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Untitled blog post from "practicing"
Last night, I went to a dinner organized by PEW charitable trusts, a big arts funder in the US. I liked their description of the characteristics of the curatorial projects they favour: ‘Excellence, imagination, courage’. There were about fifteen or […]
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Untitled blog post from "practicing"
Walking my chihuahua-pomeranian, Bella, this morning, trying to be mindful and appreciate the moment, the few days we get of curling Autumn breezes here before it just gets cold, thinking about what a practice is. I like Sophie Cullinan’s idea […]
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Untitled blog post from "practicing"
Um, so, ever since I heard people, lecturers, talking about ‘art practice’ on my foundation course in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, I’ve been curious as to what the term actually means, and why it’s so important to us to have a ‘practice.’ Rather […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
My workspace history… So, I finally have a workspace that I’m super happy with, except in one respect: it’s in the bedroom of our huge two-room+kitchen apartment, and my boyfriend has such a different sleep schedule to me that when […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
PMT and getting work done I’ll write more next week about my essay for Anthony Boswell – the commissioning, research, and writing processes – but for now, the text is available on my website. But I wanted to dip a […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
This week I learn about the importance of sleep! And food! Also how helpful an orderly work process is. I’ve been working on a short essay for an Artists Talking artist, that hopefully next week I can expand upon in […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
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 […]
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As promised, here’s a little more on rates of pay in the art writing world – as well as some notes on why I decided to start this blog. Honest About Freelancing was inspired by a frank email exchange I […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
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, […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
Reading Emily Speed’s last couple of blog posts made me think about why freelance writers are often as broke (and bad with money) as artists. I agree it’s about all of those 5 points that Emily mentions – ignoring money, […]
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Thought I’d flag up the current Rant on Axis’ website. It’s called Critical Distance, and points out that art reviews are often too harsh, poking fun for the sake of it, or conversely too generously flattering, or too fluffy and […]
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Untitled blog post from "Honest About Freelancing"
I’m pretty nervous about writing on the topics outlined in my blog intro. But as a young creative, struggling to make a living as a freelance art writer, I know how easy it is to peruse the sparkling, clean-lined sites […]