Woman UP! Podcast by Desperate Artwives
I am a member of the Desperate Artwives an arts collective set up by Amy Dignam. In 2019 I was invited to record a podcast for Women Up! and was interviewed by Susan Merrick.
Hebden Bridge Open Studios 2012
As part of the 2012 Hebden Bridge Open Studios. I will be opening the doors or my space at Linden Art Studio to the public on on Friday 6th, Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th July between 11am and 5pm. Come along, meet me and the other artists (Sarah McDade, Sheila Tilmouth, Louise Crosby, Joan Francis) in my studio,...
A new website for Flow
I have been busy creating a new website for Flow-the artists network for the Upper Calder Valley.
Mewe
Mewe is a an arts collective comprising of visual artists, academics, writers, performers, poets and film makers who share an interest in and create work about the maternal.
Editions Project for Birth Rites Collection
I have created a limited edition artwork to help the Birth Rites Collection raise money to bring two tapestries and two documentation works by the internationally acclaimed artist Judy Chicago over from America.
Facebook friends pregnancy food cravings
Facebook Friends responded to a post requesting them to send me details of their pregnancy food cravings. Their responses formed the design for these digital paintings which use colour and text to reference the various food types they divulged as pregnancy fads.
Yorkshire Art Loop
As part of the Yorkshire Art Loop exhibition at the Pop Up Art Space in Bradford, I will be exhibiting a series of Digital Prints based on Facebook friends pregnancy cravings. This collaborative project is the result of 33 artists visual responses to a poem by Ian Mcmillan.
Birth: icon drawings
This series of ink and pencil drawings have been created through making observational drawings from youtube birth videos, and in referencing the birth records of my two sons, remembering the physical and emotional experiences of birth and referencing historical anatomy sketches.
Mother & Child workshop
Created as part of the Big Draw, this workshop included a life drawing session from a Mother and Child life models, a seminar about the representation of Mother and Child in art history and contemporary fine art, together with time to develop work inspired by personal experiences of mothering.
Pregnant workshop
Created as part of the Big Draw, this workshop included a life drawing session from a Pregnant life model, a seminar about the representation of the Pregnant body in art history and contemporary fine art, together with time to develop work inspired by personal experiences of pregnancy.
Birth: paint swatch bodies
Painted on DIY paint sample's this series of drawings depicts the second active stage of labour as the cervix opens.
Hebden Bridge Open Studios
As part of the 2011 Hebden Bridge Open Studios I will be opening the doors or my space at Linden Art Studio to the public on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July.
New website for Linden Art Studio
The new Linden Art Studio website features news and information about artists Sarah McDade, Sheila Tilmouth, Louise Crosby, Joan Francis and Helen Sargeant.