I have been quite productive as of late and managed to book the photography studio a couple of days ago so I could take some more crisp photos of some of my latest work. I generally struggle with titles for […]
Free Range In July, two weeks after the degree show at Bath Spa, thirty of us are taking part in Free Range, an eight-week series of exhibitions of art and design graduate shows from around the country. It takes place […]
Things that are not really there. I have been focusing on writing my dissertation for uni recently where I have been focusing on the Sublime in contemporary art. Little did I know before I started just how big this subject […]
My aim from doing an art degree is to eventually become an art teacher, I have a passion for the subject that I want to share with others, inspiring them and helping nurture the passion and love of art in […]
I feel a bit guilty for not having posted in a while… it’s been 2 weeks of busy evenings and leaving my camera in uni by mistake! In my last tutorial I was told to a) step things up another […]
Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Allenheads, Northumberland
28 January – 25 February 2012
Just before Christmas 2011 I was successful in getting an Arts Council grant to carry out a photography project documenting the people and places in Shard End to create an exhibition and web resource for the opening of the new […]
Continuing from my last blog, which discussed how I make use of painting as part of my fine art practice, I wanted to look at the role of painting in photography practice. I prefer to shoot on black and white […]
With funding initially awarded in May 2010, the Skills for the Future training scheme from the Heritage Lottery Fund is offering paid training opportunities in museum and heritage settings across the UK.
Alan Dunn, James Thompson (Tomo), Robyn Woolston and The Drawing Paper’s Jon Barraclough and Mike Carney have been revealed as the shortlist for the 2012 Liverpool Art Prize when it returns for its fifth successive year.
Exhibition, residency and bursary opportunities for artists across the UK and beyond.
The show is up at the Old School Room, Phase Two has been handed in and things are underway with the urban sculpture garden in Branksome. It’s pre- Phase Three, the final stage of my masters studies. Last phase I […]
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve given one presentation about my work and now I have another one on the way. I’ve also started another new painting, been working on various pieces of photography work and have applied to […]
My practice and the importance of trying new things I spent the first year of my studio practice making a few different types of work: I made short films of my actions, like Shouting Hello to France; I used photography […]
#tweetart We have a small, self-contained gallery space in our studio (Westgate Studio, Wakefield, UK) which was formerly The Prince Albert and is now white-walled, tidy and has become the latest incarnation of PEEP! gallery; an ongoing curatorial project since […]
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
11 November 2011 – 12 February 2012
Thank goodness the slump didn’t last long. I was beginning to get on my own nerves. I’ve had a refreshing trip out with a friend to a favourite shop… and I’m not going to tell you where it is dear […]
I like to work on a number of projects at once, each project potentially consisting of several pieces of work. This helps me because it is both pragmatic and helps me to be prolific in producing work. When I come […]
