tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33219212012-01-23T02:14:49.756-08:00Ann Shaw - "I am a writer/artist based in Scotland. This is my online diary. Check out my web-site: <a href="http://annshaw.net">annshaw.net</a>" Contact- <a href="mailto:annshaw@mac.com">annshaw</a>Ann Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102417373643130226noreply@blogger.comBlogger3231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321921.post-21684364251238852872012-01-23T02:11:00.000-08:002012-01-23T02:14:49.764-08:00

Homage to the Chinese Year of the DragonDiary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nOver the years we have hosted many Chinese students and others from the Far East under the British Council Scheme. So this photograph is a homage to the Chinese New Year which this year is the Year of the Dragon.

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Digital finger painting - "We do not know the future we are inventing."Ann Shaw | Image | Artists talking | a-n

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Blippers have all been asked to submit a photo of the saltire to create an amazing film for Burns Night 2012 called Scotland the World Over, an online global project organised by Blipfoto.comThis is my contribution.Tomorrow night we have the first pop up networking event in Stirling organised by Joe Hall, a young woman new to the area.She tells me it is already over-subscribed. We are delighted.

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Elizabeth Blackadder at the opening of her exhibition in Stirling University.Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nI reckon we are fast approaching a “tipping point” for the arts in central Scotland.Instead of being caught in a cultural wilderness between Glasgow and Edinburgh we are beginning to establish our own identity with a vibrant art community.Last

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www.blipfoto.com/LibraSome time ago I was in a Glasgow ironmongers looking for a new kitchen knife when a group of young Glaswegian men came in.They were buying knives.For the city is the murder capital of Britain and knives the weapon of choice despite the Cultural Renaissance during the 1980s and 1990s when the city made serious attempts to reinvent itself with the Glasgow Miles Better campaign

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Gio Martin, sculptor with one of her quirky ceramics, at the first Bridge of Allan Contemporary Art and Craft Event.It is ten years since I graduated from Glasgow School of Art. Here is a link to a blog about it:Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-n

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'Mystery object', silver and wood, 24 October 2011. Photo: Ann Shaw. | Image | Artists talking | a-nBack from Morocco. I bought this high up in the Atlas mountains and I would love to know what it was originally used for. The inside is half hollow and it stands abaout ten inches and 3 inches in diameter, made of wood and engraved with intricate silverwork.

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'In memori: Steve Jobs', digital, 6 October 2011. Steve Jobs made our world a better place. | Image | Artists talking | a-nAlso on my blipfoto site:http://www.blipfoto.com/libra

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"Nostalgia"Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nI used to work on The Herald newspaper in Glasgow many years ago – before I took redundancy to go to Glasgow School of Art-I was one of the writers for the Women’s page (OMG! that sounds so sexist…). Anyway The Herald has now launched a weekly Women’s Herald magazine and I bought my first copy today.Will I buy it

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Finally got around to editing , or rather should I say, "mashing ", some footage from the 2009 Venice Biennale.

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Still Life with glass bowl and fruitwww.blipfoto.com/entry/1418129To view my site:blipfoto.com/LibraWell, we have signed the papers which will enable Forth Valley Open Studios to become a C.I.C – Community interest Company, a not for profit arts organisation dedicated to community interests. This does not give us charity status – which would require us to jump through many more hoops- but it

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Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nSunset over the Thames - view from Tate ModernNight light: silver birch trees outside Tate Modern Just had 24 hour visit to London to see Miro exhibition. I love Miro's work yet I was faintly disappointed. It looked dated. Why? because now I have come to expect more from art than a painting hanging on a wall. I wanted to

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Lys Hansen in her studio in Braco, Perthshire. Textile artist Clare Robinson in her Braco studio.. Perthshire Open Studios started yesterday. Visited two in Braco, Lys Hansen, an international artist and Clare Robinson a young textile artist who has re-located from Edinburgh to Perthshire and works for Liberty. And this is what always surprises me about visiting Perthshire Open Studios -

