Emma Smith – collaboration (part 1) Emma Smith is an artist whose work I came across earlier this year when I was doing internet research about public art in and around Cambridge area. Emma did a project, creating a permanent […]
The Harley Gallery, Wellbeck
21 August – 3 November 2013
Awareness is a curious thing. One of the short stories we are reading for the Swedish course is a translation of Julio Cortàzar’s Axolotl. Having not read an English translation it took two readings for me to be confident that […]
Quite a few artists I know are still very resistant to social networking. I have tried to convince them that it is an excellent way to engage with other artists and to discover new ones. It is two years since […]
So, I have received all my feedback and information from my wish list of people. I found the bursary really useful in getting me face-to-face meetings with people who had interesting and useful information in relation to my work and […]
London-based studio provider Acme celebrates its 40th anniversary with an archive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, looking at its first decade. Co-founder and Chief Executive, Jonathan Harvey, discusses how a group of recent graduates formed a charitable housing association, launched Acme Gallery and became the self-supporting organisation it is today.
Baile! Baile! Ballet! Fun is not really what comes to mind when I think about Ballet. Aesthetic, grace, control, technical, structure, allure, pattern are words that I’ll associate to the form generally. So is it surprising then my first ever […]
A new artist-led studio and gallery space housed in three shipping containers on the Somerset coast has just announced a residency opportunity for an emerging artist. We find out more from printmaker Susan Lowe, one of the project’s organisers.
Wednesday is a good time for me to blog. It is the one day of the week at I can always entirely dedicate to artistic practice. For some parts of the week I have to be a librarian in order […]
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberstywyth
30 July – 30 September 2013
Worries of the Day The closer you get to that point of feeling ready to make work again, the scarier it gets, I find…And today, is no exception. Some Soul music is on in the background with dozens of questions […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #30 Measurement of the value or success of artist-led practice “The qualities that really empower are not quantifiable. Passion, enthusiasm, inspiration, creativity, tenacity and ambition are the qualities that shape our lives and these are the qualities […]
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #31 In looking at the practices and intentions of artist-led organisations, this study has highlighted the notion of a ‘life-style’ approach and of a visual arts practice which may have different aspirations and operate over different time-frame […]
PART 2 On the 22nd May I began a 3 month full time work contract which marked the start of my first break from making art for 15 years. This was slightly scary (once you stop how do you start […]
So, here I am. Finally writing a blog on A-N. I’ve been blogging over on my own site for a while now – Mud’n’Art – where I’ve been musing on being an artist living in an isolated rural location. But […]
It was not my intention to disappear, especially not after questioning whether or not to renew my a-n membership, however studies, a trip to London and then a lack of technology in the Swedish countryside have led to a rather […]
The curator is deep in conversation with a local artist as I pass through the museum café to join friends for lunch. I can imagine the conversation. The artist is discussing a potential exhibition, the curator explains that much as […]
I’m talking about my installations at the Bluecoat on Saturday (tomorrow). I’ve not had much time to think about the work since it’s installation, the usual flow of peaks & troughs of exhibitions, workshops and commissions artist led events has […]
Linda Pittwood – The Importance of Doing Something and Discussing Everything: critical writing in Liverpool Talking at Art Basel Hong Kong earlier this year, Jan Dalley, Arts Editor for the Financial Times, defined critical writing about art as being “aesthetic […]
The Learning Journal – do we all struggle with getting grips with our learning journals? Our tutor has endlessly re-inforced the importance of keeping a journal and how it should work for us; and that we must keep asking ‘why?’ […]
So, here I am; getting more grown up with every day that passes in my very late-starting career as an artist! Since moving to North Yorkshire from Hampshire eight years ago and taking five of these to recover from an […]
Week 41: 24th – 30th JuneThe day of the transfer assessment was finally here. I’d written previously about the requirements and outcomes for the transfer process (in week 30), so I knew what to expect, but despite this (and reassurances […]
A week of taking time, a rethink, a few changes Had a useful and positive meeting last week with Rashmi Sudhir the Arts Enagagement Officer at Bradford Council , to talk over my ACE application. Rashmi was very positive about […]
North East Visit: Platform-A Gallery & The NewBridge Project I have only stepped foot on North East soil once in my life when I visited Newcastle many years ago. With the uprising of various arts organisations and studios I was […]
“i appear to be approaching a mirror” i wrote as i lay waiting to fall asleep. i was thinking about a blog post and several confluences of thought. i have been thinking a lot of late. you’ll be pleased to […]
