After a long but enjoyable day yesterday at Manchester Artists’ Book Fair (thanks to everyone who bought things!), I am just packing up to go to Yorkshire Sculpture Park tomorrow. After the education bursary, which finished in July, this will be the start of the research and work for my exhibition there in July 2011. I’m just there for a week this time but will be packing my waterproofs, hot water bottle and wellies!
Off to a rainy start, but the sun did come out eventually this afternoon. I am working at YSP for a couple of days doing drop-in workshops to mark the end of my bursary there (this really is the end now, honest).
I’ve also had a great time being shown around the working areas of the park and being introduced to the gorgeous boathouse where I will be able to work in the run up to my exhibition there next July. First residential dates are in November and I can hardly wait!
Last Friday was the launch at of ‘A House Like Me’ at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The event was to mark the end of my year as bursary holder for the Feiweles Trust at the Park. I have compiled the book and it is a mix of digital printing with screen printed dividers.
It was a lovely day and great to get some feedback on this thing that has been filling my house with piles of paper for weeks.
‘A House Like Me’ is intended for educators wanting to work with conceptual art and is based around the themes in my own practice and the projects I have been doing in schools since last September. The book is not for sale, but a pdf version will be online soon, I will post a link as soon as it’s available. Some images can be viewed in the bookworks section on this website.
ISBN 978-1-871480-85-6, Yorkshire Sulpture Park, 2010. Digital print on paper with screenprinted, card dividers. Digital printed folder.
Just a reminder that the Liverpool Art Prize is only on for one more week, so do go and see it if you can – I’m not sure whether the work will be kept afterwards as it is just so big.
A few projects are being plotted at the moment, but I am currently busy finishing my year as bursary holder at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I am making a limited edition book to mark the end of the year, so next week will be full of paper cuts and swear words.
The end of July and August are marked for the studio and some small projects, so looking forward to getting cracking on some new work.
I’m excited to have been chosen to take part in A Curriculum, a new residency programme at A Foundation in Liverpool, during March – May 2010.
The residency is described thus:
“The programme will be scheduled over two months and will include input from visiting artists, curators, gallerists, collectors and commissioners. A Curriculum will give participants the chance to explore a broad range of perspectives which build a picture of the artist within the wider professional context.”
I will be starting a new body of work; working towards my first ever solo show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park early in 2011. Can’t wait to get stuck in.
I will mainly be letting my hair down at the studio Christmas party tonight before having a bit of time off (maybe) over the hols.
In January I will be doing a week long project at the Grundy Gallery in Blackpool called ‘Cardboard Cities’. This will involve a lot of school children, cardboard, parcel tape and should end up with some fantastic structures, which will then be exhibited for a week.
Following that it’s straight back to Yorkshire to get back on with the project there…
Working hard in Yorkshire for the next few weeks. I am the Feiweles Trust Bursary Holder at Yorkshire Sculpture Park for 09/10 and so will be spending a lot of time on the M62 between now and next July. Some of the work is in schools so have been having a great time building all sorts of amazing architectural self-portraits with the children. I am also very tired, but preparing stuff to print for the Fourth Manchester Artists’ Book Fair on Saturday 7th November. Come and see me there if you can!
The book fair went really well and great to meet some new faces, especially Simon Goode (and his beautiful letterpressed book) as well as Unrealised Projects and their really interesting work.
Now I am waiting on some decisions to decide my summer months for me, generally planning plenty of studio time and preparation for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park project, which starts in September.
Some atrocious phtoos of the book fair from my mobile phone attached.