“Structural inequalities exert pressure upon individuals.” New writing by Elaine Speight on a necessary and urgent rethink in considering the needs of cultural workers with children… Read the article 'Duty Of Care: Why Support Parent Artists?' at [...]

This element of the project departs from an examination of the cultural landscapes of Cumbria, looking in particular at the way the two Cumbrias (of the Lake District and the coastal west) have been formed as distinctive [...]

The Practising Place book explores our relationship with place through a collection of co-authored texts, visual [...]

“Fragile Possibilities”: The Role of the Artist’s Book in Public Art  Elaine Speight and Charles Quick for Special Issue "Artists’ Books: Concept, Place, and a Quiet Revolution"  edited by Dr Chris Taylor

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Test Bed Report Winter 2018

Created by Claire Tindale, The Expanded City map was designed to accompany the 'Lie of the Land' symposium in 2018, as part of the second stage of The Expanded City project. It geographically locates and gives details of [...]

Designed by Claire Tindale and written by Lauren Velvick, this small publication introduces The Expanded City project and gives details of the initial research undertaken by artists Gavin Renshaw, Olivia Keith, Ian Nesbitt & Ruth Levene, The Decorators, Emily Speed [...]

As part of The Expanded City project, Gavin Renshaw researched the aesthetics of newspapers associated with bicycle racing, such as the Tour [...]