Making a living as an artist
Debra Savage’s case study-based research into the realities of professional artistic practice.
Debra Savage’s case study-based research into the realities of professional artistic practice.
Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.
Various venues, Edinburgh
28 July 3 September
Artists comment on the Arts Council’s Turning Point Strategy.
Charlie Fox on what networking means to artists.
Jane Watt outlines the core strengths of NAN and looks to the future.
An innovative and thought-provoking online photography gallery showcasing the best in regional talent, was launched in June.
The Art Guide is a web-based listings site from Castlefield Gallery.
Susan Jones introduces Perspectives on practice, an a-n Collection selected by Tom Burtonwood from a-n’s ‘back archive’ of publishing from the 1990s.
Artists motivations when working in the public realm.
Bureau is Manchesters new, purpose-built, independent art gallery. Run by directors Sophia Crilly and Mark Kennard, both practising artists and curators, the gallery provides a platform for dynamic, exciting and experimental work by emerging and established national and international artists. […]
Yuen Fong Ling on shifting Identities in Hong Kong
Declan Long on two new Dublin-based galleries, and the relationship between artist-led spaces in Ireland and the UK.
Jane Watt on the first of two publications that give an overview of NAN activity to date (2006).
A series of Vox box style reflections by some of the artists who have experienced NAN.
Index of organisations visited or mentioned during the event.
Biographies of Import/Export speakers.
Gillian McIver on international networking.
Samuel Dowd and Hayley Skipper of SpRoUt respond to Import/Export.
Janie Nicoll reflects on her continuing relationship with NAN events.
Susan Jones introduces Beyond the UK – the fourth in the a-n Collection series – selected and edited by Chris Brown.
Anna Gray and Polly Verity, two artists who attended last months Networking Artists Network event in Glasgow, report on the days activities.
Beaconsfield, London
14 September 20 November
Shifting practice, guest edited by John Beagles and Paul Stone, takes the artist-led initiative as its starting point.
Includes introduction by Beagles and Stone and articles from Ruth Claxton, Springhill Institute, Deborah Jackson, Peter Suchin and Susannah Thompson.
From the a-n Collections series.
Pdf [size: 1.19Mb]. Requires pdf reader.
Curated space looks at strategies and interventions within artist-curator space. Devised and conducted by Manick Govinda, contributors include Gavin Wade, Erika Tan, Jeremy Deller and David A. Bailey.
Curated space artists’ interviews in full.