South African artist Brett Bailey’s controversial performance involving caged black performers has been shut down following protests and accusations of racism.
Arts organisations and those connected to them must be sure not to do anything that could damage Arts Council England’s reputation as a government-sponsored body, else their grants could be at risk. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
The threat to postgraduate degrees in specialist arts subjects is growing, as public sector cuts deplete training budgets and universities start to close their smaller courses in favour of more lucrative undergraduate programmes. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
In thinking about producing reproduction images on postcards (from week 76) and the Andre Malraux research from my previous exhibition The Imaginary Museum, I thought it might be useful to consider some of the processes involved throughout the history of […]
The leader of one of England’s National Portfolio Organisations speaks out about transparency, whistle blowing, the curse of arts buildings, and why artists feel disenfranchised from the arts funding system.
The 25th BP Portrait Award has been won by Thomas Ganter for his painting of a homeless German man.
Since I last wrote in here, I’ve been struggling to get anything done at all, although I’m still trying, it feels as though I’m just banging my head against a brick wall. http://helend-blackbird.blogspot.co.uk/ I recently undertook British Cycling Skyride Leader […]
My recent explorations of the connections between art and anthropology within the context of the museum have led me to begin producing wooden vitrines and cabinets to house my work. These cabinets take the form of shelving units or compartments […]
Back blogging after a break! I have been really busy, showing work, giving a talk in Germany and organising workshops. I really must thank Ruth Geldard for her great piece capturing the feeling of the artist-to-artist workshop I organised recently […]
As national portfolio organisations in England wait for news on their funding applications to Arts Council England, Three Johns and Shelagh argue that the system is flawed and that it’s time to rethink both what ACE is and what it is for.
Creative Scotland has launched its 10-year plan for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland, setting out its ambitions and priorities over the next decade.
As being human goes, one cannot escape viruses and infections; not even GP’s! It was unfortunate that my creative partner in crime had to sit this trip out due to a sickness, which meant I was to go ahead solo […]
So as stated in the description I am trying to start the first Arts Trail in my local town. I have already come to the conclusion I may be more than a little mad. My reasons for attempting this are […]
Scottish jeweller Kelly Munro has been announced as the Rising Stars 2014 winner at the opening of this year’s exhibition, which showcases the work of emerging craft makers and applied artists who have recently graduated from programmes across the UK.
As part of the recent No Boundaries conference in York and Bristol, Arts Council England made two major presentations about regional investment in the arts and the ‘wider benefits’ of arts and culture to society. Chris Bailey was in York and assesses the significance of the ACE reports.
Inspire By… As mentioned previously, there have been many key works which have influenced, and guided the concept of my work throughout the course. One piece in particular – 7000 Oaks (1982-87) by Joseph Beuys was the catalyst in inspiring […]
Today I find myself sitting in a hotel room pondering tomorrow. I have been given the opportunity to attend the a-n No Boundaries Conference in York and so I wait for a day to see what it brings. I don’t […]
i’m in the mood for love… who sang that? quite a lot of people actually(1) where did it begin? difficult to pin down until i read the lines of description. as a citizen of the earth i enjoy the interconnectivity […]
I was starting to feel a bit guilty about not having posted since the birthday party. The last two and a half weeks have been (over) full and (over) exhausting. There is still a lot to do and February will […]
I don’t really know how much I should write here anymore… I have been warned that this could get me into trouble… legally handcuffed. A sense of fear prevails at work… an apathy… the stench of defeat… people broken and […]
Week 59: 28th October – 3rd NovemberDespite assertions in the previous post about the art object as representing an end point in a particular avenue of the art-making process, it is clear that objects can still act as effective receptacles […]
What does 2014 have in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer.
