Apologies for not getting this month’s notes online a little sooner —we’re starting to translate them into Welsh to extend their reach and acknowledge the importance of Wales’s bi-linguality. So if you’re reading this in English, but want it in … Continue reading →

Happy 2012 everyone! I know we’re a bit past the new year but the year still has a fresh feel to it and this is my first 2012 blog. Still, I’m aware that it’s mid-February and 2012 is picking up … Continue reading →

Perhaps it’s the prospect of rising tuition fees, but the idea of DIY art school seems to have regained a sudden and pressing currency. People are thinking about, writing about, and organising alternatives to the Academy, exploring the possibility of … Continue reading →

I had lovely day this past Friday—I had a ‘looking day’. I went to various galleries to look at work. You never get a chance to look at openings. It’s all about talking and drinking; any looking that’s done is … Continue reading →

As promised, here’s Emma Geliot’s response to my previous post about what makes a Welsh Artist, nationality and artistic practice. Back in the mid 1980s, not long after graduating from art school, I spent a day in Aberystwyth with a … Continue reading →

So what is a Welsh artist? The idea of artistic practice having a national identity has always made me feel uncomfortable in a globalized world most significantly defined by the wide-spread migration of people. Identity has become increasingly complex in … Continue reading →

Axis asked me to write a blog about what I’m doing out here in Wales ( I’m the Axis Associate in Wales and I will be pulled kicking and screaming into 21st century communication. ) I was intimidated at first. … Continue reading →