I Love 32 Carradale House

From 30th June 2011

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I move out of my lovely flat in Carradale 30th June 2011.

As of the 1st June 2011 I have taken on 4 Jones House on the Aberfeldy Estate, Poplar, London E14. My second live/work flat.
To see what happens in my new flat, 4 Jones House on the Aberfeldy Estate check out

http://ilove4joneshouse.blogspot.com/

Bow Arts Open Programme 17th June - 17th July 2011

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BAT Pack II 30.06.11 - 10.07.2011 Mile End Pavillion

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BAT Pack II

Mile End Pavillion

Preview Wednesday 29 June 6 - 9pm

30 Jun 2011 - 10 Jul 2011

Opening times: 12 - 6pm

BAT Pack II is an exhibition of art works, performances and interventions in and around Mile End Art Pavilion.

The ‘Pack’ consists of over 60 artists working with diverse subjects and media. The exhibition includes a writer-in-residence responding creatively to the work displayed, an installation of rubber ducks flooding the Art Pavilion pond, and a multiples art market.

BAT Pack II is an exhibition initiated by the Art Forum, Mile End Art Pavilion. All artists are part of the live/work scheme in Bow, set up by Bow Arts Trust and Poplar Harca.

Sharing event with writer-in-residence Uschi Gatward: Sunday 10 July 4pm.

Exhibiting artists
Tamsyn Adams, Said Adrus, David Angus, Zsolt Balogh, Tim Bowditch, Anika Carpenter, Louisa Chambers, Jessica Charleston, Marcus Cope, Chloe Cooper, Robert Crosse, Shane Davey, Matt Deely, Chloe Edwards, Lee Edwards, Magda Fabianczyk, Julie Fagan, Corinne Felgate, David Fletcher, Tilly Fowler, Uschi Gatward, Greg Genestine-Charlton, Paul Good, Joe Graham, Kata Halasz, Rab Harling, Ollie Harrop, Olof Helgadottir, Megan Hindley, Siân Hislop, Ellie Howitt, Victoria Hume, Bhajan Hunjan, Lisa Jahovic, Matthew Krishanu, Lise Marker, Lisa McKendrick, Riz Maslen, Gary Meynell, Stephanie Moran, Kimie Nakano, Sandrine Nicoletta, Theo Niderost, Alex Noble, Samuel Overington, Alice Peillon, Sybella Perry, Alison Raimes, Chloë Roach, Emma Robertson, Colin Rose, Rebecca Savage, Anna Sexton, Ruth Solomons, Simon Terrill, Evan Thomas, Ben Walker, John Walter, Stuart Ward and Bryony Hewetson, Jeremy Willett, Kirsty Wood

Part of the Bow Arts Open Programme 2011

Image by Ollie Harrop

Parlour Gallery show 25th Feb - 2nd March 2011

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Bank of Knowledge

I am currently showing in a group show with 7 other artists

Tamara Hussein
Joe Cruz
Katharine Tolladay
Jemma Skidmore
Hannah Ross
Peter Edwards
Quince Andre

Parlour Gallery & Project Space 181-187 Queen's Crescent, Kentish Town, London NW5 4DS

1st - 11th May 2010 Pistols and Pollinators show

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Pistols and Pollinators

Anna Sexton collaborates with Miriam Nash

in a group show of visual artists and writers/poets

The Gallery, Stoke Newington Library, Church Street, London N16

Saturdays 10am – 5pm / Sundays 1pm – 5pm / Weekdays 11am – 6pm

Private views & performances: April 30th & May 11th 6pm – 9pm

CLOSED 3rd & 4th May

http://collaborarting.wordpress.com/

http://www.accidentandemergence.phanfare.com/4371810

Week: 3rd - 9th May 2010

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Its all systems go now that Greening Brownfield has been awarded over £1,000 to create a temporary garden space in the old tennis courts outside Carradale House, on the Brownfield Estate.

Check out http://greeningbrownfield.blogspot.com for updates on how the garden starts to take shape

One Arts - creating the power to change lives. A range of arts products

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One Arts

One Arts is my entry into the One Big Idea competition...

