Visitors to the On The Wall art fair at London’s Olympia Grand Hall this October were able to meet the a-n team and catch up on our latest developments. Many artists took the opportunity to network in our comfy lounge […]
We’re very pleased to announce that John Beagles is joining a-n’s Commissioning Editors team. Based in Glasgow, John has exhibited widely and internationally with collaborator Graham Ramsay. They’re currently showing in ‘Romantic detachment’ at PS1 in New York runs until […]
Additional resources have been published since a-n launched its Code of Practice for the Visual Arts. Launched in June, The artist’s development toolkit provides self-reflective material for artists at all career stage and for art and design students, enabling them […]
In publishing the Code of Practice for the Visual Arts in June 2003, we made a commitment to its wide distribution, by free access on www.a-n.co.uk and through a printed booklet. By June 2004, we had distributed 20,000 booklets. A […]
Jeremy Theophilus considers the issues raised for practioners, organisers and funders by the Jetset conference, in the second of two articles inspired by it.
Public art commissions comprise around twenty-eight per cent of the work offered through the weekly updated Opportunities on www a-n.co.uk. As previous commissions experience is generally required, these opportunities tend also to command the best rates of pay for artists […]
Eddie Berg, Chief Executive and founder of Liverpool-based FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), will depart in March 2005 to become Artistic Director of the National Centre for the Moving Image, London. FACT began in 1988, when Eddie Berg […]
Search under ‘rural’ on www.a-n.co.uk and you’ll find a fascinating array of features and profiles of artists and organisations whose work context is rural. Artists including Roxane Permar in Shetland, PALP in Cornwall, Emma Baird Murray in Wales and Ian […]
Video installation artist Chris Meigh-Andrews completed work in September on a prototype ‘self-powered’ outdoor video installation in Grizedale Forest, Cumbria. Working with systems engineer Dr John Calderbank, the work was funded by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the […]
Sarah Woodfine’s Wyoming, 2003 won the £5,000 first prize in the 2004 Jerwood Drawing Prize, announced in September. A collaboration between the Jerwood Foundation, Wimbledon School of Art and the University of Gloucestershire, the prize attracted over 2,000 entries from […]
www.craftscotland.org – a major new national and international showcase promoting the best of Scottish craft was launched in September in Aberdeen at Challenging Craft, an international conference for leading craft professionals. Initiated and funded by the Scottish Arts Council, the […]
Contents include: Zarah Hussain finds unity in pattern. Bill Drummond twins towns through kettle exchange. Paul Glinkowski looks at art born out of conflict with work by John Keane and Frauke Eigen. Focus on Frieze Art Fair and satellite events […]
Liverpool Biennial, 18–26 September
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen
Permanent commissions
Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
14 September – 30 October
East Street Arts, Leeds
9 September – 7 October
Hales Gallery, London
8 September – 10 October
Studio-based artists have been made vulnerable by the recent property boom as run-down former industrial buildings attract developers with an eye for a lucrative conversion. Some studio providers though, have managed to stay put and in some cases have moved on to better premises. Paul Glinkowski offers this progress report on artist-led studios projects in Leeds and in Stroud.
In October, we’re saying farewell to Ilana Mitchell, who has until now been juggling her work as a member of the Communications and Sales team with furthering her career as an artist, and coordinating Platform00000004. Whilst we’re sad to lose […]
Esther.s (aka Esther Salamon, Chair of a-n’s Board) has created a work for presentation at Platform 0000004, taking place 21 October at The Cluny, in Newcastle. Road Map _ One Way involves a composer/musician and three performers in an intimate […]
In collaboration with Proboscis, a creative studio that researches, develops and facilitates innovation, Deborah Smith’s latest curatorial project ‘Navigating History’ presents a series of research archives in libraries in Sussex and Kent. Each of the commissions focuses on rich and […]
Visitors to this month’s On The Wall art fair at London’s Olympia Grand Hall can catch up with a-n staff and get a free demonstration of the new Artist’s Toolkits. Our comfy-sofa-space is located at stand A99 opposite those of […]
We’ll also be setting out our wares later this month at the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park, London. Visit our stand to catch up with the latest developments from the NAN initiative and to learn more about how a-n […]
Paul Glinkowski looks at the experiences of John Keane and Frauke Eigen, artists who have worked in war-torn locations outside of official state sponsored programmes, and talks to Dominic Nutt of Christian Aid who worked with Keane in Israel and Palestine.
Artist Bill Drummond is twinning Kensington in Liverpool with Kensington in London – through kettles.
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