Exchange - a-n The Artists Information Company

One of the activities chosen prior to setting off on the a-n / Castlefield Budapest Artist Delegation 2018 is a suggested reading exchange. Everyone who will be part of the delegation has chosen a text, or in my case a […]

I am so excited to say that I will be taking a train across Europe and heading for Budapest as part of an a-n / Castlefield artist delegation. I intend to blog during and after the trip as a way […]

The third Thought for Food evening is planned, this time centred on the topic of Boundaries. Not face to face, but a virtual meeting, eating and sharing experience. A Thought for Food pack will be sent out to guests containing […]

My aims in travelling to Mexico were to develop Conceal, working towards a publication including this  project alongside two other bodies of work. I also wanted  to share learning practice with organisations in these 3 locations and increase my international experience and […]

50 x 50 =25 international edition exhibition June 9, 2016   I am very happy to announce that 1-2 months ago I was selected to be apart of 50 x 50 = 25 international edition exchange. This exchange will consist […]

As my core focus is on the anthropology of art, I have been reading Morphy and Perkins’ edited collection ‘The Anthropology of Art: A Reader’, which traces the history of this field. In particular, they attempt to redress the neglect […]

Great visit from Val yesterday based in the studio. Conversation was varied and ideas are developing. Val had sent me a PowerPoint ahead of her visit, and from the notes I recorded had extracted “ Efficiency and Productivity” and “Overall […]

The third and final leg of MSB2015 took place last week and lasted for five days rather than the usual two. Forming a residency exchange between artist organisations in Manchester, Sheffield and Birmingham, I formed one of eleven visual artists […]

Today is a bit momentous –  my first day as a 100 % fully self- employed artist. A couple of weeks ago I heard that I had been successful in gaining funding from Bradford organisation Two28 to run a participatory […]

Currently Reading: Brand.New (exhibition catalogue). ed. Jane Pavitt (co-curator). 2002. V&A Publications, London. “Published to coincide with the exhibition, Brand.New takes a challenging look at consumer culture and the proliferation of brand identities at the beginning of the 21st century. […]