From 30th June 2011

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

BAT Pack II 30.06.11 - 10.07.2011 Mile End Pavillion

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Week: Aug 3rd - 9th 2009

Week: July 27 - Aug 2nd 2009

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

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

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...