I visited the Manor House museum and gallery in Ilkley this afternoon, at which I will be exhibiting during the Easter period. The curator and I seem to have hit it off, and I learned the very good news that a popular local group will be exhibiting in the neighbouring gallery at the same time, … Read more
I’ve been puzzling for a little while about how I am going to cope with a rather congested period in my exhibiting programme later in the spring. I am committed to quite a big solo exhibition at the Manor House Museum in Ilkley, over the Easter period. At the same time, however, knock-on effect of … Read more
Following on the opening of his retrospective exhibition at the South Square Centre, this afternoon Doug Binder gave a talk about his work, and took us on a tour of the exhibition, during which he was able to comment on several of the pictures and the way in which they can be taken as representative … Read more
This morning I called in to the South Square Centre to look at the latest exhibition in the Unit 9 Gallery.* The gallery is occasionally used as a venue for other events, and I had forgotten that a group of elderly ladies meet in there for their knitting circle. b (There is enormous competition for … Read more
This afternoon I went over to Thornton for the re-opening of the South Square Centre. What an encouraging event that was! This community arts centre (with which I have been associated for around twenty years) is opening again after a year of closure for renovation. What a tremendous job they have made of it. The … Read more
After a week of painful hesitation as to whether it is going to be possible for me to put on my Malta and Beyond exhibition, finally we have decided that it is possible for us to go ahead. I will be going up to South Square tomorrow to hang it, with the expert help of … Read more
I spent a part of the day up at the South Square Centre, where my exhibition is due to open during November. Normally the prospect of opening a new show would be exciting, but this occasion promises to be quite hair-raising. The Centre is housed in a group of early 19th. century quarrymen’s cottages. This … Read more
We finally received the news today that the renovation of the South Square Centre in about to begin. The centre is a community arts organisation in the Thornton area of Bradford. It has been in existence since the mid-1980s, and occupies a small square of former quarry workers’ cottages, in which a variety of art-related … Read more
A good part of today has been spent not only working on the updating of my own website (where I feel I’m making great progress) but also checking out the way in which other people (particularly artists) use this form of communication. It seems to me that although we artists are urged to keep up … Read more
This is the message of the day. My struggle with the revision of my website is going quite well, after I have faced my demons and had a pep-talk from Joe Gilmore. There is a lot more to do in order to reach the point for which I am aiming, but I am developing a … Read more