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I went to your website to join up but have not done because I see I am charged £12 extra for not being a practising artist.

Cultural diversity is a term that has pervaded our language and thinking across all sectors of life and institutions, and its latest manifestation of citizenship is perhaps the most coercive strategy being employed by government.

Chintan Upadhyay and Bose Krishnamachari have been voicing their concerns about Indian curatorial practice through their art projects for the last few years. Considering their arguments, JohnyML says that Indian curatorial practice is going through a phase of crisis; a phase of identity crisis.

As a follow-up to his article in March a-n Magazine Terry Anderson, President of the Scottish Artists Union presents his case for a re-appraisal of the proposed Culture (Scotland) Bill.

“The exhibition made me remember why I wanted to be an artist.”

In reponse to ‘Applying the age discrimination law’ by Nick Sharp, published in the March issue of a-n Magazine:

As an artist living in the north east region, I was immediately interested in the opportunity advertised on page 40 of the March issue of a-n Magazine, for a six month Residency in Berlin.

The three groups brought together by Live Art UK’s ‘Writing From Live Art: An Editorial Debate’ all had the same objective: to engage in more critical debate about live art.

As Anne Brodie’s Big Antarctica project blog draws to a close, C Moray de Morand’s compelling account of her Berlin residency is building up steam.

I understand a-n is researching the minefield of public liability insurance for visual artists.

As I’m sure you’re aware, the Scottish Executive’s long-awaited Draft Culture Bill was published just before Christmas.

I have recently taken the decision to stop working on community projects and to concentrate on my own practice.

With inflation about to hit a ten-year high¹, to what extent can the practices of artists nowadays resist the pressures of the real world?

It is great that a-n is asking artists and organisations what they think of the recent structural changes at Arts Council England.

I’ve been asked to coordinate a public event that will rely on artists’ coming forward to develop their own projects.

The launch of projects unedited in late November was the latest addition to a-n’s series of open, interactive websites.

Having worked as both a self-employed artist and a teacher, I disagree with Paul Rowbottom’s assertion in the December issue.

The term synchronicity was first used by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung to describe “temporally coincident occurrences of casual events”¹.

In response to Emily Ritchie’s letter in December’s a-n Magazine, I feel that the following needs to be added for clarity.

Why is ‘dyslexic’ such a hard word?

Are artists part of the problem when it comes to global warming?

Engage, the association that promotes the understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts, launched the enquire report, Inspiring Learning in Galleries on the 6 November at Tate Modern, London.

Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.