Mature/emerging/auto immune

Had a late night zoom with Jen from Catalyst Arts last night. Talk about changing the emotional path of a busy standard Tuesday. Jen is setting up a project, her last one as a Catalyst Arts Director as her directorship is soon coming to an end. She gets to decide who she works with on

Jan- skates on time people!

As I write it is 4rth Jan. A lifetime since last post, indeed. With Christmas done and kids back to school imminently and gaff now more or less liveable in, feel the feverish need to plan. thinking about First quarter I have to get the Artist in schools residencies done. did a reccie on these

Going on a bit- Re-Vision Festival 2021

I drove up to Belfast this am- I left at 10 and got there just after 3- the trip up was un eventful but I was late arriving because I spent the last hour driving around Belfast city centre negotiating the traffic trying to access the car park.. this seems to be a recurring issue

Clare Haven Opening Night

OK yesterday was the opening of Clare Haven- Behind Closed Doors- Hidden Truths Here is the speech I wrote for the opening night. I don’t give many speeches 🙂 ‘Hello and welcome etc etc. I am one of the project managers for the installation. Paul Corey is the other project Manager- he and I have

Going on a bit

since FIX21 got the opportunity to perform again, this time in glór, with Emma Breadman. We called it Chop Chew. It was discombobulating but also very convenient, given that it was a 10 minute journey so I could get the lunches made etc before leaving. More of that later. Now I am going to Revision

Chop Chop- FIX21 Bienale Catalyst Arts

Thoughts on performance- catalyst arts, as part of FIX21 Biennale Arrived in Belfast after a long train journey and a run through Dublin trying to find Connolly station and being too embarrassed to ask any one because I couldn’t remember where it was. I ended up arriving at Connolly 5 mins too late for the

Stuff I have applied for: an update

And spent many hours writing applications for despite having vowed not to do this any more.. project intensive project arts got email confirmation that this was received. Responses due early October. revision festival got email confirmation this was received. Not sure when they are replying. artist in schools- applying with one school at present. deadline

View of work for Eggs & Butter to date

I have loads more drawings, of Veerla, Kay, and I need to locate here in the studio. Thinking about ways to display these, or some of these. OK here they are but might be more I think.. How to make a story of these drawings. And show the strength of the women. I want to

Soon

SoonWaiting rooms are a special kind of hell. Sitting here 4 hours now, trying to endure the hospital system, sat meekly waiting, as staff breeze by carrying clipboards and doors indeterminably slam.. with that wheezing air push that heavy hospital doors do. Old man sat next to me muttering under his breath giving out, very

Eggs & Butter- armada Kitchen garden More work

I wanted to work on some images which conveyed her movement. Her movement was constant and repetitive, bending, reaching, stopping, pulling, walking up and down. The other images are of her IN and AMONGTh her garden as she is the garden and who made the garden, the two entities go together in my research. She