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My latest blip photo on www.blipfoto.com . You can find me under my screen name of Libra. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IehUM7XxJNU What does the future hold for art and artists? Well here are three very different perspectives: Open Studios We in Forth Valley Open Studios are looking into forming a C.I.C – Community Interest Company, in order that the organisation continues impetuity

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Tallinn Wall Artists collect words and phrases from Facebook and Twitter and publish them as standard size posters on the gallery wall.So this becomes the physical manifestation of the invisible digital city all around us. Tallinn - European City of Culture Just back. City was a big surprise. Had expected the medieval side but not that it had jumped straight into the 21st century. Glad I

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The old and the newWhat is it about drawing that brings us back all the time to the studio for Life Drawing? Last night I went to the monthly class at Delta Studios expecting no more than maybe three or four people, after all it’s the middle of the holiday season and it was a very hot sultry evening. Instead twelve of us turned up.There is something in human nature, almost primeval that craves

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(Skyscape - Bridge of Allan - Ann Shaw)Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nShould Forth Valley Open Studios become a registered Community Interest Company? how do we ensure the organisation continues into perpetuity?

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This is a video I made a couple of weeks ago during a video performance workshop in the Changing Room gallery, Stirling. We were put into pairs and I worked with Jon Piccolo, a young man from Essex who has recently moved to Scotland.

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Ann Shaw talks to Andrew Bryant about working in the virtual realm, her career development from journalist to artist, and current concerns.'"Forgotten"', digital. Centre for Older Adults, Chicago. Andrew Bryant: You had a previous career as a journalist. What made you switch to art and how difficult was the transition? Ann Shaw: I come from Wales and in those days it was unheard of for anyone to

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The other day I did an online interview with Andrew Bryant of AN Magazine. It was a novel experience to be interviewed, to find myself at the other end of the questions, for I used to be a journalist. Knowing how easy it is to misinterpret a persons story, to give added weight to something in order to make it more readable, a common newspaper practice ( think of current newspaper scandals) it

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Have created my first mini book using Blurb.com It is a very simple venture, a small gift for Kit Gow of Opening More Doors , the charity that organised an exhibition of work made by day patients at Strathcarron hospice for our recent Forth Valley Open Studios.Once books involved an enormous and costly process. Now its possible to have one-off glossy books for less than a bunch of flowers!

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Getting on a bit.....: 84 and still dancing...: "(Ipad image - Ann Shaw) One of my favourite contributions on growing older is this one: ' I am 84 years of age and still dancing!....' ..."

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Tonight sees the opening of the annual members exhibition in the Transmission gallery, Glasgow. I did not go to the launch party preferring to go mid week when it's possible to get a good look at the work.I submitted some of my iPhone a d iPad images so I will be curious to see how they have hung them.

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Charmian Pollok - mirrored box of Scottish midges caught by Charmian at her home on the west coast of Scotland. Only those of us who have suffered an evening of Scottish midges will really appreciate the significance of this box.Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nA video of midges I made in Glencoe one evening...

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On The Web: Britain's National Art Collections AKA "Your Paintings" - Real Clear Arts

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Praise continues to pour in for our Forth Valley Open Studios brochure from unexpected quarters .They all praise us for the high professional standard we have set. Others point out that this is the nearest to a complete directory of all artists working in the Forth Valley.

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Work came back yesterday from the Forth Valley Open Studios exhibition at Delta Studios, Larbert and went straight into Glasgow this morning for the annual members exhibition in the Transmission gallery in the Trongate.It consists of 100 images created on both my iphone and ipad and I have called it:"From the other side".Here's a sample.

