Goldsmiths: How may art enliven the classroom?

Let it lurk in the maths room and sexy up science. Enrich English and add some he, me, she said what to the French paper. Propose a new lens through which to view physics and add a bit of charm to chemistry. Show how the body is displaced in biology. What’s not to like if…

Christmas has arrived early.

It is Sunday and I received an email from one of my favourite shops in all the the world I drift in to a world of brightly coloured candied fruit, tea, chocolate, marzipan and plum pudding. The smells I imagine take me back to childhood, a lovely little utopian moment. To think F & M…

Thoughts – shows and paintings 20.9.20

Brue Mclene – What are your thoughts on Creativity as a healing process? If you look at something fabulous it makes you feel better. If you look at something terrible it can make you feel crap. Perhaps not physically but definitely emotionally. Hospitals can evoke awe and lift spirits by having more beautiful and energetic…

People pirates and belief.

After reading a frends FB post this morning I started to juggle some thoughts. She says that it is time for men to accept men, and include those who want to be other than a manly man eg a man in a dress with a full beard is still labelled” man”. She goes on to…

Week 28:Kiefer and Riely

Bridget Riely- https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/hayward-gallery-art/bridget-riley#overview Aslam Kiefer-https://whitecube.com/exhibitions/exhibition/anselm_kiefer_bermondsey_2019 It was interesting. Both shows different but both mood changing and in the case of the Bridget Riley my daughter had a migraine. The Kiefer was more her speed colour wise and she loved the mysticism. One Riley caught my eye and I thought Motherwell. I really liked this piece….

Week 27:Surprised by a plant.

The sent is so strong that all my thoughts have flown. I am completely engulfed by the sweet smell- honey white flowers yogurt.feminine. I would not have to put in the paint just stand a pot near by.

Week 27: Botticelli – Research

Jonathan Jones: Theories that the artist had fallen under the spell of a fanatical monk are completely true – as my discovery of a 15th-century woodcut proves … — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/mar/23/botticelli-renaissance-art-religion https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/sandro-botticelli https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandro-Botticelli https://news.artnet.com/art-world/renaissance-master-sandro-botticelli-835226 https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=2ahUKEwiUmfDt_oDnAhVLZMAKHSCCBVgQFjALegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.artnet.com%2Fart-world%2Frenaissance-master-sandro-botticelli-835226&usg=AOvVaw3Zm8bddxQ16hwv2XAnaHgy

Week 27: When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art

When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art — Read on hyperallergic.com/535498/food-at-yoshii-gallery/ This is something that I have looked at before – a synergistic collection of works. These ideas relate back to Adams comment about prototyping for the fine artist. The exhibition/ display/ audience engagement is something you can prototype. In this case as the…