EPISODE · Sep 12, 2025 · 14 MIN
Rogue Studios 30@30 #23 Simon Woolham
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Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Simon WoolhamSimon is an artist, curator, performer and academic whose practice centres on expanded drawing and narrative. Simon studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University before completing an MA at Chelsea College of Art, and later a practice-led PhD exploring walking, and narrative in physical, virtual, and psychological space, expanding on the notion of an artists’ residency of the mind. He has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally and was the artistic programmer and curator at PAPER Gallery here in Manchester for a decade and has developed projects with numerous organisations across the UK. Simon also performs as The Frog a roaming, shape-shifting alter-ego and plays in the band L.A.S.H. He’s currently co-editing a new book, Drawing as Placemaking: Environment, History and Identity for Bloomsbury alongside a current collaborative residency project at Gorton Monastery, funded by the University of Huddersfield.Frog on the Water: HOMWAARD BOUND JustGiving link:https://www.justgiving.com/page/frogonthewaterakahomewardboundDrawing Out The Canal project with DPUK:https://drawingprojects.uk/index.php/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/209-simon-woolham-drawing-out-the-canal-10-to-26-october-2019Drawing as Placenmaking: Environment, History and Identity Bloomsbury Publishing pre-order link:https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/drawing-as-placemaking-9781350457058/@simonwooham @thefrogperformer @l.a.s.h.1We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome to this special edition of The Grateful Web: Rogue Studios 30@30 celebrating 30 years of Rogue Artists’ Studios in Manchester. On this episode I’m thrilled to be chatting with Simon WoolhamSimon is an artist, curator, performer and academic whose practice centres on expanded drawing and narrative. Simon studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University before completing an MA at Chelsea College of Art, and later a practice-led PhD exploring walking, and narrative in physical, virtual, and psychological space, expanding on the notion of an artists’ residency of the mind. He has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally and was the artistic programmer and curator at PAPER Gallery here in Manchester for a decade and has developed projects with numerous organisations across the UK. Simon also performs as The Frog a roaming, shape-shifting alter-ego and plays in the band L.A.S.H. He’s currently co-editing a new book, Drawing as Placemaking: Environment, History and Identity for Bloomsbury alongside a current collaborative residency project at Gorton Monastery, funded by the University of Huddersfield.Frog on the Water: HOMWAARD BOUND JustGiving link:https://www.justgiving.com/page/frogonthewaterakahomewardboundDrawing Out The Canal project with DPUK:https://drawingprojects.uk/index.php/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/209-simon-woolham-drawing-out-the-canal-10-to-26-october-2019Drawing as Placenmaking: Environment, History and Identity Bloomsbury Publishing pre-order link:https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/drawing-as-placemaking-9781350457058/@simonwooham @thefrogperformer @l.a.s.h.1We look forward to seeing you for Open Studios at 2–6 Barrass Street, Openshaw, Manchester M11 1PU on Saturday 20th September from 12–8pmListen to the podcasts @the_grateful_web on ACAST, Spotify and Apple music or wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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