Ten weeks on the Experimental Studio residency have flown by and it's time to invite you to my open studio event in Newcastle, running alongside Vane Gallery's closing celebration of their current exhibition - which marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of the gallery. I've had an amazing time up here in the North East, it would be great to see you and show you what's been occurring. (original photo credit - Fiona Grady) Kirsty Harris: ​From this Crude Lab Saturday 5th September 2-7pm Open Studio Vane Gallery: Ten Saturday 5th September Last day to see the exhibition with closing celebration 5-7pm Vane First Floor Commercial Union House 39 Pilgrim Street Newcastle upon Tyne

Lizz Brady hopped on the TransPennine express (sort of) over and up to Newcastle to visit me for a couple of days. Lizz is the founder of Broken Grey Wires – An ongoing investigation into art and mental health, developing a dialogue between contemporary artists. www.brokengreywires.com We met when Henrietta Armstrong and myself (aka Madam-X and Lazy Susan) travelled over to Manchester to DJ at their website launch last November. They wanted DJs that were also artists and my good friend Paul Stanley, who had recently moved back to Manchester, recommended us. Now we are the house DJs for Broken Grey Wires – having recently played at their latest Exhibition opening Make Windows Where There Are