This month’s Opportunities focus on international residencies, will sit permanently on www.a-n.co.uk1 as a signpost to regular international residencies that have regular deadlines. Artist Michael Cousin2 has researched this focus alongside his busy practice as an artist, and offers some […]
Evaluation of Scottish Arts Council’s interest free loan scheme Own Art has revealed that Scotland’s contemporary arts market is thriving.
An exploration of professional development support needs for makers in the West Midlands has identified that as makers’ working patterns are characterised as “multi-tasking portfolio workers”.
As a former teacher now working for the past five years as a gallery educator and also a freelance artist I have been interested to follow the a-n proposals on artists’ fees.
We are a local authority-run gallery who occasionally employ artists and other workers to do workshops with us on our premises.
In order to ensure their fees keep track with their level of experience and the general rate of increases in costs of living and overheads, September’s a good time for artists to review their approaches to budgeting and charging.
In the world outside the arts, when someone offers something – a house for sale, a job, work from a tradesperson, a proposal of marriage even – this is generally the opening gambit in a negotiation process by which what […]
Charlie Fox on what networking means to artists.
Paul Matosic’s letter (June issue) raises important issues for all artists for whom operating professionally is vital.
In the past, the products of public art tended to be manifested through regeneration schemes such as the GardenFestivals (Stoke on Trent, Glasgow and Gateshead) and a spirited campaign instigated by the (then) Arts Council of Great Britain for ‘per cent for art’.
A series of Vox box style reflections by some of the artists who have experienced NAN.
Writing about findings from her independent review of the NAN (Networking Artists’ Networks) initiative, Jane Watt highlights how ‘trust’ is a crucial factor in supporting artists’ critical and professional development. “This five-letter word,” she says “could be an evaluator’s (or […]
Artist’s jobs and opportunities 2003 – 2005
Isabella Streffen on her own research and its relationship to the Import/Export event
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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Curated space looks at strategies and interventions within artist-curator space. Devised and conducted by Manick Govinda, contributors include Gavin Wade, Erika Tan, Jeremy Deller and David A. Bailey.
Curated space artists’ interviews in full.
A-n’s commissioned research into rates of pay.
We’ve 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 […]
Contents include: Checklist of good practice promotes meaningful development for volunteers, a news report on outcomes from The Cultural Commission. Samantha Clark reflects on residencies in the Swiss Alps and at Wysing Arts. A review of contemporary artists using pinhole […]
a-n’s research in 2004 defined a good practice framework on fees and payments to artists, that is supported by Arts Council England. The following annual and day rates are suggested from 1 September 2006. Experience level Annual £ excluding overheads […]
Close proximity speaker, David Cotterrell gives his view of the pitfalls and advantages of work in the public realm.
A letter in the July issue of a-n Magazine talked of there being a “fine line between voluntary work and blatant exploitation”. There are an increasing number of volunteer placements and internships on offer nowadays. One recently-listed volunteer offer stated […]
Read the Social space interviews in full along with Becky Shaw’s Introduction and Matters arising.
Our sample survey of local authority arts officers undertaken at the NALGAO annual conference in Cardiff in May revealed that more information on good practice is high on their information wish-list. In particular, 68% said they needed advice on artists’ […]
