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North West England based artist-led publishing initiative Pest was awarded a NAN Go and See bursary in March 2009 to visit artists’ groups in Hungary for research and development. In this NAN report, Emilia Telese talks to Pest about their experience.

Nina Murdoch’s Rockingham Row.

The most versatile of artforms, art in the public realm includes permanent works as well as temporary installations and architectural manifestations. The appetite for such work has been enhanced through the Big Art Project that enabled communities themselves to make the running for art projects and nurtured their ambitions and narratives over four years. A record one million viewers were attracted to the resulting Channel 4 programmes broadcast in May.

Nick Slater and Kathrin Böhm relate the project by public works and myvillages.org, commissioned as part of Radar’s ‘Group Process’ programme.

Matthew Darbyshire lives in a bubble of deep turquoises, fuchsia pinks and acid yellows.

In December 2008, Worcestershire Contemporary Artists (WCA) was awarded a NAN Go and See bursary to look at different artist-led organisations in urban and rural areas. Emilia Telese talks to Nathaniel Pitt of WCA about the initiative’s development and the impact the bursary had on its activities.

Notations is a group of four artists based in the UK and The Netherlands who describe their practice as psycho-geographic. They were awarded a NAN Go and See bursary in June 2008 to travel between the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium for research and development. Here, Emilia Telese talks to Notations artists Rebecca Birch, Sara Bjarland, Florencia Guillen and Karien van Assendelft about their work and their bursary.

What is an artist-curator? What makes a good collaborative partnership between a curator and an artist? What financial, practical and critical support is available to curators? Do you work with an organisation or go it alone?

Emma Lilley discusses Kate MccGwire’s work Sluice.

Find and advertise work in the visual arts with employer profiles and good practice resources at www.a-n.co.uk/jobs_and_opps

Beacon co-director John Plowman and artist Kelly Large discuss the project ‘Our Name is Legion’.

Open studio events around the UK plus calls to take part.

Caroline Saul, Bulbous Form One, recycled plastic milk bottles, 45x45cm, 2008.

Margaret James-Barber and buffy klama (yK) offer two complimentary points of view about ‘M6-M3 Underway/Unterwegs’, an artist-initiated exhibition programme for artists in NW England and Berlin, and its legacy for their own practices and future collaborations.

Benet Spencer’s History Painting.

Brendan Lyons, Blu Painting (detail), acrylic paint, 80x80cm, 2008. Installed at the Bluecoat, Liverpool.

Faye Claridge received a NAN Re-View bursary in February 2008 in order to initiate mentoring with curator Katy Barron. Emilia Telese talks to her about the bursary and its impact.

The Glass Parallax by Samual Dowd.

Matthew Houlding’s Sons of Pioneers.

Audience development is core within galleries and arts organisations seeking diverse participation in programmes. Here, we examine how they create accessibility, inclusion and encourage learning and engagement with artists and artworks through activities including workshops, residencies and other projects.

Artist Aaron Williamson and Directors of Beaconsfield gallery David Crawforth and Naomi Siderfin discuss the 15mm Films collective.