Today #The100DayProject begins! This is a project by Elle Luna and Lindsay Jean Thomson that comes by each year for anyone who loves to create. The idea is simple, you pick something you want to do everyday for 100 days, find the time to do it, and then share it on Instagram and Twitter with the unique hashtag for your project, as well as #The100DayProject to share it with everyone taking part.
Read More"Diaspora Pavilion | Venice to Wolverhampton is a re-staging of a selection of works previously shown in the exhibition Diaspora Pavilion that took place in Venice during the 57th Venice Biennale last year. The works shown here are by seven of the 19 artists who were part of the Venice show, all of who were selected due to the variety of ways that their practices engage with diaspora as a concept.Read More
It's #WorldPoetryDay! So I thought I'd put together a quick post about my poetry book collection that has been building up slowly since last year. This genre seems to be everywhere these days, not only in terms of being able to buy books from so many hyped and great writers, but in terms of workshops being held by Nellie that I'd love to attend one day, and even talks and performances that you can go to during this years Birmingham Literature Festival.
Read MoreThroughout the years my work has changed quite a lot, but the major shift has been my interest from working as a fashion photographer to having more of an artistic approach within my practice. This is mainly because I realised, by the time I was in the final year of my degree, that my long term goal is to be known for my personal projects. Since my projects have adopted a diarist approach, I've found out how art can be therapeutic and how it can help me through difficult times I'm going through now, or have been through.
Read MoreIt was in January 2017, when I went to the first Wolverhampton Literature Festival and found out debut novelist Briony Marshall had also attended the same university as me. I was intrigued to find out more about her, so I headed off in the direction of her talk held at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
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