Yesterday I was privileged to share the day with a roomful of arts professionals from the South West UK region to discuss leadership in the visual arts, supported by VASW. The day was fast-moving and stimulating, covering a huge amount of ground in a short time, yet allowing time for deep discussion and exploration. I’mContinue reading “partnership V collaboration in the arts – how different/similar are they?”
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‘Intercourse’ event (love that title!) – “I’m not sitting at the front” last weekend. It was in the Elbow Room in Cardiff.
I really enjoyed the ‘Intercourse’ event (love that title!) – “I’m not sitting at the front” last weekend. It made me think – a lot. The focus was participatory visual arts practice and involved great talks by Gill Nicol and Sophie Hope, interspersed with actions created by artists, which, as a member of the audience,Continue reading “‘Intercourse’ event (love that title!) – “I’m not sitting at the front” last weekend. It was in the Elbow Room in Cardiff.”
Flow likes a challenge, but what does Flow do? who do we work with? where do we do it?
I realised that whilst I’ve been busy having meetings, making plans and thinking forward, I haven’t really shared on my website what I actually DO. Typical, one gets busy doing and forgets to spread the word. And what is my ‘normal’ may not be yours! So here goes, in a nutshell, this is what I/Flow does: Flow specialisesContinue reading “Flow likes a challenge, but what does Flow do? who do we work with? where do we do it?”
last month Free for Feb, this month it’s #internationalwomensday 2 free artist mentor sessions
NOTE, THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 2013, BUT THAT ISN’T EVIDENT ON THE POST. Last month on Friday 1st February I launched Flow Advice by offering a huge TWELVE half-hour mentoring session to artists. All slots were taken and feedback tells me well received. So thanks to everyone for participating and I hope we talk againContinue reading “last month Free for Feb, this month it’s #internationalwomensday 2 free artist mentor sessions”
my first Flow post – time to explore concepts and thoughts – starting with nesting
I usually post from my carolyn-black.co.uk website so this is a first for Flow Contemporary Arts. I want to explore nesting – what does it mean to people? It’s one of those concepts that has a myriad of interpretations. Russian dolls. Birds. Mammals. Parents. Stacking things. Incubation. Settling. Wiki offers a few ideas – someContinue reading “my first Flow post – time to explore concepts and thoughts – starting with nesting”
Carolyn Black 