I have a dilemma. Funders tell me that they want evidence that a project idea initiates with the public; “Evidence that your project is needed Grant funders want to move away from organisations thinking up projects by themselves and delivering […]
Well my installation is up and running, after an exhausting 6 hours of hard work yesterday. The new site for the work ( which I hadn’t seen until yesterday) had been temporarily used as a chapel / prayer space, so […]
I was recently asked to give a talk about starting out an art practice in Dumfries and Galloway, to a group of young artists – blueprint100 at the Stove. I’ve learned to avoid these experiences as I am usually far […]
From community projects to land work, Jeremy Hastings has used his many travels and itinerant lifestyle to share skills and learn from landscapes to create painting and photography. Richard Taylor finds out more.
Don’t Frack… the Commonweal When the frackers retreated from the Forest of Dean and the local campaign was suspended, I had to halt my anti fracking murals (see previous blog). But I was reluctant to halt protest art production until […]
An artist struggling to create art in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Sitting down at my first Thrash Out debate, I felt like a fraud. Hardly a public speaker and never one to comment on something without authority or thorough research it seemed unclear what I could contribute. I’d become somewhat passive […]
The recent Artist Hotel event organised by Bristol’s Knowle West Media Centre involved an overnight stay in a community centre as part of a wide-ranging discussion about community art and artist-led regeneration. Rowan Lear reports.
As an artist or freelancer working (on a paid or voluntary basis) in certain environments – such as running workshops in schools or with vulnerable adults – requires you to undertake a check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Educator Sarah Blaszczok explains why a DBS check is needed, how to get one, and the costs involved.
Community artist based at a housing redevelopment in North Kensington interviews residents, councillor, architect and Turner Prize nominated artist.
Visual arts charity Arts Express has launched the UK’s ‘first ever community arts prize’ to celebrate and showcase the work of artists who create participatory and socially engaged projects.
Definitely settled in as Community Artist: collaborating with local art projects, connecting with the V&A collections and mapping out my own artistic concerns. First off, spray painting at the Henry Dickens Court Community Centre. Local children working with TMO, Steph Perkins and lead artist, Claire […]
I have spent months trying to organise a large inclusive art event and I am finally winning
Glass, textiles and paving blocks by artists Susan Kinley and Steven Follen, commissioned by Crawley Borough Council and funded through a Section 106 agreement, were recently installed in the Bewbush area of Crawley, West Sussex as part of the Heart of Bewbush Neighbourhood Improvement Masterplan.
Report by Lucy Day setting out ways in which changes to CRB Disclosures application procedures may affect artists.
Engage/Enquire’s ‘The Art of Influencing Change, Economies and Ecologies’ at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne and NALGAO’s annual conference in Brighton.
Government plans to create between five and ten thousand new jobs for young people who will be paid the minimum wage were announced in May by the then Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell and outgoing Culture Secretary Andy Burnham.
I have recently taken the decision to stop working on community projects and to concentrate on my own practice.
