It's not good bye

Well, it kind of is. So long blogger. It's been real fun.
This blog is going to be sent up into the attic to collect dust for posterity because I've pretty nearly finished my first website and the new blog is up and rolling! The website still has some kinks to work out, but have come in and take a look around any way.

Here's the new blog address. See you there.
annabeam.com/blog

I'm also going to try my hand at this 'twitter' malarkey. You can jeer as I try to figure out how to tweet properly at:
www.twitter.com/anna_beam

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My ma and brother have been patient with me while I fumble around pretending to write code so keep your eyes peeled, soon I'll have a REAL website at annabeam.com.
Once it's all up and running I'll be blogging via the site.
Get your browsers ready!

HLD TGHT//////DAY 4

photo courtesy of Sheila Blige

we're almost there! Opening is this friday 7-10pm, Soup Kitchen, Northern Quarter!

HLD TGHT//////DAY 3

photo courtesy of Sheila Blige

we've been hanging out with some awesome creative people while installing our work for HLD TGHT in Soup Kitchen. Sheila Blige and his pup dog have been hanging out and documenting the show's progression everyday. You can see more of Sheila's photos here.

We'll still be around all of today and tomorrow, come say hi!

HLD TGHT//////OPEN STUDIOS

Mornin'! If you're in central Manchester this week and you're hungry - for soup or art - pop along to The Soup Kitchen (Spear Street) to see Lois and I wielding power tools and tinkering with electronics as we install our new collaborative piece for HLD TGHT.

If you can't make it during the week to see us sweat and stress, the opening is on Friday the 17th from 7-10pm with a rockin' after party (live bands!) upstairs until 2am.

The open studio will be a great place to come and meet lots of fresh-faced local and national artists in a buzzing, creative atmosphere. HLD TGHT includes:
Agent (Birmingham), Newso (Birmingham), Ventza (London), Mr Penfold (Cambridge), Rong (Manchester) Deus (London), Melo (Manchester), David Bailey (Mount Pleasant),
Mooty, Fraser Chapman, Richard Birdseed, Dylan Hughes, Richard Shields, Vanechkaivanov Tank Petrol, Alex Humpries, Full Cream Ahead, Jim Pope, Ali Gunn, Alison Forde, Lois MacDonald, Anna Beam, Oliver Glasser, Lispencie, TXLW, Aliyah Hussain, Eleanor Marechal, Pavi, Alaska, Iwan Roberts, 30DZ, Box, G2, and more!

you can't win unless you're a capitalist. fact.

ink on paper

Here's a detail of part of the Class Struggle board game box I remade for the Object Lessons exhibition at The Working Class Movement Library.

The exhibition opens this Thursday at 4pm, come on down!

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Since our Berlin show I've been thinking about alternative ways to approach my 2D relief drawings. This week is all about simplifying.