Finding the Common Threads is a two-year study being conducted by the Centre for Creative Communities with support from Arts Council England, London and Deutsche Bank. With London as its focus, the project is investigating some of the issues funders […]
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists’ jobs and opportunities over the years.
a-n’s Future forecast event (29-30 January) was attended by seventy participants – despite particularly bad weather conditions – and we’d like to thank everyone who took part. Angus Farquhar spoke of the philosophy behind his company, Nacionale Vitae Activa (NVA), […]
Organised by artists in east London,’Roman Road Revel’ was a village fête with a difference. Lucy Wilson reports on this and other artists-led projects that appropriate traditional community fairs and festivals.
It’s not that I don’t have a lot on – I do – it’s that somehow for some reason things don’t feel so burdensome. It crosses my mind momentarily that perhaps they should! It was good fun to go around […]
Belated Happy New Year ! Mine has started off a bit stressful and panicky – but all self inflicted. Mostly to do with studio space…or lack of in my case. Being on a low income at the moment, I absolutely […]
‘A Weekend at Hotel Palenque’, a takeover of the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol by Somerset-based, artist-led OSR Projects – Review by Jack Young
A short focus on getting paid, including exhibition proposals and what an exhibition agreement should cover.
An intense two days in front of the computer proofreading, second round, all the exhibitors’ text, articles, and image captions for the Supermarket Art Fair catalogue and magazine. I enjoy doing it, and even get a modest fee, but […]
Three flags completed and installed in the room on the fifth floor. The room is not how I had expected it to be … it is far better! Sorcha is also presenting her process(?) … outcome(?) … material(?) – I […]
The residency is not what I expected. Not that I (we) had received any information about what it would be. Perhaps that is why I found myself reflecting on previous residential artistic experiences even if they were not exactly residencies. […]
all good intentions are subject to the realities of life, right? so here are reflections on the last 2 ‘drawing on the outside’ meet-ups. our second meeting was pre-empted with a flurry of reminder whatsapps and facebook group spamming. after […]
Sometimes it is easier to document you and your artistic journey than it is to focus a little closer to home.
As part of our commitment to supporting artists and arts organisers, we are offering bursaries of between £500 to £1,500 to provide immediate support to visual artists and freelancers working in the visual arts who need it most in light of the changing plans due to the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
One glaring great injustice for artists on low income is the ‘Call for Artists’ paid submission ‘scam’, where artists are invited to submit their work for inclusion in an exhibition but by also by offering prize money that exhibition submission becomes a gambling wager.
a-n has given its support to a proposal from a coalition of arts industry organisations that could generate up to £300m per year for the creative industries.
