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Jamboree-Reflections Part 4

Taking part in Jamboree has made me re-evaluate how I have worked on past projects and inspired me to research and discover new artists and curators. It has been especially interesting to be able to see so many different artists […]

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Jamboree-Reflections Part 3

I took part in this walk and talk led by Katrina Brown on the last day of the event. The lucky spell of amazing weather dissipated and it was a very wet event. However it was still a rather magical […]

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Jamboree2018-Reflection Part 2

Collaborative Making Taking part in Jamboree 2018 allowed me to be part of the main event, as both participant and observer. Workshops such as Lucy Steggals and the crochet session to work in lines or circles and how this then […]

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Reflections on Jamboree

Jamboree 2018 was a gathering of artists and curators at Dartington Estate near Totnes at the end of June. We were blessed with an incredible site and amazing weather, which was especially welcome when taking part in the many walks […]

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This Way…

I loved the signage at Grizedale Arts – both the beauty of the dying tradition of the painted sign (my Great Uncle was a signwriter) and the more contemporary uses. It was not until after the completion of some works (to […]

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Oceans Apart

I was delighted to see another Ocean Liner exhibition planned in my city, ‘Oceans Apart’ opened earlier this month at Manchester Metropolitan Special Collections. On this occasion, despite the advertising, I had very little knowledge of the exact content of […]

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Exploring San Luis Potosí

In the morning of the fourth day I completed and published the Spotify playlist for the Museo Leonora Carrington. In the afternoon Antonio and I went to explore the city centre. He took me round all the main tourist sites and pointed […]

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Documenting

My third day was spent documenting the Museo, looking at the collection in more detail but also the building. I also began thinking about the Spotify playlist and what I would like to include in it. I didn’t want it […]

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Planning

On my second day Antonio and I sat down and made a plan for my stay, which days I would visit the university, when I would make a public presentation of my work, visit to Xilitla and Mexico City. We […]

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Professional Development Bursary 2018: Research trip to Mexico

A research trip to Mexico to visit the Museo Leonora Carrington de San Luis Potosí, Las Pozas in Xilitla and Mexico City, followed by research dissemination and engagement activity in Margate.

Supported by a bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company.

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