so it’s more or less in the right shape, then you can get it […]
Various across Lincoln, Lincoln
17 – 24 October 2013
An icy chill has descended, seemingly out of nowhere. The Public Art studios were freezing today – not as cold as Rogue Studios can be, but getting there. I spent last night and this morning finalizing a presentation about my […]
