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Contemporary Art Academy: class of 2023 final show tour and artists interviews
Over the course of 2023 I have been studying with the Contemporary Art Academy and have completed all 3 of their core modules. The final module PG3 culminates with a group show. On Monday 13 November curator (and CAA co-founder) Zavier Ellis led a PV and exhibition tour of the show. Each artist has a short interview with Zavier to share more about their work, their process and the influences on their work. Even for me, who knew quite a bit already about the work of my peers, it was fascinating to see and hear everyone talking about their work in the context of the gallery space. The whole recording…
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Doors Open Festival: Join me for an artist talk 16 September
As part of the Glasgow Doors Open Festival the @saltspace studios are once again open to the public. So this Saturday (16th September, 2- 3pm) I am giving an informal talk about my work, where I find inspiration and some of the processes I use and of course answer any questions about my practice. Would love it if you could come and join me at our Dornoch Street Studios (30 Dornoch St, G40 2QT).
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Sheila’s weekly update: a bit of good news
This week I wasn’t sure if I was going to do an update but I got a couple of emails that made me want to! Watch to find out more.
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Contiguous: a narrated walk through the exhibition
I can’t believe it’s already been a week since my solo exhibition, Contiguous. It was lovely to see so many people in person at my solo exhibition last week. I know many of you couldn’t make it to Glasgow in person, so here is a little tour of the exhibition with me giving some insight into the work. If you are interested in any of the work, then do let me know as some of it is still available for you to own.
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And we’re back – first update of 2023
Back with my first update of 2023 and sharing some news about a new course I’ve started with The Contemporary Art Academy and sharing and a little bit of success at the @SSA 30 x 30 exhibition.
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Sheila’s weekly update 93: #morefromthefloor
This week I’m back on the floor, this time from the studio to share a bit more of of my current work in progress. Also let’s make #morefromthefloor a thing!
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Sheila’s weekly update 92: Some new work and a little preview . . .
This week I share some more work stemming from my printing experiments. In particular the image left by the print bundles on the table. It’s becoming a bit of a motif! I also give a little preview into something happening next week . . . watch to find out more
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Sheila’s weekly update 84: back from holidays and finding inspiration and joy
After a couple of weeks off I’m back with my weekly updates. This week I share some thoughts on the John Byrne – A big adventure exhibition I visited at Kelvingrove At Gallery and Museum – wonderful to see so much of his work. Also realise that my top matches the colours of the drawers in my storage unit – totally unplanned matchy matchy!
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Sheila’s weekly update 80: The big edit!
So moving on from last week’s update, I took some this week to sort out all those life- drawings. I took then to the studio, sorted them into years, and started putting them on the wall. That was good – but I had a bit of a masking tape fail and really didn’t have enough wall space! Luckily there are some long and wide corridors which I could use to spread out drawings by year. So this week I share a bit more about my reflections on that editing process and what it might mean for my practice as I move forward.
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Sheila’s weekly update 72: Back to business and some essential reading
This week I am still enjoying the afterglow of my residency at Cove Park. I’ve been back in the studio working on some bigger pieces. I’ve also just got my copy of Scottish Women Artists by Charlotte Rostek (available via The Scottish Gallery). A wonderful little volume celebration the work of sadly often overlooked Scottish women artists.