The 2 week plan...

Well, as curator, i have spent the past week working away in Penn House putting ideas into reality while my student team have a well deserved half term holiday. Tomorrow however i have convinced them to end it one day early and come get involved! It'll be strange to share the house with some real people - only the images of the past and a very grumpy cat (now named Scratch - you can guess why) have been with me in this very hot house during the past few days.

The more time i've spent in Penn the more i feel i understand the house. There is a definite sense of the rooms once having been very much occupied, and that many boys, families and even soldiers, have come and gone. I have also found that this exhibition deserves a lot more time. In just a week i have been inspired for so many new works and projects - and i am only sad that i haven't time to execute them all. Penn is such a fantastic house and deserves to be put to good use. I'm sure i sound like a stuck record, but it would make a fantastic arts centre. I only wish i had the ability and experience to get funding and carry out the transformation required.

But what i can do in the next week is show just a small amount of what can be achieved and what the house can inspire. I know the students will feel the same tomorrow...