Welcome to Grabbing Live Art by the Horns! This blog is about my current research and development project continuing all year until April 2012. I am being supported by Escalator Performance Arts (initiative for eastern region artists run by The Junction and Colchester Arts Centre) in receiving funding by Arts Council England. The funding is going towards receiving mentoring from two professional performance makers/ companies as well as 'go and see' activities such as performances, festivals, workshops (many of which take place further afield than Norwich). It is all in the name of grabbing live art by the horns - seeing, participating, networking, receiving an outside eye and generally soaking up what is around me to inform and further establish my own performance practice.
My objective is to utilize this grant to develop my emergence as a live artist in the eastern region and beyond. As a result of these activities, this year will be spent researching other work that is being made as well as undergoing critical development of my own work (in dialogue with and supported by other practitioners).
I am kindly being supported by Stuart Hobday, director of Norwich Arts Centre who has offered me time and space to rehearse at the centre, and Anthony Roberts, director of Colchester Arts Centre who is assisting me and monitoring the progress of the project as it evolves. In order to evaluate the process I have set up this blog and, with the help of web editor and media specialist Rebecca Wigmore - am all set to better my professional online presence with this and future projects.
Mentoring from professional practitioners begins in July (further details will be posted soon) and I have spent the past month and half beginning to tap into the 'go/see!' part of the project. Spring was a great season to start as there is so much performance and arts events going on at this time of the year. I am eager to explain what I have been up to so far but I am going to write one post per activity - so keep following to keep posted!