Follow this link to vote for the One Arts range of arts products which aim to unleash and empower creativity across Africa

http://www.onedifference.org/onebigidea/competition/entries/one-arts-creating-power-change-lives-range-arts-products

The deadline is 19.02.2010 so there is still time to support Open To Arts reach the judging panel...

Week: 8th - 14th Feb 2010

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13th February 2010

Greening Brownfield - free arts workshops for children and young people, and anyone young at heart!!

10am - 12noon Burcham Street over 50's Centre, 96 Burcham Street, London

12th February 2010

Busy busy night for the live/workers in Bow...

PACK OF FIFTEENLUCKY STRIKEFRIDAY

12 FEBRUARY 2010 6-9pm (open one night only)

After show cocktail party with artwork by Ollie Harrop and Shuby
74 Shelmerdine Close, Bow. (just around the corner)

Lucky Strike, 74 Ackroyd Drive, Bow, London, E3 4JX

Nearest underground Mile End, DLR Devons Road or Westferry, buses 205, 277, D6, 25.

Ollie and Shuby's Housewarming/Exhibition
Excuse to have a bit of a knees up

So it's taken us about 4 months to get our flat cleaned up, colourful and in creative working order, and to celebrate we're throwing a little house party and putting our respective paintings/photos on the walls. I wouldn't quite call it an exhibition as there's not enough white walls and grey floors, more of a house party really...

Week: 25th - 31st Jan 2010

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Launching 30th January 2010 as part of the Celebration of Burcham Street over 50's Centre
is an exhibition of work I have created in response to spending time with a fabulous bunch of members of the Burchams Street Senior Citizens Club - which the Centre is fondly named.

The exhibition is open to the public between 1st - 11th February 2010 Monday to Thursday 9am - 5pm

Week: Oct 31st - 8th Nov 2009

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2nd November 2009

Finally I have created my new logo and got my act together to buy an ad and some new business cards to support building my coaching work...thanks Ellen for sourcing me with all the necessary graphics etc.

Week: Oct 26th - 30th 2009

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30th October 2009

AN Magazine representing Bow Arts Trust and Emily's hoardings project in partnership with St. Paul's Way Community School...

29th October 2009

Submitted images for consideration re. Accident & Emergence's new project to support collaboration with writers and visual artists....

And Ellie, no. 9 Balfron is a blast from the past...Kazoo band reformation?? Visit The Band of Nods website and check out the pics from the Save The Hackney Empire event...I am in there somewhere just not so easy to spot!

Week: Oct 19th - 25th 2009

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24th - 25th October 2009

Spent most of my weekend going through more boxes, files and note books. Re-arranging my studio again and finally started drawing and painting onto a couple of found canvases...liking the idea of using found surfaces to keep linking into 'What's left behind?', almost whats behind the layers.

22nd October 2009

This is not a Gateway - Hanbury Hall, Hanbury Street to see Antony Luvera's photographs

20th October 2009
RCA Secret cards - away with you!

Week: Oct 12th - 18th 2009

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Happy, happy days - teaching more kids about the joys of gardening!!

Steph & Jerome make a visit!

Poster circulated via all online Greening Carradale members as well as postering all available space in Carradale

This time without Anna B until she returns from Poland...JC has been top coming up with the idea for turfing the table (astro turfing it really!)

Equally exciting this week saw the offical launch of the St. Pauls Way Community School hoardings project which Bow Arts Trust has project managed and co-created with Emily Allchurch - all round fantastic artist and educator. Sophie Ashton has been helping out (she has now offically moved into Shelmerdine!!) as well as amazing efforts from pupils @ SPWCS, Stebon and St. Paul's with St. Luke's Primary schools...future artists!!

Week: Sept 28th - 30th 2009

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Stop the press

Greening Carradale activity gets press! East End Life covered the bulb planting Anna Bauer & I took part in as part of ongoing plans for a temmporary garden space in the disused tennis courts outside Carradale House...

