Tag: art
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Maker Membership Supported Spaces
As part of my Cultures of Care project, I have a some six-month Maker Membership places (worth £150) available for women in the UK who have financial or health challenges in accessing professional development / building their creative practice or are in a group / demographic which is under-represented in the creative sector (global majority or ethnic…
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Words About Women
Way back in 2022, as I was preparing the final version of Criminal Quilts exhibition for Llantarnam Grange, I devised a collaborative project to mark the end of over 10 years working with the stories of women in the criminal justice system in the 19th century. The idea was to create a collaborative artwork with…
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Art-Science project installed in The James Hutton Institute
A recent McFarland & Singer project with The James Hutton Institute is now complete. I’ve been working with Gillian McFarland on this project for a couple of years and the artwork has been delivered to the Hutton Institute. Read more on the McFarland & Singer website. Ruth & Gillian have been collaborating with Dr Isabelle Colas at…
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People Who Get What You Do
One of the biggest challenges I hear about in my mentoring work and other conversations with artists is about understanding your own creative practice through talking to others who get it. We all need to be able to share our ideas, confusions, challenges and talk through how to make sense of all the stuff floating…
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Hand stitched textiles – creating cloth with meaning
I am hosting a new three-day course at the lovely West Dean College, this June, one of only three workshops I am running this year. This art textiles course aims to be a relaxed and enjoyable adventure into creative textiles following the studio practice of textile artist Ruth Singer. Over the course of three days…
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LSA Exhibition Prize
I have three pieces in the Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition at New Walk Museum, Leicester, until 7th December 2019. I’ve also been awarded a prize for one of these pieces, Pierced. The Artist Magazine sponsored this prize which was selected by independent judges: Elizabeth Hawley-Lingham – Director, East Midlands Contemporary Visual Arts Network…
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Chair of Leicester Society of Artists
Over the last couple of years I have been working as a consultant for Creative Leicestershire, researching the future of the role of Made in Leicestershire, a network of local artists. Since this work has now finished, I have decided to try and take some of my recommendations forward through working in partnership with another…
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Criminal Quilts research – October 2017
The research and development phase of Criminal Quilts is now well underway. I have been spending time in residence at Staffordshire Record Office exploring archives and finding out what resources I have to explore during this project and planning what the workshops for volunteers and participants will involve. Stafford Prison photograph albums from the late…
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Rethink your Mind
I’m pleased to have a new piece of work selected for the ReThinkYourMind Yellow Book project. My piece Ash Map will be included in the new book for 2017 which will be launched this week after an awards reception at the House of Lords last week, although I was at the Contemporary Craft Festival so…
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Little Selves Exhibition at New Walk Museum, Leicester
Leicester Society of Artists Little Selves exhibition opened this weekend at New Walk Museum in Leicester. It’s a gorgeous show with some amazing pieces including impressive pieces by local school students as well as a lovely set of miniature paintings from the museum collection. The exhibition continues until 25th June 2017 and is free to…