Category / Residencies
Loft Collective podcast
I was recently coerced into participating in a podcast by artist called Brian Kielt for Loft Collective, of which he is a founding member. You can listen to it here. Loft Collective draws together a diverse group of creative practitioners seeking to establish a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas in contemporary visual culture.…
Research interests
I thought that it might be helpful (both for you: the reader, and me: the writer) to focus less on my jobs and professional interests, and more on my almost (hesitantly) artistic interests* *I have not made work as an artist for a very long time, but I will again, at some stage. Dammit. These recurrently all…
Greater Manchester Arts Consultancy
My friend and former Ikon colleague Kate Self and I have been looking for ways to work together for ages, and we’ve found it: a project on behalf of Greater Manchester Arts, which engages both of our interests: artist development (me) and participatory practice (Kate). We’ve been invited to map provision and make recommendations for…
UPDATE: Hospitalfield Residency
Image: Burst, Piñatas, Burst! Terry Fox, Paul McCarthy, Walter Benjamin, Mercedes Sosa and Gertrude Stein, Fabiola Carranza, 2006 http://fabiolacarranza.com Hospitalfield have now released details of all residents in the 2017 tranche. It’s been great to see and hear more about who I will be joining in March 2017. They are: Akiko Kobayashi – Architecture, UK Conor Baird –…
Avenue: a new domestic space initiative for artists
I’ve been ruminating on the idea of providing domestic space for artists for a while… and in Spring 2017 I will launch a new initiative – Avenue – that supports artists/ curators/ academics visiting Belfast, from my own home. My proposal is to offer affordable accommodation to individuals and groups in a supportive, artistic environment,…
Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield
I am thrilled to have been awarded an Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield in Arbroath in March 2017. The Interdisciplinary Residency at Hospitalfield brings together a group of cultural practitioners three times a year for a two week residency. In the past architects, designers, choreographers, composers, musicians, curators, writers, translators, film makers, researchers and many visual…
Welcome to my new website
Hi, and welcome… After many years spent espousing the value of a comprehensive online presence to the artists I have worked with, I have been hiding behind institutional profiles for as long as I can remember. Having moved around a lot as well, people seem confused that I am the same person – this website will…
