New ACE launched
It is great that a-n is asking artists and organisations what they think of the recent structural changes at Arts Council England.
It is great that a-n is asking artists and organisations what they think of the recent structural changes at Arts Council England.
As a photographer, I am alarmed at the increasing frequency of organisations holding competitions.
I’ve been asked to coordinate a public event that will rely on artists coming forward to develop their own projects.
I'm posting this a bit early because I'm off to live in a melon hut at the Sky-blue station for a week……..I'll explain it all when I get back…….. Ok, in answer to everyone's question 'have you made any work […]
http://www.artsjournal.com/man/ The Walker Arts Centre blog asked Tyler Green to nominate his Top Ten art shows in 20006.Interesting but, you've guessed, all American.
Death on camera www.guardian.co.uk Today's leader in The Guardian "Death on camera" articulates the feelings I have not been able to find words for after seeing Saddam Hussein hanged on YouTube. "It is curious, but till that moment I had […]
Eagle chick (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJTCfmwRA4A )Just found another comment about my video on the 8 week old European chick owl. Uploaded 4 months ago it has had 1,412 hits. It never ceases to amaze me about the kind of stuff that folk […]
Analyses issues of crisis management in arts organisations and discusses alternative approaches to income generation.
The Conservative Party’s “Arts Task Force”’ submission to The Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Produced in 2007, the Task Force was Chaired by Sir John Tusa.
Asserts that current provision of entrepreneurship education for creative graduates is not adequately preparing graduates to run their own businesses.
Demos document that argues that, more than ever before, culture has a vital role to play in international relations.
Paper contributing to the debate about what quality and values in children and young
people’s cultural production actually means. Written with Creative Partnerships Newcastle as a research partner.
Argues that Government support for the Creative Industries is based on traditional models and is not fit for purpose for the new model creative economy.
Season of "wee feelies" A Happy New Year to one and all! in Scotland this is known as the "season of wee feelies" when men of all ages are free to kiss and cuddle all women – and believe me […]
Digital video sculpture: Alan Rath www.alanrath.org/DVSculptures/index.html Wanted to check something on a painter friend's web-site only to discover she's not kept it up to date! however, did stumble across this fascinating web-site of digital video sculpture by Alan Rath. He's […]
AN Editorial www.a-n.co.uk/ It is appropriate to end 2006 with a look at the editorial in the current issue of AN magazine for it signals an awakening in the art world of the great opportunities now available to artists through […]
Immersive art The Guardian says in an article on" The Year in Art 2006" that :" For many, though,the artistic event of the year was not looking at art- but sliding down it in Carsten Holler's huge slides in Tate […]
When I was preparing to come here, I had in mind the whole time Antarctica as a place. My project was based around the environment – ice and light movement, and their transience and dynamic nature in relation to glass […]
Well, I guess I may not have been on the web for the past couple of days but I can see from checking my site that plenty of people have been viewing my videos, including a woman from New Zealand […]
Digital Native or Digital Immigrant?We had a young art student from Shanghai with us over the festive season and I took her to the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.We stopped in front of Douglas Gordon's wall text:"Everyone I […]
Rothera has been a busy place over the last few days, people constantly arriving and departing, new arrivals and 'winterers' (those that make up the 20 or so individuals that stay over the winter without visitors or food drops from […]
Just had some feedback from a friend who thought my latest video ("The Lost Dog")"old fashioned….(http://www/youtube.com/watch?v=EauXUpmxtI) like a Lowry painting". Well, I was a bit gobsmacked at first. Old fashioned is not a word I like to hear used about […]
FractalsSome of the stuff on You Tube is awesome! just take a look at this one on fractals ( OK there's a lot of junk too). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAx4WmMlljY
Been looking at old ordinance survey(OS) maps in the local library they are more calligraphic and flowing than their modern counterparts. Some of these maps go back over a 150 years which is the sort of time frame that interest […]
Contents include: Ian W S Hunter discusses art world engagement with trades unions and questions assumption that artists have in-built social compass. Chinese Live Art at Vital 06, sound works in Nottingham and interventions in Bournemouth library reviewed plus Neil […]