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Artist talk: Michelle Avison

From her inspirations to struggling to find a place to draw, Michelle takes us through a chronological history of her work, and how she learned to embrace the practice of looking in this video presentation.


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Michelle reveals her working practice in a 60 minute presentation zoom presentation, recorded on 29 March 2021, as part of the remote HAUSPRINT programme during COVID.

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