Week 73: 3rd – 9th FebruarySusan Pearce has previously stated that most examples of collecting show that “a collection is not a collection until someone thinks of it in those terms”. (Pearce, 1994, p.158) However, for individual objects to become […]
I’ve started my blog a few times this week, written the first sentence and then abandoned it. There’s been a lot to do and even more to question. Monday – Bank Holiday, I had to work as I don’t earn […]
Almost there!!! Exhibition up, statements done, Studio Works done-price list done-just a few last minute things to do tomorrow. It has been an amazing 6 months-thank you so much ASP.If I hadn’t had a studio to move into I would […]
The artist Alan Davie, who was known for creating works that drew heavily on myth and ‘magic symbolism’, has died at the age of 93.
Ah yes – a reasonable night of sleep results in a very full day of creativity. Well, it all turned-out not quite as planned today. I was looking forward to attending a lecture by YBA Michael Landy at UCS, to […]
My whole mood has changed… aaahg!!!… I was so up for writing positively when I started but have just deleted my opening paragraph… What is it with these people? Why this deliberate, determined push to undermine our subject? We really […]
The deadline for this year’s a-n Degree Shows Guide is fast approaching – make sure that your show is getting the promotion it deserves.
Week 67: 23rd – 29th DecemberAfter last week’s exploration into artistic forms of research mixed with concepts of quantum physics and philosophy, I thought it might be time to consider again the nature of interdisciplinary practice, particularly in relation to […]
Scottish jeweller Kelly Munro has been announced as the Rising Stars 2014 winner at the opening of this year’s exhibition, which showcases the work of emerging craft makers and applied artists who have recently graduated from programmes across the UK.
A new Crafts Council report paints a sombre picture for the future of craft in education, but there are some positives to be found among statistics that show a decline in participation despite an overall increase in provision.
Things have descended into total chaos in my life, and I’ve largely been unable to continue doing anything much at all, never mind art. Without wishing to totally depress everyone completely, I’m currently paying the bedroom tax on my son’s […]
Duncan of Jordanstone graduates Calum and Fraser Brownlee have been awarded the inaugural Fleming-Wyfold Bursary, worth £14,000, at the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition for art and architecture graduates in Scotland.
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 […]
The subject of attending University for the purposes of developing your practice is not without documented debate, and is a debate that highlights the contrasts of learning through academia against learning through intuition and life experiences. One school of thought […]
A new, historically sensitive space at Edinburgh’s former City Observatory on Calton Hill expands Collective’s programme of Scottish and international work.
Polly Staple, director of Chisenhale Gallery in London’s East End, has been awarded the £25,000 Genesis Award for mentoring in the arts.
Why am I doing this blog? This blog is about me expanding my ideas into the public arena. I graduated in 2002, with a Visual Arts degree. I had acclaim about my art, but I did not share this confidence. […]
A Turner Prize winner and three former nominees make up the selection panel for this year’s open platform aimed at final-year students and recent graduates from UK art schools.
Back to earth today – no more Tate and Paul Klee. The walls of the gallery needed a bit of making good so the gallery curator and I spent the afternoon sanding and touching up the walls of the gallery […]
I’m still not getting anywhere with Kickstarter funding, so I’m taking a break for a while. The Christmas Market went well considering we had to move it at short notice. I somehow managed to set it up, and made as […]
Does the idea that the best way to succeed in the creative industries is to comply with the notion that you have to have been to university and follow a particular path really work? In my view it has more […]
Currently Reading: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. Phaidon (eds.). 2009. Phaidon, London. This survey of contemporary sculpture conducted in 2009 spotlights 119 prominent cross-generational artists from 27 countries, introduced by Anne Ellegood. The criteria for inclusion to […]