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Gillian Allard
Jun 4, 20224 min read
"The war tore apart our families, but it cannot separate our hearts"
At the start of Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yana, a thirty eight year old lawyer from Kiev, and single mother to 14 year old Sofiia...
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Gillian Allard
Mar 31, 20224 min read
Back to the Black Country
In January I was looking for opportunities for projects where I could explore the knowledge I had gained from my Arts Council DYCP...
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Gillian Allard
Mar 31, 20221 min read
British Museum Spot Exhibition
Very proud to say that my image of Rifaii from Refugee Stories was photographed by Tom Owens and incorporated in the exhibition of the...
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Gillian Allard
Mar 31, 20222 min read
WELCOME BACK, IPSWICH
For the Welcome Back Ipswich I was commissioned by Ipswich Borough Council to create an artwork that communicated the return of the...
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Gillian Allard
Jan 10, 20221 min read
Return & Reflect
This weekend I took a trip to Lowestoft to see how the photo had coped with the rather torrential rain we have had over the past couple...
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Gillian Allard
Nov 21, 20214 min read
Home Coming
I originally took this portrait at Pakefield bus stop just before the first lockdown in March 2020, on my way home from a two day...
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Gillian Allard
Nov 10, 20211 min read
Feeling Complete
The piece took far longer to make that I first anticipated. As a substrate Victorian brick differs quite a lot from concrete so it...
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Gillian Allard
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Processing Process
This piece is about a man called Ivan that lives in my village...he along with his brothers (and ancestors) have been a part of the very...
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Gillian Allard
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Living Concrete
This weekend saw the launch of The Photo Show at the NEC Birmingham - 2020 was inevitably cancelled so there a great atmosphere with a...
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Gillian Allard
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Showing at 'The Photo Show' - NEC, Birmingham
My portrait of Malcolm Wright the ex sea-worker from Lowestoft has gone through many incarnations. Part of that process has been my...
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Gillian Allard
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Tales Of The Undepicted
While working in my new studio shed on the farm, I have continued to gather photos from people in my village as well as take photographs,...
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Gillian Allard
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Imperfect Perfect
This image of a man I met at a bus stop in Pakefield near Lowestoft has been at the centre of my learning process since the very start of...
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Gillian Allard
Jul 10, 20212 min read
"Time & Tide Waits For No Man"
So Monday started off feeling like I was at the bottom of a mountain and unsure how to navigate my path....the thing is I want to create...
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Gillian Allard
Jul 5, 20211 min read
Shoot To Shift The Monday Blues
Mondays are blessed with a bad press. And today felt like...well like one of those Mondays. I arrived at the workshop/pig shed feeling...
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Gillian Allard
Jun 27, 20211 min read
Laying The Ground Work
Since receiving my DYCP Arts Council grant I have been busy getting organised. This has involved moving my workspace to a shed on a...
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