Covid strikes again.....so it's time for a recap.

Just as the world starts to take a breath and think we've got this Covid thing under control... I don't.  

Late on Friday, I tested positive so here I am working from home again.  I say ''working' loosely because my brain has been operating on functionality akin to a dead frog since Friday. 

It's now Tuesday and although I'm not great, I'm well enough to bring my blog up to date.. which is good because there's a lot that I realise I've not included!  I feel like this could really get away from you if you don't check in regularly, so here's a recap over the past week or so.

I was lucky enough to be introduced to a whole network of artist organisations in Stoke on Trent in a recent Practice & Placement lecture.  There are so many people organising art projects in the area!  (It's not like they were hiding but its really helpful to have them introduced to you.)  They're all really receptive to involvement. From theatre productions tackling mental health to outside art installations.  It's hard to know how you fit into this world when you're still figuring out which direction you'll be headed when you finish your degree but knowing that this successful network exists feels like there's a base layer of support there whatever you do.

Last week, I spoke to my tutor about the tone of voice in my blog.  I've written this blog from the perspective that I want to be able to record my journey through Level 5 and my Placement Module in order to reflect on it later - but I also want people who might be taking the same journey to be able to relate with me.  I've linked this blog to my Fine Art Degree Instagram and vice versa.  In future, I may have professional platforms that use professional language but right now, I'm a student and I want the journey from here to Professional Career Artist to be accessible to others with the same aspirations.

On that note, I'm tasked with producing a cover letter, Artist CV, Mini-folio and a Proposal for my placement. I'm pretty sure after my last conversation with my tutor that my proposal will centre around the  Staffordshire University Art Collection.  My Placement is planned for February 2022 and I'm continuing to work voluntarily with this collection. ( OK, so that's temporarily on hold whilst I'm not allowed to leave my house, which means I'll miss the next closing event and deinstall but I plan to be remotely involved) 

I was concerned that I wouldn't know what would be happening with the collection in February which impacted on how I approached the proposal that I need to write now, but I'm reassured that I can amend the proposal to bring it up to date as required.  This is good because I can just write it based on what I know now and the ideas I want to bring, so my next step is simply to speak to the Course Director to make sure I fully understand what he would like to see happen with it. 

On a side note, I'm using the 'labels' option on here so that you can do a key word search.  I'm thinking that as time progresses, and my blog grows, this will make it easier to find which blog entry I mentioned something in.