Art making in March has been affected, as with every other aspect of life, by the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s also made me think more about waste/value of objects, such as junk mail and food packaging, in the context of national panic-buying for food.
This long line makes the best of it and is dotted with silver linings in the form of foil wrappers and milk bottle tops. It was a joy to escape into and will be off to a new home soon.
Switching to a wholly domestic-focused life means not only more time for art-making but it has also give me new perspectives on things around the house. I’m making the most of the sunshine and experimenting with painting items with a porous surface with cyanotype photographic chemical… The eggs now hold miniature sea/skyscapes!
I was invited to feature on The Jack Jay Show on BBC Radio Norfolk, on Monday 11th November, to talk about the new Artist Educator Social Network I co-founded with Kaitlin Ferguson. Plus, to talk about the upcoming Material Matters exhibition, as part of the collaborative #SayItWithStitchGY project. The Material Matters exhibition takes place from 19th to 23rd November at Skippings Gallery, King Street, Great Yarmouth. If you missed the live broadcast, you can catch up on our chat from around 1 hour in.
I’d recommend listening to the full 3 hour show, if you have the time, as you’ll hear about a community walking event with free cake in Great Yarmouth, Dean Parkin from The Grit talking about his work inspired by the lost Lowestoft fishing village, and more!
Artist Kaitlin Ferguson and I have been reflecting on our work as artist educators and have the beginnings of a new network for freelance practitioners. We’re hosting the first meet-up on Monday 4th November to establish what would be most beneficial for professionals in the field – whether this would be networking, speakers, sharing stories, creative collaborations or just space to catch-up.
If you are an Artist delivering workshops with communities, in schools, galleries, museums, or with groups of any age or arts discipline, you are welcome to join us.
The venue is Print to the People, 53-55 Pitt Street, Norwich, NR3 1DE. Read more…
I was very pleased to be invited onto the Sophie Little show on Friday 10th May to talk about my upcoming cyanotype workshops at Print to the People studios in Norwich. I brought along some examples of my cyanotype artwork and talked to Sophie about the process and heritage of the technique.
Cley 18, Cley Contemporary Art’s annual exhibition opens to the public today. My most recent work, created for Cley 18 in response to the exhibition brief, is on show at the education space at Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Cley Marshes visitor centre.
The exhibition is open daily until 5th August and shows the work of 60+ Norfolk-based artists at St Margaret’s Church, Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the beach in Cley, north Norfolk.
To find out more about the artwork I produced for the show, take a look at my project page.
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