New Year resolutions … play! … play is like joyful experimenting wonder! … wonder is like joyful thinking bank! ’Bank’ ideas – deposit them somewhere safe and withdraw them when appropriate. Remember to pay them interest! These resolutions are more […]
The Day of Epiphany seems a good day for a little reflection as well as a little forward looking … so what did 2022 bring, what kind of a year was it? There were quite a few clearly identifiable significant […]
10 years of Artist Support at SPACE summarises how SPACE, London, has supported artists through its tailored professional development programmes.
This morning’s run took me passed the Swiss and the German ambassadors’ residencies. Every morning of the residency, except while we were away in the country, I have been for a run. The runs are about 40 minutes, I have […]
The residency is not what I expected. Not that I (we) had received any information about what it would be. Perhaps that is why I found myself reflecting on previous residential artistic experiences even if they were not exactly residencies. […]
Arlanda airport – waiting for the plane to Riga where I am on a three week “experimental art” residency – I have no idea what to expect! I am excited to be embarking on my first proper residency – […]
Artist Stephen Palmer interviews Ally Wallace about his Netherdale Stadium residency and subsequent exhibition at Old Gala House.
This afternoon’s meeting with the principle of Wiks Folkuniversitet*, Konstframjändet Uppland*, and three other artists/mentors has been postponed as the principle has Covid. So I find myself at home with nothing specific to do … I can’t remember the last […]
A symposium co-hosted by a-n, the Artists’ Association of Finland and the International Association of Art (IAA) Europe.
This year will be another shorter residency of just under 3 weeks, so my energies need to be focused, rather than drifting happily wherever the mood takes me. Over the past year, I have been reflecting on how to proceed […]
After requesting the Football Art Prize make their prize more accessible to artists on a low income – I’ve had a response – but it’s still woefully short of my expectations for a publicly ACE funded exhibition venue.
Most artists we get across are non-native English speakers. They tell us how challenging they find articulating their practice clearly and profoundly when writing applications and connecting with art professionals in person.
It feels as though I am caught in a bit of a vicious circle (or is that ’cycle’ – no matter). It is the start the of the funding application season here in Sweden: artists’ grants and awards as well […]
George Shaw remembers the excitement and optimism of graduating in the late 1990s and considers “the role of an artist as a truth teller”.
