oxfam bookfest.

little did i expect the slight hiccup that occured this morning. one of the shops in the trail has double booked the first week of the art trail for a national campaign week, so the work going into oxfam will be available to be seen from the 19th july.

here's a link to the bookfest blog site

getting a step closer.

the trail planning is ticking over nicely. i remain busy in my own practice with the snee snaw.

we're at the point of putting the exhibition for the art trail together on paper. it's exciting and daunting and fun and i'm looking forward to doing that part of the process and stuff.

on a personal note, i'm starting to wonder if the new work i plan for the art trail will be possible to realise in time, with the snee snaw and realising the art trail organisation on my plate already, will i actually be able to make the work in time...?

time will tell...

we're in good shape.

i've added some more words to the artists page this morning. i'd like to write a post this morning, but i can't decide what to say really.

that old dillema, to blog or not to blog and what to say if one does...

what i can say is a big think you to the so far confirmed artists, it'll make the next food festival meeting so good to tell them about our progress.

My Words of the Day

autonomous(au¦tono|mous)

adjective:
(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs:
the federation included sixteen autonomous republics having the freedom to act independently:
school governors are legally autonomous(in Kantian moral philosophy) acting in accordance with one‘s moral duty rather than one’s desires. Compare with heteronomous.

integrity(in¦teg|rity)
noun
[mass noun]
1 the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles:
a gentleman of complete integrity: the state of being whole and undivided:
upholding territorial integrity and national sovereignty: the condition of being unified or sound in construction:
the structural integrity of the novel: internal consistency or lack of corruption in electronic data:

working at the weekend

i find myself working at the weekend. well that's not exactly correct as what i'm actually doing is editting and adding words to this legacy blog for the art trail while cooking and preparing brunch. i would rather play on this blog adding stuff and stuff than watch ebay continuously waiting for another bidder on an item i have for sale.

now my funded project within my practice has begun, the art trail has become a thing of beauty that i tinker and play with when not in full practice mode. i've added some additional pages to this site, they are for listing the artists and venues of the art trail. i very much get a sense of a work in progress for the whole thing. my funded project to receive funding had to be planned and thought through before any decision could be made about the award. with this project, it is very much in real time and i remain aware of the risks involved in this approach. the benefit of it of course is that in subsequent years of doing the art trail, the basis of knowledge about it will be from this pilot year, so there is everything to gain.

i've placed my own words on the artist page. they are short and to the point. the work will be made during an upcoming residency in derby. i'm quite excited about having an opportunity to show something only a few weeks after having it made. from talking to some of the other artists, there does seem to be a spirit of new beginnings and possibility.

i'm looking forward to how all the work sits together.

it also remains that i view this site as a work in progress and will only be complete once it becomes a legacy of the event. which is a round about way of saying that at any point it's viewed, there's still more to be added to it. so the list of artists added today is not the final list...