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Glasgow weekender
As part of the NAN initiative, artists from North East England visited Glasgow. Here Alison Unsworth and David Stamp give an overview of their experiences.
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Symbiotic beasts
Kirsten Lloyd and Juliana Capes report back from a conference in Rotterdam that reaffirmed their belief that artist–led initiatives have a vital role to play in shaping the arts sector.
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Code events
Between November 2003 and August 2004 we will have undertaken twenty–five Code of Practice for the Visual Arts presentations or seminars with some 550 artists and arts professionals participating. Events have been organised in partnership with the APD network, Engage […]
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Fast forward
Look out for details in the next issue of forthcoming Fast forward: professional development and networking events especially for new graduates to be held in North East England in October and Glasgow (in partnership with Cultural Enterprise Office) in December. […]
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Board in Bristol
As part of the quarterly meetings schedule, the Board of a-n will be meeting in Bristol on 6 December. We’d love to hear from artists’ projects and networks who will have work on show at that time, for inclusion in […]
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Graduate winners
We are pleased to announce that City and Guild MA graduate Klari Reis and University of Gloucestershire BA graduate Thomas Goddard have both won stand space worth over £1,000 at the forthcoming On the Wall art fair at Olympia 29 […]
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Peace of mind
Nisha Duggal, our new Editorial Production Assistant is off to Kitchener in Ontario, Canada this month to take part in artist–led CAFKA’S annual international exhibition, ‘Peace of Mind’. Her work will include a sound installation and a series of off–site […]
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Open studios
Visitors to this year’s Cambridge Open Studios event, presenting over 300 studios open across the city, could not only view works for sale but also the ‘Wide Open’ exhibition. Held at Cambridge Artworks a co–operative artists studios based in […]
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a-n Magazine August 2004
Contents include: Stephen Cooper resident at the Ashmolean, Rosemary Shirley on how the Braziers’ international residency has changed artists’ lives, and Professional development moves from training to practice. Limousine Bull and Whitechapel shows reviewed, Independent Art School profiled and Gillian […]
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The art of conflict (part 1)
Paul Glinkowski talks to Angela Weight, Keeper of Art at the Imperial War Museum, and to some of the artists she has commissioned to make art in response to war situations.
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Internationalism in UK design
Lucy Wilson looks at the opportunities and aspirations for taking craft and design practice international, in the first of two articles inspired by the Jetset conference.
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Practice leads development
The training-led development programmes that were the norm in artists’ professional development delivery some years ago are giving way to new projects that focus around contemporary practice and are driven by ‘real world’ situations. They recognise that being a visual […]
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Research trip
In 2005 the Crafts Council has been offered the opportunity to hold an exhibition of British craft in the Axis Gallery in Tokyo. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase examples of their work during their visit to Japan. As […]
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Full breakfast
If the terms ‘Breakfast Club’ and ‘symposium’ conjure up images of Molly Ringwald in a power suit , think again; you might find yourself in a tucked away studio complex in the Cotswolds talking to artists from all over the […]
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Change at Gateshead
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead has recently recruited two new members of staff to join its existing curatorial team. Pippa Coles has been appointed as Head of Programme and Alessandro Vincentelli will take up the post of Curator. […]
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Birthday collective
Edinburgh-based Collective Gallery celebrates its twentieth anniversary in August with a group exhibition featuring artists who have exhibited with the gallery over the last ten years (a show ten years ago showed artists from the first then years). ‘The Birthday […]
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Arts campaign launched
It’s election fever again. Within the next twelve months, numerous lobbying groups will be on the backs of politicians bending their ears about their causes, ranging from Fathers4Justice’s reactionary activism causing major security alerts to the much more reasonable National […]
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Back east
The selectors of ‘East international 2004’ Neo Rauch and Gerd Harry Lybke, gave the 2004 East award on Saturday 3 July to Justin Mortimer, a London-based artist who studied at the Slade School of Art. Describing Mortimer’s paintings as containing […]
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International print
Over 300 artists from forty-nine countries are represented in the ‘3rd International Mini Print Exhibition’, organised through Lessedra Gallery and Contemporary Art Projects, Sofia, that opened in June in Bulgaria. Artist Amy Sterly attended the opening thanks to a travel […]
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Northern lights
Gillian Nicol reports on two international art festivals and a socially engaged project in Norway.
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Turning Japanese
Edith-Marie Pasquier talks to Stephen Cooper about his residency at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and to Dr Christopher Brown, the museum
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Work in progress
Paul Stone examines some of the issues arising from the a-n event in June.
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World in motion
Rosemary Shirley investigates the impact over ten years of the Braziers’ international residency workshop, set up by artists for artists.