Artists & studios
Stephen Palmer explores the issues surrounding artists and their studios – from finances, time and work patterns and location to group set-ups and DIY options.
Stephen Palmer explores the issues surrounding artists and their studios – from finances, time and work patterns and location to group set-ups and DIY options.
Aimed at public sector arts employers, commissioners, consultants and arts trainers, Good practice in paying artists addresses the context for fees and payments for artists’ residencies, workshops and community commissions.
In February, contributions were invited by a Parliamentary Select Committee from key visual arts organisations to an inquiry into DCMS’s support of the art market, in particular into “ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of new work”.
Art Gene combines a residency programme with links with education and plays an active part in local regeneration.
S1 Artspace provides studios for artists whose work is both contemporary and critically engaged.
Valley Artists is a mix of established practitioners, recent graduates and current students.
a-n’s Director of Programmes Susan Jones introduces Good practice in paying artists.
DAW adapted a successful model of an open studios event for a rural location.
How a partnership with their local university helped FusionARTS secure studio premises.
Analysis of past and current situation for artists’ fees and payments, introducing some issues for artists, employers and policy-makers to consider in the future.
Evaluation of The artist’s development toolkit by Linda Ball – who wrote and researched it – reveals widespread approval of both contents and usability. Our first interactive practical guide, the toolkit was generated through collaboration between a-n and APD (Artists’ […]
Artist’s jobs and opportunities 1989-2003
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists jobs and opportunities over the years.
East Street Arts (ESA) is a model example of what the purchase and refit of studios involves.
Funded by Arts Council England, this research study in 2004 prefaced new resources from a-n to extend the Code of Practice and demonstrate good practice within artists’ fees and payments, for use by artists and public-sector employers and commissioners. For current sample rates go to Guidance on fees and day rates and for latest Paying artists research go to www.a-n.co.uk/tag/paying-artists
The 2004 BOC Emerging Artist Award, worth £20,000 has been won by Mauro Bonacina, a recent MA graduate of Londons Goldsmiths College. Judges were Roy Exley (critic, curator and lecturer), Karen Wright (Modern Painters), Sarah Kent (Time Out), Charlotte Heavey […]
We are pleased to announce that City and Guild MA graduate Klari Reis and University of Gloucestershire BA graduate Thomas Goddard have both won stand space worth over £1,000 at the forthcoming On the Wall art fair at Olympia 29 […]
Brigid Howarth talks to Deutsch Bank curator Mary Findlay about the sourcing and buying of artworks for the largest corporate art collection in the world.
A two-year pilot artists’ mentoring programme in Glasgow, aimed at recently graduated artists in the city who are unemployed or underemployed within the arts was launched in August. Developed by Impact Arts, a leading arts company specialising in arts and […]
Special degree show review: Sorcha Dallas reports back on Scotland’s graduate exhibitions.
Special degree show review: Chris Brown visits colleges in Wales.
Candid Arts Trust is a registered charity that aims to promote the work of emerging artists. Located in central London in a 20,000 sq ft venue housing two loft-style galleries, eighteen studios and rehearsal spaces the organisation runs […]
Ruth Claxton reports on her participation in a British Council funded workshop in Khartoum in October last year.
Linda Ball explores how artists, makers and desgners can find work outside their artform.
Linda Ball explores how self-employed artists operate and how an artist-run business can work.