Happily 'We are not an island' - arrived in Venice at the begining of the journey to be met with a piece of graffiti that couldn't have been more apt and more Sheffield! In fact it was a week of meant to be's and happily the Poly has created some good starting links with an arts school, a screen print studio, some resident contemporary artist working as a collective - Blauerhase. I also developed further the working partnership between us and CaFoscari University, which has led to an exhibition now booked at CFZ, a university funded contemporary space opening on March 21 2018 and posters workshops for a variety of residents, school students, artists in February. During the week I also managed to fly post our recent poster across the city, deliver a lecture at the University and co deliver a presentations as part of the city wide event Venetonight.