This month we profile a selection of open exhibition and public art commissioning projects, from applied arts opportunities to innovative site-specific works.
Director of Situations Claire Doherty and artist Stephen Hodge (of Wrights & Sites) give their account of how they developed a contemporary public artwork to reanimate visitors’ experiences of Weston-super-Mare.
Throughout this year the nation’s attention has been focused first on the prospect of a new government, and then on the shifting messages emanating from the resulting coalition – messages about how we are expected to address the nation’s debt alongside visions of a ‘Big Society’ and coupled with swingeing cuts to public services.
Polly Morgan, Morning, taxidermied robin, plate glass, 2007.
Having worked in the public realm since 2004, I regularly consider who is my primary audience when curating a project.
It’s a peculiar sign of the times that the announcement by the Arts Council of Wales at their annual conference today of a 4% cut to the arts over three years was greeted by the audience of arts professionals with enthusiastic applause and pats on the back all round for securing such a good settlement from the Wales Assembly Government.
“Things are always changing
So don’t be sad and blue
Change can make you happy
‘Cause it brings you something new”.
(Lyric © Sesame Street)
Steve Dutton reflects on the exhausted Biennial model and gives his account of how curators are finding ways to overcome this syndrome.
New Art Exchange, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery and Nottingham Contemporary
23 October 2010 – 9 January 2011
Various locations, Nottingham
22 October – 18 December
Collyer Bristow, London
22 September – 1 December
Various locations, Lincoln
23 – 29 October
This year’s visual arts recipients of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists are Angela de la Cruz, Luke Fowler, Christina Mackie, Ben Rivers and Lindsay Seers.
There’s a fine line between art making for its conceptual purpose and for its commercial value. Janet Hollins’ MA seems to offer opportunities to pursue both, but how does her blog tell the story? Richard Taylor investigates.
Contents include: Studio and workshop facilities profiled in ’Space to create’; ’Partners in art’ looks art local authority arts organisers needs; artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson and curator Emma Underhill discuss the Spontaneous City in the Trees of Heaven project in […]
Report from PARADOX – The Fine Art European Forum, Accademia di Belle Arti, Palermo, 21-22 September 2009.
Giulia Ricci, Untitled, hand made drawing, pen on paper, 25x20cm, 2010.
Site Gallery, Sheffield
11 September – 30 October
Gasworks, London
18 September – 7 November
Project Space 11
Plymouth 8 – 25 September
Flow, London
9 September – 6 November 2010
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
30 September – 2 January
Once upon a time, bohemians were considered a sub-culture, an alternative group of individuals moved by lifestyle choices and artistic endeavours.
Turning point, Visual Arts UK, CultureForum, NALGAO – these are just some of the burgeoning peer networks for arts professionals that have been proactive and visible in the arts funding debates.
Artists Studio Company has launched a major new public gallery in Southwark.
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