
Hard Labour
Cell Project Space, London
5 February 6 March
Cell Project Space, London
5 February 6 March
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.
The decision as to which image to use on the cover of a-n magazine each month is never an easy one. Were well aware of the impact on an artist of having an image distributed directly to 32,000 readers and […]
Weve a whole new set of essays available on www.a-n.co.uk as a result of Novembers NAN event Quo vadis. They are freely available to all as part of a-ns ongoing support for artists networking activities. Specially commissioned by Chris Brown […]
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”.
Rodney Court is a proposed conversion of a Manchester tower block into live/work space for artists.
S1 Artspace provides studios for artists whose work is both contemporary and critically engaged.
TactileBOSCH is a studio group committed to experimentation, presentation and collaboration.
APD (Artists Professional Development) network has received a £10,000 grant from Arts Council England to identify mechanisms to secure its future as the visual arts professional development umbrella. The offer arose after APD commissioned an independent strategic review from arts […]
Gasworks is part of an international network of independent studios around the globe.
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.
Dominic Thomas on the importance of a critical context for artists’ practice. One of a specially commissioned set of articles resulting from Quo Vadis available now on www.a-n.co.uk.
Paul Glinkowski on the circumstances around cultural barriers and how they can be breached or transformed.
Philip Babot on the cross-border and international achievements of artists’ organisations in South Wales.
The reputation of Newcastle-based design consultancy Blue River was enhanced in November following recognition in a prestigious worldwide design industry bible. Beverly Hills based design guru Terry Stone, who chose Blue Rivers work for the book said: Blue Rivers work […]
Artist’s jobs and opportunities 1989-2003
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists jobs and opportunities over the years.
In November, we swelled the number of artists and arts professionals working with a-n through appointments to two project teams. A special Communications Projects Team has been created, to spend the next six months talking and listening to customers, helping […]
I thought I was the audience and then I looked at you began by accident.
East Street Arts (ESA) is a model example of what the purchase and refit of studios involves.
More than just a studios building, Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA) represents a hub for artists in the area.
East Street Arts, Leeds
9 September 7 October
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.
Gini Coates won the London Printworks Trusts Bursary at New Designers Part 1 at the Business Design Centre, London in July. Selected from over 1,000 graduates showing there, she attracted the attention of a judging panel that included leading textile […]