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FOMO: Gemma Cullingford and Luke Wright
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery Beer and music... two of my favourite things. So how could I resist the opportunity to get involved in a project that combines the two. And from today, you can too. The music..... Gemma Cullingford, a musician, songwriter and producer from...
Art on a Postcard: Winter Auction 2022
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may remember a post in 2019 about Art on a Postcard. Art on a Postcard was founded, in 2014, by Gemma Peppé as a unique way to raise money for for the Hepatitis C...
Norfolk Open Studios 2022
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery I've been living up in Norfolk for about 6 months now and really loving it. But what with settling in, working the day job and exploring the area, I haven't really got involved much with the art scene here yet. Norfolk Open Studios 2022 is...
Brooches and badges: Art with something to say
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery After a lifetime in Gravesend, in March this year I moved to Norfolk. We'd always loved Norfolk and went on holiday there most years with the dogs. But good friends and various family and work commitments kept us living in the...
Steve Firth from Embrace: Picturing the band
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery I first met Steve in 1983 in my first week at college in Liverpool. He was studying Geography (and then later Psychology, the History of Art and Fine Art) and I was studying geology. I think probably because our names were close in...
That’s Entertainment: A telephonic tribute to ‘Sound Affects’ by The Jam
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery It seems like ages ago when I was commissioned by Gravesham Borough Council to create an installation in a telephone box, as a tribute to The Jam's 1980 studio album, Sound Affects, as part of the Winter Light Festival...
Cas Holmes: Painting with cloth
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery I'm planning a move to Norfolk in the near future and one of the many things I'll miss about my home town of Gravesend, in Kent, is the cultural centre and local landmark that is LV21. I've exhibited and run workshops there as have many of...