More room for error: Nicola Ellis
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Archive
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Venue:
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August 27, 2015 -
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September 12, 2015 -
Location:
Yorkshire
i really enjoy the part of making a post where i think up a title. it often sets the tone of my thinking for making the post. today i’ve come up with one that amuses me as it has a […]
A bit of delay in the latest posting as it took me a while to work out my sub was due to Artists’ Network: the administration of modern life! I wanted to post a review of Afgang, 2015, the graduation […]
Susannah Thompson’s review of Ally Wallace’s solo exhibition at Rothesay Pavilion.
Using Reddit to boost your online views, it seemed so simple, I would have a go at that. So I started an account, very easy. Reddit upon first view is pretty incomprehensible, there is a front page that you […]
Adding the ‘grisaille’ layer to my latest drawing with graphite and burnishing tools.
‘all or nothing’ was how I was once aptly described by my friend’s mum. It then became the title of my first solo exhibition. Contemplating a title for this blog, it was the first title to spring to mind and, […]
My first blog, embracing social media, and my art practice
So next at the Aberystwyth gallery is a show by painter Mary Lloyd, I came across a video of her and her work, and it is kind of inspirational, to see she has been working for over 60 years. […]
I have just completed my Fine Art degree and I am hoping to set up a communal art project in the Wakefield- Leeds Area in West Yorkshire, baring in mind I have no money and I am looking for the […]
today is day 6 of my forest school level 3 leader/practioner training. i awoke feeling excited. my art practice now feels accompanied by a supportive, fun, holistic, connected to nature practice that is set to get better and better. […]
Really think this is some mind expanding work, where paper sculptures are created by cutting up and manipulating the pages of old books. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZkvJe9OAM
I went back to Aarhus this week for a quick 2-day trip, doing children’s workshops, more like ten minute chats with groups of children (I have been amazed and impressed by how many schools and kindergartens have been bringing their […]
I wanted to add this video, as it is very informative, and may be of help to others on the site. A curator and producer talks about how to approach galleries with your work and your ideas. It is pretty […]
I knew that a nasty job awaited me after the exhibition opening; namely cleaning up the floor in Roskilde, but quite how nasty, I wasn’t aware. I am writing it up as a blog post because I think it presents […]
On May 28th 2015, The Japan Foundation hosted an event at the Free Word Centre in London entitled: Post 3.11: What Can Art Do? Four Years On: Art and the Disaster.
What happens when you take the scoring system from one iconic European cultural event and apply it to another?
Still working on my piece for the M.U.D exhibition at the end of this month, the piece looks at how we place value on items such as those we use to drink out of and have take away food in. […]