This spring, as part of the Africa 05 arts festival, a number of artists from around the African continent are in London making new work for various cultural institutions. Paul Glinkowski introduces the work of five of them.
Arts Council England is to undertake a review of the presentation of contemporary visual arts to inform the development of a national strategy that will help create closer links and collaboration across heritage and contemporary visual arts and commercial sectors. […]
Occupation Studios is a case study in cooperative survival in the urban regeneration landscape.
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
Q Arts, Derby
15 January –26 February
An allotment site in Lower Kersal within the Irwell Sculpture Trail, Salford was the location for a socially-engaged residency involving artists Debbie Akam Power, Rick Faulkner and Peter Hatton. Following negotiations with the allotment association, a project evolved that was […]
Alice Maude-Roxby on photographing Michael Stevenson’s Rakit.
Edith Marie Pasquier interviews Ali Zaidi of motiroti.
My work is mostly about perception: the way we look at the world, building up an image of the whole from different fragments.
The reputation of Newcastle-based design consultancy Blue River was enhanced in November following recognition in a prestigious worldwide design industry bible. Beverly Hills based design guru Terry Stone, who chose Blue River’s work for the book said: “Blue River’s work […]
Artist’s jobs and opportunities 1989-2003
Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax
6 November – 9 January
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists’ jobs and opportunities over the years.
Extensive research last year by Morris Hargreaves McIntyre revealed an extensive but as yet untapped market for art sales in England. However, by exploring notions of who and what ‘legitimises’ contemporary visual arts, Taste buds: how to cultivate the art […]
Jane Watt talks to Dalziel + Scullion about their collaborative practice, unusual studio set up and processes involved in their commission for Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
Funded by Arts Council England, this research study in 2004 prefaced new resources from a-n to extend the Code of Practice and demonstrate good practice within artists’ fees and payments, for use by artists and public-sector employers and commissioners. For current sample rates go to Guidance on fees and day rates and for latest Paying artists research go to www.a-n.co.uk/tag/paying-artists
More than just a studios building, Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA) represents a hub for artists in the area.
International fairs are a great opportunity for researching galleries and making contacts, here is a selection of just some of the 150 showing at this year’s Frieze Art Fair.
Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
3 July
This month we say a fond farewell to Helen Barwick who is upping sticks to head for a new post at the Institute for Learning in London, a new body concentrating on promoting and supporting the professional standing and development […]
Limousine Bull, Aberdeen
6 June – 8 September
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
8 May – 19 June
It’s time to gird up your loins and take the annual trek to East Anglia to see the 14th East exhibition at Norwich Gallery. Presenting work by thirty artists, selected from 1,600 entries from thirty-eight countries, with sixteen of the […]
Hayley Newman was awarded this year’s Arts Council England Helen Chadwick Fellowship. Established by the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art and the British School at Rome, it is intended to assist significant artists develop their careers and make […]
Artist Dave Farnham has won PizzaExpress Prospects 2004 – a national contemporary drawing prize now in its fifth year. The artist will be presented with a cheque for £10,000 by leading art historian and broadcaster Tim Marlow The artist’s work, […]
