18th/03/2013 On Monday, I had the opportunity to move into a more visible space in the gallery, this was the hire space at the front of the Wolverhampton Art Gallery. This would give me more chance to meet more local […]
Today is my last day, I am gutted that the journey has gone so quickly, but I am excited that it is the start of a new piece of work. Here is an section of the story that I wrote […]
27th/03/2013 Today, I am visited by Deborah Robinson from New Art Gallery Walsall, in order to discuss how I think the residence has gone. I also saw this as a chance to show her my previous work and also discuss […]
26th/03/2013 On Tuesday I come into the gallery with the idea of writing a story based on the information that I have received, and for this story to act as a narrative for a performance piece that could be carried […]
25th/03/2013 Today (Monday) I have started to put together a narrative for my work and plan what I need to do in order to make the work happen. I wanted to bring together all the information that I have been […]
23/03/2013 Saturday was the day of the public talk, it was also the day that winter had decided to come back. Just when you thought spring had arrived, winter arrives in all its glory, covering fields in white blankets. My […]
22/03/2013 After having Thursday off in order to go to London to see an exhibition. I returned to the gallery on the Friday in order to deliver a talk my work and progression of the residency to staff at the […]
20th/03/2013 Wednesday allowed me to further concentrate my ideas and thoughts and also digests everything that I have seen and heard. My current ideas for making the new work evolve around the themes of Geology, Mountaineering, Botany, and landscapes, whilst […]
19th/03/2013 On Tuesday, I was rather excited as I was going to meet Rachel Lambert-Jones who is in charge of Collections at the Gallery. Upon first meeting her, I knew that she knew her stuff about the paintings that the […]
16th/03/2013 On Saturday, I had some time to reflect and think about what I had seen and try to pin some ideas down for a new piece of work. I also wanted to explore the Wolverhampton itself. So I went […]
15/03/13 Today I visited Bilston Graft Gallery to meet up with Sophie McIntosh, the head curator and manger of the gallery. I took a 20minute tram journey from Wolverhampton to the graft gallery, and was kindly given directions by those […]
14/03/2013 Today I visited the old dressing room for Wolverhampton Football Club, this was situated in the Molineux Hotel. The building is now home of the Archives material dating back to 15th Century. The Building itself is over 300 years […]