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[stellabarak]

Rochester Square Arts, Camden

August in London. Hot and humid. I begin my residency as Project Space member at Rochester Square Arts, in Camden.

The first month goes by like a whirlwind, as expected! I hardly have time to catch my breath here, everything takes so much longer - need to account for travelling to and from destinations.

After a lot of anxious and eye-watering expensive accommodation options, none of which I can afford 🥹 I find a room in Hackney. And thank god for that. What is it with tourists and August in London, even an airb'n'b is ridiculously unaffordable.

I can't wait to start working on my coil pots, so I order 10 x 12kg bags of B17 Valentines clay, my go-to stoneware clay that I have used so far. That's a lot of clay to play with!

I love it here at Rochester Square! I could just spend my days sat in the garden, looking at the nasturtiums and vertical salads grow. It is a dreamy place, away from the madness of Camden Town. There are so many kilns, including a massive one. Apparently, they also have names: Green Goddess etc. Ewelina is so fast and my first test coil pots come out of the bisque so quickly.

Maria P., one of my longest term friends from back in the day, when we used to teach at Havering College in Romford, Essex, is one of the first visitors. Followed by Lucia, another one of my longest standing friends from when we studied for our PhD's at Goldsmiths.

On Wednesday, 16th August we have our very first mentoring session with photography curator, Susan Bright. Susan has been a great support and champion of my work. She has curated key photography exhibitions, including Home Truths and is the author of photography books: Photography Decoded and Feast for the Eyes. I am actually really lucky to have her and spend in-depth one to one time discussing my work. We talk about my recent change of material, my switch to clay and ceramics.

I mention how it was the need to go back to a material, and explore the senses through touch, that led me to clay. How it has now overtaken my photographic and installation practice. I haven't given up on photography of course! I explain how I envisage merging the two - photography and clay - together.

It takes a whole first session for me to air out my fears for taking a break from my photographic practice to focus on ceramics. It is Susan who assures me it is "totally okay" and that clay is what I am here to experiment with, at Rochester Square Arts.

I show her the kilns and my very first (unstable) coil pot that I have finished here.

The rest of August is intense; not just the extremely Mediterranean hot weather in London, but also because I make about three to five new coil pots. Some evenings working until late...including weekends and Sundays. But afterall thats what I am here for. Want to finish as many as I can because I'll be away in Athens come mid- September.

Planning for Art Athina 2023, next. Excited about the art fair and a home-coming back to Greece, with my pots. First they need to get there safely and I spend a considerable amount of time and budget organising their transport and crating. (And it is something that I don't really want to go through again any time soon, at least not until a gallery takes good care of that for me).

Before August is out, I have a visit from Marina Syrmakezi, founder and curator of the photography online Gold Circle, with whom I have exhibited on her online platform previously, with my photographic project Simple Flowers.

We talk about all things up and coming and I show her my new works in progress and she takes some snaps of me, posted here.

August has been far from quiet for me. But apparently, many of the members at Rochester Square Arts have been away. What this blog post doesn't reveal is how busy the Square is, every day with volunteers and members working intensely on their projects and with clay.

I need to post more photos of all the action! What I am looking forward to next is mixing my own custom made house glazes, and experimenting with different types of clay - beyond my B17. There are all types of clay supported here, from terracotta to black to porcelain. I can't wait to play with some porcelain next and see how it may work for my coil pots alongside the stoneware clay.

#rochestersquarearts #artscouncil #ceramics #contemporaryart #curating #goldcircle #susanbright #mentoring #clay #coil pots #dycp #funding #camden #london

[artistopencalls]

🤍➡️ @mdp_info 🔜 🤍➡️ https://linktr.ee/MDP_info ⬅️ We’re pleased to offer our next online workshop to support artists & creatives who are planning an application to Round 17 of Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) programme. Taking place on Wednesday 29 March (10-11:30am) and led by Mark Devereux, this workshop will address the core questions helping you create a strong application. 💷 As one of the core funders for individual artists, Arts Council England grants can unlock and create important developmental opportunities to help you take your practice and ideas to the next level. The online workshop (via Zoom) will take an in-depth look at the application process for the DYCP programme – dissecting the questions, what they mean and the detail the assessors are looking for. ⭐️ This workshop is independent from Arts Council England, sharing the knowledge and experience Mark has built from previous successful grant applications. 👀 Find out more and book your place via our website (link in bio) 📷 Marfa Abstraction XVIII, Gareth Kemp (@garethkemp), 2020 (made as part of DYCP funded project, supported by Mark Devereux Projects) . . . #MarkDevereuxProjects #MDP #ArtsCouncil #ArtsCouncilEngland #ArtsCouncilFunding #ArtsCouncilEnglandFunding #ACE #ACEFunding #DevelopingYourCreativePractice #DYCP #DevelopingYourCreativePracticeFunding #DYCPFunding #DYCPFundingWorkshop #DYCPWorkshop #FundingWorkshop #ArtsFunding #ArtsFundingWorkshop #Artist #Artists #Artwork #ArtistDevelopment #ArtistMentor #ArtistMentoring #SupportingArtists #GetFunding #GetArtsFunding #Funding💸 #FundingSpecialist #ArtsFundraising #GarethKemp (at Mark Devereux Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIUYRfIL3s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#markdevereuxprojects #mdp #artscouncil #artscouncilengland #artscouncilfunding #artscouncilenglandfunding #ace #acefunding #developingyourcreativepractice #dycp #developingyourcreativepracticefunding #dycpfunding #dycpfundingworkshop #dycpworkshop #fundingworkshop #artsfunding #artsfundingworkshop #artist #artists #artwork #artistdevelopment #artistmentor #artistmentoring #supportingartists #getfunding #getartsfunding #funding💸 #fundingspecialist #artsfundraising #garethkemp

