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Video Chats: Ep. 08 – with Faye Bridgwater
AOH artist Faye Bridgwater tells us about the alternating creative crush and whoosh of lockdown, including winning two prestigious art prizes; the joys of escaping the daily news though painting and exploring the inspirational Sussex countryside around her home; making new movable ceramic landscapes for her AOH Autumn/Winter solo Open House show – and finally getting the kids back to school!
Video Chats: Ep. 07 – In conversation with Daniel Mackey
Daniel Mackey, AOH artist at 11 Rugby Road, tells us about their collaborative lockdown project with Superstar Arts, creating innovative opportunities for people with learning disabilities; how he and Adam are preparing for the Autumn/Winter Open House with one-way and booking systems, and how his mum is busy crocheting brussels sprouts for the show!
Video Chats: Ep. 06 – In conversation with Charlotte Macpherson
AOH photographer Charlotte Macpherson tells us about how lockdown provided new opportunities of community building, photographing her neighbours on their doorsteps and led her to a re-prioritising of everything.
Video Chats: Ep. 05 – with Sarah Jones
AOH artist Sarah Jones talks to us about her lockdown experiences of working from home, cats and cakes, and her new illustration commissions for the National Trust and Radio Times
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Video Chats: Ep. 04 – with Jon Mills
AOH metal artist and craftsmen Jon Mills talks about his lockdown projects, ranging from a children’s book, Lionel the Very Cross Dresser, to restoring and converting a 1937 vintage car chassis into an electric car.
JJ Waller tells us about his book project: Lockdown – Informal Portraits of This Time
Hi JJ – Can you tell us a bit about the project you have been working on during lockdown and how the ideas behind it came about? The idea for the project came to me when first hearing about the impending lockdown, I was a few days into photographing for a new book project JJ […]
Video Chats: Ep. 03 – with Abigail Bowen
AOH artist Abigail Bowen tells how her lockdown project Dark Days was inspired by and reflects the government’s daily briefings graphs. And how lockdown presented an opportunity to bring together her local 7 Dials artist community through her Instagram takeover project. See more at abigailbowen.com and instagram.com/7dialsart/.
Video Chats: Ep. 02 – with Vitamin Sea
In the second of the series, AOH photographer, educator and creative Emily Paxton tells us about Vitamin Sea, a miniature beach hut installation, co-curated with textile artist Pam Glew. Thirty five European artists have created and painted individual miniature beach huts, reinventing ideas of what a beach hut could be…
Video Chats: Ep. 01 – with Simon Fell
In the first of the series, AOH ceramic artist Simon Fell gives us an insight into how he became vlogger.
He explores the practical processes, structuring and ideas that go into making a good video blog – and how it is surprisingly easy (even for a self-described introvert, as he is!) to talk about the things that really interest you.
AOH Artist Jo Hunt tells about photographing the pollution free night skies
Hi Jo – As we are beginning to take very tentative steps out of lockdown, it would be great to hear a bit about what you have been doing during the lockdown period. Can you tell us a little bit about the project you have been working on? I have been out shooting the night […]
EcoOctopus tells us about the effects of lockdown on small creative businesses
Hi Lynda – You were planning to take part in the AOH Festival for the first time this May, as part of the Kemp Town trail. Since then life has been put on hold due to lockdown. Can you tell us a bit about who you are and what you do? I am a small […]
Sophie Wake tells us how lockdown has impacted on her creative life
Hi Sophie – We’ve been in lockdown for over two months now. How has the experience affected you and impacted on your creative life? Initially I found the silence of lockdown extremely moving and through the imposed stillness found myself going further into meditative practices. I’ve experienced what feels like a deeper grounding in my […]
Lucy Delano tells us about her lockdown lifeline: ‘Art and Only Art’
Hi Lucy – We’ve been in lockdown for nearly nine weeks. Hopefully we’re slowly coming out of it now, but we’d love to hear about what you have been doing during this period. Can you tell us how your project Art and Only Art came about? My sister and five of her friends set […]
Jan Irvine tells us about her lockdown Portraits For NHS Heroes project
Hi Jan – We’ve been in lockdown for eight weeks now, would you like to tell us about how your feelings and emotions have changed over this period? It feels like a very long time ago since the lockdown began, and life has taken on a distinctly surreal quality…waking each day to find that, […]
Miladys Parejo, of Encounters Art Space, tells about her virtual migration
We’re now two months into our strange new lives in lockdown – would you like to tell us a bit about how you are adapting to the currently reality? At the beginning of the lockdown I was a bit uneasy, as the way that I usually I do things had to change. My working experience […]
Kay Aplin of The Ceramic House tells us about how lockdown has changed the way she thinks and works.
Kay Aplin at her home – The Ceramic House Stanmer Villas Brighton (image credit: Jim Holden) Hi Kay – We’ve all been in lockdown for nearly two months now –it sounds as though you have made good use of time throughout this period. Would you like to tell us about the Ceramic House blog you […]
Rose Hill Rebel artist, Lanie, tells us of lockdown life in Senior Housing
Hi Lanie – It’s May and the Rose Hill Rebels should be exhibiting their work to visitors as part of the Artists Open Houses festival now. Instead we are all two months into lockdown and for many of us, especially older people, a period of lonely isolation. Can you tell us about the Rose […]
Becky Blair, who was to be AOH May 2020 brochure cover artist, tells us about life in lockdown
Hi Becky, last weekend would have seen the start of the AOH festival, for which you were to be the May 2020 brochure cover artist. As plans have now been inevitably delayed for a few months, due to the coronavirus, we wondered if you would like to tell us a bit about what you are […]