With just over twenty-four hours in Lille, the apd Sojourn was a whistle-stop tour, but one that attempted to broach the prospect of greater exchange between French and British artists and arts organisations by understanding equivalent professional development provision.
Various venues and online
Throughout June, July and August
Outpost, Norwich
2 July 21 August
The recent NAN Roadshow event at Oriel Davies in Newtown highlighted some pertinent issues.
Various venues and online
Throughout June, July and August
Sonya Dyer’s publication questions assumptions about non-white artists, curators and administrators that shape the current diversity landscape, and suggests alternative ways forward.
From discarded household detritus and prosthetic limbs to the exploration of themes of religious intolerance and myths of urban history, Norwich is the location this summer for Contemporary Art Norwich 2007, a multi-venue biennial that celebrates the depth and breadth of Norwichs expanding cultural scene.
Radical changes in funding arrangements are due at the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) following last year’s strategic review.
Rick Schofield, photograph from the Peer series, 2007.
Originally from Barbados, Alberta Whittle graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2002 with a Tapestry degree.
Since November 2006, Arts Council England has been asking all across the land to add their views on the public value of the arts.
News on Airspace Gallery, Midlands Textile Forum and Exeter Studio Project.
Various locations, Birmingham
31 March 15 April
Its the drive and imagination of artists that is leading major exposures on contemporary visual arts in Leeds and Stroud in May and June that both focus on location.
Based in a former potato warehouse in Hulls Fruitmarket area, Hull Art Lab (HAL) staged many challenging and disciplinary art events over the past two years.
Debra Savage’s case study-based research into the realities of professional artistic practice.
Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.
Various venues, Edinburgh
28 July 3 September
Artists comment on the Arts Council’s Turning Point Strategy.
Charlie Fox on what networking means to artists.
Jane Watt outlines the core strengths of NAN and looks to the future.
An innovative and thought-provoking online photography gallery showcasing the best in regional talent, was launched in June.
The Art Guide is a web-based listings site from Castlefield Gallery.
Susan Jones introduces Perspectives on practice, an a-n Collection selected by Tom Burtonwood from a-n’s ‘back archive’ of publishing from the 1990s.
Artists motivations when working in the public realm.