Successful ACE bid to fund two new artist opportunities – coming up soon!

I’m delighted to say that Forest Economic Partnership (FEP) have succeeded in securing an Arts Council Project Grant towards a public engagement project, which sets out to inform local communities about the potential benefit of becoming an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. READ FULL PRESS RELEASE I shall be working with the team as the producer/curator, toContinue reading “Successful ACE bid to fund two new artist opportunities – coming up soon!”

a myriad of opportunities for artists!

Just writing the title for this post warms my cockles! It’s been a while since I have been able to share opportunities – two very different ones – both a pleasure to be involved with. And what makes them special is they are both in the Forest of Dean! Destination Lydney Harbour – a publicContinue reading “a myriad of opportunities for artists!”

chasing rainbows – found in my files, a year later and little change!

This was written just over a year ago on 24th January 2014…..just found it….it’s rather sweet – and still rings true! chasing rainbows… I am chasing rainbows every day, negotiating  the rough terrain of resilience, trying not to trip over my own criteria, catch my toe in the terminologies, tumble down a hill helplessly.  IContinue reading “chasing rainbows – found in my files, a year later and little change!”

new project thanks to ACE G4A funding – connecting people, objects, memories, data

I am delighted to share with you the good news – I have been awarded an Arts council England Grant for the Arts to enable me to immerse myself for a while in deep research and development of an exciting new project. It’s a bit different to what I usually do – but it drawsContinue reading “new project thanks to ACE G4A funding – connecting people, objects, memories, data”

The Story of Objects – new research, partners needed, contact me to discuss

For the last year or so I have been developing a framework for a very special project, The Story of Objects. It’s about orphaned objects, curating and an online repository. It’s social and cultural geography, art and genealogy. Do you work in any of these fields? I’m seeking partners to make this happen……. Would youContinue reading “The Story of Objects – new research, partners needed, contact me to discuss”

response & rant to Axisweb article/report on Behind the Scenes of the Museum: Artists in Collections

I too attended this symposium and I can relate to much of what Gill Nicol reports online. It’s an excellent report of the day and I’m delighted that Axisweb commission such texts – so many journals no longer pay for articles. I wrote a lot of notes myself but have not collated any of them yetContinue reading “response & rant to Axisweb article/report on Behind the Scenes of the Museum: Artists in Collections”