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It is that time of year again - annual exhibition of members work at the Transmission gallery in Glasgow. Well, as soon as my "stuff" is back from the Forth Valley Open Studios exhibition in the Delta Studios, Larbert I will take it in tomorrow to 21 Jun 2011 ... Glasgow City Council Homepage - Find out about council services in Glasgow.Council Tax Payment - Search For A Vacancy - A-Z directory

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It happened again yesterday. An aquaintance I have known for years said :"Are you a proper artist?""What do you mean?""Well, do you sell stuff?"I took him into my studio and showed him my drawings on iphone and ipad.He didn't know what to say. He wrote in my Visitors Book:"Amazing!"

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Getting on a bit.....: Chinese .....approach to ageing: "Image: 'Contentment' drawn on ipad - Ann Shaw During Forth Valley Open Studios I launched my inter-active ' Time of our Lives...getting..."

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Ipad drawing made by sixteen year old Sarah Holliday - her first drawing on an ipad.Impressive.Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nI had intended to keep a running blog on the Open Studios only it turned out to be too hectic. As soon as the studio closed there were special events and private viewings to go to plus Glasgow School of Art Degree show.Well, the

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This is a clip from Steamer Lane, a soft rock group of retired professional men who performed recently in Stirling. They are my first participants in my project Time of our Lives which challenges how we view older people and the expectations people have of us.

Ann Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102417373643130226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321921.post-454079281587353902011-05-29T15:13:00.000-07:002011-05-29T15:15:16.343-07:00

Dominic Clare | Image | Artists talking | a-n

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"Strong" image inspired by online emotional testing kit Moodscope.comAnn Shaw | Image | Artists talking | a-nWaiting for the winds of 70mph ripping through Scotland to drop off before I go over to Delta Studios with work for the Forth Valley Open Studios exhibition. I am submitting an installation, “Mobile Art”, of 100 images created either on on my iphone or ipad .Last year I sold my iphone

Ann Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102417373643130226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321921.post-65820691271857775602011-05-19T03:12:00.000-07:002011-05-19T16:12:12.395-07:00

Heard Tracey Emin talking about her work on radio this morning. Whatever you think of the quality of her work you have got to admit she is sincere about it and she connects with the public.She's a strong woman and I have got a lot of time for her. And she is usisng her art to make serious social comments.Her high public profile owes a lot to her communication skills - yet another example of how

Ann Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102417373643130226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321921.post-4984924071624952922011-05-19T02:54:00.000-07:002011-05-19T03:01:10.958-07:00

I mentioned to some friends that I was doing an email interview ( for A-N magazine) only for them to be very dismissal. They do them all the time. Seems these are common journalistic practise these days. Interviews conducted over long boozy lunches have long been consigned to the history books but I had not appreciated how virtual interviews have become the norm.

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Steamer Lane ( from left to right) David Martin, Alex MacCambley and Alan ForresterDiary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nTime of our Lives…challenging perceptions of older peopleWe were just about to start filming the soft rock group Steamer Lane on Saturday in the middle of Stirling when they started: the South American pan pipers with all their amplifiers going

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Our brochures have arrived and they look fantastic. Committee members went away tonight armed with box loads of them. We have worked out a distribution list for the whole of the Forth Valley plus Edinburgh and Glasgow.All studios will each receive 100 copies too so hopefully this will help raise awareness of our event and encourage visitors.Now the publicity ....

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Rosy Naylor of Platform Designs | Image | Artists talking | a-nthis is our new poster to advertise our Open Studios event in June. It is with the printers and we hope to have it back along with the brochures by the end of next week.

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I thought it would be a good idea for this year 's Forth Valley Open Studios to give myself a project with a tight deadline. Well the deadline is certainly tight - it's only weeks away - because I have dithered about the best way of doing an " art and ageing" project.So, I have decided on a blog that looks at the many positive ways that people these days approach this time of their lives often

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Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-n

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Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nErnest Hemingway wrote The Old Man and the Sea in this observatory/writing tower he built for himself next to his home in Havana.Visitors are not allowed inside so I took this photo from the doorway while getting drenched in a tropical thunderstorm.

