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…
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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…
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…