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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Jun 6

Belated thank you to A-n for my Artist Bursary awarded earlier in the year. I’m learning and experimenting with new skills and using them to dream up new installation ideas. As always I look back to move forward and this is an image from…
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A-n Artist Bursary — Holly Rowan Hesson

Belated thank you to A-n for my Artist Bursary awarded earlier in the year. I’m learning and experimenting with new skills and using them to dream up new installation ideas. As always I look back to m...

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Jun 6

Are we still here on Bluesky or no 🤔

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Campaign for the Arts @campaignforthearts.org · May 16

Now is the moment to invest in the arts and culture.

If you agree, please join the more than 27,000 people who have signed our petition to the Chancellor →

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Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts

The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.

www.campaignforthearts.org

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Apr 8

Article from @universityofleeds.bsky.social on my work Bridge made in response to my Creative Labs project with University of Leeds School of Civil Engineering eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engine...

Masonry arch bridge inspires new art installation

A masonry arch bridge has become the inspiration for a new art installation.

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Mar 20

Dreamy @artatyork.bsky.social University of York views - new body of work inspired by the campus in progress

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Mar 19

Oh hi next morning coffee read on New Towns

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Mar 16

This week’s morning coffee reading - another @themodernist.bsky.social gem

Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Feb 11

The UNBOUND programme has now come to an end. Many thanks to @beamartsuk.bsky.social, YVAN, @creativewakefield.bsky.social, all the other artists and some great expert speakers for an exciting few months learning lots about working in the public realm www.hollyrowanhesson.co.uk/news/unbound...

UNBOUND Dynamic Artists — Holly Rowan Hesson

Excited to have been selected as one of the artist cohort for the UNBOUND Dynamic Artists for Public Spaces Development Programme taking place over the next six months. The programme is funded by W...

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Jan 31

⚠️Wolverhampton School of Art is under threat!

Designed 1966-70, the nine-storey block has been earmarked for potential demolition by Wolverhampton University.
C20 has submitted a listing application, and local campaigners have started a petition to save it.

✍🏼Sign here: change.org/p/save-wolve...

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Jan 23

The final day of RE-VIEW at Hull Artist Research Initiative is this Saturday with lots of activities taking place. RE-VIEW includes Bridge, my installation comprised of three parts www.hollyrowanhesson.co.uk/work/bridge

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Jan 7

One of my very favourite #notsculpture captures from last year

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 23

More adventures in post war concrete campus university loveliness thank you York @artatyork.bsky.social

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 19

My installation, Bridge, is at Hull Artist Research Initiative (HARI) space in Hull until 25 Jan. This work connects with my research on critical infrastructure, in particular bridges, undertaken as part of my Leeds Creative Labs project
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New Installation at Hull Artist Research Initiative — Holly Rowan Hesson

My new installation Bridge is on view (and weathering nicely in the semi-derelict space this winter!) at Hull Artist Research Initiative (HARI) space in Hull until 25 January 2025. (See flyer below ...

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thinking about the first time I ever showed any work in public, in a little show in Bradford. This is one of the eight photos in that series - A journey by train…

Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 17

View from the studio - edging towards the end of the year edition…

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 16

Signed…

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Dec 16

✊🏼 Find out more about C20's Cooling Towers campaign: c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers

✍🏼 And sign the petition here: chng.it/T6Mc4gW5jk

Photograph, Michael Kenna - Ratcliffe Power Station, Study 36, Nottinghamshire, England, 1985

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 16

Studio reading c/o The Modernist…

Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 15

So the scaffolding obsession still going strong then…
#notsculpture

Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 13

Never can resist snapping a new (to me) Leeds Motorway City of the Seventies gem

Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks to Lens Lab Project for including my photograph in their Re:ject group show. Great close to the year and link to 2025 when work on my #notsculpture project will be front and centre

Lens Lab Project Re:ject Show — Holly Rowan Hesson

Thanks to Lens Lab Project for including my photograph Yellow Mesh in their Re:ject group show. Great close to the year and link to 2025 when work on my Not Sculpture project will be front and cent...

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 11

(Me and) Annabel McCourt in a warm Neon Workshops glow at @humberstgallery.bsky.social

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Looking back to my MA as I start my AA2A university residency and remember how fun learning new practical things is… www.hollyrowanhesson.co.uk/news/aa2a-re...

AA2A Artist in Residence at York St John University — Holly Rowan Hesson

Happy to have started my AA2A residency at York St John University where I’ll be learning new darkroom skills and print processes for the first time in order to integrate new elements into my installa...

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 4

Fun screenprinting morning at York St John University on my AA2A artist residency

Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Dec 1

Lovely Sheffield art run round - first stop @sitegallery.bsky.social for Jerwood Survey III

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Holly Rowan Hesson @hollyrowanhesson.bsky.social · Nov 29

Bridge - new installation work at Hull Artist Research Network. If you’re in Hull go for the building alone - the diverse work by 25 artists a bonus 😆

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