Week: Aug 17th - 23rd 2009

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Did the site seeing trip with Susi & Marcus this weekend and saw the plinth at Trafalgur Sq. fantastic to see women taking their place in the square after so many male memorials have been there...odd though as the lady in the pink dress was not really connecting, quite liked the idea of the poem on the cards but something about it did not work...

And the next day I was back in time for another lady...not sure what she was up to though?

Week: Aug 10th - 16th 2009

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Week: Aug 3rd - 9th 2009

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Week: July 27 - Aug 2nd 2009

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One day to go until...check out more news about Greening Carradale @ http://greeningcarradale.blogspot.com/

The weather seems to be holding out for us and with John Walter, Ashley McCormick, Anna Bauer and my goodself lined up to run various different activities its all looking good

Thanks to Julie for her bunting, Jeremy for being a top taxi for the gazebos and Ruth for growing sooooo many plants - you all rock!

Managed to get myself back into my painting 02/08/09

Week: July 20 - 26 2009

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Away this week at Embercombe - some kinda paradise on earth, very much in a wee corner of Devon, near to Exeter

Check our www.embercombe.co.uk and come to a friends weekend to discover the simple joys of working the land, sharing enriching conversations and home grown, hand cooked food - with yurts and log fires thrown in to boot!

Week: July 13 -19 2009

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19th July 2009
I leave for Embercombe today with the lovely Alice P kindly watering my plants and the stash for the plant swap 1st August too! checking out Greening Carradale for all the latest news....

18th July 2009

An amazingly super sunny day for the Leopold Estate Fete - absolutely fabulous time had by all. Some pics to view below as well as via Open To Arts flickr pages http://www.flickr.com/photos/annasexton/

Polaroid taken by Kofi Allen, photographer (C.)

17th July 2009

An amazing article has come out promoting We Love Marlborough...so exciting to see the national press getting hold our of success story and linking it into Cities of Culture...

Week: July 6 - 12 2009

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12th June 2009
Been working with Anna Bauer on the poster for Greening Carradale event 1st August 2009

Greening Carradale

12th July 2009
Helped out Lisa Cheung (ACME artist) with her original and brilliant Mobile Allotment over in SE18 Nightingale Estate in Woolwich. We are talking about exchange trips to share each other's projects. I took over 2 plants from the Artsadmin stash and came home with home grown sweet peas and sunflowers...

http://mobileallotment.blogspot.com/

Week: July 1 - 5 2009

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Week: June 28 - 30 2009

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Week: June 22 - 28 2009

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P1 Live/work artist launch as part of Bow Arts Trust Open Studios 2009

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As part of the now famous Bow Arts Trust Open Studios

P1 Launch is Bow Arts Trust latest initiative, in partnership with East Thames Housing

19th June 2009 6.30pm - 9pm
20th June 2009 1pm - 5pm
21st June 2009 1pm - 5pm

Over 3,500 sq/ft of fabulous, purpose built work space for the creative sector will be host to the artists awarded places as part of the Bow Arts Live/Work project delivered in partnership with Poplar Harca

Artists

Ross Adams
Said Adrus
Kofi Allen
Anna Bauer
Mathew Breen
Louisa Chambers
Julie Fagan
Corinne Felgate
Joe Graham
Sian Hislop
Bhajan Hunjan
Robert Luzar
Riz Maslen
Maslen & Mehra
Lisa McKendrick
Alex Noble
Alice Peillon
Emma Robertson
Gabrielle Russell
Anna Sexton http://brilliantindia.blogspot.com/http://annasextonphotography.blogspot.com/
Josie Smith
Ruth Solomons
Ben Walker
John Walter
Jeremy Willett
Alice Woodhouse

P1 is situated at the heart of London's new cultural quarter next to the Olympic Park. P1 is designed to support and foster tomorrow's talent.

Week: June 15 - 21 2009

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One of 10 photographys as part of 'Live/Work A-J'

One of the 100 bags shown as part of 'What's left behind?'

