Discussion - Page 14 of 23 - a-n The Artists Information Company

I was fascinated to read your letters page in the July issue of a-n Magazine. Perhaps a new, refreshed debate should commence regarding the value and recompense for all forms of teaching the arts. I have always valued teaching not […]

Reflecting on the three observations concerning the Bootham School Residency in York identifies common dilemmas regarding the nature and status of this kind of work. The conflicting responses do not invalidate each other as they represent artists’ differing experience and […]

Cuts in funding at Further Education and Higher Education institutions have had a huge impact recently, particularly within arts departments nationwide, but only cursorily covered in the general press. The government directive to increase student numbers in spite of this […]

Marking the end of an era, July 2005 is the last issue of a-n magazine designed by Ripe Design Consultancy, as Directors Emma Pinwill and Martyn Price develop the business in a new direction. The board and staff of a-n […]

This month sees the second in the a-n Collections series published.

I have just read ‘More than just a residency’ in June’s issue of a-n magazine. I couldn’t agree more. Over the years I have seen an increase in public/private schools advertising for artists and really they are asking for free […]

As the current resident artist at Bootham School in York, I would like the opportunity to respond to a letter printed in the June issue of a-n magazine where this post was discussed. I feel that the information listed in […]

As the 51st Venice Biennale opens this month, a-n staff and contributors will be out and about, island hopping and promoting the first of the new a-n Collections – Collaborative relationships. Unwrapping the intricacies of working relationships between artists and […]

In response to an advertisement in your April issue for a Resident Artist at Bootham School in York, I wrote to the school for further details. I was aware that they were only offering a tiny stipend of £3,600 for […]

This month begins the celebrations around a-n’s 25th anniversary. The main focus of the year’s programme is developing a-n’s campaigning role, making sure artists and their needs are ‘visible’ in the wider world. See the Committee for Culture, Media and […]

Hope that a-n continues to explore and promote that which excites, intrigues, inspires and occasionally teaches us things that we had not previously known about the world: how art and culture can effect us and pull us out of the […]

I am currently undertaking my final dissertation as part of my BA course at St Martins. The topic I am working on is about how isolation (inflicted or self-inflicted) affects the artist/designer and leads to works of ‘slow art’ (incredibly […]

Professional development is a buzz word that just won’t go away (Deborah Rawson, Letters, a-n Magazine March and Dominic Thomas, ‘Critical Contexts’, a-n Magazine February). And rightly so. For artists wanting to be taken seriously by other professions and aiming […]

When invited in March to give evidence in person at the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s Inquiry into the Market for Art, we used the opportunity to emphasise key areas for attention that would benefit many artists, taking into account […]

Before the media redirects our attention elsewhere, whilst other events and calamities jostle for our collective attention, time then to reflect on how the significance of these dire circumstances have been brought into sharp focus through artistic initiatives and experiences, […]

Thank you for many years of a-n magazine. I have enjoyed using it very much. Recently I came to the realisation, as I rang yet another competition for details, that I was really using it for the artists’ opportunities. Only […]

Why is Motiroti so touchy? I’m sure many creative people working in production companies would be offended by the insistence in your ‘Errata’ note that they are not artistic. Equally, your article makes it clear that many of the things […]

The rolling out of a-n’s frameworks for good practice in artists’ fees and payments continues apace. Already referenced in The Guardian and Arts Professional, the fees and payments research is further endorsed by Arts Council England with Senior Visual Arts […]

I was interested to read Dominic Thomas’ article ‘Critical Contexts’ (a-n February) and wholeheartedly agree with his view that “many [professional development] schemes seem unable or unwilling to tackle the issue of the actual product of an artist’s labours”. ETA […]

Maintaining a critical context is a core ingredient in sustaining an artist’s practice, as asserted in Dominic Thomas’ article published this month. He regrets the current culture of “avoidance of the core subject” in which professional development programmes are seemingly […]

Wed like to bring your attention to a new web project were working on that is growing by the day. Travelling from Italy to China along the ancient Silk Roads -we are collecting images and sounds that are added to […]

Feedback from last month’s North East England new graduates professional development and networking events. “The events gave me a better understanding of what is required when submitting proposals. It was useful to hear others talk about their experiences. I realised […]

News in October that twenty-three ‘leading’ artists are to donate artworks to the Tate collection prompted a flurry of debate across the visual arts world. It raised the issue of whether it is a good thing for artists, at any […]

We’re publishing a raft of new content this month and, to emphasise that a-n is much more than a monthly magazine and entice readers to visit our website regularly, much of the new material will be exclusive to www.a-n.co.uk Freely […]