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Just heard that Cafe Flickr, the monthly open cinema for new film makers run by Glasgow Media Access Centre in Glasgow has closed for at least six month.GMAC has let the space out as offices!... seems they have got some serious financial problems.In fact they have even let out their editing suites.

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Hi! Check out my new multi-media travel blog based on recent visit to the Caribbean.I have used text photos and video. Bit of a struggle for a non-geek like myself but did manage it. If I can anyone can ... Ann's Caribbean travel blogWhy the peculiar name? As a child I was known as Titch and in the last year I have taken twittering under the name of Titchtwitter.Thought you would like to know. Or

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From hot to coldHere's another piece of work based on my visit to Havana. This time I have mashed the video in my computer to create a film with a totally different feel. Yet another experiment on my part.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAKnULKLstkStill trying to figure out what it is about my work that suggests some folk may be upset by it. For months now when you google my Youtube channel it comes up with a warning. What can I do about it? there's nothing there that could offend anyone.

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My channel on Youtube carries a warning that the site contains material which some people might find offensive. I cannot figure out which videos they might be referring to since most of them are simple recordings of everyday events at which I happen to be present. The rest are either quirky or fall into the "arty" category.This video, made on a recent visit to Cuba, was made using my new

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"The Waiting Game" - Tulum, Mexico I took this photo on a recent visit to Mexico. It was terribly hot and it was the last photo I took at the end of a long and exhausting day exploring some Mayan ruins. Only when looking through the files on my return did I realise that it had some unexpected qualities like the repetition of the curves of the iguana with that of the two figures and likewise the

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We have has a meeting with Craig McKechnie, director of Delta studios and he has again very generously offered his studio space, one of the biggest exhibition spaces in Scotland , for our taster exhibition in June. This allows members of the public to view work en masse from the studios before planning their itinerary .

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Well, I guess I have been off line for a couple of weeks...touring the Caribbean and swimming with stingrays. Also popped into Mexico, St Lucia and Cuba.

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drawn on my ipad using Brushes appLast Saturday we held our first agm in the Smith museum and gallery in Stirling and we had a good response from the public. A year ago Forth Valley Open Studios was just a bright idea …we had no database, no public money and a very tight deadline.Just a bunch of enthusiastic and dedicated artists prepared to work their socks off.The result? Last June 73 studios

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view of Ben Ledi in the Trossachs from my kitchen window.I despair of our local newspaper, the Stirling Observer. It is read widely in the area so any coverage, however small, is welcome. Yes the reporter promised the paragraph I sent in on email about the agm of Forth Valley Open Studios which takes place this Saturday in the Smith Art gallery and Museum in Stirling would get in. Open the

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Under the oak tree ...at the bottom of our gardenAfter Miro ...drawn on Brushes appGuess the most sort after present this Christmas? my iPad! everyone from six month old baby to academics wanted to get their hands on it. Why? because of the apps.Here are some of the favourites: Brushes,(painting) Angry Birds ( game), LaDiDa ( reverse karaoke app), Myfry ( Stephen Fry's e-book) and of course the

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(top) - twisted hazel branch,( bottom) spiderOrganic“Start with something organic!” said my tutor in Glasgow School of Art’s portfolio class.I thought of that this morning when I photographed this spider, made during my second year at college, part of my first Public Art project (disastrous one as it turned out!). My spider got short shift at Glasgow School of Art (“We are not having that here

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This is an experiment - a slideshow of my garden in winter."Absence"Whoops! We have a technical glitch ! Uploaded QuickTime movie yet it doesn't shown up now .Where has it gone?

