In Conversation: Sorrell Kerrison / Elizabeth Challinor

Sorrell Kerrison is an artist working in many different mediums, including film, sound, and print. Sorrell is most known for her complex fauvist style...

In Conversation: Stephanie Fry / Elizabeth Challinor

Stephanie Fry is a Billinge-based artist, using a variety of traditional and non-traditional techniques to create artworks focusing on themes of place, history and...

Artist Host, Conversation (Final)

Artist Host Conversation- Elizabeth Challinor Elizabeth ChallinorJo Mary WatsonHarriet BurnsMatt Retallick Elizabeth: So yeah. I wanna ask like general questions and we can just sort of...

Jo Mary Watson, Reflection

In the following reflection I am using the words “Motherhood” and “Parenthood” to talk about the focus I have set on my work for...

Elizabeth Challinor, In Conversation With IB21. Reflection (final)

In Conversation With IB21 (a title I started off with, and never actually used) is a project focusing on the artists featured in Independents...

Merseyside: State of Independence? – Matt Retallick

Merseyside: State of Independence?Matt Retallick  This short piece is written at the end of Independents Biennial ’21. It does not aim to provide answers but...

“The Impact of Motherhood on being an Artist” (very short) Booklist, Jo Mary Watson

“The Impact of Motherhood on being an Artist” (very short) Booklist “Feminist Art and the Maternal”Andrea Liss “Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution”Adrienne Rich “100...

Week 6 Thoughts, Elizabeth Challinor

View more work in progress, essays, and blogs from Elizabeth Challinor here View & comment on the original text here

New Podcast: Artist Hosts, Conversation #5: “Climbing walls & fireworks” (on Galleries)

View all podcasts here Harriet Burns, Elizabeth Challinor Jo Mary Watson and Matt Retallick (Independents Biennial 2021 Artist Hosts) and Patrick Kirk-Smith (IB Director) attempting...

Matt Retallick: State of Independence

Brief musings on independence v collective, another prompt for discussion.  In my recent walks around Liverpool, independence has been on my mind. What does it...