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Structurally F–cked
An inquiry into artists’ pay and conditions in the public sector in response to the Artist Leaks data.
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10 years of Artist Support at SPACE
10 years of Artist Support at SPACE summarises how SPACE, London, has supported artists through its tailored professional development programmes.
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International Connections
A report highlighting the impact and challenges for the visual arts sector in the first year of operations following the UK’s departure from the EU.
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The chance to dream: why fund individual artists?
Susan Jones explores the contribution Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts programme has made in sustaining artists’ individual practices, and argues for a new, more nuanced and localised approach to direct funding in the future.
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The Wide Revolution: reflections on the history of political art
Dave Beech explores how art, artists and arts practice participate in a wider revolution, and the inter-relationships between art’s political, activist and socially engaged practices and the institutional and infrastructural politics of art itself. Commissioned by a-n Artists Council as part of its one-year research project Artists Make Change.
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Artist as Active Citizen
Ellie Harrison discusses how arts skills and strategies, built over the course of a career, can be applied to ways of making change. Commissioned by a-n Artists Council as part of its one-year research project Artists Make Change.
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Covid-19 impact survey
Drawing on the findings of a-n’s survey and reflecting the views of over 4,000 members, the Covid-19 impact survey report provides robust insights into the emerging impacts of the public health crisis with 93% of respondents reporting that their practice or career has been affected by the outbreak.
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Pivotal moments in artistic practice
Sonya Dyer considers the key challenges facing mid-career artists and makers in this essay written in response to Pivotal Moments, the conference she organised in September 2018 in collaboration with the SPACE-led professional development programme London Creative Network.
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Possible Utopias. Totally, sometimes.
Steve Dutton discusses the outcomes of a-n’s Artist-led Bursaries, awarded to six artist-led groups in 2017 to explore how artists and artists’ groups adapt to navigate turbulent cultural and political landscapes.
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Artists work in 2016
The latest in a series of papers commissioned by a-n, providing detailed data on the amount, context and nature of employment for visual artists.
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Late calls: a report on a pilot lab for early career older artists
Writer and researcher François Matarasso reports on the impact of a week-long pilot lab that offered six early career artists, aged over 50, time to explore how creativity can be nourished and how artists can challenge themselves to develop.
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One Year On: a-n Brexit Survey headlines July 2017
Key findings from a-n’s second ‘Brexit survey’, one year after the Referendum vote to leave the EU.