Public artist or visual artist? Open or closed? Fee-paid or speculative? Drawn from interviews, Mark Gubb brings points of view from public art commissioners and consultants into a debate started by artists in the April issue of a-n Magazine.
Updated for 2008 Research papers, Indexing intelligence is a listing with live weblinks of accessible ‘facts and figures’, research studies, conference reports, publications and other resources that are pertinent to all those working in the visual arts, compiled and edited […]
"Really helpful :)" "Good choice of trainers and great presentation" Just some of the comments from feedback from our recent training event, held at "The Workshop", Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, on 2nd July Steve and Clare from "AccessArt" in Dumfries gave an […]
Welcome to our first ever double issue complete with a fresh new look and packed with extra news, reviews and special features to see you through the summer.
Emilia Telese explores peer review funding for the arts within a holistic art and social environment.
Following a decline in arts participation, Arts Council Wales commissioned this report to understand the reasons.
Text-only version of a-n Research paper: Art work in 2007 with live weblinks.
A response to the McMaster Review from the AIR Artists’ Advisory Group.
To celebrate the launch of Artists talking, Jane Watt explores the development of Projects unedited, a-n’s open space for artists’ blogs.
Many artists aspire to permanent studio space, whether self-initiated or rented through a specialist organisation. Here, we explore some current options for artists and makers with the focus not only on developments in London but also elsewhere in England, Wales and Ireland.
After a lengthy baited-breath waiting period, the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review that sets public funding levels for 2008-11 was announced.
In November, a public liability insurance scheme aimed especially at practising visual and applied artists will be launched through a-n. Here we set out the context for the new scheme and highlight the research by Platform 3 that has informed it.
After a far-reaching review and reshaping exercise, the Crafts Council has launched its new three-year plan. Describing itself as the national development agency for contemporary crafts in the UK, its key areas of work for the future are summarised as […]
The Mayfly connotes ephemerality, a point no doubt in the minds of those naming this series of three one-day events.
In response to artists’ own needs for greater engagement with arts interested audiences – whether for selling or conversational purposes – many artists cluster together to create open studio events.
This toolkit takes artists step-by-step through a process to calculate an individual daily rate and prepare quotes for freelance work.
From an application of over 115, seventeen projects will receive funding for networking programmes designed to develop future and emerging cultural leaders.
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skip to main | skip to sidebar cut/stack/burn February – March 2007 Project outline: CUT/STACK/BURN is a performative re-enactment of a redundant rural activity – furze cutting for domestic fuel (or gorse outside of Cornwall). The project uses art installation […]
Zoë Walker and Neil Bromwich’s Limbo-Land is a multi-media installation focused around the space of oblivion, confinement, or transition.
Gillian Nicol explores the nature of collaborative and creative processes involved in making artwork in the public realm.
With inflation about to hit a ten-year high1, to what extent can the practices of artists nowadays resist the pressures of the real world?
Over 4,300 practising artists are already benefiting from AIR
In December, the Scottish Executive published the draft Culture (Scotland) Bill.
Arts Professional’s recent survey shows that arts organisers across all art forms are badly paid, with over half earning less than £25K annually.
