Category Archives: Artist

Wonder of Eels in Holt Chronicle, Pop Up Poems & Podcasts

This month North Norfolk residents may have spotted an article in the Holt Chronicle on Wonder of Eels this month sharing how poems written by children at three local primary schools are popping up in North Norfolk. The poems also have a link to a Wonder of Eels podcast that shares a snapshot into the… Read More »

Eels, Nearly Eternal As Any Earthly Life – opens at Cley Marshes Visitor Centre

An absolutely stunning install day for ‘Eels, Nearly Eternal As Any Earthly Life’ which is open at Cley Marshes Visitor Centre, Norfolk Wildlife Trust from 2nd May to 2nd June. With wild wellbeing walks shared alongside many of the works on show and family friendly, with over 75 children’s poems to enjoy from children in… Read More »

New Feature published – Selvedge Magazine: Issam Kourbaj, Kettle’s Yard + Heong Gallery

It was fascinating to interview Issam Kourbaj at Kettle’s Yard last month and my feature on his current shows is now published in Selvedge Magazine here. From sharing the influence of his grandmother on his work as a painter, to talking me through the use of fabric and participatory arts principles in much of his… Read More »

New Spring Workshops / Exhibitions

It’s a joy to see the first signs and seeds of Spring bursting into the seasons with the next few months incredibly busy for so many of us – am working on various features, including an interview with Issam Kourbaj Urgent Archive at Kettle’s Yard, as well as a look at Chilean artist Francisca Aninat… Read More »

New Feature: Making New Worlds, Kettle’s Yard, published in Selvedge Magazine

Absolutely loved writing a piece commissioned by Selvedge Magazine on textiles at the current show at Kettle’s Yard, ‘Making New Worlds, Li Yuan-chia & Friends’. Alongside work by Li Yuan-chia and friends you can see newly commissioned work inspired by his ethos and legacy, drawing on themes of friendship, community and collaboration. Friendship between kindred… Read More »

Winter News 2023

Winter Workshops As well as Women In Art writing classes starting up next Spring, it’s gorgeous to be running Winged and Wild Winter Wonderland workshops for children again on the Broads National Park in the Christmas holidays – morning and afternoon sessions available. We’ll be helping winter wildlife, making lanterns, ice sculpture, enjoying magical trails… Read More »

Autumn News September 23 – Writing Classes and More!

Writing Success Sessions At The Feed Social Supermarket Lovely to start teaching writing classes at The Feed’s Social Supermarket in Norwich on Thursday mornings for children aged 11-16. These writing success sessions have an Autumn theme, but are also open to children to bring longer pieces they can work on each week – from comic… Read More »

New feature – Mediterranean Embroideries, published in Selvedge Magazine (Regeneration Issue)

Loved writing for Selvedge Magazine reviewing ‘Mediterranean Embroideries’ at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge featuring interviews with curator Dr Deniz Turker and Dr Elizabeth Key Fowden. Learn more about the authorship and significance of a stunning Ottoman sampler that is at the heart of the show, revealed for the first time by Turker. Plus gain insights… Read More »

Women In Journalism + feature: Action, Gesture, Paint

This March saw the launch of Women In Journalism’s mentoring scheme and their Spring networking party. Amazing to visit the Whitechapel earlier that day. Action, Gesture, Paint – Whitechapel Gallery‘s accompanying book in itself makes brilliant reading for all fascinated by modern art and has some exemplary writing from a range of contributors, including the… Read More »

‘Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings’

Since interviewing curator Laura Smith for this feature in the November issue of Cambridge Edition magazine, reviewing ‘Virginia Woolf: an exhibition inspired by her writings’, at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, I’ve been back to see it three times – each time with fabulous women. With over 80 women artists selected, running until December 9th, the… Read More »