Engaged practice
Susan Jones explores the way artists interact with audiences through projects and schemes which involve social or environmental contexts.
Susan Jones explores the way artists interact with audiences through projects and schemes which involve social or environmental contexts.
Carey Young provides a guide to engaging with businesses and in business contexts.
Lucy Kimbell looks at how artists and arts organisations can work with businesses and the pros and cons of such collaborations.
Gordon Dalton talks to Danny Rolph about creative process, gallery representation and residencies at Delfina and the British School at Rome.
Richard Cox profiles the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, USA, and discusses his involvement as both resident artist and selector.
Jane Watt profiles Grizedale Arts, its residency programme and focus on research and process-based work that encourages interaction with the physical and social environment.
Mark Leahy looks at Ivan Smith’s intentions for his Fellowship in Sculpture at University of Derby, funded by the Henry Moore Foundation, and its role in his career development.
Mark Leahy on Rona Lee’s fellowship at the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at Royal Holloway University, London where she was in receipt of an AHRC Fellowship in Creative and Performing Arts.
Brigid Howarth takes an in-depth look at the career path of sculptor and new-media artist Ben Coode-Adams, who makes his living from public and private commissions.
Angharad Pearce Jones explores the sprawling career of Tessa Fitzjohn, providing an insight into her successful work/life balance.
Nils Norman’s practice uses digital illustrations and architectural modelmaking to propose redevelopments of urban sites. Chris Hammonds finds out about his ‘multi-front economy’ based practice.
Paul Moss profiles Tanya Axford and discusses the strategies she has employed to maintain her practice.
Chris Hammonds looks into Scott Myles practice and discusses how he has worked on self-initiated projects, developed work through residencies, and benefitted from commercial representation.
Heather Rigg profiles Next Move, a national professional development scheme which aims to launch the careers of applied artists.
Carolyn Black’s first time working away from her home and studio was a UNESCO funded residency in Java, Indonesia.
Paul Edwards describes how residencies provide him with the opportunity to concentrate wholly on his practice.
Annie Cattrell is concerned with the hidden structures and systems of life. Her work evolves by isolating and fragmenting these systems in three dimensions, allowing the viewer to access the physical boundaries between the interior world of the body-mind and […]
From 1 April, there will be two new funding programmes for England, to be run from the regional offices: Grants to organisations: investment for organisations including arts projects, capital, organisational development and research and development. Grants to individuals: investment for […]
New Delhi isn’t an obvious destination for visual arts practitioners. However, as Judith Staines discovered, scratch the surface and a more interesting picture starts to emerge.
After completing a degree in graphic design Jimmy Turrell broadened his artistic vision gaining experience in as many areas of arts practice as possible. As artist-in-residence at The Crucible Theatre he worked with a group of young people, creating an […]
Since completing an MA in ceramics in 1998, I’ve worked with and in response to a diverse range of people, environments and themes.
Susan MacWilliam reports on her residency at Caribbean Contemporary Arts (CCA), Trinidad.
Glasgow-based artists Ben Woodeson and John Beagles give accounts of two very different recent events in Berlin: the artist-run BBQ Project and Art Forum Berlin, the city’s annual art fair.
In its thirty-five year contemporary history, the residency has become a complex affair, according to research by the Centre for Cultural Policy and Management in Newcastle upon Tyne. A study conducted by Kevin Stephens as part of the Year of […]
Susannah Silver considers the impact of the Year of the Artist and it’s legacy.