The period covered by this blog was the start of my formal DYCP year but I had already had a couple of sessions with my mentor Susan Stockwell. She had introduced me to the artist Ann Hamilton and my journal is full of notes about her work and writing. I was astounded by the helpfulness and yet the seeming unreachability of some of her words. I…
DYCP Grant Diary
Setting intentions for my DYCP year
This is part of an ongoing series of posts in which I examine my experience of being funded by an Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Process Grant. You may find this index of all the posts in this series with a description of their main content useful. Every new project requires a new notebook of size and design perfectly matched to the feel of…
DYPC Grant Application process
What is a DYCP grant? The Arts Council of England (ACE) run a Developing Your Creative Programme Grant which runs several times a year. it provides individual creative or cultural practitioners with between £2,000 and £12,000 . the money is intended for development purposes such as researching, networking or time to create new work rather than to fund a specific project project. the work has…
Introduction to my DYCP year diary
In July 2024 I received a grant from Arts Council England (ACE) as part of their Developing Your Creative Practice Programme. This funded me for a year to explore the relationship between my creative writing practice/ text in general and my visual art practice. Part of my proposal was that I would produce a diary of the year’s experience to benefit others who either specifically…
Why our strengths can stop us even starting.
(And five ways to overcome the block) It was a great idea. I was going to write a series of funny, engaging blogs about the similarities and differences between law and art, between being a Judge and a creative person who now coaches both lawyers and artists and makes my own work. There was a ton of interesting ideas in my head and it was…