Led by artistic director Lizzi Walton, the 2009 Stroud International Textiles Festival showcases established international textile and applied artists and thinkers alongside emerging new talent.
When artists use empty shops, everyone wins – artists, town centre managers and local authorities working together are proving that.
Piece Hall, Halifax
6-27 March
Janie Nicoll brings together in one place a mixed assortment of surprising works deliberately sited within a domestic rather than a gallery setting.
A series of site-specific art commissions that aim to interact with locations and audiences in Lincoln.
Now three years old, the annual
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Are you making the most of it?
Funded by Manchester Metropolitan University and Beacons for Public Engagement, and following an open online vote, North-West-based Lynn Setterington has been awarded a fellowship in public engagement.
Artists across the UK are being challenged to use the nation as a blank canvas for twelve inspirational commissions that will showcase our creativity to the world, as part of Cultural Olympiad.
A collaboration in March between Cockpit Arts and Own-It generated a seminar to explore work by established and emerging designer-makers who fuse craft with technology and their intellectual property rights.
Brendan Lyons, Blu Painting (detail), acrylic paint, 80x80cm, 2008. Installed at the Bluecoat, Liverpool.
The Scottish Artists Union is the leading representative body for visual and applied artists north of the border. We continue to monitor the formation of the new agency Creative Scotland, set to replace the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen […]
The Arts Council of Great Britain was established in 1946. After cutbacks under Conservative governments in the 1980s the organisation was devolved between England, Scotland and Wales in 1994. Following a confusing series of twists and turns over cultural policy […]
Sonya Dyer responds to the Mobile Conference event at Peckham Space, 15 March
Anna Dumitriu’s collaborative practice takes performance, digital art, installation, microbiology and philosophy in its stride. She talks to Jane Watt about her practice and research.
In October 2010 Safle ceased trading following the withdrawal of funding from the Arts Council of Wales. Back in April 2009, Jane Watt spoke to Safle’s Project Managers and Executive Director about how they were supporting artists to develop and make work in the public realm. At the time Safle was one of the UK’s largest independent public art consultancies.
Pamela Wells and Alicja Rogalska report back from Supermarket – an artist-run international art fair in Stockholm. They talk about why their own artist association Laundry attended the event, meet representatives from a vibrant artist-run culture in Sweden and beyond, and offer a sample of some of the organisations who attended.
Frances Lord discusses her practice as a curator, writer, freelance project manager and art consultant with Jane Watt.
Kate Brundrett talks to Paul Rooney about his work, residencies and winning this year’s Northern Art Prize.
Crafts Council Director of Programmes, Claire West talks to Jane Watt about why the Spark Plug Curator Award was initiated, the selection process and some of the exciting new curatorial ideas and works that have emerged.
Faye Claridge received a NAN Re-View bursary in February 2008 in order to initiate mentoring with curator Katy Barron. Emilia Telese talks to her about the bursary and its impact.
Impromptu Schwartz Gallery, London
5 – 29 March
Wimbledon Art Studios in south west London opens its doors for its Summer Open Studios Art Show 14-17 May.
Contents include: Includes: Widening the audience for visual artists feature; John Holden on cultural exclusivity; Matthew Houlding in Big picture; plus 15mm films & beaconsfield in this month’s Collaborative relationships. PDF version [size 4.8 MB]. Requires PDF reader.
The Glass Parallax by Samual Dowd.
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