In the run up to Edinburgh Art Festival, Gordon Dalton speaks to some of the artists participating in this year’s tenth-anniversary edition, as well as Director Sorcha Carey about the impact of the publicly-sited commissions.
The just announced commissioned projects for this year’s Frieze London art fair have a child-friendly, playful feel.
Five talented emerging makers unveil the results of their £7,500 Jerwood Makers Open commissions this week in London. We talk to the Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and two of this year’s selected makers about the project.
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #25 In Care, Diligence and Skill: a handbook for the governing bodies of arts organisations[1] the general criteria for assessing suitability of proposed board members are described as: • Quality: regardless of age, profession and other characteristics, […]
Arts Council England has set aside £40m for exceptional projects and contingency funds for National Portfolio Organisations over the next two years.
Five projects have been selected for research and development phase of Jerwood Open Forest.
Three of London’s leading contemporary art spaces have announced a new partnership exploring collaborative models within the visual arts.
A New Look for Public Toilets in Dover As I messed up my last blog….. I thought I might just pick this one up instead……seems a very relevant title for a blog and there will always be something current in […]
Have travelled to Bristol Temple Meads station and am sitting in the glorious Cafe-Bar with Carol Carey, Development and Project Manager with Somerset Art Works. We had a long phone call back in April, plus, for this meeting Carol had […]
a-n and The Design Trust launch a new partnership with a panel discussion as part of The Design Trust Start Up Day at New Designers 2013 on 27 June.
Two weeks have passed since the degree show finished, although it seems like a lot longer. There has so far not been so much time to reflect yet on the work as many other things, which had been put on […]
During my bursary period I am meeting several times with Gill Park, director of Pavilion, a Leeds based commissioning organisation. I have known Pavilion for a while; first as a visitor to their exhibitions, then in 2008 I worked with […]
As the first results from AIR’s Paying Artists Survey make clear, artists are finding themselves at the end of the arts food chain as funding cuts bite. Here, a-n’s Director looks at how things stand and suggests a future where practitioners determine the status of their art and of artists.
The first results of AIR’s UK-wide Paying Artists Survey – which focuses on artists’ experiences of publicly-funded galleries – reveal low earnings, miniscule or no fees at all for exhibiting, and shrinking production budgets.
I have been neglecting this blog a bit whilst busy with various applications and projects, but I have started meeting with people as part of my re:view bursary. In fact I am nearly half way through my meetings. So perhaps […]
Locus+ is celebrating 20 years of innovative visual arts projects and publications by launching its first ever fund-raising Print Portfolio at the Venice Biennale. We find out more from Director and Founder Jon Bewley.
An analysis and commentary on artists’ work and opportunities in 2012.
Working internationally is key to the development of many artists’ practice, but without gallery representation the hurdles are considerable. With the 55th Venice Biennale soon to open, we speak to three artists – including one showing in Venice – about the challenges of working abroad without a gallery, and also get the views of an independent curator.
The phasing in of Universal credits will affect millions of people, in particular the self-employed and sole business owners, including artists.
Kritsotopoulas, Kritsa, Lasithi, Crete
4 May – 25 October 2013
Evaluation of the pilot year of The Space, a joint three year venture between Arts Council England and the BBC.
After joining Degrees unedited in March 2013 Jasper Weinstein Sheffield has showed us there’s much more to his conceptual approach than a blade of grass. He tells us more as prelude to degree shows at Northumbria University.
Ali Reed joined the Degrees unedited blogs in November 2012, since then we have seen her work develop site-specifically and professionally. Here she tells us of her plans for degree shows at Staffordshire University.
