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The end is the beginning is the end
Colony, Birmingham
6-28 November
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RBS Bursary 2004
RBS Gallery, London
21 October – 3 December
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Silk threads
Wed like to bring your attention to a new web project were working on that is growing by the day. Travelling from Italy to China along the ancient Silk Roads -we are collecting images and sounds that are added to […]
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Fast forward
Feedback from last month’s North East England new graduates professional development and networking events. “The events gave me a better understanding of what is required when submitting proposals. It was useful to hear others talk about their experiences. I realised […]
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Tim Machin
It was raining. Real rain; I could feel the ink washing off the drawings I carried in a bundle under my arm.
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Editorial – 2004 December
News in October that twenty-three ‘leading’ artists are to donate artworks to the Tate collection prompted a flurry of debate across the visual arts world. It raised the issue of whether it is a good thing for artists, at any […]
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Gold rush
Projects and collaborations rarely spring into existence fully formed. Hilary Williams examines a short project that developed into a major programme, led to the setting up of a new arts business, and to jeweller Mah Rana uncovering new tracts of material and experience.
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Art work
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists’ jobs and opportunities over the years.
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New teams
In November, we swelled the number of artists and arts professionals working with a-n through appointments to two project teams. A special Communications Projects Team has been created, to spend the next six months talking and listening to customers, helping […]
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Fast forward
North East new graduates benefited from new-style Fast forward events running October to December. Led by artist Paul Moss, whose solo exhibition was held at Baltic earlier this year, with ideas from a new graduate panel, the event took the […]
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Northern fringe
Robin Bootes and Phillip Marsden of a-n’s Communication and Sales team contributed to a cross-disciplinary event at Newcastle Central Library in November. Organised by Northern Fringe (www.thenorthernfringe.org), ‘Four Colour Legends’ was an evening of performance dedicated to the cultural phenomenon […]
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Market for sales explored
Extensive research last year by Morris Hargreaves McIntyre revealed an extensive but as yet untapped market for art sales in England. However, by exploring notions of who and what ‘legitimises’ contemporary visual arts, Taste buds: how to cultivate the art […]
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Consultation in Wales
Arts Council of Wales proposals for distribution of project funding from the National Lottery and Welsh Assembly have been put out for consultation. The new proposals arise from a priority within the council’s corporate plan for 2004-2007 to “streamline and […]
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Open showcase
The annual Kettle’s Yard open (until 2 January) showcases some of the liveliest art from across Eastern England, with eleven artists selected from over 200 applicants. Chosen by filmmaker Mark Lewis and sculptor Claire Barclay, the exhibition is weighted toward […]
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Collective venture
Beyond the valley is a new design/art collective that has recently opened a non-profit retail/gallery space just off Carnaby Street, London. Set up by three newly graduated Central St Martin’s students, the venture is intended to counter-balance high retail mark-ups […]
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Sculpture by the sea
Over one hindred sculptures from Australia and around the world transformed Sydney’s Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk into a spectacular – and free to the public – outdoor gallery this autumn. The largest exhibition of its kind in the world, […]
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Pottery award
Leading studio potter Julian Stair, whose work appears in museums and galleries around the world, has won a £7,400 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship. This will enable him to develop and consolidate his research into collaborating with industry to produce thrown pots […]
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Creative Expo
Over fifty artists and creative workers from Bristol’s inner city took part in Bristol’s first ever, two-day, Creative Expo in October. Held at the L-Shed, next to the Industrial Museum on Princes Wharf, it showcased the work of exhibitors and […]
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Culture spend increased
The Scottish Executive plans to increase expenditure on arts and culture by eighty-five percent over the next two financial years, in a move to create long-term improvement in the nation’s arts future. By 2007/08, the Executive’s direct spend will be […]
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SCOT-NY residency
Scottish visual artist Rosalind Nashashibi has been awarded the Scottish Arts Council’s New York residency. This provides the artist with an apartment in the financial district of Manhattan as well as a bursary to support living costs. A Beck’s Futures […]
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Losing it in translation
A recent spate of public utterances by influential policy makers and educators suggests that the visual arts may need to develop a more favourable relationship with language. Some argue that it should be better harnessed to support artists; others think language should just back off and let the visual reclaim its rightful place. Paul Glinkowski interprets.
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Ruth Claxton
I thought I was the audience and then I looked at you began by accident.
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Richard Hughes: The Shelf-life of milk
The Showroom, London
6 October – 14 November
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The seeds of change
Edoardo Malagigi visited Afghanistan to research the working conditions of artists there. Here, he reports on some of the issues affecting artists living there, and on the planned Centre for Contemporary Art in Afghanistan, Kabul.
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a-n Magazine November 2004
Contents include: Second report from ‘Jetset’ conference considers artists’ approaches to global networks and corporate branding. Impact of the property market on studios, and of artists on rural communities. New website showcases Scottish craft; textiles and abstract painting reviewed – […]