Approached by Modern Art Oxford to deliver art sessions at a Sure Start children’s centre in the Rose Hill area of Oxford, artist Jon Lockhart began a four-year residency at the centre as part of MAO’s ambitious Paul Hamlyn Foundation funded offsite programme.
What do festivals add to a city?
How do artists go about delivering a very large commission to deadline? Emily Speed interviewed Shauna Richardson about her Artist Taking the Lead Commission: The Lionheart Project.
Day 2 in Chongqing My body is starting to change its clock, and I managed to get a better sleep last night. Today I met with the artist, Tian Xing Diao Su, who has a space next door to Yan’s, […]
New evidence exposing, quantifying and discussing the likely impact on the visual arts of Arts Council England’s decisions on fifteen previously Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs) visual arts organisations unsuccessful in their NPO application. It shows that a disproportionate number of artists’ membership and development agencies and practice-based organisations lost core funding, despite ACE’s aim of creating a balanced national portfolio and makes recommendations for sustaining their work as part of a strengthened arts ecology.
Locws International 2011: Art Across the City
Various locations, Swansea 16 April – 13 May
This video is partly to celebrate my new felt tips (such good felt tips, and so new) and partly to establish possible camera angles for my live art residency at the Chisenhale Gallery this month. Next week I’m at a […]
Explores the affect of the economic recession on the livelihoods of artists in terms of access to employment and career opportunities and raises concerns about how artists’ practice is likely to fare in this period of arts austerity. [HTML format]
This is a reply to Carol Ramsey’s comment (in italics here) in my previous post – mainly because it prompted some thoughts about pop-up events and because of that old friend – word count. I agree, The Art School is […]
Last month Cambridge saw the launch of a significant new artist-run space, Aid & Abet. Artists Sarah Evans, David Kefford and CJ Mahony discuss how the project has developed and how their relationship has graduated from being fellow studio holders to a collaborative working group.
On 30 March, Arts Council England announced the winners and losers in the new National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for funding 2012-15. Here’s a-n’s take on what’s happened, the likely impact on artists, independent arts professionals and the arts ecology as well as highlights from some of the many comments and discussions that are in train.
Tate Modern, London
12 October 2010 – 2 May 2011
AIR responds to Arts Council England NPO settlement
AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
19 February – 26 March
Education and community projects engaging artists and audiences across the UK and Europe.
Alastair MacLennan performance/actuation on Saturday at 25SG, excellent. There was also a talk by Ben Ponton and discussion about documentation in Performance Art on Sunday. The ephemeral nature of performance and its resistance to commodification are some of its attractions, […]
neither child safe or safe from children and probably thats how my studio & practice will stay for now….. Ive already made myself laugh with a funny typo in a residency application that i just caught before emailing it off […]
A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they choose to collaborate with. In this article, artist David Cotterrell and Projects Director Carolyn Black reflect on the realisation of a unique and demanding work for the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail.
