I am mainly surrounded by piles of paper as I put together book after book after book in preparation for BABE (Bristol Artists' Book Event) on the first weekend in April. After the last 'paying to enter' things entry, I […]
I have just been having a conversation over email with another artist about paying to enter things. I my head I have a very clear rule about this: I don't do it. On reflection I thought that there are some […]
RSA Upper and Lower Galleries, Edinburgh
14-25 February
It has slowly been filtering into my mind that I should be more disciplined in my approach to life and in particular my art practice. Making decisions driven by research interests and artistic integrity seem so difficult to make sometimes […]
Consideration for the environment along with building community engagement feature within some recent projects organised in Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales Northumberland and Derbyshire.
My work conflates the real and the imaginary within a multidisciplinary practice, including digital installation, comics, animation and sound art. #payingartists
Lauren Healey discusses Gallery Glue’s relationship to NAN.
Felicity Shilingford discusses collaboration and networking within her practice.
Arts Council England’s reputation was badly affected following announcement of its 2008-11 investment strategy for regularly funded organisations (RFOs).
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 […]
The continual shaving of UK arts budgets, cuts in mainstream grants programmes linked with escalating overheads and news of an ever-deepening economic downturn aren’t good news for visual artists who depend largely on winning freelance contracts and getting good responses to their project proposals.
Thursday I found myself in London, something that I’ve tried to avoid ever since leaving aged 18. But I had two good reasons to go; First I was invited by International Art Consultants to present my ‘recent work’, by which […]
Unconvinced student in dissertation dilemma Well its been two weeks now and I'm still writing my essay. In the meantime we students have received some "guidance" since I started writing, which as you can expect is completely ambiguous. We were […]
One in the Other Gallery, East London
7 December 2007 – 13 January 2008
20 Hoxton Square, London
16 November – 16 December 2007
Established in 1986 in Manchester, Chinese Arts Centre celebrates its twenty-first birthday this year.
I've just joined OUTPOST, an artist committee run gallery in Norwich. Instead of paying an annual subscription, you get the option of doing a day's invigilation at the gallery, and that was what I chose to do. I'd heard nothing […]
The government has recently withdrawn a substantial amount of funding from Arts Council England to pay for the 2012 Olympic Games.
This guide by Jonathan Waring covers the process of establishing a studio group: from having the initial idea, bringing together a likeminded group of artists and getting hold of a space, to running the studios effectively on a day-to-day basis.
Contents include: Should artists’ put life on hold to take up residencies abroad? Low stipends and paying the rent discussed. Advice on preparing grant applications and using The artists’ contracts toolkit online. Reviews from Jerwood Space and Elastic in London, […]
First impression of the residency: Kafkaesque. It appears as an institution, possibly a police headquarters or seminary for lay priests.
Advice from artists on assessing opportunities
I’ve been asked to coordinate a public event that will rely on artists’ coming forward to develop their own projects.
Debra Savage’s case study-based research into the realities of professional artistic practice.
The Comment article published in a-n Magazine’s June issue raises a number of points that need to be addressed.
