a-n+AIR February 07
Over 4,300 practising artists are already benefiting from AIR
Over 4,300 practising artists are already benefiting from AIR
The Arts Council of Wales has welcomed the proposed creation of a Strategy Board under the Chairmanship of the Minister.
In December, the Scottish Executive published the draft Culture (Scotland) Bill.
As part of implementing the restructuring of Arts Council Englands national office, Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford has been appointed as Executive Director, Arts Strategy.
In response to the lack of affordable wet & dirty spaces in the area, artist Jackie Berridge has purchased the ground and first floor of a Victorian lace mill in Long Eaton, Nottingham, for conversion into studios.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima) has opend its doors to the public after a major lottery-supported refit.
The closure of renowned Dartington College of Art, Devon is threatened due to rising costs that estate owners Dartington Trust are unwilling to meet.
In December, Scottish Arts Council awarded major bursaries to four leading contemporary artists for the development of future work, and as an investment in their creative talent.
Financial difficulties for Bergen’s United Sardine Factory (USF) led to its conversion to a 12,000 square meter arts centre in the 1980s.
Ben Kelly from Macclesfield won One Love: The Football Art Prize with his work The Final Whistle Botofogo 4 Pontepreta 2.
In December 2006, the UK government passed the Disability Discrimination Act. This requires all public bodies, including local authorities, educational institutions and others, to take proactive and mature approaches to meeting the social needs of disabled people, moving beyond a […]
Creative & Cultural Skills is hosting events around the UK in February and March.
Installed last autumn, Mamily Sheibanis Art Wall extends the external face of a Park Lane Early Learning Centre.
The personal stories of members of the community living near Liverpools Herculaneum Steps were highlighted and documented during 2006 through the energies of artist Janette Porter and the Living at the Edge project.
News on PACE, Showhow and Prickings mentorship.
London-based Matts Gallery is making an appeal to raise £40,000 towards continuation of its programme of exhibitions, publications and education.
It is great that a-n is asking artists and organisations what they think of the recent structural changes at Arts Council England.
As a photographer, I am alarmed at the increasing frequency of organisations holding competitions.
I’ve been asked to coordinate a public event that will rely on artists coming forward to develop their own projects.
Contents include: Ian W S Hunter discusses art world engagement with trades unions and questions assumption that artists have in-built social compass. Chinese Live Art at Vital 06, sound works in Nottingham and interventions in Bournemouth library reviewed plus Neil […]
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