At work

Since making contacts with the community and listening to their ideas, Kay has been hard at work sketching out some ideas (based around the theme of birds).

Above, Kay is at work in a special space loaned out by the Castle in Wellingborough for artists-in-residence. Kay's main studio is in Brighton, but it's useful to have a satellite studio for the project, where members of the public can visit and view the work to date.

Being a public artist means having a mix of different skills.

As a public artist, Kay needs to be able to work with a community and also be able to work independently, to listen and also to be able to bring her own creative vision to any art-work, to have artistic talents like drawing and painting, as well as to be able to have practical discussions at meetings, like how much concrete a project needs or where to buy quality mosaic tiles.

There are plenty of courses for wannabe public artists. Here's just one taster currently on offer from Creative Communities at Staffordshire University, UK.

Kay will be holding more workshops at the Castle, as part of the project and its community engagement.

We'll publicise the workshops here on the bog, so do check back regularly!