Following the recent publication of Arts Council England’s updated strategic framework, a-n’s Director attended one of ACE’s briefing sessions in search of a glimmer of hope for artists.
Up to 3000 people are expected to descend on Scarborough for the Art Party Conference, instigated by the artist Bob and Roberta Smith.
During a recent live web chat, Arts Council England Chief Executive Alan Davey talked about ACE’s commitment to supporting individual artists and the need focus on both intrinsic and instrumental arguments for the arts.
An analysis and commentary on artists’ work and opportunities in 2012.
How do artists fare when they show work in publicly-funded galleries in the UK? Research in 2013 led by AIR – Artists Interaction and Representation as the first stage in the Paying artists research and campaign presents some thought-provoking data […]
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act was granted royal assent at the end of April 2013, establishing a new Competition and Markets Authority and making several important changes regarding copyright that directly affect visual artists. DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society) gives its response to the Act.
AIR announces major research and campaign areas for 2013.
AIR Council’s Joseph Young continues research into artists’ pensions.
Research by a-n shows a continued decline in paid opportunities for artists.
Public meeting in Glasgow to address the need for artists’ exhibition fees.
In July 2010 the Rural Cultural Forum (RCF) produced a report, Creative Rural Communities (CRC), that sets out why a Rural Cultural Strategy (RCS) is needed and the form it might take.
Artists Sally Lemsford and Elizabeth Murton reflect on AIR’s first annual members forum, OpenAIR: Effecting Change. Interview by Jack Hutchinson.
AIR Council release statement on artists’ pensions.
The key finding of this study reveals that shockingly few individual artists apply for funding in their own right, and even fewer are successful. What this means is that there is little direct funding being given to artists to pursue and develop their own projects, under their own control – under 20% of available funding for the visual arts in England, 14% for Northern Ireland and around 18% for Scotland and Wales in 2009-2010.
BFI Studio Space, London
11 – 12 December 2010
A response to the recent Debate piece: Why are artists poor?
Dan Thompson from The Revolutionary Arts Group reveals how artists are once again making use of empty spaces as a means to kick-start both the cultural and economic well being of town centres, and suggests seven steps to enable this area of practice to flourish.
Artists in their hundreds across the US responded to a request on the New York Times website asking them how the economy is affecting their lives and work.
Further to the public art commissioning debate that has been published in a-n Magazine since April 2008, artists may be interested to know that the RBS has endorsed the practice of paying for proposals.
AIR – Artists Interaction & Representation welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the workforce development plan for the visual arts.
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.
Artists’ Insights Coordinator Simon Zimmerman reports on a new development.
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Yuen Fong Ling on shifting Identities in Hong Kong
A-n’s commissioned research into rates of pay.
