Linda Ball is project leader of Creative Graduates Creative Futures the largest research study to date about the career paths of art and design graduates. She talks to Jane Watt about the research, her own experience of a portfolio career and the importance of having creativity at the core of professional practice.
Jack Hutchinson reports back from The State of the Arts – The Conference for the Arts, hosted by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA).
Arts Council England has embarked on an extensive exercise to consult stakeholders including artists on their policies and priorities for the future.
‘Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution’, an exhibition from Craftspace curated with maker Helen Carnac, tours from Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in January to Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh.
The State of the Arts conference organised by Arts Council England and RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) and held in January in London was heralded as a key opportunity to examine the current and future challenges and opportunities around domestic arts policy, strategy and funding and Britain’s position within the global cultural landscape.
Stockholm scene(s) It’s nearly 7.30, and the end of January. Time passes very quickly. Today: I noticed that it’s three years since I started this blog. It’s been an incredible three years – in lots of ways! In the last […]
Expo Leeds 25-28.09.09 Friday The first thing I visited on the Friday afternoon was the schools project led by Mira Calix at the Leeds City Museum, which consisted of upturned speaker cones being used to move piles of small objects, […]
Action plan that focuses on generic skills that artists need to underpin their careers in a complex environment.
The quality of art education offered in UK universities has been regularly under the spotlight in recent times. In this month’s Debate, an MA graduate gives an account of the critical situation, and proposes an alternative system to offer education for artists.
I thought I would reflect on the Lincoln Art Programmes most recent event ‘Art Jacking’. As the Lincoln Art Programme is focusing on initiating a live art orientated programme, we decided to initiate a debate on the role of live […]
Commissioned by Arts Council England to inform thinking about the recession’s impact on employment in the arts and culture, Do It Yourself: Cultural and Creative Self-Employment in Hard Times addresses opportunities for young self-employed creatives and potential implications of the government’s Future Jobs Fund.
This article, from the latest issue of Variant, is really interesting.. Artist as Executive, Executive as ArtistKirsten Forkert http://www.variant.org.uk/35texts/CultLeader.html It references this article from the Guardian on 19/01/08, which I reckon is also worth a read: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jan/1… ‘No pay, no […]
This month’s art world movers.
Jane Watt reports on the Brighton symposium Is Design Good For You? considering the range of projects that artists undertake in healthcare environments.
Following a quiet call for tenders in late December, the Cultural Leadership Programme (CLP) has awarded funds totalling
Talking about my creative experiences is not such an easy thing to do. On previous occasions where I have had to give talks about my art work I’ve had some kind of brief from a client and so I’ve been […]
cont.. and some issues to tackle: Lack of awareness of employment opportunities within the sector. Artists not trained for business. Insufficient entry routes for young people into the sector. Skills and experience do not match job vacancies. Qualifications do not […]
The other workshops I attended at the TUC Conference last Saturday were more about Liverpool's year as Capital of Culture, which is less relevant to artists as a whole. There were still some realy interesting trends though: Two standpoints emerged […]
UP THE REVOLUTION! I am not one to turn down a freebie. So when my wife informed me that the Saatchi Galleries had invited us for a free guided tour, I was on the train before you could say 'the […]
I was interested to read your letters from Chris Young in the October magazine and the later response from Jon Bowen in November.
With a-n amongst the first to record its phenomenal impact through publication way back in 1991 of Live art, performance as it was then known, exhibited the characteristics of all that was innovative and edgy. In its introduction, Robert Ayers and David Butler commented: “Live art’s continued value and relevance is mirrored by the extent to which other live artists continue to come up with surprising, disconcerting new possibilities”.
Had a good session in Fabrica yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. I spent some time exploring the whole space with the banner in it by taking photographs. There were four volunteers in as well as Tasha (Front of House Manager) so together […]
In a world increasingly skewed by notions of commodity and markets, artists and creative practitioners must be proactive in seeking out opportunities that enable them to experiment and take the risks that will drive up the quality of their work.
