ABOUT

JILL CARTER, MULTI-MEDIA ARTIST welcomes you to her diary, a log of Curious Narratives - an artist-led, contemporary art project, exploring the act of storytelling, looking at ideas around identity, iconography and the Self; responding to diverse contexts of art, literature, education and museum settings.  The aim to develop a new body of work through a series of partnership interventions, including artist in residence, exhibitions and workshops, inspiring ideas through generosity of exchange, engaging new audiences and exploring creative possibilities.

Turning not a Page, photograph by Eleanor Carlingford

Events/partner organisations/venues include: 18-24 February, artist in residence/exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, with workshops linking with Bristol Storytelling Festival; 11 April, artist’s interactive talk Bristol Embroiders Guild; 5-8 May artist in residence, Swindon Central Library & Swindon Festival of Literature; October, date to be confirmed, Swindon Poetry Festival; Fox Talbot Photographic Museum, National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, date to be confirmed.

The Sibyls, Jill Carter, 2013

Curious Narratives was inspired the Theresa Knowles Travel Bursary to Italy, awarded by the RWA for a textile embroidered storytelling book Dreaming & Stitching, and, as part of the prize, the offer of a residency/exhibition in the Feddon Gallery.  The journey to Northern Italy over three weeks enabled research into the Sibyls, mythological storytellers, prophets and foretellers. Works include a diverse collection of creativity; interactive museum of possibilities, 3-d mixed media dolls, textile books with text, artist’s books, bundles of found and given objects, photographs, diorama, sound installation, drawings, works for sale and performative events.  Arts Council funded, artist is available to share project process through talks, workshops and exhibitions.

"The living world of Jill Carter...You give us permission to be creative...Fabulous, layers within layers, storytelling in 3-d".