Blog Podcast – Kate McGwire and Sarah Stone’s Watercolour Birds Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata, Sarah Stone, 1788. NHM Picture LIbrary Ref 024290. The Art Fund…Kathleen James6th March 2021
Blog The Queen’s Gambit – Sofonisba Anguissola Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625) was the court painter of Philip II of Spain. She was one…Kathleen James4th March 2021
Blog Vitreography – 1993 Harvey Littleton interview by Mildred Thompson In 1993, Mildred Thompson worked as a guest artist in the Spruce Pine, North Carolina…Kathleen James3rd March 2021
Blog Creative Lives – Rosalind Faram Houmous Starter by Rosalind Faram, 2019. Winner of the 2020 Beep Painting Prize Rosalind Faram's…Kathleen James2nd March 2021
Blog Gallery Visit – Huma Bhabha: Against Time Huma Bhabha is a mixed media artist and self-taught sculptor. Bhabha was born in Pakistan…Kathleen James26th February 2021
Blog The Problem with Reality TV Craft Shows The problem, in a word: time. The producers don't allow enough of it. They deliberately…Kathleen James25th February 2021
Blog Essay – Art Nouveau Revival 1890s-1960s Colour lithograph by Alphonse Mucha, 1896; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California.…Kathleen James24th February 2021
Blog Gallery visit – the De Morgans at the Laing Last September in that brief, enchanted interval between lockdowns I saw William and Evelyn De…Kathleen James22nd February 2021
Blog Creative Lives – Paul Wenham-Clarke The Creatives Lives talk this week was by the 'issue-based' photographer, Paul Wenham-Clarke. His work…Kathleen James18th February 2021
Blog Secular Church of the Five Design for the East Window Harmony - Science - Nature - Community - Joy The (fictitious) Secular Church of the…Kathleen James9th February 2021