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Diversity developments
Winners of the decibel visual arts awards, aimed at black and Asian artists, and curators, were announced in March.
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Eastern promise
Commissions East has launched a regional-wide professional development programme for visual artists. Funded by Arts Council England, East and European Social Fund (ESF), the three-year programme will impact on some 500 professional artists living or working in the east of […]
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Craft work
A crafts commissions programme is underway at the Crafts Study Centre at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design. Seven makers in south east and west England were selected from a wider trawl. Their brief was to design and produce […]
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An academic model
Paul Glinkowski profiles the work of Paul Bonaventura, co-founder of The Laboratory, the research wing of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at the University of Oxford, in the fifth article of the ‘Crossing over’ series.
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Public sitings
Cumbrian-based Phil Morsman’s white fibreglass sculpture for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary marks the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of DNA. Made in twelve sections and back-lit with four neon colours, it is activated as darkness falls so that the intense, […]
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Design for life
Lucy Wilson profiles the work of design curator Rachael Barraclough, the fourth article of the ‘Crossing over’ series.
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Info packs
We’ve been working on a series of information packs highlighting a-n’s activities and editorial content, ideal for use as supporting material at conferences, artists events and seminars. Material includes: www.a-n.co.uk information sheets on professional practice, artists’ collaborations and public art […]
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Fashion award
Cordaelia Craine, who moulds soft leather to produce fashion showpieces, has won a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship worth £3,750. This will enable her to go to Spain and Italy to study the ancient leather moulding techniques still in use today. Queen […]
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By association
Isabella Oulton examines the current debates around the status of artists in France as raised at The First National Visual Artists’ Forum.
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Time to think and space to talk
Rohini Malik Okon explores the evolving relationship between Faisal Abdu’Allah and The Agency Contemporary.
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Creative learning curves
Jane Watt looks into professional development initiatives available to artists working in the public domain, in the fourth of the six-part series ‘Navigating Places’.
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Fair success
Frieze Art Fair, London’s first international contemporary art fair held in October has announced the 2004 dates as 15-18 October. With over 27,700 national and international visitors – including collectors, gallerists and curators, students, artists and celebrities – this new […]
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River work
Commissions in the Environment (CITE) in collaboration with Lancashire County Council and Rossendale Borough Council have commissioned Katayoun Pashban Dowlatshahi to create a permanent artwork that celebrates and reveals the River Irwell. In a truly collaborative process, she is working […]
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Photo biennale
The Brighton Photo Biennale 2003, the new major event in the photography calendar, kicked off in October. Combining exhibitions, commissions and events, the biennale permeates across traditional gallery spaces as well as appropriating Brighton Parish Church as a site for […]
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Deutsche Bank Art Collection
Brigid Howarth talks to Deutsch Bank curator Mary Findlay about the sourcing and buying of artworks for the largest corporate art collection in the world.
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Decode drive
Launching this autumn, Decode is a vibrant online e-zine, community space and industry resource for culturally diverse arts in the UK. It aims to support, connect and promote the work of upcoming, under-represented and established artists and organisations working in […]
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Back to school
Jane Watt profiles collaborations between artists and architects at two newly built schools, in the third of the six-part series ‘Navigating Places’.
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Northern Sculptors
North Light Gallery, Huddersfield
16 July – 27 September
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Collaborative installation
An installation created by artist Adam Reynolds and Sign Dance Collective marked the retail launch of the Beatwax Relics at Zest Pharmacy in September. Sited in a purpose-built display case, the installation takes the form of a miniature glass house […]
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Showing out
In the second of the ‘Crossing over’ series, Nina Madden meets Kirsty Ogg, Director of London-based organisation The Showroom.
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New places
Cardiff: Plans are underway to transform a Victorian tram shed in Cardiff into a new contemporary art venue. The brainchild of Cardiff 2008 and architects Caruso St John, once established in 2005, Depot will provide a major international showing space […]
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Going it alone
Chris Noraika discusses the pros and cons of working outside
of the commercial gallery stable system.
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Private musings: public projections
Jane Watt looks at artists and commissioners who are redefining what it means to work in the ‘public region’, in the second of the six-part series ‘Navigating Places’.
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Biennial in sight
Planning is now underway for the third Liverpool Biennial in 2004, a foreground for the City of Culture programme in 2008. For the 2002 event, over 180,000 visits were recorded at the UK’s only biennial of contemporary visual art and […]