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Paul Matosic’s letter (June issue) raises important issues for all artists for whom operating professionally is vital.

Views on cultural policy and the environment for contemporary practice.

The Customer Management Team (TCMT) is undertaking a review of pensions within the artistic community so we can better understand their views of current pension provision.

June marks the completion of a-n’s 25-year programme of research, debate and publishing.

At a recent symposium on the British Art Show¹ the discussion took a somewhat unexpected turn.

The Comment article published in a-n Magazine’s June issue raises a number of points that need to be addressed.

The Meeting of Minds Brain Sciences Project¹ put citizens from nine European countries in open dialogue with brain scientists and policymakers, to explore and make decisions on key future concerns.

Re: news story ‘Why are artists poor?’, a-n Magazine March issue.

Despite the fact that more people than ever before are going to galleries, the upsurge of festivals and public and the willingness of foreign collectors to buy British art, it’s clear from talking to artists that their bank accounts are in as dire a state as they’ve ever been.

The trains of thought that permeate through the writing we commission each month provide indicators for the future. Highlighting what is on the edge of becoming significant within artists’ practices, is a characteristic of a-n’s work, providing a very different […]

Can recycling arts have a positive impact on attitudes to resources? Are there more qualities to recycling arts than quirky uses of materials? I am a recycling artist currently undertaking MA Integrative Arts at Derby University. The research title: ‘Creative […]

I am writing to thank you for informing me I have won a free one year subscription to a-n. [See ‘Survey winners announced’ on the letters page of last month’s a-n Magazine.] It was a great start to my day […]

Nicholas Sharp on the Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006.

After close involvement in campaigning for the Artist’s Resale Right, painter Simon Black is warmly welcoming this new right.

Writing about findings from her independent review of the NAN (Networking Artists’ Networks) initiative, Jane Watt highlights how ‘trust’ is a crucial factor in supporting artists’ critical and professional development. “This five-letter word,” she says “could be an evaluator’s (or […]

In January we asked a-n subscribers to tell us their thoughts about us and additional benefits and services they needed in a survey to selected UK regions and Wales and by request. All who returned their completed surveys by 31 […]

We are two African artists based in Nottingham and we felt the need to add our perspectives to the comments of the past two issues of a-n regarding EMACA visual arts. We feel that it is appropriate that artists who […]

I have recently completed an interdisciplinary visual project with the aid of an AHRC grant, within the Department of Cultural Geography at Royal Holloway College. As an artist currently in dialogue with an academic department I am interested in the […]

The evolution of public art is an ongoing process and as an arts practitioner I contribute my share through work with Chrysalis Arts, which is currently celebrating twenty years of live and public art practice. As a co-founder and director I feel it is time for some reflection on the climate for creating artwork in public places and consider what the future holds.

Notions of sharing knowledge and experiences – both good and bad – are inherent within those who seek continuous improvement and development in their artistic practices.

Dr Malcolm Miles, Reader in Cultural Theory at  University of Plymouth comments.

The ACE letter [Comment, a-n Magazine January] is a typical response that we have had reoccurringly for the past two years!! The only difference is the issue has always been swept under the carpet and kept ‘hush hush’ in Nottingham […]

“It is vital to widen participation and support social inclusion towards ‘visual literacy’” must be easy for Susan Jones to write [Editorial, a-n Magazine January]. Hindsight often clarifies the morass between ‘us and them’, but try looking from my side. […]

Arts Council England’s 2005 annual review shows a mixed picture of efficiency savings countered by increases in costs elsewhere.

In response to Polly Verity’s article ‘New Contexts’ in the December issue of a-n Magazine, I would like to highlight an exciting new development currently underway in Edinburgh. In 2005, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop received major funding from the Scottish Arts […]