Chapel Allerton Arts Festival 2009

Myself and Jenny Hall(http://jennyhallartistandmaker.blogspot.com/) embraced the elements at the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival to host a stall of different items from our art practice.

Below are some of the Pictures of our work from the stall.

Studies for a drawing

Studies of my mums wedding dress for a bigger drawing.

Some Images

Drawings

The following drawings along with many other beautiful things, will all be for sale on Saturday the 5th of September at the Chapel Allerton Festival!

In Memory Of - Minster Nights

Conversations at York Minster - Lois Whitehead - August 30th 2009

'In Memory Of' was a project I ran during a late night opening at the York Minster whilst it had been transformed into an exhibition and performance arena.

I chose to occupy the St Nicholas Chapel, as I liked the intimacy created by the space and I thought it was the one space that seemed to be almost separate from the large and overwhelming atmosphere of the Minster.

I made 100 badges that were based on the style of plaques and dedications you find on benches and chairs, particularly in churches and cathedrals, but instead of being dedicated to a person, these were designed to be in memory of conversations that I was hoping to have with visitors to the Minster during the course of the night.

When I arrived in the Chapel I moved the chairs (except 4 which I kept but exchanged the cushions for ones of my own..) to the side and brought in a table which I covered with some fabric. I brought a cake stand with sweets and biscuits to entice people to come and talk to me!

I spread the badges around the table and as people came over I explained what the project was about, which usually lead onto a larger conversation.

Minster Nights

At Minster Nights I will be occupying the St. Nicholas chapel, asking people to come and introduce themselves to me and to sit and have a conversation with me. In return I will be handing out badges to commemorate that conversation. The badges are made to reflect the setting of the Minster, in the style of remembrance plaques.

I hope that this process encourages people to interact after their encounter with me, to talk about a shared experience that they had.

Click here for the press release.

Books

Also now available to buy in Glasgows 'Che Camille' are 3 of my books.

'A conversation about thought'

'A conversation about love'

and

'It seemed like a good idea at the time'

More information about Che Camille can be found here on their website:
http://www.checamille.com/