HeyJaredMinistry of Arts Podcast
Each week artist & curator Gary Mansfield talks to a different artist about their route to where they are today,
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REWIND Ep.218 Peter Morris - Ministry of Arts Podcast (opens the original)
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In this REWIND episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Peter Morris @petermorrisarchitects @kcawlondon Peter Morris is primarily an architect, who has been running his own practice for over a decade. But his other creative work – as an artist, illustrator, model-maker and designer of products and interiors – has always sat alongside his architectural work, and he loves to bring the colour, quirkiness and joy of his artworks to his buildings wherever possible. The sculpture joining KCAW ART TRAIL this s
Ep.309 GG The Illustrator - Ministry of Arts Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to GG The Illustrator (@ggtheillustrator) GG the Illustrator is a London-based artist whose work celebrates the architecture, people and communities of council estates across the capital. Working across acrylic, watercolour and digital illustration, she creates detailed, colourful images that document everyday life in neighbourhoods often overlooked by the traditional art world. Her ongoing mission to paint every council estate in London reflects her passion
REWIND Ep.75 Alison Lapper MBE (opens the original)
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This week Gary Mansfield speaks to Alison Lapper MBE (@alison_lapper_mbe) Born with no arms and shortened legs, Alison Lapper spent most of her childhood trying to piece together her own identity. Her extraordinary background and passion for creativity has given us one of the county’s most inspirational artists. Alison’s reputation was bolstered when Marc Quinn created his modern day ‘Venus de Milo’ for Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth, a white marble sculpture of the 8 months pregnant Alison ti
Ep.308 Steeldoor Studios - Ministry of Arts Podcast (opens the original)
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In this episode Gary Mansfield speaks to Steeldoor Studios (@SteeldoorStudios) Steeldoor Studios is the pseudonym of a self-taught artist whose work has been shaped by a lifetime of institutional experience, including many years spent in prison. Creating primarily in acrylic, ink and pencil, the artist explores themes of identity, confinement, recovery, resilience and personal transformation. Their paintings frequently feature powerful self-portraits and symbolic imagery, inviting viewers to ref
REWIND Ep.70 Unskilled Worker - Ministry of Arts Podcast (opens the original)
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This week Gary Mansfield speaks Helen Downie aka Unskilled Worker (@unskilledworker) Helen is a self-taught artist and has been painting for just seven years, in that short time, she has amassed over 280,000 Instagram followers, under the Moniker Unskilled Worker and has become one of the country’s most sought after painters. Helen wanted her Unskilled Worker to be anonymous, sexless, ageless and colourless. She wanted it to be anyone. As her popularity grew, as did the viewer’s curiosity as to
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