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Faces & Threads: Two Minutes to Midnight?
Faces & Threads: Two Minutes to Midnight?

After a hugely successful launch for the open air ‘Faces and Threads’ exhibition on ‘The Corner’ Pocket Sculpture Park, we moved into a period of instability and upheaval rather than the usual process of reflection and examination that generally occurs post-installation/Launch.

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Ars Longa Vita Brevis | Bruce Davies w/ Ruby Jean Waterhouse
Ars Longa Vita Brevis | Bruce Davies w/ Ruby Jean Waterhouse

Beware of Artists, they mix with all classes of society’

A popular meme from the internet of today allegedly has its origins in a warning from King Leopold of Belgium to Queen Victoria, when in 1845 he wrote

‘​​dealings with artists, for instance, require great prudence; they are acquainted with all classes of society, and for that reason are dangerous; they are hardly ever satisfied, and when you have too much to do with them, you are sure to have des ennuis’

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Have You Left Yet? Notes from the outside
Have You Left Yet? Notes from the outside

I have always considered a mix of experience and enthusiasm in the programme to be a healthy thing, as experience riffs off enthusiasm and vice versa.

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