[southdevonplayers-theatreco]

A huge thank you to an amazing donor of stamps for our fundraising appeal delivered today to Crafty Cwtch cafe- and all amazingly sorted as well! They will be listed on our fundraising eBay account over the next few days- so any stamp collectors, keep your eyes peeled for some lovely stuff. #fundraising #stamps #theatre #supporttheatre #supportbritishtheatre #britishtheatre #artscouncil #brixham https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0PzshDzHN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#fundraising #stamps #theatre #supporttheatre #supportbritishtheatre #britishtheatre #artscouncil #brixham

[ralphroether]

40North Fundraiser Support Art Promo, Operation Parody.

#graphic design #artscouncil #Typography #boardgame #ralphroether #poster #marketing #supportlocalart

[zef-zef]

Geinoh Yamashirogumi Performing Symphonic Suite AKIRA vs Movie AKIRA (2019)

source: artscouncil-tokyo 📸: Kureo Fujita

#photography #artist photography #Geinoh Yamashirogumi #japan

[newsfromtherooftop]

Beat the Jan blues with daily creative challenges

January Challenge helps beat the blues with daily creative challenges | 10th anniversary encourages people to be creative #JanuaryChallenge #64MillionArtists #ArtsCouncil

The January Challenge is run by the UK-based non-profit 64 Million Artists. It involves 31 days of quick, fun and free creative challenges – one challenge for each day of the month – that everyone can participate in. The initiative is partly funded by the Arts Council. According to the NHS, around 2 million people in the UK experience SAD, a type of seasonal depression prevalent in the winter…

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#64 Million Artists #art #Creative challenges

[sadieedginton]

DYCP: Mapping with People project

I am super happy to (finally!) announce publicly that I received Arts Council funding (back in the spring round) from the Developing Your Creative Practice grant from @aceagrams (DYCP) fund, to carry out my project 'Mapping with People: Experiments with Collaborative Material'. The project is based around researching collaboration models, developing ways to collaboratively record social art practice and experiment with what 'mapping' something social could be. I'll be learning skills in audio visual/ sound/ field recording, playing around doing this with other artists and receiving mentoring. I have so far been to the Isle of Eigg in Scotland to see their cooperatively run Island and visited Documenta Art Festival in Kassel, Germany, to witness tons of other collaborative projects and alternative ways of doing things! Wow! Already very inspired and ready to take this project further in the next few months.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England. #dycp #artscouncil #mapping #socialpractice

[kobayashimoeko]

【お仕事紹介】 公益財団法人金沢芸術創造財団さまが運営する「アーツカウンシル金沢」のMVイラストを担当させていただきました。アートを介して「ひと」や「こと」の集まれる・つながれるプラットフォームです。 https://artscouncil-kanazawa.jp/ （Direction・Design：Atsushi Itagaki）

#イラスト #イラストレーター #webイラスト #デザイン #アート #文化 #芸術

[yuriyamamura]

先日4/23に出演したクレマチスの丘×スケラボ「Flower of Life 生命の花」オープニングパフォーマンスのダイジェスト映像が公開されました。YouTubeにて8分程たっぷりと公演の様子をご覧いただけます→ https://youtu.be/H0ezSQQrIQU

アーツカウンシルしずおかさんによるレビュー記事も。よろしければ是非お読みください。https://artscouncil-shizuoka.jp/column/36/

今秋10/28-30同美術館にて行われる、ながめくらしつ×スケラボ公演『咲き、繰り返す』にも出演します。どうぞお楽しみに。

[beth-louella-art]

