Richard Keating Artist

Richard Keating

  • River, thesis, Good for Woods, Stroud Nature

    8th – 12th

    Opportunity arose to make Stroud Scarlet Stretchers in support of Saving Rodborough Fields group and as an intervention within the River project – mutually beneficial, overlapping aims, integration.

  • Thesis, Walking the Land, River

    1st – 6th

    Writing most of the time – 5.30 AM start on these great, clear mornings.

    Talk to Common Wealth AGM about River Project.

    First Friday Walk from Amberley to Nailsworth along the rail path and back along contours.

  • Thesis, Walking the Land, River

    24th – 30th

    re-writing preface, chapter 1 and making a start on chapter 2.
    Planning First Friday Walk
    Negotiating further River Exhibitions/venues
    straightening sticks

  • Thesis, Good from Woods, Folly Wood

    17th – 22nd writing thesis, developing diagrams as a link between theory and practice. Still refining focus – and of course this leads to even more possibilities…

    Folly Wood core group minutes

  • River, tutorial, Folly Wood

    10th – 16th

    Tutorial with Rob, Andrea and Catrin helpful and frustrating – frustration down to incomplete nature of writing presented and new tangents…

    Put River exhibition up at The Exchange (Social Enterprise Centre)

    FIrst Folly Wood wooding day plus core group meeting

  • Thesis, Good from Woods, First Friday Walk, Stroud Nature

    3rd-7th, mainly writing with usual administration/organisation of ongoing projects.

    Writing and associated reading still revealing new tangents or threads to be woven in…

    Good from Woods meeting – still negotiating ethics and planning approach

    First Friday walk along River Corridor in Stroud – Capels Mill, disused railpath and canal

    Stroud Nature Consortium meeting – introduction of ‘consortium projects’ idea and planning of festival and network event

  • Thesis, River

    writing

    Walk with Naomi Wright talking about various aspects of socially engaged environmental art practice.

    River project management meeting with Kel Portman and Lucy Guenot – Skyped Tara in Amsterdam.

  • AHRC Seminar

    Attended AHRC seminar in Birmingham on recent call – decided against it largely due to time scale.

    Coincidentally our neighbour was there, talk about connecting communities and there was a Tate travelling exhibition of William Kentridge Prints in the building.

  • Folly Wood, AHRC bid

    Meeting with Seb Buckton and Mark Harrison, and with Phil Tidy from Small Woods Association. Good to see the woods again and get away from the computer. Helped formulae plan for next core group and activity day. Ground flora already benefitting from light after the the thinning we’ve done. Woodruff in profession.

    Developing AHRC bid with Sue Porter and Glenn Hall.

  • Thesis, AHRC bid, Weave

    20th to 28th reading and writing is firing off ideas for more making – needing to concentrate on writing is hard to manage.

    Meeting with Max Comfort at Wallbridge and walk along canal reviewing various community engagements.

    Developing AHRC bid with Sue Porter and Glenn Hall based on Derby Walk.