this blog is pretty much reached it's intended state of legacy.
Monday, 12 September 2011
the legacy is now...click on link below for the Belper Art Trail 2012 legacy site.
i've added images from the art trail to the corridor arts facebook page and set up the next legacy blog for the Belper Art Trail 2012. the details of artist's works pictures can be seen here.
Monday, 5 September 2011
Belper Art Trail 2011, venues.
we've added images of the venues that took part in this year's trail.
after the summer holidays, work starts on concluding this blog and thoughts turn to future endeavours...
after the summer holidays, work starts on concluding this blog and thoughts turn to future endeavours...
Monday, 18 July 2011
monday morning feeling.
i met nansy this morning to install her work in the oxfam shop. kings street felt very morning after the day before, the memory of the energy present in the street yesterday leaving me feeling lost and out of sorts.
while at the food festival yesterday i felt there was something missing, some connection between the trail and the festival on the day.
i'll sit with the feeling for a while.
Friday, 15 July 2011
we now have the final descriptive sentence for the art trail...
In the 2011 pilot year, we have 9 artists across 7 venues, a peripatetic work and a performance.
the snee snaw in the art trail
we've been able to add a snee snaw performance to the art trail. it'll take place in the belper river gardens on sunday 24th from 2pm till 4pm.
for more info about the snee snaw: click
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
house keeping and invitations
i've been feeling a little 'behind' with the trail organisation for the last 10 days and i'm pleased to say that today i am feeling on top of it all again. the penultimate work is being installed tomorrow and the final piece will go in on monday, the double booking of that last shop meaning there is a delay, oh well, no worries.on the corridor main website the guide and map are available to download. both are formatted for smartphone useage. the thinking behind it is that after say downloading at home or out and about, the smartphone can become a source of information about the artists and what venues are in the trail. chris has done such a lovely job with the map, including the essentials like where to get coffee and cake.
the downloads are available here...
this afternoon we've set up a facebook event to promote the trail, so far there is just over 1,100 people who now know that the trail is happening now. we urge all of you to invite your friends too...spread the word ! let's experiment into seeing how many people we can all get to know about the trail via social media. the great thing is they will be able to download (for free) the Art Trail guide. so even if they cannot make it to Belper, they can find out about the work and the people taking part...
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
The Trail takes shape
yes indeed the trail is taking shape very nicely thank you. yesterday was the main installation day. just a couple more left to install, as a result of finding another shop after the empty shop became unavailable and the double booking of another window.
there are images of the works installed on the blog. to see the full effects of the paintings in the gas showroom, you need to be in the showroom. this actually goes for all the works, you really need to see them for yourselves to appreciate how they all look in situ.
we've struck up an accord with sally in the gas showroom, she's very impressed at the level of work being dispayed, to the point that she's contacting the belper news to do a feature.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
risks
i wrote some time ago about risks within the art trail. this morning we've had another reminder of risk. the shop that has been empty for months and on our radar for displaying stuff has now become a hot bed of activity for something as yet unknown.
as we waited for the agent to arrive this morning to give us the keys there was a feeling of something not being right. at the 10 minute point, of waiting for the agent to arrive with the key i rang him. he was in duffield. i'm expecting a phone call back from him to explain where the landlord is with stuff.
christine and i are rapidly realising we don't have an empty shop right now. contingency plan b will swing into operation, once i've run around the library displaying the international distress signal...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Julian Woodcock in The Black Swan.
the first installation of work has happened this morning. i met julian neatly at 10 o'clock and a really interesting morning ensued. i've also met with jayne and introduced jayne to julian. i enjoyed greatly the conversations around julian's work.
for the record....julian in installation mode...
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
bringing it all together.
with less than a week until 11th, i turn my attention to the art trail again after 3 fairly solid weeks concentrating on my arts council funded snee snaw project. i am quite tired from the performance on sunday, however the later stages of co-organising the art trail is giving me some space from the snee snaw. i reflect that in later years that maybe leaving it all to the week before might not be such a good idea.
having said that, i contacted the participating artists and their collective responses to mounting the exhibition has been brilliant. we're on course for the exhibition to be viewable by the 11th. i acknowledge the help and support of chris and all of those other artists exhibiting at this year's belper art trail.
in terms of learning about mounting the trail, i am certainly doing that and there is a slight risk that the downloadable brochure might not be ready until the 14th july.
as a pilot scheme, i feel i am learning loads and i can't wait to see all the work installed in all the shops.
on a personal note, i have been over ambitious with attempting a new piece of work for the trail. i had hoped to show the new work in lester and nix. it is looking very likely that i will be unable to show any work this year, as the involvement with organising the trail this week leaves me no viable time to make the new work. the work was going to be thinking about the artist as potential. in this case i have not reached a potential i had set out for myself. i hope to make this new work in the future and show it at another opportunity.
I'm thinking of a strategy to include lester and nix in the trail, even though i am unable to show within the premises.
Monday, 27 June 2011
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
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
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...
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
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.
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