💕I was honoured to be asked to take part in @arts_council_iom 's Celebrating Women In the Arts & feature alongside these inspiring women back in March. My Grandad was super chuffed finding my interview in his newspaper, especially as I mentioned the strong women in our family & he is a proud Dad of all girls! 💕 💕All of our interviews are still available to read on the IOM Arts Council website: https://iomarts.com/news-category/Celebrating-Women-in-the-Arts [Images Descriptions: 1 & 2 feature a screenshot of posts containing a collage of profile pictures of six women creatives (including myself, Beth Louella) and the main text: WOMEN IN THE ARTS.] . . . . . . . . . #beth_louella_art #bipocartist #womenartists #women #feminism #feministart #feminist #equality #equity #strong #powerful #celebrate #honour #recognise #isleofman #manx #manxartist #sharelove #sharetruth #sharelife #honesty #artscouncil #progress #artist #artistsofinstagram #contemporaryart #fineart #thearts #creativity #artistblog https://www.instagram.com/p/CeGfRkbMunl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#beth_louella_art #bipocartist #womenartists #women #feminism #feministart #feminist #equality #equity #strong #powerful #celebrate #honour #recognise #isleofman #manx #manxartist #sharelove #sharetruth #sharelife #honesty #artscouncil #progress #artist #artistsofinstagram #contemporaryart #fineart #thearts #creativity #artistblog

[stellabarak]

🐱🫶🏻Glazing course with Simeon Featherstone at Rochester Square Arts, May 15th & May 22nd 2023 🪴

In May I took my first ever introduction to the chemistry and science behind what is the make-up of glazes for ceramics! This is something I have been fascinated with for a while, after trying and trialling many ready-made glazes that I have at my disposal at Sunken Studios, as well as brush ons, that I have bought online.

Having recently been awarded an ACE funding for Developing Your Creative Practice, i thought it was time now to look in more depth into how I can create my own glazes.

A large part of my funding will go toward a residency at Rochester Square Arts, in London a magical place in Camden. Prior to its use as a ceramics making place, it used to be a former nursery for palm trees used in film and TV industry, then became a squat during the mid noughties. You can imagine when the founders told me that they have a short glazing course that I could book myself in for 😀.

Glazing with Simeon Featherstone was a two-day course that took place on Mondays in May. This meant very early starts on the train to London from Leeds, for the day-trip.

On Day 1 Monday 15th May, the sun came out and it was a gorgeous day introduced to the alchemy of silica, fluxes and alumina.

We talked about the fundamentals of a glaze, how the powders work inside the kiln in ridiculously high temperatures to interact and thermo-expand with the clay. It is alumina that assists in sticking the glazes to the body of the clay or tile, whereas silica (Quarts or Flint) is the glass forma. I kind of thought this was responsible for sticking the elements together, but apparently, silica doesn't melt. It is the combination of the primary or secondary flux (potassium, sodium, lead, boron) that is the "activator" changing in high temperatures and causing the melt.

After the intro, it was straight into it. We chose some recipes from books and Simeon demonstrated how to create the powder mixes. After lunch, I got my P2 disposable mask on, and away we go! We were a nice group of 8 working in pairs, so it was fun but quite messy overall!

We tried mixing a classic Bernard Leach recipe:

Potash Feldspar 40

Silica 30

Whiting 20

China Clay 10

on to which we later added different elements to vary it,

like 10% Bone Ash, 1,5% Silica Carbide and 0.2% chrome.

I believe this creates volcanic effects on the result!

We had two different types of clay for the test tiles, including porcelain.

It was a very intense first deep-dive into it all.

Day 2, 22nd May: we got to see our results from the test tiles! Unfortunately due to the ever-so precise and on-time trains from Leeds to London (not) I was delayed. I missed the first part of the chat or feed-back. But I got straight into mixing.

It was all about creating lines of glazes, with one base and adding. This is the Triaxial Blend, and this is how you can test up to three different base glazes to test colour, opacity, fluidity and others.

How did it go? Fine but don't ask! It is mind boggling trying to compute in my head the variations and increments!! I am not naturally good at numbers or math. Luckily I wasn't on my own.

Overall, it was a great introduction to the basics of glazing. I also now kind of have an idea as to why my glazes look very glossy. This is something I would like to fix. The recipes we tried have given me a great starting point to continue experimenting, when I do start my residency in August. In the meantime, I look forward to seeing our results soon with the group.

