
What we did next
Recent graduates on their first year as professional artists.
Recent graduates on their first year as professional artists.
Eleven artists have been awarded residencies at Acmes Fire Station work/live space, as part of this ongoing programme. Slade graduate and recent fellow at The British Library Ming Wong and Ben Cove, recent exhibitor at LMU Leeds and Castlefield Gallery […]
Janine Goldsworthy and Suzanne Hutton, both members of a-ns Communications Projects Team, recently completed re:gen, a residencey and exhibiton project held in Sunniside, Sunderland. Featuring the work of six artists who all graduated within the past two years, the project […]
This new website, launched from www.a-n.co.uk, will go online from 1 May. As a critical showcase for graduate exhibitions and new writing the site aims to promote the work of new graduates to curators, commissioners and other arts professionals. In […]
Laura Hewitt on Hotel Mariakapel, an artists initiative where the ideas of intimacy, dialogue and collaboration are fundamental concerns.
This spring, as part of the Africa 05 arts festival, a number of artists from around the African continent are in London making new work for various cultural institutions. Paul Glinkowski introduces the work of five of them.
Trinity Technology College, Warwick
11-23 February
Rodney Court is a proposed conversion of a Manchester tower block into live/work space for artists.
Occupation Studios is a case study in cooperative survival in the urban regeneration landscape.
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
CRATE successfully accessed economic development and regeneration funds to buy a building.
Paul Glinkowski looks at the UK studio landscape, highlighting successful new studio models. He also offers advice to artists wanting to set-up their own group.
Penny Klepuszewska, a 2003 graduate from Nottingham Trent University and Chris Boyd, a Manchester Metropolitan University second-year interactive arts student were joint winners of the UK Art Prize 2004, that attracted over 40,000 entries and created ten finalists. They shared […]
The result of a year-long project by Ellie Harrison, Gold Card Adventures is presented until 21 March at Piccadilly Circus underground station, London, courtesy of Platform for Art. Purchasing a Gold Card years travel pass and using her daily commute […]
Glasgow-based Market Gallery presents work by six 2004 graduates from Scotlands art courses in A nation turns its eyes to you. Working directly onto the gallery walls, Miranda Blennerhassett uses the familiarity of pattern and motif from interior decoration to […]
Jane Watt speaks to Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie about their practice, the Bata-ville project and working with Commissions East.
Hosted by the Stanley Picker Gallery at the University of Kingston, the Stanley Picker Fellowships are awarded annually to a contemporary fine artist and a contemporary designer. The Fellows are offered a fee, production costs and access to the Universitys […]
Colony, Birmingham
6-28 November
Feedback from last month’s North East England new graduates professional development and networking events. The events gave me a better understanding of what is required when submitting proposals. It was useful to hear others talk about their experiences. I realised […]
North East new graduates benefited from new-style Fast forward events running October to December. Led by artist Paul Moss, whose solo exhibition was held at Baltic earlier this year, with ideas from a new graduate panel, the event took the […]
Beyond the valley is a new design/art collective that has recently opened a non-profit retail/gallery space just off Carnaby Street, London. Set up by three newly graduated Central St Martins students, the venture is intended to counter-balance high retail mark-ups […]
Jane Watt talks to Dalziel + Scullion about their collaborative practice, unusual studio set up and processes involved in their commission for Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
Visitors to the On The Wall art fair at Londons Olympia Grand Hall this October were able to meet the a-n team and catch up on our latest developments. Many artists took the opportunity to network in our comfy lounge […]
Sarah Woodfines Wyoming, 2003 won the £5,000 first prize in the 2004 Jerwood Drawing Prize, announced in September. A collaboration between the Jerwood Foundation, Wimbledon School of Art and the University of Gloucestershire, the prize attracted over 2,000 entries from […]
Studio-based artists have been made vulnerable by the recent property boom as run-down former industrial buildings attract developers with an eye for a lucrative conversion. Some studio providers though, have managed to stay put and in some cases have moved on to better premises. Paul Glinkowski offers this progress report on artist-led studios projects in Leeds and in Stroud.