Christmas Postcards from Leahdee

Bristol so far...

My artistic endeavours in Bristol have been slow. I have been more focused on networking since I arrived. I joined the Bristol Creatives and attended their monthly meeting which I thoroughly enjoyed, met some interesting artists and gained valuable contacts. I am looking forward to attending a meeting of community arts group Phoenix 52 (an arts initiative running very local to me).

I have also been following the progress of a new festival called the Bristol Ecoshows. The pilot was running while I was still in Lancaster but it is now in its early stages of development. I had a meeting today with festival organiser/creator David Mowatt, to see how I might fit into the programme of participatory arts planned for the city. I am looking forward to meeting the other artists involved.

I want to start work on a new project as soon as possible, and am awaiting the guidelines for Ecoshow artists to see if I can work on something that would fit with what they are doing. I am finding it hard to be inspired at the moment - I am hoping to find my feet here soon.

In the mean time I am hoping to volunteer at Dance Voice and hopefully re-connect with Art + Power, an organisation I enjoyed working for earlier this year. I was pleased to bump into 2 of Art + Power's participants today while waiting for my meeting with David.