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The Culture Company, an independent commissioning agency based in Huddersfield, aims to promote surprising and creative interventions in everyday places. Their remit combines the programming of events as diverse as exhibitions, festivals, conferences and commissions, working with both public and […]

E merge D, an artist-run non-profit organisation, facilitates emerging artists working site-specifically and in a context-led manner. It works with artists across a broad range of disciplines with a strong focus on professional practice and support. The opportunities provided are […]

Last February Jennifer Vickers completed a two-year residency at Manchester Metropolitan University as part of North West Arts Board’s Setting up Scheme. “During the early stages of this placement I struggled to make any kind of profit from my practice, […]

Last May, C Visual Art conducted a two-week residency at Torre Abbey in Torquay funded by Awards for All. Five artists were involved and by combining the individual skills of the group they produced an installation that focused on the […]

Worcester has recently witnessed the addition of a new £16 million retail development by St Modwen Developments. An arts strategy was included in the planning stages, with new works commissioned and artists consulted as part of the design process. Paul […]

The Arts and Disability Forum based in Belfast offers grants of up to £5,000 to disabled artists throughout Ireland working in all art forms. Awards are granted for a specific project or body of work. Seeing it both ways is […]

In conjunction with London Arts, Space offers two Cultural Diversity Awards annually, consisting of a year’s free studio space at Space Place in London and an exhibition at the end of this period. Carolina Caycedo received an award last February. […]

In January 2002 Adrain Hart won Artsway’s ‘Animal’ open exhibition. His prize was a solo show to be held at Artsway that following June. He says: “Using lens-based media and elements of live art I continued my research into notions […]

Based at Toynbee studios in east London, Artsadmin runs a range of programmes designed to support artists working in live art, performance, time-based media and interdisciplinary arts. A free information service provides advice about sources of funding and appropriate curators […]

Derek Mawudoku graduated from Goldsmith’s college in the late 1980s and works as a printmaker producing black and white monotypes. In 2001 he received a project grant from the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation and used the money to organise a solo […]

Artists Kate Thomas and Nick Morley first met last year when they began residencies at Intaglio Printmaker in London. The one-year residency consisted of £500 worth of materials, access to a workshop equipped with etching presses, darkroom and exposure unit […]

The Apthorp fund for young artists aims to encourage young people who are, or are preparing to be, professional artists. The scheme offers purchase awards from £100 up to £5000 for works made by artists aged between 18 and 30 […]

The Gifted and Talented summer school ran for two weeks over the summer 2002. Organised by Su Harrow, using NGCA in Sunderland as a venue, the first week saw Claire Whitcomb creating wire sculptures. In the second week young people […]

Stroud house gallery opened in 1998 with an aim to present contemporary art to a wider audience. There are approximately seven exhibitions each year and the gallery welcomes approaches from artists. Work is selected by the gallery curator and is […]

After placing an advert in the January issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE for a print worker, Luci Melegari’s vision for a Regional Print Centre at Yale College in Wrexham has become a reality with the appointment of Steffan Jones-Hughes. Since leaving […]

Joshua Sofaer is a live artist, writer, educator and co-director of Spread the Word, Literature Development Agency in London. He makes work in a variety of contexts which include traditional art spaces, alternative galleries and nightclubs. Sofaer received a One-to-One […]

Susan Sloan took up the post of artist-in-residence at the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) at Bournemouth University in January 2002 after completing an MPhil in 3D Motion Graphics and Virtual Prototyping at Glasgow School of Art. Her background […]

The ‘Discerning eye’ exhibition is unique in two ways. Firstly, with a size limitation of 20″x20″, it is the largest contemporary exhibition of small works in the UK. Secondly, all the works in the exhibition are chosen according to the […]

After 22 years in education, and with a first class degree in Graphic Arts from Liverpool University under her belt, Pip Stanley was feeling “well and truly institutionalised and very unsure of what to expect in the world of illustration”. […]

A call for artists was listed in the February issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE inviting artists to take part in an exhibition called INside-OUT at the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA). This Opportunities listing elicited responses from artists throughout […]

Stephen Davids is a Youth Worker and community artist in east London currently studying for a BA honours degree in Informal Education. He was recently commissioned to design and create a mural for the children’s ward at The Royal London […]

After responding to an opportunity listing in the October 2001 issue of [a-n] Magazine for a residency in Charing Cross Hospital, Clare Johnson was selected and invited to start work in December. The project organised by the Arts Committee for […]

Over the past three years Steven Barrett has had nine exhibitions as a result of applying for opportunities listed in [a-n] MAGAZINE. These included his first solo show in the annual ‘New works’ exhibition at the Farnham Maltings Gallery, as […]