2007 update After 6 years at Cleveland College of Art and Design (CCAD) studying part-time, 2006-07 was earmarked as time to redress the toll of neglect suffered by home and family. I had never intended becoming a professional artist but […]
Tish Bloom (Part-time Fine Art Cleveland College of Art and Design) creates paintings, prints and artist’s books informed by the alchemical sequence and Jung’s concept of ‘individuation’: “My paintings are based on specific ideas that emerge from my fascination with […]
Press Release: Emerging Teesside Artists Fine Art degree students at Cleveland College of Art and Design have been holding their final show this week at the college’s Burlam Road site. The show, which marks the culmination of their honours degree […]
I thought I’d be a last lone voice in the wilderness but it seems we’re mostly still up and running. My grizzles and grumps pale somewhat in comparison to poor Jay – you have my most sincere sympathy, what a […]
Goodbye, Mike, if you’re still logging on. It’s been wonderful to be reminded of another degree run-up. I’m not sure that this format isn’t actually more demanding than exams, especially as we took many of ours down at ‘Old College’ […]
I’ve just taken time to catch up on what everybody else has had to say and it is genuinely reassuring to recognise similar patterns of emotions in all of us. The last time I felt so exhausted was when I […]
It’s going to be a quickie today – I’m absolutely exhausted. I’ve wrestled all day with my computer – I’m meant to be an artist for goodness’ sake! My research dossier has taken me 4 days, my kid-skin has only […]
It’s been a strange old week, one of those that seems to stretch back forever when you try and recall it but has flashed by while you lived it. That’s probably because I’ve been hunched over the computer for a […]
I’m writing this on Sunday evening. R and M are off with the horse, eventing at Ivesley (apparently she’s doing very well) while I’m slowly demolishing a delicious bottle of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc; I can recommend it highly. It’s not […]
There were three deer in our front field as we drove home from the Riverside last Thursday night, their eyes reflecting red and gold in the headlights. This spring has seen an explosion of wildlife in our garden and fields, […]
Another Monday and another morning devoted to sorting the detritus of the weekend. I spend a considerable portion of my life on this planet just clearing up those things that others can’t be bothered with themselves. That’s fine if you […]
Well, here we are at Easter Monday, a sunny, blustery day outside and here I am crouched over my computer, writing this. Work consumes all at present and my social life has died of neglect. We normally go skiing at […]