Dispatches from the Field

Your average day probably involves looking at an electronic screen. From work emails and texting, to social media and news stories, the eyes are always on a relentless quest for knowledge, communication, and entertainment. ‘Screen fatigue’ is a guarantee – where did caution go? Where’s the person who used to yell “Don’t sit too close to the TV or you’ll ruin […]

What makes a story? It can be hard to tell, especially when stories so thoroughly make up the fabric of life. As writer Joan Didion famously wrote, “we tell ourselves stories in order to live”, so do we even want to separate life from story? For artist Stephen Todd, it’s a tricky predicament taken up […]

In light of the government’s retraining quiz, we’ve decided to start a series foregrounding those artists defiantly persisting with their creative ventures. ‘Still an Artist’ is a show of support for art-heads everywhere, giving you an insight into the lives of our artists, as we meet them where they’re at… Lately, the ecstatic work of […]

In light of the government’s retraining quiz, we’ve decided to start a series foregrounding those artists defiantly persisting with their creative ventures. ‘Still an Artist’ is a show of support for art-heads everywhere, giving you an insight into the lives of our artists, as we meet them where they’re at… We start by highlighting artist Lewis Deeney.  […]

Masters artist Peter Kettle has created a remarkable collection of mixed media paintings incorporating rubbish he helped clear during an expedition to Everest Basecamp.The collection – Everest Basecamp Is the culmination of a 14-day trek Peter made last year in a bid to help clean up rubbish… See for example the piece: Prayer Flags Above Dingboche – where the flags are built […]

There are plenty of overlaps between art forms… particularly between literature and visual art, and as it’s National Poetry Month – yes, there is such a thing (!) and as this influence often goes unseen… I wanted to shine a light on the many ways in which words inspire our artists. For Toni Cogdell, poetry […]

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions: Rob Lyon The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks: ‘What do you do?’ […]

Artist and curator Susan O’Malley, asked a hundred ordinary people between the ages of seven and eighty-eight what advice their 80-year-old selves would give to their present-day selves. Tragically she died suddenly at just 38, a week before her pregnancy due date. The project with its poignant words of wisdom is now published as: Advice […]

In his Reith lectures, Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art, we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning, so we asked them some questions. Here are some of their answers: Do you have any rituals or routines to help the creative process?
 ALICE […]

‘ROOM OF DEMENTIA- BROKEN PIECES, PAGE: 2 SECONDS TO REMEMBER’ BY EWELINA LABUDA ‘If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.’ ERNEST HEMINGWAY