The Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s shop and gallery, based at the Riverside Mill in Bovey Tracey on the fringes of Dartmoor, has recently undergone a transformation. Thanks to substantial grants from the lottery, it now boasts new display units, fitted […]
This year’s open studios event at Cockpit Arts showcases this London-based studios’ Developing Professional Practice programme alongside work by over 100 makers based there. Now in its second year, the programme aims to guide makers in the development of crucial […]
G39’s Chris Brown reports on a stimulating seminar for artist-led initiatives in southwest England.
Malcolm Dickson highlights the issues around the future needs of artists’ organisations in Scotland.
Jessica Loseby shares in her experience of initiating a net art project and becoming ‘cyber-chic’.
Angharad Pearce Jones reports on the relationship between Welsh artists and musicians, and the creation of Capsule, a new visual arts venture that celebrates this creative crossover.
Erik Hagoort profiles the Amsterdam-based independent artists’ information agency – Trans Artists – the latest in our series of developing international partners.
Ola Gustafsson and Lesley Young of protoacademy report on their involvement in the fourth Gwangju Biennale in Korea.
Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) is a national scheme, providing visual artists and makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research, or realise a project, using workshop and supporting facilities in Fine Art and Design departments. Artists […]
Judith Staines visits Mumbai and reports on its reputation for contemporary art.
If you can make a case that your work would benefit from £5000 and you graduate in the summer of 2002, then you’re eligible for a Woo Foundation bursary. Nicholas Rena received an award in 2001 and was pleased to […]
The North West Arts Board Setting Up Scheme is designed to provide specialist support and assistance to craftspeople, photographers and visual artists during the early stages of their careers. Working in partnership with host organisations such as museums, galleries and […]
In 2001, commissioning agency Artworks Wales placed an advert in [a-n] MAGAZINE for a commission to design and build a clock for the newly refurbished ticket hall in Cardiff Central Railway Station. Martin Smith applied and was offered the commission. […]
I work predominantly with glass and light, experimenting with these combined mediums to discover visual qualities that inform my ideas.
Over the past twenty-three years working with glass I have come to love the material even more than when I started.
G39 and Chapter, Cardiff 23 February – 30 March
www.swansong.tv 20 March
The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon 25 February – 7 April
Throgmorton Restaurant and Bar, London 15 March, 22 March and 5 April
From 494 applicants and 1,300 individual works, six artists have been shortlisted for the Jerwood Painting Prize, worth £30,000. Judges Norbert Lynton, Keith Patrick, Frank Cohen, Andrea Rose and Charles Saumerez Smith aimed to identify, celebrate and highlight the range […]
The much-vaunted merger between the Arts Council of England and the ten English regional arts boards finally took place on 1 April. The new body has nine regional offices matching the government’s regional boundaries and a national office in London. […]
At Chelmsford, a fibreglass cartoon dog cleans up after a party whilst its owners have been at work. Colchester steps back in time with 1950s style posters of exotic travel. Passengers are caught up in a wild west shoot-out between […]
National Artists Association has commissioned a review of support services needed by UK visual artists. The review is the result of deliberations by the NAA and its principal funder, the Arts Council of England, about the future role of the […]
A temple to shopping in the form of a temporary installation has been created by Malcolm Buchanan-Dick at Basingstoke Shopping Centre. Recital arose from an artist-in-residence project – supported through the Regional Arts Lottery Programme – where Malcolm worked within […]
This one-day symposium brought together applied arts practitioners and students from many artistic viewpoints, and offered an insight into what new technology and digital practice has achieved and its potential future impact on practice.
