I decided to do a month-long online artists residency. It went as well as could be expected – here are my thoughts on the final day! ‘Working-class, Artist, Mother’ – Feels quite impossible.‘Artist’ is a hard thing to do anyway, I won’t elaborate on that. It’s also well documented that the numbers of working-class peopleContinue reading “WAM Residency”
Tag Archives: working class
MotherOther Artist Talk
I was asked (I volunteered) to give a talk at the most recent Mother Other artist networking event – held in Middlesbrough. It was an event for artists who are also parents, and I recently had a baby – this is relevant context. I wrote a talk called: ‘How to be Creative between the HoursContinue reading “MotherOther Artist Talk”
Twice removed from reality
I saw the phrase “twice removed from reality” the same place that I get all my news and culture updates – on a meme. For poetry in particular, or art in general, Plato argues that art is twice removed from reality, because it’s a copy of an idea Art imitates idea and so it isContinue reading “Twice removed from reality”
Home: Revisited
The Arc, Stockton is running a project over the next few months to celebrate working class northern artists. I agreed to take part in a brief which explores what ‘Home’ means – this meant filling a sketchbook around the theme of ‘Home revisited’ I decided to explore ‘over the border’ of Middlesbrough. The part ofContinue reading “Home: Revisited”
Aimee Charlotte 