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Frances Lord and jeweller and senior lecturer Cynthia Cousens were recipients of a Crafts Council Spark Plug Craft Curators Award for Making Dialogues, 2010.
Making Dialogues explores the influences craftspeople and artist-makers draw on to create their work and the dialogues that they develop with those influences. The Spark Plug Curator Award programme offers craft curators and UK professionals active support to develop an ambitious, innovative and high quality exhibition project that engages with contemporary craft.
www.craftscouncil.org.uk/professional-development/for-curators/spark-plug-curator-awards
Chelmsford Magistrates Court
A series of lightboxes by artist-duo Heinrich & Palmer for Chelmsford Magistrates Court in Essex due to be installed later on in 2011.
Client: Aedas architects and HMCS.
www.heinrichpalmer.co.uk
Photo: Heinrich & Palmer
Centenary Quay, Southampton
Steve Geliot and Frances Lord were appointed in February 2011 to write a public art strategy for the former Vosper Thorneycroft shipyard site on the water edge in Woolston, Southampton by developer Crest Nicholson and SEEDA. This site will provide residential, retail and marine employment with many opportunities to commission artists. The aim of the strategy will be to reveal the character of the area and add to the public’s understanding and appreciation of the rich history and special nature of the site.
Centenary Quay, Southampton