Well today on my journey of re-wiring my brain and feeling the fear but doing it anyway I attempted to join a rather selective Arts Network. I always find these things awkward and I don’t really like the idea of them; after all art is subjective so someone judging me and something that is very […]
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Aspex Gallery Freedom’s Road
So some days you have a nice surprise. Some days you have a crap one. Last week I had quite a nice surprise. Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth have been running an open arts project called “Freedom’s Road”. For this they asked artists living within an hour of the gallery to send in small postcard size […]
As mothers, it’s not often that we feel seen, heard and valued. Yet our everyday stories matter, and sharing them can inspire others. Story of Mum: Mums making an exhibition of ourselves is a touring programme of exhibitions and events in galleries and online that aims to put mothers in the spotlight. The exhibition celebrates motherhood, explores […]
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Story of Mum
So today has been pretty cool. First I got an email from this great Arts Centre I approached about the new charity and exhibition space and I got a pretty great response: they could not be trustees owing to the local council upping their rent by 110% and needing to pour all their resources, time […]
A short poem about autism and my son My Little Monkey My little monkey is a cracking little fellow He runs round like a lunatic and is never, ever mellow He likes to twirl in circles and crashes into things He doesn’t understand the world, or the joy he brings My little monkey, […]