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.
As part of our commitment to supporting artists, we are offering bursaries of between £500 to £1,500 for continued professional practice.
London-based painter Cathy Lomax wins the first edition of this new, artist-led prize, selected from a shortlist of 15 artists.
The Argentinian artist best known for his large-scale concrete and clay sculptures has won the international art prize sponsored by fine art paper manufacturer Canson.
Film London has invited nominations for the annual £10,000 award for UK artist filmmakers.
MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE #36 The case studies similarly highlight how artists-led organisations have contributed to aspirations elsewhere for an enhanced local or regional cultural identity. Funding bodies have been keen to nurture and sustain artist-communities, not least because their presence […]
Three painters and an art historian named as the jury of the UK’s most coveted painting prize as its call for entries goes live.
The UK’s newest photography festival, Diffusion, has just opened to the public in Cardiff. We speak to its director, David Drake, about opportunities, challenges and what sets it apart from the rest.
Just two artists, down from the usual four, shortlisted for £30,000 award – and both for works that reflect on family life.
Entries for the Lumen Prize, the world’s first prize and tour for fine art created in digital form, open today.
Second edition of open exhibition invites work in any media from contemporary visual artists of all ages and nationalities.
The winners of the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2013 have been announced with awards totalling £25,000.
The Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon & Prize is ‘an exclusive club that will bring together the UK’s foremost creative influencers with a philanthropic goal at its heart’. Chair Rosy Greenlees and inaugural members Claire Coles and Claire Brewster discuss the project.
a-n+AIR members feature among 71 artists selected for this representational painting prize.
Glasgow’s Tramway is to be the host venue for the 2015 Turner Prize, bringing the UK’s highest profile art prize to Scotland for the first time.
For a-n Director Susan Jones, 2012 has been a year of research and development, as the organisation looks to the future for artists and their practice.
Shortlist for £10,000 MOSTYN Open award includes international selection.
a-n publishes new guides to open exhibitions, from the dual perspectives of an artist and a curator.
East Midlands Visual Arts Network launches a series of events on the hot topic of the open exhibition.
The 21-strong list represents a range of practices from artists working across the Northern regions.
The forthcoming Latitude 2012 festival programme includes a contemporary art prize that’s exhibited in an outdoor gallery. Two shortlisted artists discuss the challenges they faced creating new works for the show.
In the space of one week, elation of our Degree show opening has officially turned into the oddness of taking work down and leaving the studios for the last time as students. The preview night was absolutely heaving with people, […]
Speaking at the Culture Change conference in January, Arts Minister Ed Vaizey called on arts organisations to embrace new technology as a resource to engage and develop audiences.
Contents include: Features include ‘Commissioning 2011’ and ‘Prizes and awards’; Dr Jon Bowen debates ‘Democracy: the new way forward’; In Collaborative relationships Artsadmin’s Manick Govinda and Clare Qualmann of walkwalkwalk discuss recent commissions for the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal […]
