I’ve been going on Twitter a lot recently. There are good and bad points to this. It’s good because I read lots of interesting articles about art and politics and if I then share them with my followers I feel […]
Perhaps because I do not have my own home my studio has had a very significant role in my life since moving to Sweden. It is not only where I come to work, but also a sanctuary when I […]
Matthew Rowe, director of Firstsite gallery in Colchester, has stepped down after just over two years in the job.
The second of the exhibitions that I have curated has just opened. What a steep learning curve it has been. I don’t think I understood how time-consuming it was, especially in thinking time. And so many lists! The exhibition, Things […]
Here’s another picture taken by our resident wizard Lucy Kerrane for the New Designers press pack. I should probably link it on here even though I accidentally posted a half-finished statement and I can’t be bothered to change it. Here […]
lets build like the greeks do This is a recent site specific installation I did within project space A at Spike Island studios. Towards the end of my final year I have become particularly interested in deconstruction and reconstruction, focussing […]
a-n and AIR has launched the Paying Artists Regional Advocates – a team of eleven artists across five cities tasked with ensuring more artists’ voices get heard within the campaign in the lead up to the general election.
The build continues with us making the structure more stable, painting the external rings with blackboard paint and running a motor test to see it moving one of the rings (as you can see on the video). There are […]
The third round of a-n’s Re:view bursary scheme has made nine funding awards to a total of 11 artists to develop their practice through self-determined professional development.
Our weekly selection of member-posted shows and events taken from a-n’s lively Events section continues with exhibitions, festivals and workshops in Aberdeen, Bristol, Corby, Plymouth and St Leonards-on-Sea.
Preparing all my equipment and materials ready as I am looking forward to a great time in my studio tomorrow, it will be a big session of organising items for storage. And creating space for some works for the Open […]
On arrival at Polly’s studio I find a minor disaster has already struck. In the process of retrieving an archived image of a print for inclusion in a book being produced to commemorate 20 years of the Norwich Print Fair, […]
College has broken up for the Easter holidays so I have been back in my studio carrying on with work. Although having a studio is a big commitment I’m so glad to have it. It’s my bolt hole and my […]
Oriel Wrecsam is leaving its home at Wrexham Library and will be without a permanent venue until at least 2017.
Capturing some of the conversations, ideas and people I encounter whilst using the A-N Re:View bursary I was awarded in 2014.
The programme for this year’s annual Edinburgh Art Festival includes the first solo show in Scotland from Phyllida Barlow and an open call for proposals from early career, Scotland-based artists.
Just to clarify at the outset, I rent my studio as do the majority of other artists I know, if indeed they even have a studio space. However through the payment of rent there is a sense of ownership – […]
Nominations for the 2015 Turner Prize, which this year takes place at Tramway, Glasgow, are open until 13 April.
I am starting to feel rather anxious about the end of year presentations for the course that I have been taking at Mejan. I have thoroughly enjoyed Following Eugène however I am not sure that what I have to present. […]
Curious Projects opened affordable studios for artists in Eastbourne in January 2015. More than just working spaces, we aim to create a platform for fostering collaboration, encouraging mutual support, and the cross-pollination of ideas across artistic disciplines. As part of this aspiration, […]
A residency journal by artist Alice Lunt, documenting her time at Curious Projects. [Curious Projects residency, March to May 2015, at Curious Studios, Eastbourne] • http://www.curious-projects.co.uk • http://walkintomyparlour.com
Artists including Jake and Dinos Chapman, Richard Wentworth and Jeremy Deller are contributing to an online fundraising auction for Milton Keynes Arts Centre by creating original work from a white ceramic plate.
A recent summit at Project Ability in Glasgow brought together support studios and learning disability artists from around the world for three days of art making, discussion and sharing of ideas. Emmie McKay reports on a conference with a difference that also included a residency by the artist Tanya Raabe-Webber.
Judith Carlton has been announced as the new director of CGP London as founding director Ron Henocq steps down after 30 years.
