The stars down to earth
The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London
24 June 22 July
The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust, London
24 June 22 July
Every professional looks to develop their skills throughout their caree;, the same is true for the creative sector.
I completely understand the concerns in this [August] Comment.
Arts Council England has come under heavy fire recently, as debates have raged about how usefully it serves the artistic community and the public.
Artists comment on the Arts Council’s Turning Point Strategy.
In September, the A Foundation launches Greenland Street, a major new contemporary art centre in Liverpool.
Northern Print Studio will move to new premises in October.
A major new initiative designed to strengthen cultural links between the UK and China was launched in July in London.
The second Body Navigation international festival of contemporary arts ran 6-9 July 2006 across varied sites, spanning the park on Elagin Island and the urban sprawl of St Petersburg.
Six innovative new commissions by animate! tv will receive a terrestrial TV premiere on Channel 4 in November.
Four Scotland-based artists were awarded £5,000 each after being short-listed for the 2006 Aspect Prize.
September launches the exhibition for the 2006 Nam June Paik award Internationaler Medienkunstpreis der Kunststiftung NRW (International Media Arts Award of the NRW Arts Foundation).
Martin Prothero, whose approach to his practice was featured in a-ns Artists stories in 2003, was one of eight artists commissioned to carry out research projects for RANE (Research in Art Nature & Environment).
Plagues of lice, locusts, frogs and flies, a twenty-fivemetre high sacrificial sculpture and a cast of thousands will on 30 September dramatically transform the south coast town of Margate into a colourful and contemporary setting for an epic film inspired by the Old Testament Book of Exodus, in which the towns residents will play all of the parts.
In order to ensure their fees keep track with their level of experience and the general rate of increases in costs of living and overheads, Septembers a good time for artists to review their approaches to budgeting and charging.
Contents include: FrenchMottershead on ‘microperformance’, Mostyn Open and Whitstable Biennale reviewed. Reports on guidelines for galleries within the Own Art scheme and new ACE visual arts strategy. Caroline Wright on exchanging Norwich for Tokyo; artists’ associations in Iceland; squatters’ rights in Rotterdam. PDF version [size 8.5MB]. Requires pdf reader.
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
7 July 27 August
Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
8 July 19 August
Leeds City Art Gallery
28 June 27 August
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
20 June 22 July
Guyan Porter reports on the recent NAN event that brought eleven artists from Scotland together with thirty artists and arts workers from the north west of England.
Im 65, on a pension credit, no savings, and I live in a remote spot on the Wales/England border. So obviously money, and delivery problems feature. Ive had to scale my painting and sculpture right down can I take it […]
Ask yourself these questions. What makes you an artist? And what do you have in common with other artists?
The Public in West Bromwich went into administration in March just months before it was due to open.
The launch of Arts Council Englands new strategy for contemporary visual arts heralds the sectors prioritisation by ACE.