Digital Utopias was a one-day conference in Hull organised by Arts Council England that set out to create debate about how new technologies are enabling creativity across the arts. Richard Taylor reports from the 2017 City of Culture.
The director of Hospitalfield Arts in Arbroath, Scotland – which will be curating the Scottish pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, alongside its ongoing programme of artists’ residencies – reflects on a busy year of new partnerships and future possibilities.
This Saturday, Newcastle upon Tyne’s Globe Gallery is hosting a celebratory night of ‘audio visual stimulation’ to mark the closure of its current space – and a move to pastures new.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art has announced Alistair Hudson of Grizedale Arts as its new director.
a-n The Artists Information Company has successfully secured continued support from Arts Council England as part of its National Portfolio of funded organisations 2015-18.
The latest round of a-n’s Go and see bursary scheme has awarded 10 artists’ initiatives nearly £5000, supporting the exchange of knowledge and fostering joint developments between artists.
The recent Europa Re-Imagined symposium in Cardiff was the latest event organised by the European Prospects project, exploring issues of experience and identity through photography and contemporary art in Europe. Rory Duckhouse reports.
As part of the recent No Boundaries conference in York and Bristol, Arts Council England made two major presentations about regional investment in the arts and the ‘wider benefits’ of arts and culture to society. Chris Bailey was in York and assesses the significance of the ACE reports.
Does joining with higher education institutions bring a promise of financial stability for cash-strapped arts organisations, alongside an increase in audiences? a-n Director Susan Jones reports from an Arts Council England conference that sketched out a new landscape for the contemporary arts.
This year’s Arts Development UK national conference took a food-related approach to professional development, networking and debate. Steffan Jones-Hughes donned a hairnet, plastic gloves and apron to join the lively conversations in the conference’s World Cafe, where a menu of playful ingredients from artists in residence SSoCial kept the conversations on track.
Arts Council England’s update of its 10-year ‘strategic framework’ makes for sober and serious reading. But while there are no dramatic changes in its ambitions and priorities, Mark Robinson finds a worrying lack of solutions for cash-strapped artists and no recognition of the regional imbalance in arts funding.
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan has set out a vision for creativity in education over the next ten years.
The highly-regarded Director and Chief Executive of Arnolfini, Tom Trevor, is leaving the institution for pastures new.
As the economy continues to falter and budgets are cut, public funding for the arts is increasingly justified in terms of economic and social benefits. But, argues Shaun Glanville, this is futile and wrong-headed – a new approach is needed.
Arts producing agency Forma is celebrating a decade of working with leading artists by reappraising previous projects and announcing a raft of new ones. We speak to founder David Metcalfe and artists Matt Stokes and Graham Dolphin about the past, the future and the role of the producer.
Peter Bazalgette uses inaugural speech as Arts Council England chair to highlight how the arts can cement its ‘world class’ position whilst dealing with shrinking budgets.
Arts & Business Scotland has announced that its new Chief Executive will be David Watt, currently Director of Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
Wondering what 2013 has in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a look ahead to provide a snapshot of things we think are worth noting in your diary.
Edinburgh tapestry studios celebrate centenary with showroom of hand-tufted rugs designed by contemporary artists.
AIRTIME, the fast-paced information and networking experience, is partnering with Nottingham’s WEYA festival in September.
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