On Tuesday 5th December we open our Campaign Shop on Pier Street in Hull. This exhibition and the manifesto that we will present in it are the result of our ‘Thrash Out’ series of debates or conversations, funded by an […]
Kathy McArdle, British Council Director of England and Cities, reflects on the international dimension of the UK City of Culture initiative.
To my right as I enter the exhibition is a large dark brown-coloured rectangular object fixed to the wall. My eye is drawn to white bow-tie shapes that float-hover-drift on a grey surface, offshore of a nasal-peninsula-chef’s head emerging from […]
This blog will chart my adventure as I navigate some of the oldest construction techniques ever used. City Lit run a two year course of basketry skills and I am on it.
News briefing with national and international stories, including: Sackler family’s profits from highly addictive opioid; UK government’s industrial strategy criticised for ignoring threats to creative industries.
Four projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section.
Lloyds Bank recently bought a double page spread in the Guardian weekend magazine (18.11.17) “Spread your wings with a portfolio career”. This advert, written like a magazine article, contains all the usual elements and advice about starting a portfolio career; […]
As well as using Little Forest Land Art for our own art projects, another objective was to support other artists and makers. With this is mind we announce our artist opportunity. As part of the site preparations a large un-safe […]
Date: 3/11/17 Time: 19.21pm Location: Home Mood: Behind With Other Work….drat! Welcome to my second post on A-N! This is just a short post to share some of my recent paintings based on thumbnail sketches. Please read my last post […]
New Blog – From West Midlands Based Artist Bec Broomhall
Looking for art-related books for Christmas gifts? Here’s eight ideas, including a phenomenal and phenomenological novel, a sumptuous survey of contemporary clay and ceramics, and an international exploration of artist-run art schools.
New review of Echo by Corridor8. Exhibition continues to 27 January 2018 at Pyramid Arts Centre, Warrington.
First day at the Engage international conference – stimulating discussion, talks and workshops… keywords for the day: co-creation co-production sustainability How do you make sure that community art is co-creation or co-production with the communities it is serving? One answer […]
When the Little Forest Land Art team came together for the first time in January 2017 we had one target – getting the site ready for Art in the Garden 2017. This is our host Jan Griffiths’ annual open studio […]
Well. It’s been an immensely satisfying journey working on my a-n Professional Development Bursary project called, Gift. But it has taken me so very much longer than I imagined – and my film looks like it won’t quite be ready […]
From one crabby body to another. Breathing new life into bits of crab chewed and discarded by herring gulls. A joyful playful studio space. Heart: Skull: Lungs: Intestines: Dancing Legs/Pointing Fingers: Flamingo:
Simon Lee Dicker works with and within nature, to produce work that unravels the stories we attach to place and time, and the emotional weight that we impart upon them. Dicker’s practice has spoken about a distance between humanity and […]
Sarah Bodman, whose popular Artists’ Books column provides a regular look into the world of artists’ publishing, picks her ten favourites of the year.
We are back from 3 weeks in Korea and are delighted how the final leg of the project went. A huge success, judging by the feedback we received! We arrived with five days to set up the exhibition, install the […]
