Items about making art
Making the most of self-isolation having tested positive for covid, I embark on challenging my imposter syndrome and make up how I am a proper artist. With a capital ‘A’.… Read More My Self Isolation Flashback (TBC)
Article about art as a means of personal and political expression and an act of resistance.… Read More Einstein on the Political Power of Art
Good article with lots of links for the curious, about hobbies. Don’t be afraid to make and do weird stuff.… Read More The science behind why hobbies can improve our mental health
YootYoob vid about Street Artist and rewilder of the urban fringe, Ben Wilson… Read More Art and Rewilding at the Urban Fringe – Ben Wilson
Some ideas about the use of art making and the art objects as modes of enquiry or knowledge production.
Attached document available for download below.… Read More Solway Walk – The Epistemic Object
A great, well researched article from ‘Artfully Learning’ about Fröbel the US educational pioneer. As early as the 19thC he did some very interesting work with learning outdoors and through the arts, including ‘Foebel Gifts’ designed for open play.… Read More From ‘Artfully Learning’ – Fröbel’s Gifts, Noguchi’s Playgrounds
Introducing walking an image of an idea of experiential learning. … Read More Solway Walk – Introduction
A Plagiarism Jonathan Lethem Originally from Harpers Magazine All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. . . .—John Donne love and theft Consider this tale: a cultivated man of middle… Read More The Ecstasy of Influence
A great article about art in the time of covid and a big list of resources to support your art making. Also links to good online resources.… Read More Social Distance Learning
Using art as research to explore and express bird flight through drawing and poetry. Weekend April 26-26, 2020. Chris Reed.… Read More What the Bird Said