Space 2 pop up with NHT

So ... some info and deets on the space and the project. The potential is overwhelming... but also oh so exciting.




and some photos of the space - you can see why it's so overwhelming. Because it isn't anything LIKE a white cube, there is a lot to take into consideration in terms of choosing to play up to (or not) the space etc. anyways... i'm relishing the challenging, but wish i had more time.

Working full time as an artist was really challenging, but for totally different reasons. NOT working full time as an artist I think is even harder... I simply don't have time and I'm watching so many opportunities slip by the by. I'm finding at the moment I have just enough time to stay on top of admin and emails (and even that not well) and no time to create...

hm.

anyways...photos of the space :)

Space²… pop up with New Hope Trust

A really exciting new project - I cannot wait to get my hands dirty. It's been a deep dream, for a long time, to find a practical and real link between my artwork and the deep compassion I have for issues related to homelessness -- and an opportunity has come my way.


Saturday November 6, 2010 10:00 AM - Saturday December 18, 2010 4:00 PM

A collaborative project with New Hope Trust in Watford and the local council.


The space is focused around the theme of textiles incorporating gallery, shop and workshops area under one roof.


Developing work that centres around themes of home and vulnerability, I will be occupying part of the space as artist-in-residence, forming a bridge between New Hope Trust and the gallery of artwork exhibited.




Opening date are from the Saturday 6 November – Saturday 18 December 2010Opening times will be: 10am-4pm Monday- Saturday

Queens Road, Watford. WD17 2QN



http://www.watfordnewhope.org.uk/


Here's hoping for a chance to 'give voice' to some really very real and very important heart issues...

Feeling a bit overwhelmed.

It's been quiet on here - because it's been quiet in my head too! It's nearly impossible for me to dip in and out of the creative process of my art practice and at the moment I'm 'out' and afraid to put a toe back 'in' until I have the best part of a week to think. Dangerous, perhaps - particularly since all the 'business' side doesn't draw to a simliar halt - so emails are still coming in and piling up.

I love art, but it intimidates me too.

I'm feeling totally overwhelmed at the moment. I'm sat in my beloved Zetland preparing to pack it all away. My first ever studio... it's nearly time to say goodbye. 'I walk away, it's hard to say goodbye'. I have no idea how to beginning moving out. I don't know what to do with it all. The nature of my practice is that nearly everything is precious because so much of my art is born out of mistakes. It's hard discard anything, incase it's the beginning of something.

I actually think moving out of Zetland is part of the creative development practice. It will invovle a series of decisions that will refine the art I produce - and maybe that is why it's a difficult thing to do. It's not just 'clearing out', it may infact be part of the production of my artwork which requires invested thought and time where each decision matters very much indeed.

Some amazing and breath taking buildings driving through the little villages in France. I'm going to do a drawing from them. Tongiht I'm going to IKEA for frames. Then I'm going to Watford Market to try and sell...

I'll let you know how it goes.