Loughborough University degree show
We made the short hop to see the Fine Art degree show at Loughborough University and were not disappointed. Some ...
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Trip to Galway and the Burren
A short break to Galway, Ireland was planned with a further foray on to the Burren. The Irish weather was ...
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Long Eaton photoshoot
My son is a big fan of brutalist architecture so we spent an afternoon in Long Eaton trying to capture ...
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Creative mornings Derby – first event
Creative Mornings is a worldwide initiative for creative people to meet up and network over coffee and croissant and listen ...
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Van Gogh and McCullin at Tate Britain
We had a day visit to the new Vincent Van Gogh exhibition at Tate Britain that explored his time in ...
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The oldest animal in the world in a new light
My latest project is a self-negotiated one. Being a historical zoologist via my first degree, natural history is always something ...
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At Eternity’s Gate – a review of the Vincent film
We went to see the recent film At Eternity's Gate at the QUAD which is a look at the life ...
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Format Festival 2019
The Format Festival that showcases international photography in and around Derby is always a fascinating event - not just the ...
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Hockney on the art of looking
I listened to a short interview with David Hockney on the tram in to college today (https://youtu.be/P2vPPviP9B8). As usual his ...
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A trip to Sri Lanka
A recent trip to Sri Lanka was enlightening in many ways. We took a clockwise route around the southern half ...
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Raised Beds curation
The opening of the Raised Beds event was a great experience with over 200 people attending and sampling the college-supplied ...
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Raised Beds opening event
The opening event at the Nottingham College/Djanogly art gallery joint exhibition was a pleasure to be a part of. 28 ...
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Short sketches sometimes just work
A recent trip to London left me with 30 minutes to wait at St Pancras station so I sat underneath ...
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Raised beds – Interrogating the Domestic
Raised Beds was a unique collaboration between Djanogly Art Gallery and FDA students at Nottingham College and was a response ...
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Objects & actions
The first module on the Fine Art degree at Nottingham Collage was called Objects and Actions. After much research, experimentation ...
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