It’s a lovely sunny morning and I am working outside. I bought some colourful A4 card from the supermarket and started marking up grids, and cutting out letters for my ‘Follow the bear’ sign. Anna translated this into Finnish which […]
Where in Art Education does the education take place? Artist and educator Mitra Memarzia reports.
Highlights from this year’s degree show reviews.
A selection of post-graduate study routes on offer across the UK.
The brilliant http://www.marketproject.org.uk/ is holding a public debate Too many artists on 9th November. Here are my suggestions to get the ball rolling: The ‘panel’ (me) proposes an annual cull, by instigating a variety of systems in order to maximise […]
Much to report! I have recently returned from a five week stay in Hungary – three weeks on a masterclass building a smokeless kiln and two travelling around Hungary seeing the richness of the arts in Hungary and in particular […]
Finding my voice as a critic, having a party, getting paid extra for great work… and still not covering expenses! Best news first. I feel like i’m actually making a contribution to the art/writing scene in Philadelphia, and on a […]
i’ve submitted to an exhibition today. first time in a long time that i’ve done this and i have had fun doing it. i’ve engaged my alter wordsmith being to big up my very simple idea, and applied to a […]
Another Lazarus-style resurrection for my little blog. So much has happened since I last wrote here. Here are some bullet points: – I went through a huge and stressful break-up resulting in my relocation from Liverpool to Bristol (from where […]
CAZ, Penzance
19 July 2011 to 20 July 2011
The Monks Gallery, Lincoln
7 – 28 July 2011
Niggling nagging feeling has crept in. Well it’s been there for a while, but it has got louder recently. Reading through Julie Dodd’s engaging blog relating to Blackburne House exhibition www.a-n.co.uk/p/1196518 has made me realise that I have to make […]
Quick post today. My review of Jeff Williams’ exhibition There is not anything that returns to nothing (Grizzly Grizzly gallery) is up this morning at Philadelphia’s Artblog. I tried to give a good mix of description and art historical context, […]
What will the future arts environment look like? In the second manifesto artist, writer, photographer and empty shops coordinator Dan Thompson responds to Visions of the Future with his thoughts on the future of the arts.
Installation, photographic and multimedia artist Rich White discusses working for free, the public perception of artists and notions of ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’ in the visual arts.
Artists talking Online editor Andrew Bryant talks to Nicola Dale about collaboration, blogging and a dislike of loose ends.
Not long left! Having moved into my new studio space, written and handed in my dissertation over the two week “break” I am now fully focused on the making of my MA show. I have 1 month and 2 days […]
22-24 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff
18 – 26 February 2011
Anthony Schrag at Standpoint Futures Residency Programme! Focusing on the physical sensations of the body rather than intellect / ideas, Anthony Schrag’s practice occupies an area of artistic practice that integrates performance, participatory events and socially engaged activity. For his […]
The past few days have been filled with preparing presentations for the talks I will be giving next week, looking at flats, looking at studios and following up job leads. The lightning paper at the INTERFACE conference is very short, […]
the project has taken a couple of turns from external influence that i would not have anticipated. not even in my analysing of the risks of the project could i ever have anticipated what happened. i’m not able to talk […]
Sheffield Hallam University and S1 Artspace, Sheffield
10 – 25 June 2011
Sheffield Hallam University and S1 Artspace, Sheffield
10 – 24 June 2011
INTRODUCING… 5 BY 5 Last night was the first of our monthly events. We’d invited 5 East Sussex artists to talk about their work Pecha Kucha-style. The brief was that each artist should talk for 5 minutes about their work, […]
I have hit life in UK back with a bump, and although I am enjoying the food and company, I have all the job/home/studios issues to sort out as expected. I arrived back to Chongqing from Xian on the 9th […]
