As London-based Acme Studios becomes a self-sustaining organisation, its co-founder Jonathan Harvey has announced he will be standing down as Chief Executive in March 2016.
The closure of the not-for-profit, artist-run Dalston Underground Studios due to proposed rent increases is indicative of a wider trend across London says the organisation’s manager.
The Spode Factory in Stoke is to be converted into a hub for artists as part of a £700,000 scheme following Art Council England’s wider investment in cultural venues across the Midlands.
The Cardiff Open Studios Weekend sees more than 140 artists opening their work spaces to the public over two days. Artist and curator Bob Gelsthorpe – co-founder of the city’s Bit Studios – reports.
Rogue Artists Studios in Manchester launches its open studios weekend tonight, as the city gears up for a busy few weeks in the visual arts.
A new home for Glasgow School of Art’s displaced fine art courses is being developed, following the fire that devastated the historic Mackintosh Building earlier this year.
For London-based artists, finding a secure, affordable, and long-term studio can be a struggle, with many existing spaces threatened by the relentless march of redevelopment and rising rents. Lou Boyd, Kitty Knowles and Emma Finamore of EastLondonLines.co.uk discuss the problem with artists and studio providers, and uncover how artists in east London are rising to the challenge – and finding new solutions.
High House Artists’ Studios, the purpose-built development in Essex from Acme Studios and HAT Projects, has been announced as one of the RIBA East Regional Award winners.
Plans for an artist-led workspace designed to encourage talented art graduates to stay in Plymouth receives a £2million boost from the European Regional Development Fund.
Artist-led collective B I T celebrate the launch of its new studio complex tomorrow with an evening of art, music, food and drink. We talk to Bob Gelsthorpe, one of the group’s founders.
Cornwall based artist and plumber Sovay Berriman reflects on a successful 2024, including being the Clore Visual Art Fellow 2023/24, supported by a-n.
London based artist Emma Douglas works with a wide range of media, including drawing, printing, painting, photography, sculpture and film. Here she reflects on a successful year that included winning the Working Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
Visit exhibitions featuring a-n members over the Christmas period and into new year, including solo shows by Mary Griffiths in Leeds, Michael Hanna in Derry~Londonderry and Zarah Hussain in Wakefield.
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People listen to us because we listen to you. 4,223 artists and arts professionals have co-signed our letter to Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport backing policy recommendations to support the visual arts sector. Short-term […]
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Artists enrich our lives. They drive economic growth, foster community cohesion, enhance education, support mental wellbeing and promote international cultural exchange. Yet our sector faces significant challenges that hinder its ability to survive and thrive. Ahead of the UK general […]
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Exhibitions, festivals and events from a-n members, including Joy Gregory, Libby Heaney, Will Cruickshank and Jenny Steele.
Shows by a-n members in Venice and the UK including Vlatka Horvat’s Croatian Pavilion, a Disability Arts Movement group show, plus Rachael Clerke launches Art Business Ltd.
Eight ambitious curators take part in a research trip to Northern Ireland.
Opportunity for visual arts curators living and working in England, Scotland or Wales to visit Northern Ireland.
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Exhibitions featuring a-n members, including Hull based artist Greg Bromley’s surreal paintings in Outside In’s national open exhibition in Glasgow, plus two brand new film commissions by Ayo Akingbade in Southampton.
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