Category: Professional practice

canopy from Seats at the Table Helen Stratford is an interdisciplinary artist who blends methods from art, architecture, ethnography, performance and civic action in her work. She spoke about her work, which aims to expand public participation in architecture and civic design.  Helen’s viewpoint as an artist stems from her chronic illness which required her…

Anna Collette Hunt is a ceramicist living and working in Nottingham. She attended the FdA course at Nottingham College before completing her studies at Nottingham Trent University. While participating in the Nottingham Castle project, she learnt of the Open Exhibition that takes place yearly at Nottingham Castle, decided to enter it and won a prize….

Since I have been searching for a facility where I can process my colour photographs, I visited Make It Easy Lab and had a chat with Alice about what services they offer and how it all works. I booked in to hire the colour darkroom, and the Lab would process my negatives for me in…

One of my paintings was selected for the upcoming ‘Open: The People’s Exhibition’ at Leicester Museum so I have taken it to be re-framed. When I previously exhibited it in Melbourne, I felt that the frame was too neutral, and the work got lost amongst the others. In order for it to stand out amongst…

Blast Theory are a group that create interactive art. Formed in 1991 by artists of different disciplines, they create art that sits between club culture, theatre and live music (though their work is different to theatre in that the artist directly engages with the audience). Their work often responds to areas of popular culture such…

Middle East: In ancient Egypt, it was common for people including women to be tattooed with designs related to their faith. Due to the mummification process it has been possible to see preserved tattoos.  Razzouk Tattoo in Jerusalem is the oldest working tattoo parlour. Its founders, the Razzouk family, had brought the art form with…