Artist Residency at ‘Soaring Gardens’, Pennsylvania

It was a joy to be at Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat for three weeks in September this year, surrounded by beautiful gardens, meeting local creatures...

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A day in NYC, and three in Philadelphia, seeing art mostly

With just one day in New York and in the aftermath of an arduous journey, the priorities were a walk in Central Park (what an oasis), some good food,...

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Residency at New England Regional Art Museum – June 26-30, 2024

This winter, I headed up to New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale, N.S.W. with poet/painter/partner  Kit Kelen, to continue work we started...

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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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