Making art in Vatra Dornei, Romania and Dombóvár, Hungary

In May and June 2023, I visited Hungary and Romania. A working holiday, the trip combined sustained periods of creative work undertaken during stays...

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Artist residency at Vanha Paukku Cultural Centre, Lapua, Finland

It’s September 2022 and the final days of Carol Archer’s month-long artist residency at Cultural Centre Vanha Paukku, in Lapua, Finland. And...

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Carol Archer and Kit Kelen: NERAM artists-in-residence, May 2022

Carol Archer and Kit Kelen were joint artist-and-writer-in-residence at New England Regional Art Museum from May 17 to 30 this year. Post pandemic, we...

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‘on my way, this!’ on show in LOCUS, New England Regional Art Gallery, Nov 5 2021 – Jan 30 2022

‘On the way, this!’ is an etching that refers to the trees that line the creek that I cross when I walk down to my studio. Illuminated by the low...

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3 days after we said goodbye

The Messen Kunstnarhuset (Art House Messen) artist residency is the brainchild of a collective of a group of generous and hard working artists from...

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Helsinki visit – May 26 to May 31, 2019

Visiting Helsinki, Carol Archer was impressed by the city’s strong art and and design culture and people-friendly streetscape. Finland has topped...

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Exhibition opens: Drawing Breath / Desenhar. Respirar SNBA, Lisboa, June 5 – July 14, 2017.

Carol Archer’s current exhibition, Drawing Breath – through branches / Desenhar. Respirar – por entre árvores opened in Lisbon on June 5, 2017...

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Exhibition highlights, May 2017: Kópavogur, Reykjavik, Hafnarborg

May is a great time to see new art in Iceland. In most places, graduation exhibitions are tucked away in art schools and universities. Not so in...

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Residency at Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.

Carol Archer was granted a month-long residency in May 2017 in Iceland. The residency is located at Hafnarborg – Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture...

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Artist’s talk and workshop: Malmö University, April 25 2017

Carol Archer presented a talk about her current ink drawing series, Drawing Breath, for art education students at Malmö University. A practical class...

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A working holiday in Macao

Carol Archer returned to Macao for the first six weeks of 2017, seeing in the Year of the Rooster with old friends and colleagues. The trip also gave...

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Artist Residency at Mas Els Igols, Barcelona, Spain (January and February, 2016)

In January and February 2016, Carol Archer was artist-in-residence at Mas Els Igols, an art residency located in the vineyards of the Penedes region...

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