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The recent heavy fall of snow has transformed my garden into something out of Narnia.There's a story behind the Black Panther . I had it stolen and I put a notice up in the local Post office in Bridge of Allan offering a reward.Some days later I received a phone call.It had been spotted in a field full of sheep...Well it was Freshers Week at Stirling University and I reckon some students just

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Image created on Ipad.I need to upgrade my computer ( Macbook or Imac? can't decide) so I visit the Apple store in Glasgow .The place is heaving with young people , along with a sprinkling of oldies like myself. I need sharp elbows to get to the machines. But a lifetime in newspaper journalism has equipped me with that and I am soon lost in the latest Apple dream machines. Buoyed up with this

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Josefina de Unamuno, a retired Spanish doctor based in Stirling and now a practising artist, was among the artists participating in The Red Tree Open Studio weekend.Organised by artist Catherine Froy the event is a spin-off from Forth Valley Open Studios. Others taking part were May Chipulina, Diana Hand and Libby Yule.The consensus is that it was a great success in terms of visitors - between

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(caption) Dave Hunt of Westerlix Studios, Killin with Rob Mulholland's mirrored sculpture of a human figure along with Kiera, Wenwen and Ann.Well, the first Trossachs Open Studios weekend got off to a very wet start. We had some visitors that weekend from China so we took the opportunity to show them a side of British life they had never seen before.They liked the friendliness and informality

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Perthshire Open StudiosPerthshire Open Studios, or POS as they are known as, are set in some of the most fantastic scenic locations in Scotland. It is worth visiting them just for the drive there! Everything from a castle and stately home to a portakabin and converted garage.And the scenery is breathtaking.Three of us from Forth Valley Open Studios - Avril Nicol, Jacqueline Marr and myself-

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Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-n

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Ipad drawingVisited David Murton, chair of Perthshire Open Studios in Crook of Devon. He has a mini business going at home with his garage converted into a studio , garden shed into a framing workshop and his house into a gallery!Tomorrow we do a tour of more studios. Roy Petrie, former colleagues on The Herald, ( graphic artist) had his exhibition opening at Scion House, Stirling University on

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Ann Shaw Blog: Jupiter Artland

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Cornelia Parker, '"Landscape with Gun and Tree"', cast iron and corten steel, 14 August 2010. This piece by Cornelia Parker is based on Gainsborough's "Mr and Mrs Andrews" of a couple posed under a tree with Mr Andrews carrying the gun. Here the gun has been left leaning against a tree, possibly loaded. Photo: Ann Shaw.It's not often I rave about work I see these days but I was gobsmacked at the

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Diary of an artist writer online | Project blogs | Artists talking | a-nThis is the first time I have used the sharing link from AN - and it seems to work! just a short par about Francis Alys - an artist new to me whose exhibition at Tate Modern I have just seen - first time I have seen work that was truly "different".

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Just spent a few days in Kirkcudbright and stumbled across this ancient tradition of Riding of the Marches where 93 riders and horses and ponies ride the boundaries of the Royal Burgh of Kirkcudbright, a practise started in July 1485, and carried out every year since.They make frequent stops at several pubs and hotels and they are given free drinks.

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This weekend is the Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail . I have just stayed in Greengate, former home of Jessie King, one of the most famous of the "Glasgow Girls" artists.The new owners Pauline and Colin Saul are also artists and founder members of the Art and Crafts trail and they let me film inside their studio.

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Just downloaded Melodala software to my Ipad. It makes a very quick easy to use interactive drawing tool- designed by guys in the Tate Modern and used in their current inter-active exhibition.

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The Gurkhars were performing at the Alva Highland Games despite the rain, noise from the fairground and an audience that were largely unattentive.In the circumstances they did very well.

