A year into this strategic action research project aimed at connecting artists and their networks, we are delighted to announce Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s commitment to three-year funding in support of enhancing the number of UK artists’ bursaries available. The project […]
Miranda Whall and Graham Dolphin discuss programming and participating in a research trip to Berlin.
Rosemary Shirley’s report on Contemporary Art Norwich.
Karen Watson reports on a national studios forum
An artist-led collaboration by Neil Bromwich, Zoë Walker and Michael Pinsky began an international tour on 26 July at Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery. An evolving, expandable and travelling artwork, ‘Panacea’ is designed to function as a universal formula to cure […]
Shifting practice is the second in the a-n Collections series, published to coincide with our 25-year anniversary. Guest edited by John Beagles and Paul Stone, it takes the artist-led initiative as its starting point.
Nextstep Gallery, Southampton
20 May – 22 July
ArtSway at the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Zenobio, 8-12 June
Read the Future space interviews in full. These interviews formed the base material for the Future space publication.
Janine Goldsworthy and Suzanne Hutton, both members of a-n’s Communications Projects Team, recently completed re:gen, a residencey and exhibiton project held in Sunniside, Sunderland. Featuring the work of six artists who all graduated within the past two years, the project […]
Out-and-about in recent weeks have been Susan Jones and Richard Padwick, participating in the 2005 N-Ten conference in Chicago of US non-profitmaking organisations through a presentation on the pros and cons of developing and publishing www.a-n.co.uk. The invitation came from […]
Apartment, Manchester
11 February (ongoing)
Laura Hewitt on Hotel Mariakapel, an artists’ initiative where the ideas of intimacy, dialogue and collaboration are fundamental concerns.
Cell Project Space, London
5 February – 6 March
Aimed at public sector arts employers, commissioners, consultants and arts trainers, Good practice in paying artists addresses the context for fees and payments for artists’ residencies, workshops and community commissions.
The decision as to which image to use on the cover of a-n magazine each month is never an easy one. We’re well aware of the impact on an artist of having an image distributed directly to 32,000 readers and […]
We’ve a whole new set of essays available on www.a-n.co.uk as a result of November’s NAN event Quo vadis. They are freely available to all as part of a-n’s ongoing support for artists’ networking activities. Specially commissioned by Chris Brown […]
In February, contributions were invited by a Parliamentary Select Committee from key visual arts organisations to an inquiry into DCMS’s support of the art market, in particular into “ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of new work”.
Rodney Court is a proposed conversion of a Manchester tower block into live/work space for artists.
S1 Artspace provides studios for artists whose work is both contemporary and critically engaged.
TactileBOSCH is a studio group committed to experimentation, presentation and collaboration.
APD (Artists Professional Development) network has received a £10,000 grant from Arts Council England to identify mechanisms to secure its future as the visual arts professional development umbrella. The offer arose after APD commissioned an independent strategic review from arts […]
Gasworks is part of an international network of independent studios around the globe.
CRATE successfully accessed economic development and regeneration funds to buy a building.
Paul Glinkowski looks at the UK studio landscape, highlighting successful new studio models. He also offers advice to artists wanting to set-up their own group.
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