Well, there is a lot going on, all very positive. Since moving to our new home (back in a rural setting of Wiltshire), the universe has decided I should get nice and busy beginning with setting up a garden studio. Then as soon as I was installed, the phone started ringing and I was commissioned for a new amazing collaborative art project with RWA & Art on Referral Agency, CreativeShift, Bristol. The sessions started on Zoom and subsequently real workshops at the academy. It was so brilliant to meet people in the real world, have a nose at the Autumn Open Exhibition, and get creative. Since then the academy is going through a massive build makeover, so transformation is the name of the game. The project, Me, Myself & I, will involve an exhibition in 2022, as part of the self-portraiture main show.
Then I was requested to do another Co-Create Workshop for Artists, A Cabinet of Care - Visual Journaling, 30 November, 10 Palace Yard Mews, Bath, for Creativity Works, as part of their co-Create training. Plus a highly valuable Family Consultation project, a new partnership between University of Bath, Social Services, & Creativity Works.
The annual Secret Postcard Auction was again a much needed success, and I was thrilled my tiny offering got loads of bids and happily sold to support academy funds. I am also thrilled to be again back in the RWA Drawing School, for Transformations : Visual Journaling, 7 December, 2021.
On the making front, an artist friend asked me if I would like to be part of Flying Monks Arts Trail, and exhibit together, firstly collaborating to transform an old official town hall room into an inviting installation creative space. So it was brilliant to unearth old and make new storytelling work, it was a great opportunity to be reflective about the creative journey. We worked our magic and look forward to receiving visitors. I will be exhibiting works for sale, but also will have on display assemblages I make as part of my social engagement practice. It is all very exciting!
