Interdisciplinary Artist
2015
Been away for awhile.
Took a well earned sabbatical year from Feb 2014 to Feb 2015.
In that year started to study cello. Travelled to Italy and Mallorca for hot sea and sand and sun and Denmark for conferences and future planning.
But most importantly made ‘Waiting for the flood’ see link with Deadbeat films.
The Attic at Heritage Courtyard Gallery & Studios, Wells Following its debut at Heart of The Tribe Gallery, Giving Sanctuary returns. In this latest iteration by interdisciplinary artist Melanie Thompson, visitors are invited to step inside a quiet canvas tent, … Read more
A site specific performance A homage to the Zigzag building and Francesca Woodman. The starting point for this performance was the specific space located on the top floor of the Zig Zag building. I created a dance / film work … Read more
Blog: By Melanie Thompson I’ve always dreamed of visiting Mexico. Growing up, I devoured Carlos Castaneda’s books on shamanism, followed by a lifelong love of magical realism and Mexican writers. So when Rebecca, an ex-student of mine who’s now a … Read more
The Loss installation I have created for the gallery is the start of a much bigger project investigating the experience of Loss. I wrote for visitors to the installation – Due to the shared experience of the pandemic many of … Read more
I’ve been teaching art practices and guiding people in creating original work for over 30 years, but I had never taught a workshop focused solely on the act of creativity, until now. Right up to the day of the workshop, … Read more
Introduce myself – interdisciplinary artist / arts lecturer At the beginning of talk ask everyone to close eyes and imagine a place where they feel safe or and stimulated or and free or and satisfied. Before talk Ask everybody to take … Read more
Now 5 weeks into this process. Learning a lot about taking my time with creating the most honest and relevant responses. Beginning to talk to others about their thoughts and how to articulate that in the simple text statements. Enjoying … Read more
It is the start of 2nd week of ‘lockdown’ in the UK and now finally feeling able to begin to respond to what I and millions of others find ourselves in. Last year I created a work called Wildedges which … Read more
Performance Writing & Landscape Workshop August 27th – 31st 2015 led by Melanie Thompson in Mantua, Northern Italy See link for full information: Italian P.W Workshop
Been away for a while. Took a well earned sabbatical year from teaching in institutions from Feb 2014 to Feb 2015. In that year started to study cello. Travelled to Italy and Mallorca for hot sea and sand and sun … Read more