Shannon Fennell Artist

     My MA Fine Art program has started our residency at GROW Plymouth. Some of us will be there everyday until the event on May 8th and the open days of May 9th & 10th. But… we are open while we are working on our projects too! If you would like to stop by to meet the artists, try your hand at creating something to add to a project (or keep,) and even participate as a model for a portrait you are more than welcome to stop by to see what we’re up to.     GROW is next door to The Box, across from the University of Plymouth and is at 14 Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon.     I’ll be working on-site starting on Friday, May 2nd, from around 10 a.m. until at least 3 p.m. We’ll be closed on the weekend and bank holiday. Other artists will be there too, on their own schedules.

We had a group critique for our work to-date last week. I had taken in 10 of my pieces and three done in collaboration with a cohort. Seems that was overkill. Only half of our group showed up for it, so was very low key.  By far I had the most work put forward... and it wasn't even ALL of this year's collection of work. I've got more available and several WIP that weren't transportable. I assumed showing a selection of work that was going in different directions was better than not? I got the impression from the Prof that I should have "curated" it better.. I thought the reason for a crit was to get feedback and others' opinions of what I was considering to submit? Anyhow, consensus was these were everyone's preferred works. Made from weaving two A1 sheets of newsprint that I'd used to clean my brayers and knives while offset printing. I kept them and cut each in half, and wove the halves together. I was pleased with how they turned out as shapes a...