a-n+AIR December 06
Introducing the a-n+AIR scheme and its benefits for practising artists, highlighting what’s on offer and who’s involved in steering and shaping its programme.
Introducing the a-n+AIR scheme and its benefits for practising artists, highlighting what’s on offer and who’s involved in steering and shaping its programme.
Are artists part of the problem when it comes to global warming?
Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.
“The UK’s leading information and advocacy organisation for artists and their collaborators”, a-n, a newsletter and ‘artists information company’, has become so grossly over laden with the argot of management consultancy.
The launch of Arts Council Englands new strategy for contemporary visual arts heralds the sectors prioritisation by ACE.
Jane Watt examines NAN’s characteristics and its relationship to the current networking climate.
Hello reader, Be you dedicated blogoree since day one, or just visiting to find out more about my art practice; mostly THANK YOU =>>>> for blogging on with me The degree show boot was as expected; leathery and steel capped, […]
June marks the completion of a-ns 25-year programme of research, debate and publishing.
The Meeting of Minds Brain Sciences Project1 put citizens from nine European countries in open dialogue with brain scientists and policymakers, to explore and make decisions on key future concerns.
Notions of sharing knowledge and experiences both good and bad are inherent within those who seek continuous improvement and development in their artistic practices.
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The big difference between working in Britain and Europe is that here, you are not really expected to debate ideas. Money and marketing are what matter most. We live in an events culture in the UK. 1 This remark from […]
Our open space for critical writing about exhibitions, projects and publications is online now. Anyone can read the reviews or say something pertinent about a contemporary visual arts project. The site will grow as you contribute to it.
I read a-ns publication Future forecast: Curated Space, edited by Manick Govinda. I thought it was really good and was inspired. Especially liked Louise Short and The Centre of Attentions Pierre Coindes contributions and have written their comments in my […]
What if every school had a studio where children, parents, carers and teachers had the opportunity to experience art and discuss ideas with artists on a daily basis? What if every regeneration programme included a team of artists from the […]
Just a short note of thanks for asking us to participate in the Social space think-tank in September. We felt it really began to explore some of the important issues around the making of art in social space. In an […]
Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T is an ambitious city-wide contemporary art event taking place within the citys major galleries, project spaces, non-gallery venues and public sites between 28 October and 27 November. The programme includes a mix of emerging and […]
Weve already had fourteen establishments sign up to our new subscriber package, offered in conjunction with JISC (The Joint Information Systems Committee) within a couple of weeks of its launch and have many more currently taking part in a free […]
Exchange between public and private can be difficult as politicians find when arguing for corporate investment into education, healthcare and transport. But what might first appear to be radically different viewpoints are perhaps less so when notions of sustainability […]
Our 25-year publishing schedule continues with guest editors appointed for the forthcoming months. In October Deborah Smith is guest editor for the third in the a-n Collections series with a newly commissioned set of writing embedded within sites of specifity […]
As well as this years rigorous paper publishing schedule alongside a-n Magazine (see a-n news for upcoming guest editors and themes) were pushing ahead on new strategies for web-specific material and interactive content. This month sees publication on www.a-n.co.uk of […]
The success of the Future forecast research-based publication series has generated many favourable comments (including Manick Govindas epithet of provocative), and has been the catalyst for a new publications series due to start in June 2006. a-n Research papers will […]
Feedback from artists involved in Julys artists research trip to Berlin highlights some of the benefits from artists involvement in the NAN initiative. Miranda Whall, in Berlin for a six-month residency, and organiser of the Berlin programme confirms how doing […]
Karen Watson reports on a national studios forum
Research undertaken by Axis (formerly Visual Associations) reveals a lack of interest amongst black and minority artists in being labelled by cultural identity unless this is relevant to their work. Findings suggest that current diversity policies are counterproductive because artists […]