Transformation of Arbury Park into an integrated urban development the size of a small town and the intentions and approaches behind it is the subject of a new publication from Commissions East.
This month we take a look at some current projects in the world of commissions, from innovative works in the public realm to those in a gallery interpretation programme and performing artists’ film and video.
Wunderbar is “a dynamic new festival of contemporary performances, visual art, and extraordinary happenings for North East England that places the audience at the heart of the experience”.
Artist Rona Smith, public art consultant Vivien Lovell and architect Soraya Khan discuss the development of Rona’s ambitious North Elevation work which was permanently installed at Lumen United Reform Church last year.
Hinterland curator Jennie Syson says this year’s commissions “will present a cycle-powered cinema, trees grown from books, tasty opportunities to eat the local plant life and a chance to do a spot of bird watching whilst appreciating areas of natural beauty within the city and beyond”.
Alison Kershaw and Gill Wright recount the developments that brought art to a unique Grade II* listed building in Manchester.
As Turner Contemporary closes the doors at its temporary project space on Margate High Street in order to prepare for the opening of its David Chipperfield-designed building in 2011, two artist-run arts organisations in the town have received backing to maintain their programmes through this winter and next spring.
As part of a public art programme of temporary and permanent commissions in Combe Down village near Bath, Chris Tipping has created a map made from 788 Bone China dinner plates.
Opportunities abound for involvement in Independent State, an ambitious participatory project sited in Frome.
Artists in their hundreds across the US responded to a request on the New York Times website asking them how the economy is affecting their lives and work.
To celebrate its ten-year anniversary The Multiple Store has announced a new six-month residency at Westbrook Gallery, London.
Art in Action (16-19 July) create a relaxed and friendly environment where artists and craftspeople can demonstrate and discuss their techniques with the public.
This month’s art world movers.
The most versatile of artforms, art in the public realm includes permanent works as well as temporary installations and architectural manifestations. The appetite for such work has been enhanced through the Big Art Project that enabled communities themselves to make the running for art projects and nurtured their ambitions and narratives over four years. A record one million viewers were attracted to the resulting Channel 4 programmes broadcast in May.
CJ O’Neill was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1978 and studied BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating in 2000 after specialising in ceramics in her third year. The ‘Next Move’ residency at MMU, which ran […]
Nick Slater and Kathrin Böhm relate the project by public works and myvillages.org, commissioned as part of Radar’s ‘Group Process’ programme.
‘Overview’ features a new body of work by mixed media artist, Susan Kinley, made over the last three years linking themes of aerial viewpoints, boundaries and fragmentation.
Trying to Cope with Things that aren’t Human (Part One)
AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
28 March – 9 May
An overview of curatorial practice, highlights profiles and other resources on this topic.
Mark Wilsher talks about combining the roles of artist and curator in his own practice.
Growth of independent curators and curatorial agencies within the UK over the last decade is no accident. Generated in part as a response to inherent constraints within the traditional gallery and museum world and development of specialist curatorial courses, it has undeniably brought fresh perspectives to artist-curator relationships and, increasingly, supports those practitioners seeking to move across into curation as a natural extension of their visual arts practice.
Emily Druiff and Sophie Hope discuss independent practice in relation self-initiated curator and artist-led projects.
I’m sure most a-n Magazine readers have noticed the increasing frequency that they post off their exhibition opportunity submissions neatly packaged with a cheque inside. The amounts can vary dramatically and sometimes seem like money well spent.
Peckham Space is open to continuing the debate on Mobile Conference initiated by Sonya Dyer in a-n Magazine (Debate, May 2009).
A series of site-specific art commissions that aim to interact with locations and audiences in Lincoln.
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