Jessica Timmis is currently our Artist-In-Residence for our residency opportunity in partnership with Art Friends Warwickshire. She has shared some words on her time at Eaton House so far, and where the residency is taking her creative practice…    ‘Inside the Red Room – Shruff End ‘   On the 6th of February 2023 I […]

The value of having a Studio Artspace hosted their first Open Studios at Eaton House in February. I think the vast majority of people who took part and attended the event would say it was a great success and it’s given me renewed appreciation for my studio. I thought it would be good to consider […]

It’s December and the end of the year… Whaaat?? How did that happen? I find it helpful to consider what’s happened in the year that’s gone – to look back for forward’s strength. It’s very easy to be overly critical, to regret things that haven’t quite worked out the way I wanted them to, but […]

Like us at Coventry Artspace, many people in Coventry and Warwickshire’s artist community were shocked and deeply saddened when 12 months ago talented local photographer John Whitmore died suddenly in his sleep at the age of just 44. At the time Tara Rutledge, another talented local artist and good friend of John’s, was working with him […]

Daya Illustrations was our second artist selected for  our artist commissions for the ‘Stories That Made Us’ project which celebrates the stories of people of South Asian heritage who now live in the UK. Here is her commissioned illustraion along with her personal account of why she chose to get involved in the project…   […]

Work in progress shot of ‘Eye Test (Orange)’ (2022) – paint on reclaimed polystyrene How do you gain or regain motivation? It is a question I have been thinking about a lot recently for myself and I don’t think I am alone as an artist in knowing how to push through barren periods of creativity, […]

Tejal Gohil was selected for one of our artist commissions for the ‘Stories That Made Us’ project which celebrates the stories of people of South Asian heritage who now live in the UK. This is her commissioned illustration.   Read on for Tejal’s account of why the project inspired her to get involved… When I […]

  In the late 1980s, the Indian actor and comedian Mehar Mittal visited my family home. I remember my father positioning our new Panasonic Video Camera Recorder a few feet from where Mittal was sitting and started filming. I can remember this famous actor’s face showing some discomfort to a camera pointed at him as […]

Sophie Clausen worked with Coventry Artspace during Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture as our Lead Producer. Her wealth of talent and skills saw us through the Artist on My Street Project and the roll out of the Artist Development Programme, both of which were a great success. It was a delight working with […]

See the Chinese translation of this blog below! Leave all the stress to the sea – in conversation with artist Denise Startin at Arcadia Gallery   My name is Xiaohan, and I am currently studying at Warwick University for an MA in International Cultural Policy and Management. As part of my course I am currently […]