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    Jeremy Deller Love Is Enough Talk – BMAG 14th May

    16 May 201515 June 2020

      My friend Rosie is a talented textile designer and for her recent birthday I bought us tickets to hear Jeremy Deller (Turner-prize winning artist and curator of the exhibition) and Fiona MacCarthy OBE  ( biographer and cultural historian) discussing the artists William Morris and Andy Warhol who are the subjects of the Love is

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    Finn seems to like the snow! Finn seems to like the snow!
    I know a lot of people are currently sharing books I know a lot of people are currently sharing books, tv shows etc about race relations ie the 13th which I think are important to watch. I also believe in sharing Black Joy and showing that Black people are nuanced. Here are a few tv shows I’ve loved watching recently. Blood and Water - a schoolgirl sets out to prove her new friend is her missing sister. Cook Off is a low budget rom com set around a tv cooking competition and AJ and the queen featuring Rupal who ends up on a road trip with an unlikely companion. Please share below any tv/ shows films you’ve enjoyed watching recently featuring Black people as the main characters
    Muted, listening and learning. #BlackoutTuesday #A Muted, listening and learning. #BlackoutTuesday #AmplifyMelanatedVoices
    I’ve always enjoyed taking photos but have usual I’ve always enjoyed taking photos but have usually stuck to the auto setting on my camera. For the last 8 weeks I’ve been attending an Introduction to Digital Photography course hosted by @frasermcgee Last night was our last class where we took images we’d printed off covering portrait, landscape and street photography and then discussed what we liked about each other’s work and how we’d improve the image. (I used Palm Laboratories on Rea Street for my printing) it’s definitely taken me out of my comfort zone photographically. Here’s my images
    My nephew Albie was born on Monday and I got to me My nephew Albie was born on Monday and I got to meet him today. Think he was feeling a little camera shy at this point!
    Went to Leamington Spa today for rummage round it’s charity shops and to check out @beryluneuk new store. On my walk back to the train station I happened to spot a poster advertising the free #dianearbus Artist Rooms exhibition was on at @leamspaartgallery in The Royal Pump Rooms. Was gutted I’d missed her recent exhibition in London so this was definitely an unexpected treat! It’s on until 1st December #artistrooms2019 #artistrooms #artfund #artscouncilengland
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