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Brigid Howarth investigates ways in which artists are making work and collaborating with industry.

This year will be the second ‘Fresh Art’ event at the Business Design Centre in Islington.
Here gallery director and selector Chris Noraika outlines his view on the event’s somewhat controversial status, and some artists tell us of their experiences and expectations.

For artist Emma Baird Murray, Coed Hills Rural Artspace in South Wales has become a place of inspiration, a space where making art, sustainable living and community involvement go hand in hand. She describes how the organisation works with artists in a rural setting.

Adrian Barron and Tim Davies report on their involvement in an international environmental art project in the rainforests of Belize.

Gaia Persico, whose work can be seen this month in ‘EASTinternational’ in Norwich, reveals how her working practice – truly international and portable in nature – has grown from her other occupation as a member of an airline cabin crew.

In January 2002, Sally Cartwright and six other designers were selected by the Birmingham and Solihull International Trade Team – working with Trade Partners UK and West Midland Arts – to exhibit work at the British Embassy in Brussels as part of a trial exporting sheme.