I wish I had been able to blog this exhibition every day. Balancing ones own practice and organising something like this is interesting and challenging!There have been plenty of viewers in spite of the wet weather and feedback has been […]
Last night I attended the latest AIR Open Dialogues event at Rivington Place, London. Presenters included Goldsmiths final-year student Aliceson Carter and 2008 ceramics graduate Laura De Benedetti who shared their thoughts on points of departure and reflection. It was […]
Still . . . silence I have been researching in the last few days and found a new Tate Research Paper, Border Crossing by Felicity Allen which reflects on a Tate initiated partnership project called Nahnou-Together . The project started […]
I feel a bit disappointed because I'm not going to get a still or a DVD of the filming that's taking place at work in school of pupils performing the action of chopping onions. I wanted a document that shows […]
I've just got back from a really good, thought provoking all-day symposium at the Regional Print Centre in Wrexham, timed to coincide with the Wrexham Print International 2009. There was a particular focus on the role of artists' blogs with […]
Jananne Al-Ani describes how her experiences as an artist have informed her development of curatorial projects.
met my first year helper today, i was impressed at here listening ability and ability to ask questions and generally sound really positive about the work I’m about to mount. we’ve had another meeting in the spaces, I’m working in […]
Bury Art Gallery, Bury, Lancashire
2 May – 18 July 2009
So very tired this morning. Workshop in a youth centre in Everton for Tate last night. A very challenging workshop in Everton last night.. a few glimpses of making progress, but mostly it fell flat.. partly down to me overestimating […]
I thought I would feel terrible: I have just sent an email to my studio group telling them I am leaving to go to the Royal Standard (another space in Liverpool), however, I am mainly relieved. I will have a […]
and relax. bank holiday weekend, sun is out, i have time to catch up with myself and my blog. i started a degree in response to asking myself how good i was. this has become how aware i am, through […]
I think what I am trying to express is how difficult it is to find work at the moment, just an ordinary part time job to support my practice would be nice, but it's nearly a year since I graduated, […]
It was the AIR Open Dialogue event last night at Castlefield Gallery. Very nice to finally meet Susan Jones after much emailing, and also great to discuss the very basics of practice with loads of new faces. I thought about […]
Statement is done; Amisha sent me the proof of the invite to look over, which was quite exciting. I couldn’t decide on which image to use so sent a few for her to choose from. She went for the one […]
Not sure where the last month has gone and feel adement to use this more regularly now. I have been going through a transition, one which is exciting. For the last 4 months I have been floating- feeling excited about […]
Continued… Back at the retreat- shared concerns and needs for the region were shared- we identified what we had and where we wanted to go and what we needed to get there. Confidence was a shared issue and in a […]
This month has been one for talking it seems. I have been asked to do talks on several of the things I am involved with; me (!), Wolstenholme Projects and the book fair mostly. On Saturday night I was at […]
Andrew Maclean is one of three graduates from the 2003 a-n Magazine degree show reviews feature ‘School’s out’ who hav given updates on their practice in ‘School reunion’ as part of 2009 Degrees.
A colleague of a friend asked me last year if I was interested in doing a few life classes for medical students – my recent work has been based within the landscape but I have a long association with life […]
Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts, University of Bath
4 March – 12 June
Jane Watt reports on the Brighton symposium Is Design Good For You? considering the range of projects that artists undertake in healthcare environments.
Urgh. Counting down the days. Or perhaps I should be, there seems to be a lack of urgency in my practice. Not sure if its relaxed (in a good way) or paralysed. Partly because there seems to be so much […]
Another week has sped by and what have I been up to? I worked the bank holiday over at another shop in Hatfield. Joy, oh joy! But it’s a job at least. (restrain the full moan!) The rest of the […]
why do a degree why do a degree when there could be three years of fun and earning and having a good time, with no one influencing or passing comment on ‘where you are’ or ‘what you are doing’ why […]
Tate Britain, London
3 February – 26 April 2009
