| Date of activity | What was the Activity: | Where did the activity take place | What did you learn from this activity: Exhibition Planning Ways of Working Curation Application | How has activity been documented | How could you apply the learning: |
| 15/8/20 | Life Drawing; Aimee mccallum | zoom | Helped me to practice drawing again and get back into creating work. Drawing from zoom for first time | drawings | Will use the warm up for drawing in my drawing projects |
| 2/11/20 | Artist talk: Hannah Nugent | Teams | Ways of working; exploring digital spaces using animation. takes inspiration from retro video games. Celebrates the digital realm with bright colours and interesting new way of painting and drawing. | Written notes | Take inspiration from how she makes use of digital painting |
| 22/11/20 | Artist talk: Megan Rudden- Q&A- Hubcap | Instagram live | Ways of working: learned how she explores writing within an art context. How to approach personality, intimacy and comfort. Talks of making writing inclusive. Also received recommendations for books. | Written notes | Very helpful for current project, will take influence from the way she writes and how she corelates that with image making |
| 9/12/20 | Artist talk: Rhona Foster | Zoom | Ways of working: she showed us clips of her work and we learned how she put together a set and what kind of budget goes into it. Gave advice about how someone can create something of a similar level and where she applies for funding and oportunities | Written notes | Will use advice on how to make a set and what goes into it if I plan to make a scripted video |
| 5/2/21 | Screening + panel discussion: Natasha Ruwona | Zoom/Youtube | Ways of working: got to watch her new video work “umbilic” and learned about some experiences of black identities. Got lots from just watching her work as it was so interesting | Written notes | Will use her work for inspiration and for techniques with moving image work |
| Feburary 2021 | Artist Talk: Benjamin Fallon | Zoom | Ways of working: was taught the history of moving image, how far it has advanced and how many different contexts it can be used in | Written notes | Will use the information for when I explore digital and moving image and also for artist inspiration |
| March 2021 | Workshop: Neil Nodzak – Sequential art | Teams | Ways of working: Learned about how I could use sequential art for my own project. Introduced to artist aiden Koch and how she aims to create a story with as little words as possible | Written notes | Will use this for inspiration for my current project. Likely to use the skills I learned in the future |
| 10/4/21 | Artist talks: Charlotte hicks- hubcap | Instagram live | Ways of working: learned about how she portrays women in art and the female gaze. Also about how she uses textiles and women’s craft | Written notes | Could use textiles in my own work and am also interested in similar topic so might use it for inpiratiion |
| 28/4/21 | Working within visual arts organisation | Discord | Learned about a variety of jobs within arts organisations such as galleries, workshops, programmes. Also about where I would be able to find jobs and what kind of experience and qualifications needed | Notes on blog | Will help me to figure out what options I have once I have left this course |
| 28/4/21 | Participatory arts withing the community | Discord | Learned about the organisation “Artlink” and how they work with kids elderly and disabled people. Introduce people to art and crafts and help people to enjoy and learn from new activities | Notes on blog | An organisation I could possible volunteer with for experience as im interesting in accessible art |
| 28/4/21 | Freelancing- planning for creative life and career | Discord | Received some advice on creative jobs and how to work up to them. Also about how to plan out a career that Is suited to me | Notes on blog | Will use the advice to help decide what jobs I will go for |