Drawing Connections: Four works from 30works30days by an artist with chronic illness
I need structure to function. I live with cystic fibrosis (CF) and I don’t have a job, so I’m used to creating my own structure. My daily routine…
The Gig Economy: Making It Work
This article is written following the analysis of four semi structured interviews with gig economy workers in the creative industries. Below is a word cloud of the most frequently used nouns from the interview…
Regenerative Artmaking in the Climate Crisis
Five years ago, as I turned 30, I began to understand the bouts of depression and anxiety that had ravaged my mental health for the preceding decade. It wasn’t only triggered by the unexpected…
Diversity is not Inclusion
Attempting to forge a career as an artist or as any kind of creative professional presents obstacles for anyone. But neurodivergent people including those on the autism spectrum face extra burdens beyond the delights of simply…
North Devon: opening an artist-led gallery space
Opening an artist led contemporary gallery space during a global pandemic in rural Devon doesn’t sound like a good idea on paper, but one year in it feels like one of the best…
Sustainable Arts Practice
The COP26 climate summit took place in November 2021. Global demonstrations have been calling for drastic action to prevent catastrophic global warming. Now has never been a better time to consider our impact on the planet. As…
Dialogues
The latest in our Art World’s series is a video by Catherine Wynne Paton that details her journey learning about other artists practises and forming a peer mentoring group. Catherine Wynne Paton is a conceptual media artist concerned with…
Free MFA’s in the US
The art world has become increasingly global and transnational, with artists participating in residencies, exhibitions and collaborations in all corners of the globe, and biennale’s and art fairs taking place in cities as diverse as…
Conscious Isolation: Networking Together, Apart
Samuel Zealey and I set up Conscious Isolation right at the beginning of lockdown. We speak about and call upon what is important in these difficult times. Culture expands the mind and will bring us…
From Leaving London To Lockdown Collaboration
To deliberately misquote Groove Armada, “Goodbye Nightclub, Hello Country”. Back in my 30s, I thought London and I would be married for life. But then as the years progressed, our relationship became more strained,…
Bolton: Land of Opportunity
Two years ago, at a particularly challenging time in our lives my partner and I made big changes, I quit my teaching job and we moved to Bolton from London. Our aim was to prioritise being…
How to Proceed
It could be argued that the UK is experiencing a very gradual cultural shift. A decades long and relatively definitive trajectory has been ebbed slowly by episodes of both economic and civic uncertainty and we, as often…
California: an interview with Bunnie Reiss
A recent addition to the Los Angeles art community after a move down state from her old stomping ground of Oakland, Bunnie Reiss has set up studio and home in the district of Echo…
Laura Fowle: on artist opportunities
Can do / Must do : Lost in a Sea of Artist Opportunities Continuing to pursue my practice post University was a consistent challenge. I found it harder to define my work since leaving. One…