A timely essay published in June was designed to create a public debate around The Right to Art Campaign, launched last year by VAGA (Visual Arts and Galleries Association) with a coalition of colleagues from across the visual arts sector. […]
Five artists from Poland and five from northern England performed in a programme of events in Tullie House gallery and on the streets of Carlisle in July as part of the artistdeveloped Cumbria Poland exchange. Artists went on to spend […]
For the first year, fourteen Hidden Art designermaker studios will be opening their doors to the public in September during the London Design Festival and 100% Guaranteed. Hidden Art Open Studios provides a unique opportunity for design enthusiasts to visit […]
A new Demos report (See Right to Art in News) argues that the contribution of visual artists to the economy is underestimated and misunderstood and is vital reading for artists who need to keep uptodate with the political developments that […]
Perhaps the letter in your August 2004 edition entitled Girls, girls, girls was so named by the editorial staff to further provoke readers to respond to what was overall a misplaced and simplistic letter? Certainly to call grown women girls […]
There are things I want to touch or hold that lie beyond my reach, and ways to bring them closer.
Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
3 July
Waxham Barn, Norfolk
325 July
Crawford Arts Centre, St.Andrews
2 July
Floating ip, Manchester
21 June
Jean Grant believes in Art Action Change
As part of the NAN initiative, artists from North East England visited Glasgow. Here Alison Unsworth and David Stamp give an overview of their experiences.
Kirsten Lloyd and Juliana Capes report back from a conference in Rotterdam that reaffirmed their belief that artistled initiatives have a vital role to play in shaping the arts sector.
Between November 2003 and August 2004 we will have undertaken twentyfive Code of Practice for the Visual Arts presentations or seminars with some 550 artists and arts professionals participating. Events have been organised in partnership with the APD network, Engage […]
Look out for details in the next issue of forthcoming Fast forward: professional development and networking events especially for new graduates to be held in North East England in October and Glasgow (in partnership with Cultural Enterprise Office) in December. […]
As part of the quarterly meetings schedule, the Board of a-n will be meeting in Bristol on 6 December. Wed love to hear from artists projects and networks who will have work on show at that time, for inclusion in […]
We are pleased to announce that City and Guild MA graduate Klari Reis and University of Gloucestershire BA graduate Thomas Goddard have both won stand space worth over £1,000 at the forthcoming On the Wall art fair at Olympia 29 […]
Nisha Duggal, our new Editorial Production Assistant is off to Kitchener in Ontario, Canada this month to take part in artistled CAFKAS annual international exhibition, Peace of Mind. Her work will include a sound installation and a series of offsite […]
Visitors to this years Cambridge Open Studios event, presenting over 300 studios open across the city, could not only view works for sale but also the Wide Open exhibition. Held at Cambridge Artworks a cooperative artists studios based in […]
Contents include: Stephen Cooper resident at the Ashmolean, Rosemary Shirley on how the Braziers’ international residency has changed artists’ lives, and Professional development moves from training to practice. Limousine Bull and Whitechapel shows reviewed, Independent Art School profiled and Gillian […]
Paul Glinkowski talks to Angela Weight, Keeper of Art at the Imperial War Museum, and to some of the artists she has commissioned to make art in response to war situations.
Lucy Wilson looks at the opportunities and aspirations for taking craft and design practice international, in the first of two articles inspired by the Jetset conference.
The training-led development programmes that were the norm in artists’ professional development delivery some years ago are giving way to new projects that focus around contemporary practice and are driven by ‘real world’ situations. They recognise that being a visual […]
In 2005 the Crafts Council has been offered the opportunity to hold an exhibition of British craft in the Axis Gallery in Tokyo. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase examples of their work during their visit to Japan. As […]