| The main update for May is the current exhibition I Hope To See which I have just finished hanging this morning. The show at the Nexus Art Café is of a selection of photos from recent workshops with Rolls Crescent Primary School; the final sessions in a series of interactions with various groups in Hulme. The work is up until July 5th and can be found downstairs in the café area of Nexus (Northern Quarter, Manchester city centre). The prints will then be moving to a display of the full series in the school itself, to coincide with Parents’ Afternoon. There will also be a presentation of souvenir brochures to the classes who participated.  |  I Hope To See exhibtion at the Nexus Art Café Though this marks the end of the Hulme Workshops, it is really only the beginning for the Placemaking Boards and these will next be aired in the Nexus Art Café itself. In June I will be attending a meeting of the staff and community groups who use Nexus and we will be utilising the I Remember, This Place Is and I Hope To See boards as a creative alternative to paper based questionnaires in a feedback gathering exercise. It is hoped that the outcomes will help the café reflect on its successes as well as providing suggestions for improvements from those who use the space. |
This is a very exciting development as it demonstrates an alternative application of the boards and it’s great to be able to get involved in something with such a clear aim. Photos from the session will be displayed as part of the upcoming Nexhibitionists show, which celebrates the different groups that have used the café. This opens on June 28th and coincides with the Private View of I Hope To See.
| The CRITgroup project continues to bloom and though we had a small group last night it was still useful. Though you can read a full write up of the session on the CRITblog, I will share the most useful thing for me, which taking along a final draft of a new interactive project looking at place that I have been developing with the help of feedback from the group. This was the first session that the mock-up booklets weren’t met with an ‘I think this would be better if’ response, so I feel I am finally ready to get them properly printed up! You can see the group contributions in an earlier trial run on the Sketchbook page. |  A new CRITgroup member makes a note while others discuss a project! |
I have also confirmed guest speakers for the CRITgroup meetings in July, September and October. You can find more information about these on the home page as well as register your interest to come along to the June meeting if you are a creative practitioner within traveling distance of Manchester.
 Mmm... May 2012, acrylic on canvas | On a tangential note, I have completed a new canvas since my last update. I began this series in the summer of 2009 but it got put on a back burner when I started the MA because I really couldn’t take the time out of the 3D design practice to paint. It is loosely related to many of the same themes though and grew directly from the same research sketches as the installation series, which can be found further down the Sketchbook page. Next update due in June or July… Here’s hoping the weather holds out! |
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