Week: June 8 - 14 2009

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10.06.09
I have been playing around with shredding again today as way of relaxing so I have found out. Its been a funny old day what with the odd energy out there with the tube strike, over crowded buses and my ongoing struggle with settling into my job, flat and London....and it's not passed me by that whilst watching 'Pineapple Express' I am stuffing re-sealable plastic bags!

Week: June 1 - 7 2009

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6th June

Finally getting around to updating the blog so I can follow the Artist Log Book format provided. Anything like Captain's log book? Well it is a journey already

Today been working on concepts for the P1 show at Payne Road as part of Bow Arts Trust Open Studios 19th - 21st June 2009. Cycled to source plain plastic bags but with no joy, but bumped into Corinne and she has a source! http://corinne.manifesto-art.co.uk/

Going to walk around the neighbourhood and along the way record the wildlife I encounter. Finally now I am not within a much more natural place my thirst for nature has become a driving force...as per usual weird old mind of mine, miss a thing once its gone! Whilst in Enford I was often over-awed by nature now I am in London at the heart of various estates I am just pleased/relieved when I spot any rose or tree!

Today is the latest opening at The Nunnery 'Olympic Visions' http://www.bowarts.org/thenunnery/index.php?code=42

Week: May 25 - 31 2009

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Playing around with my super zoom and the idea of focus, what I can see from my balcony...

The view directly SE from flat

Reflections, blurs of light and sparkle...

Week: May 11 - 17 2009

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15th May 2009

I have been working @ BAT on the Schools in View annual exhibtion and got Will Stewart @ TES to sneak a piece into the latest issue...thanks Will!

Times Educational Supplement

14th May 2009

Anna B has been down with Polish beers! More product graphics for the collection!

11th May 2009

Plug and light switch obsessing

Week: May 4 - 10 2009

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9th & 10th May 2009

IKEA bed day! Oh the joys of flat packs, odd shaped screws and almost impossibly fiddly attachments...thank god team Stanford made it over

And at least lunch was in the glorious sunshine on the balcony

And with a fully put together sofa the cushions came out of their bags

8th May 2009

I had the pleasure of supporting the delivery of a workshop in The Heritage Flat, 123 Balfron today with Corinne Felgate, uber artist and fantastic educator. Pics to come as they are stuck on the picture drive @ work...drat!

Here's some of the amazing view in the meantime...

Carradale House - my flat is 3 along from the top and 8 down (see the yellow chairs!)
Canary Wharf
The Gasworks, off Bow Creek

Week: May 1 - 3 2009

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Week: April 27 - 30 2009

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29th April 2009

Started to tackle the bathroom today and get rid of the mouldy sealant although not sure how to make the new stuff stick as there is so much leaking water from the taps....

Week: April 20 - 26 2009

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26th April 2009

Live/worker barbeque @ Bow Arts Trust garden, Bow Road. A super afternoon in the sunshine eating gorgeous food and getting to meet more fellow live/work scheme folk.

25th April 2009

Walkabout in and around Balfron, Chrisp Street Market and All Saints - abit like being back in Toxteth, Liverpool and some bits of Hackney & Clapton pre the Hoxton creep eastwards

The Truman eagle - a legacy of the former glory years of Truman Brewery, based in Brick Lane

24th April 2009

Corinne Felgate's opening night @ The Heritage Flat, 123 Balfron Tower

Going down in Carradale's lift

Looking up

Ah, the view, such a view!

23rd April 2009

Started on my postcard response as part of a collaborative postal arts project with artist (& friend) James Aldridge www.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/

Working around ideas of nature in the city and finding time to be with nature in a meaningful way, instead of just travelling through 'it' in response to James' piece around the bird and mapping travel. And as life would have it some of the high rise tower blocks in East London have become nesting stops for buzzards and falcons

Week: April 13 - 19 2009

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Week: April 6-12 2009

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13th April 2009

Starting to unpack and get organised...

Just moved in ...

A speedy deal thanks to Anna Bauer, her boyfriend, their friend, Dad and his Spanish mate oh and the lifts!!

Pre moving in mid March - early April 2009

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