Blue tits are everywhere at the moment 💙 I can hear them on my dog walks in Aylestone, and when I visited Beacon Hill and Bradgate Park recently. Listen out for its high-pitched trilling song 🎵 Tsee-tsee-hihihi
This painting of a Blue Tit is in my shop lucystevens.bigcartel.com/product/blue-t…

Here's a lovely introduction to my art practice, including my inspirations, techniques, and processes in the studio @studioname_leics

Thanks to @niktfilms for the brilliant video! 💥

Excited to announce our partnership with the Leicester Libraries and Community Centres to bring arts and crafts festivities celebrating EID! Join us for a creative and cultural celebration 🎨✨ #EID #CommunityEngagement #ArtsAndCrafts

I love the vibrancy of this mixed media work on panel. I hope you can tell I enjoyed making it, exploring diff layers of acrylic paint, spray paint & oil pastel in the studio. ✨️ It's one of my favourites & features slithers of blue sky for birds to fly through and breathe in.

Today, I'm at my first art fair of the year @goodthingsmarket in Hull! Pop by and say hello and pick up something lovely for yourself. I've got bird inspired original art, limited-edition prints, cards and wooden hand painted decorations!

Here until 4.30pm ☀️

Please share and get in contact if you would like to share your story!

Last Brunch with Big Local today until 1pm. Pop down and have a free yummy cooked breakfast. Halal and Vegetarian options available.

If your children are on benefit related free school meals and would like to join in this Easter please scan the link and sign up. Or pop into our office for support.

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Leicester City Council

Department for Education

Great turnout for our Half Term Craft Activities yesterday with 80! children attending. We know its raining today so why not bring the children along and have some fun.

Leicester Libraries and Community Centres Local Trust

Application for 10 months AIR programme in London is now open. An affordable studio only, no living accommodation.

This film made our day. Thank you very much for the studio members who cooperated Nikodem for this project.

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Stoked to be longlisted for this years Aesthetica Magazine art prize. The exhibition accompanying the prize opens 16th feb York Art Gallery til 21st April. #aestheticaartprize2024

🏵If you don't sell at art fairs or exhibitions, it doesn't mean your work is shit. You're probably offering too much choice.
🏵Take notice of your studio rituals and stick to routines to help you plan and make work
🏵Get comfortable in your skin, not in your artwork

🏵Get lost in the zone where you don't need to eat or wee
🏵New hard things can be stepping stones to something better
🏵Other people can sometimes translate your ideas into reality better and quicker than you. Let them, credit them and then pay them.

🏵Not every opportunity is for you
🏵Build a trusted tribe of friends to give you honest feedback and do the same for them
🏵Share wins and losses
🏵Show up to the studio again and again and again

What advice would you add and how long have you been an artist? ✨️

🏵Taking risks in the studio feels like play
🏵Doors are meant to be walked through not to keep people out
🏵Natural light in a studio is the best
🏵Don't force yourself to know the answer in one sitting
🏵The birds are routing for you
🏵Remember why you started

🏵If you get stuck and frustrated, walk away and do something else
🏵The excitement of learning how another artist has made something (and it not being as impossible as you first thought)

Today, I've been a full-time artist for 3 years and a part-time artist for 17 years. That's 20 years of making stuff since graduating from the MA Fine Art course @nottinghamtrentuni
What have I learnt?
🏵In the beginning, say yes to everything
🏵Always expect to get paid

Door knocker designs! 🚪💥These will be lasercut in wood/acrylic & be installed as part of my residency @florencetrust StudionAme Leicester The designs are inspired by the wood pigeon, fox, magpie and squirrel plus the decorative interior of St Saviours Church. 🌸🍀

We are working in partnership with Leicester Libraries and Community Centres to provide free half term craft activities. Why not pop in to St Matthews Library and see what's going on. Leicester City Council