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10 artists announced for major new alternative education scheme led by a consortium of artist-led and NPO organisations.

Our selection of what’s on highlights for the next week, drawn from postings by a-n’s members on the site’s Events listings section.

A beardless Gavin Turk will be presenting his new limited editions series Project Beard this weekend at The Other Art Fair London. The art fair for ‘undiscovered’ artists will be launching its first regional edition in Bristol in June.

Axisweb’s board of trustees has announced the appointment of Mark Smith as executive director, replacing Sheila McGregor who stepped down at the beginning of April.

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art director Godfrey Worsdale is to leave the organisation in July to join The Henry Moore Foundation as its new head.

Artworks encouraging people to vote in the general election will be appearing on billboards around the UK from this Thursday, 23 April, with a new work by first-time-voter Jordan Alex Smith joining those of the five already announced artists.

Artists who live or practice in East London are in with a chance of winning a cash prize of £10,000 plus a solo exhibition in Bow.

This week’s selection includes an exhibition of abstract painting and textiles at Tate Modern, a history of nitrate extraction at Liverpool’s Bluecoat and a printmaking group show in Scarborough.

Every week, a-n’s members post details of events and exhibitions across the UK on the site’s Events listings section. We pick some of the highlights from the next seven days.

The fifth Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award, open to all non-represented artists who are not currently in education, has gone to Lawrence Lek.

Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and call for entries, Uliana Apatina has been annnounced as the recipient of the inaugural Kim Fielding Award for experimental arts.

Matthew Rowe, director of Firstsite gallery in Colchester, has stepped down after just over two years in the job.

This week’s selection includes Palaeolithic-inspired paintings at Camden Arts Centre, Chinese performance art in Manchester, and an Anglo-Japanese alliance in Stoke-on-Trent.

Five events by a-n’s members – posted onto the popular Events listings page – consider narratives and histories of loss, displacement, tradition and migration.

Nine new commissions by some of the UK’s most talented disabled artists have been announced by Unlimited, the three-year programme that supports artists with disabilities to produce and show ambitious work.

The British Museum director says he plans to retire from the role at the end of the year and embark on a number of new projects, including a series for Radio 4 on faith in society and advisory roles in Germany and India.

a-n and AIR has launched the Paying Artists Regional Advocates – a team of eleven artists across five cities tasked with ensuring more artists’ voices get heard within the campaign in the lead up to the general election.