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Well, I guess it's finally over and we are all chilling out and enjoying some well earned down-time. But its been a fantastic success! One of the features of the first ever Forth Valley Open Studios were the unusual locations that some artists chose to show-case their work- portakabin, church, marquee, pub- partly because their own studios couldn't cope with an influx of visitors.David Tapner

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Cathy Peattie, MSP, with Craig McKechnie, director of Delta Studios, Ann Shaw , secretary Forth Valley Open Studios and Lys Hansen, chair of Forth Valley Open Studios at exhibition launch.(Photograph - Dave Hunt)

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Cathy Peattie , MSP, ( bold pattern) with members of the Forth Valley Open Studios committee.Lys Hansen, chair of Forth Valley Open Studios, with Avril Nicol, Project Co-ordinatorWell it's done!We have just had the official opening of the first ever Forth Valley Open Studios "taster exhibition" with over 100 participating artists less than six months since we had the idea....and all without any

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Countdown to launch on Friday. Everything going to plan. Cathy Peattie, MSP, will sing for us to officially launch Forth Valley Open Studios- apaprently she has an amazing voice.It is appropriate that Cathy will do the opening because her background is in the voluntary sector where she has played a major role in the community.Check her out at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/

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Life has been so hectic recently that have not had time to update my blog.Cathy Peattie, MSP for Grangemouth, has agreed to open the launch exhibition for Forth Valley Open Studios on June 4th in Delta Studios.We regard this as something of a coup - especially as she has agreed to sing at the event too!

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Screenprint right. Original image (left) created on iPhone and printed out as a photograph. Where is the delete button? I have just completed a weekend screen printing course at Glasgow Print Studio and on more than one occasion I found myself automatically looking for the delete button - I work digitally - so it was something of a novel experience to be dabbling in this ancient technology

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Carole Reeves and Ann Shaw taken in Carole's office at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of medicine, UCLWell, we didn't win an award for the "Children of Craig-y-nos" but, along with four other runners-up, we received a certificate commending us "for excellence in communicating medical and health information in a book for the lay reader".The prize was awarded to "Medic: saving lives -

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“ A powerful story told in words and pictures assembled from first-hand accounts…reveals shocking details of children’s lives in a Welsh TB hospital.” That’s what the judges say about “Children of Craig-y-nos”.Well, I guess I never thought of it in that light. To me who spent four years in Craig-y-nos as a child it seemed normal. I didn’t know anything else.It is only now with a distance of more

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iPhone drawingGreat spread in local paper - Wee Country News of our Forth Valley Open Studios. This is a weekly freesheet and it updates its site tomorrow so will put a link in then.

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Are music pets that you train to go and fetch you favourite music the way forward? check out this new app.reviewed in Wired magazine.http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/virtual-worlds-real-money-can-social-games-solve-musics-woes?It says:"The goal of Music Pets is to entertain a virtual pet by training it to like the music you like, then using points to send the pet out to find more music to

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Phew!...our brochure is almost ready for the printers. It has been a steep leaning curve! What started as an idea between a group of friends at Christmas time has snowballed into a major arts event for the Forth Valley - by the way some folk don't know where that it . We are between Edinburgh and Glasgow.Now we are going to start on the publicity and promotion for it....watch this space.

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I have just heard that our book "TheChildren of Craig-y-nos" which I co-authored with Dr Carole Reeves, has been shortlisted for the annual medical journalists book awards. Winner to be announced at a special reception in London on April 27th.

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How about this for a piece fo serendipity- our first Forth Valley Open Studios project coincides with the first joint Stirling /Galway Arts Festival in June.Watch this space.

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My co-author Dr Carole Reeves ( Outreach Historian with the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine UCL), will be talking this afternoon on the search for the lost children of Craig-y-nos as part of UCL seminar to commemorate World TB Day.

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We visited our designer in Edinburgh on Monday and handed over all our information for the Forth Valley Open Studios brochure- on two digital sticks! Once upon a time...well a year or maybe two years ago this would have involved huge folders and required a bulky briefcase , even a suitcase, to transport all the information. Today the stick slips into my handbag next to my iPhone...such is the

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"Joy" iPhone artIt is always a bit sad to take an exhibition down though this one has been up for over five weeks. Feedback has been good though little sold. Part of the problem is that people are reluctant to pay money for something they see that has been through a computer even though you are using the same thinking process as if you were doing it physically.The question is: what to do with

