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Artists discussing their practice and experiences through personal blogs about the projects they’re working on, as they happen, wherever they happen.
Starting a project? Why not share your experiences by writing a blog about it?
Jacqueline Berridge - Setting up 18 studios, Long Eaton, Nottingham
I started this blog before - but I chickened out because nothing was happening and I was beginning to doubt whether we were ever going to get the studios off the ground. With 4 solicitors involved it was bound to take time. However, we have Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Alex Pearl - Alex Pearl is not in the Antarctic
A blog detailing my time not spent in the Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Susan Diab - Making art politically
As artist animateur at Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, 3 October - 16 November, I am considering my own and other people's responses to Thomas Hirschhorn's work 'The Incommensurable Banner'. The exhibition is part of Brighton Photo Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Michael Anthony - Art Blog.
I have been practising Art for around six years consistently, yet since the 70's otherwise! I have begun to explore exhibiting my different works from oil to engineered imagery computer generated, else from photo source &c. I Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Jonathan Moss - Land art project
After placing an advert in AN, I waited eagerly for the responses. We are offering a residency in the French Pyrenees with the aim of creating land art using found and local materials. We thought that it would be interesting to give artists the Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Rob Turner - What is the importance of history ?
I have to depict the history of a town. This was my proposal and it was accepted.Suddenly then; history has become a real thing, not just a word on a piece of paper that represents....well er just ...stuff. I am left wondering now what Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Rosanne Robertson - Manchester Metropolitan University
Fine Art (painting) is a very open course with encouragement and facilities to enable great development into various mediums. Studio space is varied with some very good spaces available. Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Clare Haywood - London College of Communication
Graduate Diploma in Photography at LCC, part of the University of the Arts, London. Read on…
Latest post: 4 December 2008
Graham Swain - Creating: An occasional discourse and diatribe
An exploration into creativity. Feedback is always welcome...wanting to give and share an unique experience...already, slightly concerned... Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Jane Ponsford - You can go anywhere from anywhere
The title of the blog, from a piece of writing by Anni Albers is a rather apt description of the exhilarating feeling of freefall (or is it flying?) that I am feeling now as I emerge from a twelve month project and residency. This year's Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Becky Hunter - Reflecting on art blogging... artyblogger.com
I've just made a makeshift blog of my own (self-coded !) - you can find it here. This [a-n] blog is a way of keeping track of the project, to blog a reflection of a blog, if you will. I'll be learning on my feet, thinking about Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Christine Gray - University of Derby
Studying for a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at the brand shiny new building at Markeaton Street. The new building can offer a wide range of different practices, from lovely dark rooms to a coffee in The Street. The metalwork workshops are just Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Paul Hirst - Erewash Fine Art Residency 2008
This residency offers me a free studio space at the newly renovated Harrington Mill Studios. The one year residency sponsored by Erewash borough council in conjunction with the University of Derby and Harrington Mill Studios is a unique opportunity Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Helen Dearnley - Simulacra and Simulations
I've decided to start a new blog about another project I've been slowly working on.I am in the process of working on a proposal to exhibit a show of works that are interpretations of contemporary art works and contemporary artists Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Rob Turner - Anaver job in 'Staffy-cher' but arm from saaaaf london
I speak estury english and I live in N.E Kent now, but for this project I am working up north, well... the midlands. Very near where my father grew up in fact. I am creating a mosaic focal point for a communal green space. Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Carol Ramsay - Wirral Metropolitan College
Studying for Fine Art BA (Hons) based in Wirral and accredited by John Moores University in Liverpool. Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Jo Howe - Everything Has Gone - A New Adventure
The tombola has stopped spinning, all work has gone, so now what? I will use this blog as a way of documenting my journey, the move away from the lure of aesthetic production for purchase and forward to.... who knows. I just know that what went Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Richard Rowland - Simulated cities
I'm off to Shanghai for a 3-week photographic project funded by the Arts Council England. I’ll be exploring a series of western-style ‘satellite’ towns that have been emerging over the past decade in this rapidly expanding Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
Charlotte Pratley - The (Secret) Life of an East Midlands Artist
Keeping a diary usually starts off well, as it seems to be today (successfully wasting time at work, eating jelly babies) but then I rarely even begin the second entry. This time, however, will be different! I hope to Read on…
Latest post: 3 December 2008
AirSpace Gallery - AirSpace Gallery
The mission: to be the centre for the Visual Arts in Stoke-on-Trent and the region, providing gallery, studio, educational and meeting spaces www.airspacegallery.org Read on…
Latest post: 2 December 2008