On day one I had six reviews. Of these, three reviewers asked for more information to be sent to them. one was a gallery, one a web publisher, one a museum curator.I was on a high: the conversations I had […]
The process of collaborating on this printmaking residency made me a little nervous. I have collaborated in the past with other artists on specific projects, but often I had already established a good working relationship with that person and our […]
A recent advert by Sainsbury’s in Camden asked for an artist to ‘volunteer their skills’ to refurbish the branch’s staff canteen, with the resulting social media storm prompting press articles and an apology from the supermarket. a-n Executive Director Jeanie Scott considers what the incident says about the barriers and misconceptions artists face.
Filmmaker receives £10,000 grant to cover studio rent at Acme studios for one year.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here My practice is like a jigsaw at the moment. Broken up in the box. A few pieces are down the back of the sofa. A couple of bits look they belong to a different puzzle. […]
Hermine came to see us with some terrible news today. She said she was awfully disappointed and had to come up to tell us straight away. Our faces dropped. What had we done now? “It’s my wine merchant” she wailed, […]
Visiting an artist studio is always a privilege – in fact I think that of any workspace, whatever the context. The attention I give to work and workspaces comes from an extended fascination with how we spend much of our […]
I’d never been to The Spire and I really liked it. I always enjoy things that happen in non-traditional venues; they always seem a bit special somehow. On this occasion we’d come to see New Blood, a concert by three […]
Whilst this might seem a bizarre departure from my latest work on geology, it has sprung from my week in Cyprus and a chance visit to an exhibition in Kolossi Castle to see the work by Lefteris Olympios. He is […]
I had never attended a workshop before so I was excited to see what would happen. It felt exciting to put myself into an unknowing situation with a completely open mind. I was with a group of strangers and there […]
It has taken me a while to write about the performance I did at the collaborative Ramus|Evans event… there are a few reasons for this. Firstly, as usual, just as I think i can’t possibly get any busier… I do! […]
The Glasgow artist Kevin Hutcheson died unexpectedly prior to April’s Glasgow International as he was preparing to open a solo show as part of the festival. Friends and colleagues remember this unassuming master of collage and stalwart of the city’s art scene.
I have just returned to my home in Hastings on the East Sussex coast after an epic ‘Grand Tour’ road trip of the UK. It has been an amazing privilege to take 15 days out of my normal routine to […]
With recent high-profile appointments of women in the visual arts, from Frances Morris as the new director of Tate Modern to Sarah Munro at Baltic, gender equality and the underrepresentation of female artists in the UK’s major art galleries has been put in the spotlight. Dany Louise speaks to female gallery directors who are making sure that the issue gets the attention it deserves.
“Work. Keep digging your well. Don’t think about getting off from work Water is in there somewhere Submit to a daily practice Your loyalty to that Is a ring on the door Keep knocking and the joy inside Will eventually […]
It can very often feel like there’s an unbridgeable gap in understanding between autistics and neurotypicals, with a frustrating delay in that situation changing anytime soon. This is especially true of organisations with established structures and practices in place, like […]
Hi there, thank you for stopping by. The above image is the progress that I have made on my latest drawing. What do you think about it so far? This drawing will take at the very least another six weeks […]
For the past few weeks I’ve kind of just ignored the impending doom that is the degree show; the culmination of 3 years of mediocre work. I haven’t even begun to think about layout/what I want to include/theme/anything. I’ve just […]
A blog on my recent experiences researching and making networks in New York as part of A-N Travel Bursary 2016.
EVA International 2016 is Ireland’s Biennial; this year it is curated by Koyo Kouoh.
After a lot of hard work I have now finally published my website. I used the website builder ‘Weebly’ and my web address is www.molliehart.co.uk. I found ‘Weebly’ to be a really good website builder, it was really simple to […]
A recent artists’ discussion at The NewBridge Project, Newcastle saw three pro-EU speakers stressing the importance of voting to remain in the forthcoming EU Referendum. North East-based artist Lesley Guy reports.
I recently watched Artsnight, presented by the artist Ryan Gander, in which he spoke about the origins of creativity and the phenomenon of ‘positive jealousy’ that is a characteristic of conversations between artists sharing their ideas (2016). In Gander’s description, […]
My Lost Library project started off as a wee idea – I wanted text to become movement. I have tried figuring out where my project could fit into art council wales funding and persevered longer than I ever had before […]