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Just heard my Iphoto pix are selling at the exhibition but have not got the time to promote my work there because of all my work with Forth Valley Open Studios. Fortunately I have had good coverage in the local newspapers because of the novelty of work drawn on an Iphone!These are some photos taken at the private viewing by Karen HowardKaren Howard with some of my iPhotos

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"Strength" created on iPhoneDelighted to see over 40 people turn up last Sunday afternoon to my exhibition opening at Scion House, Stirling University Innovation Park.Many were intrigued with the iPhone pix but sales were nil.The following conversation was overheard:"I like the work and I would buy it if it was the original.""But the original is in the computer."So were does this leave digital

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Frank Sullivan, PR for Stirling University's Innovation Park, has just issued the following press release about my upcoming exhibition." The first art exhibition in the UK to feature works created on a mobile phone will staged at Stirling University Innovation Park.The 21st century medium has been used by digital artist and writer Ann Shaw as a means of expressing her artistic vision.A former

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Walking in the Scottish Highlands yesterday I decided to find out how Andy Murray had got on in the Australian Open.So I googled it on my Iphone .Next week I have an exhibition opening in Scion House, part of Stirling University's Innovation Park and a big chunk of the exhibition has been created on my ...Iphone.It goes without saying I can't wait to get my hands on the Ipad.

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A date has been set for the Forth Valley Open Studios - 12- 20th June.This follows Saturday's meeting in Stirling where we formally constituted ourselves and formed a committee.Tremendous enthusiasm from everyone concerned with the project.

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Had yet another example this morning of how fast the world of work is changing. I rang a printer in Oxford for a quote ( I am in Scotland) and I was asked for the web-site for Forth Valley Open Studios. Explained it was under constuction because we had only just registered the domain name and there was a silence the other end.Then she said:"Oh thats OK I have found you on Twitter."

Ann Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04102417373643130226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321921.post-6739615402311895142010-01-25T09:17:00.000-08:002010-01-25T09:30:24.455-08:00

Angela Beardsley chairs the public meeting in Alloa for the Forth Valley Open StudiosChair of Perthshsire Open Studios, David Murton ( with beard) with members of the audience.(Photos courtesy of Karen Howerd)

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We held a public meeting in Alloa to "test the water" to see if there was any public interest in holding a Forth Valley Open Studios 2010- and we were delighted to find over 50 turned up!Not bad for a mid-week January night in central Scotland. A lot of this was due to the publicity we had in the local papers, support of Kathleen ONeill the Cultural Planner for Alloa who arranged for us through

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Richard Feehan of Clacks Council design team has produced a poster for us at lighting speed, very glossy A3 also one for the web which I have circulated to all 41 artists who have wish to participate in forthcoming event.Whole project gathering momentum.

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My garden today covered under a blanket of snowDid you know that most people have never an artist and certainly never visited one in her/his studio?this was pointed out to me last night when I attended networking event with several friends involved in setting up Forth Valley Open Studios in the Dunbalne Hydro.It was organised by VisitScotland.com to promote tourism in the area.Everyone we

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Are we moving from passive consumption to active creation? if one is optimistic that is one possible interpretation of the American study NEA report(http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=6221)which shows a national decline in all arts and sports where there is passive consumption. There's another scenario: would people rather consume arts and sport via digital media in the comfort of

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Celebrations for centenary of Macintosh building - people gathering for the projections on three sides of the buildingProfessor Roger Wilson, Head of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art in his studioView from the staircaseThe Loggia, better known as "the hen run".Attended the centenary celebrations of the Macintosh building yesterday. Place heaving with celebrities, politicians, and the movers and

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Iphone art: "dancing"That hoary old chestnut "amateur versus professional artists" has reared its head again as the debate over Open Studios begins.Pointed out to a professional artist friend that participants will have to pay only to be told:"they can afford it because they have jobs and paint part-time".Oh dear!.... why can't everyone accept that there different strands of art and many

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