The Grateful Web Art Podcast

On this episode I speak to the wonderful artist Rachel Goodyear. Goodyear (b. 1978, Lancashire, UK) lives and works in Manchester and Salford  and is a long term active studio member of Islington Mill. Goodyear exhibits nationally and internationally with works held in a number of collections worldwide. Influenced by feminist surrealism, Goodyear creates a world that is quietly unsettling and often playful. Intricately rendered in pencil and watercolour on paper and recent expansions into oil paint on canvas her figures, plants and animals shift and overlap, caught in moments of searching, encountering and entangling. Solo exhibitions include Stirrings, The Grundy Art Gallery and Salford Museum and Art Gallery; Catching Sight, The New Art Gallery Walsall ; Approaching the Surface, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London; Restless Guests, The Drawing Center, New York; and Modifications of the Host, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Goodyear’s work features in Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing, published by Phaidon 2021. If you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going – link in show noteshttps://www.patreon.com/cw/JoClementsTheGratefulWeb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode I speak to artist and educator Tracey Eastham.Tracey is a contemporary artist, educator, and founder of Art School by Subscription, an innovative online learning platform that encourages creative exploration through an Art School pedagogy. With a passion for experimentation and concept led development Tracey has spent many years supporting artists in their creative journey.Alongside her work as a lecturer, she creates her own artwork which has spanned painting, drawing and collage and has developed projects, exhibitions and commissions around her main theme of landscape and nationhood. She has been represented by Paper in Manchester and was a member of Rogue Artist Studios between 2012-2017. In this conversation with Jo Clements, Tracey shares insights into her creative journey, the development of her online art school, and the transformative role of making creative connections.Click here to get a free copy of her signature Open Studio Method guide: open-studio-method-guide.subscribepage.io  @tracey_eastham @artschoolbysubscription If you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going – link in bio/show notes https://www.patreon.com/cw/JoClementsTheGratefulWeb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on The Grateful Web I’m joined by Sam Owen-Hull, an artist whose practice moves fluidly between painting, sculpture and textile work, creating richly layered pieces that explore contradiction, connection and the spaces where opposing forces meet. Her work brings together gestural painting and painstaking hand embroidery, combining instinctive mark-making with slow, careful construction.Alongside her studio practice, Sam is also a deeply committed educator who believes passionately in the power of creativity to build confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing. Through projects including Art of Resilience with Manchester Art Gallery, she has worked with young people across Manchester to encourage critical thinking, curiosity and creative freedom.In this episode we talk about materials, making, the value of art education, portals (!) and how creativity can help us better understand both ourselves and the world around us.@samowenhull / @samowenhullprojectswww.samowenhull.co.ukCurrent Project: Art Of Resilience at Manchester Art Gallery @mcrartgallery https://manchesterartgallery.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AoR-Boing-Boing-Resilience-Framework.pdfIf you enjoyed this episode please follow, share, spread the word and look out for more brilliant conversations coming soon. You can find the grateful web on ACAST, spotify, apple podcasts, Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts.Thank you so much to those regular listeners who have been supporting me in this endeavour. If you want to support me further, please do check out my Patreon page, for just £2 a month you can help me to keep this podcast going https://www.patreon.com/cw/JoClementsTheGratefulWeb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode of @the_grateful_web Art Podcast I'm joined by curator Will Marshall. Based in Manchester, Will has played an active role in the region's artist-led scene, previously working as a curator at Bankley Gallery and co-running the nomadic Scaffold Gallery, producing exhibitions in spaces across the North West. He is now the founder and director of Texture, an independent gallery established in 2025, presenting a thoughtfully curated programme of artists from both the North West and further afield.In this conversation, we explore the importance of artist-led initiatives, local support networks, and the communities that sustain creative practice. We discuss the value of creating your own opportunities, the realities of building a gallery from the ground up, and why DIY approaches remain vital in providing spaces where artists can meet, exhibit, experiment, and contribute to a thriving cultural landscape.Texture gallery re opens in a brand new space on the 19th June 2026 with the show Redactions.RedactionsThomas Griffiths, Jonah Hoffman, Joe O'Rourke, Emily ScarrottOpens Friday 19 June 7-9 Continues 20 June - 27 July by appointment 48 Stocks Street, Cheetham Hill, M88QJhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/JoClementsTheGratefulWeb/membershipHello and thank you for tuning in – just a short message before we hear from this weeks fabulous guest. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please consider supporting it. Any support you can give to what is becoming a valuable resource and evolving archive of what’s happening in the North West of England’s arts community would be really appreciated. I am completely committed to supporting and shouting about our art community and the brilliant artists and curators who make it all happen and this is your chance to support them too .You can sign up to my Patreon for just £2 a month, make a one-off donation, or get in touch if you’d like to support in another way.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on @the_grateful_web Art Podcast I’m joined by Nicola Ellis, an artist whose practice is deeply rooted in industry, collaboration, and materiality. Much of Nicola’s work has developed through her long-standing relationship with the Blackburn-based engineering company Ritherdon & Co, where she has worked alongside fabricators and factory workers to explore how knowledge, skill, and labour are embedded within materials and industrial processes.Alongside discussing the exhibition, we also talk openly about the importance of artist support, the Festival of Making, networks, collaboration, and creating sustainable ways for artists to continue working and developing outside increasingly fragile arts structures. I had the privilidge of speaking to Nicola at her current exhibition Exercises in Knowing at HOME, Manchester a major new presentation that brings together sculpture, sound, and installation. Her film documenting the factories workers creates a fitting backdrop to our conversation echoing her process and the environment and the workers who inspired this fabulous exhibition.      @_nicola_ellis_@homemcrhttps://www.nicolaellis.com/ https://www.homemcr.org/theme/spring-2026-exhibitions-md7x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.