#ceramics #glazes #rochestersquarearts #contemporaryart #artscouncil #rawmaterials #london #dycpfunding

[artistopencalls]

❤️➡️ @mdp_info 📣 ❤️➡️ https://linktr.ee/MDP_info ⬅️ We’re pleased to offer our next online workshop to support artists & creatives who are planning an application to Round 15 of Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) programme on Monday 19 September, 6-7:30pm. Find out here how we supported @vickypriceprints to recently receive DYCP funding: 💭Mark was recommended to me by a colleague who had also enlisted his support for her successful DYCP application. I’d made an unsuccessful attempt to Arts Council England in 2020 and my practice needed financial support after losing all my paid work during Covid that year. I was lucky enough to receive Access Support from ACE to work with Mark on a renewed DYCP application. Mark’s process of working together was clear and precise, we emailed a few times and then during an online meeting he asked me investigative questions. My ideas, ambitions and project thoughts were put succinctly into a written proposal that clearly defined my application for funding. Mark understands the format and complexities of Arts Council proposals, with plenty of additional advice on structuring supporting information and choice of images, but always with his eye on the deadline. The outcome was a success! Mark will also be my paid mentor for the duration of my DYCP project, which will provide further clarity and questioning.💭 [Vicky Price, @vickypriceprints] Find out more and book your place for our next workshop via our website (link in bio) 👀 . . . #FiguringOut #DevelopingYourCreativePractice #DYCP #DYCPFunding #DYCPApplication #ArtsCouncilEngland #ArtsCouncil #ACE #DYCPFundingWorkshop #ACEFundingWorkshop #FundingWorkshop #FundraisingWorkshop #ArtsFunding #ArtsFundingWorkshop #Art #Arts #Funding #Fundraising #MarkDevereuxProjects #SupportingArtists #Mentor #ArtMentor #ArtistMentor #ArtsMentor #OnlineWorkshop #ArtistDevelopment #ArtistTraining (at Mark Devereux Projects) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPMrOiMmrc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#figuringout #developingyourcreativepractice #dycp #dycpfunding #dycpapplication #artscouncilengland #artscouncil #ace #dycpfundingworkshop #acefundingworkshop #fundingworkshop #fundraisingworkshop #artsfunding #artsfundingworkshop #art #arts #funding #fundraising #markdevereuxprojects #supportingartists #mentor #artmentor #artistmentor #artsmentor #onlineworkshop #artistdevelopment #artisttraining

[oceanmoon69]

California Arts Council Meeting 24Jiul2020 I attended a five hour California Arts Council Meeting where they discussed their response to providing aid and support for California non-profit organizations providing art and writing education and events to their local communities. It was eye-opening listening to other organizations share their fiscal concerns and their desire to still provide education and entertainment to their communities in the wake of the pandemic. I was always very proud to hear that the California Arts Cauncil has instituted a Indigenous Land Acknowledgement statement in order to give thanks and appreciation to the Indigenous Native American population. Additionally, they are requiring recipients of their grants to include a mission statement of racial inclusion in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. #cac $california #artscouncil #usa #arts #entertainment #fiscal #grant #money #nativeamericans #indigenous #education #black #inclusion #race #community #covid19 #pandemic #nonprofit #proud (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEay2TeggS4/?igshid=zqvbkayfqyuk

#cac #artscouncil #usa #arts #entertainment #fiscal #grant #money #nativeamericans #indigenous #education #black #inclusion #race #community #covid19 #pandemic #nonprofit #proud

[ralphroether]

Boneyard Arts Fest poster 2022  Regroup art show 

#artshow #graphic design #Typography #poster #40north #artscouncil #boneyardartsfestival #ralphroether #artgallery #groupshow #art #supportlocalart

[studioalexandracarr]

What began with the idea of colour bleeding out of the darkness, has grown into so much more. I never imagined there to be so much colour in my installation. Weight of Light, my solo show, as part of @yorkfestivalofideas runs until 16th June. Supported by @aceagrams and @uniofyork . There are more photos, video and info on my website but if you get a chance, do pop in to see the show. Visiting info on the @yorkfestivalofideas website. . . . . . . . #colourfromdarkness #manyhandsmakelightwork #refraction #reflection #festivalofideas #yorkfestivalofideas #artscouncil #ace #acegrams #installation #installationart #artistsoninstagram #instaartists #light #weightoflight #prisms #glass #sculpture #newton #goethe #colour #colourtheory #rainbows #shadows #creativeprocess #creativity #art #artandscience #science #alexandracarr https://www.instagram.com/p/ByirwRzlFBa/?igshid=16xwes9y57lhu

#colourfromdarkness #manyhandsmakelightwork #refraction #reflection #festivalofideas #yorkfestivalofideas #artscouncil #ace #acegrams #installation #installationart #artistsoninstagram #instaartists #light #weightoflight #prisms #glass #sculpture #newton #goethe #colour #colourtheory #rainbows #shadows #creativeprocess #creativity #art #artandscience #science #alexandracarr

[muaythaiboxer-blog1]

Theatre time #naachnajaany #naachnajaanay #theatre #artscouncil #todayshow https://www.instagram.com/p/BvYZV52HQnL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q0d0ic64vkmz

#naachnajaany #naachnajaanay #theatre #artscouncil #todayshow