Collective Gallery’s New Work Scotland Programme (NWSP), now in its seventh year, runs until 19 November. One of the few open submission exhibitions in Scotland, NWSP seeks to identify and support some of the most promising artists in Scotland at […]
Foreign Investment and Resonance FM104.4 presented the debate ‘Does the Tate need more shops?’ in September. The relationship between exhibition and merchandise has not been an easy one, particularly if one looks at what was on offer at the recent […]
The Scottish Arts Council has announced a £1.5 million National Lottery capital award towards the £7 million development of a visual arts resource on Glasgow’s King Street. The King Street project, lead by Glasgow City Council in partnership with nine […]
ArtSway, the contemporary visual arts centre in the New Forest, has announced that it has completed on the freehold purchase of its gallery and grounds, securing the future of the organisation and offering increased resources for contemporary visual arts in […]
We’re grateful for support from the Northern Rock Foundation for development of the NAN initiative. Their funds will enable research into the feasibility for a UK-wide artists’ day – an opportunity to demonstrate the diversity of contemporary practice, raise the […]
Following our September Subscriber events at Springhill Institute in Birmingham and Castlefield Gallery in Manchester we’re out and about around the UK again, as part of our 25 year celebrations. Forthcoming subscriber events are in: Cumbria, Saturday 15 October. An […]
We’ve already had fourteen establishments sign up to our new subscriber package, offered in conjunction with JISC (The Joint Information Systems Committee) within a couple of weeks of its launch and have many more currently taking part in a free […]
We’re now halfway through our year-long enquiry into artists’ practice and aspirations, towards identifying and making the case for better resources to support their future needs. Subscribers can read the Future forecast: Future space edited publication and interviews in full […]
It’s part of our role to take knowledge about artists and their practice into consultations and conferences that impact on future cultural planning. Within this, we’re currently contributing to the national advisory group created by Arts Council England to review […]
‘May You Live In Interesting Times’ is Cardiff’s inaugural festival of creative technology. Taking place across the Welsh capital 28-30 October, the festival has been developed between Chapter and Bloc (Creative Technology Wales) and includes a two-day conference, new commissions, […]
This month sees the international art world’s focus turn to London.
Following a period of research and consultation a new strategic development body, Craft Northern Ireland (CNI), is launched this autumn. Its remit is to “develop the creative and cultural resources of the people of Northern Ireland in both cultural and […]
Surrey’s fourth annual Connect and Create arts conference is on 19 October. Hosted by Surrey County Arts, ‘Culture Me Happy! What is culture and is it good for you?’ looks at what we mean by culture and how culture and […]
Once we were Africans Black Arts Alliance has commissioned photographer Anthony Jones to photograph ten, black, multi-generational families living in the Greater Manchester area as part of ‘Acts of Achievement’, the north west of England’s annual celebration of Black History […]
By the time this article is printed, the ink will almost be dry on the law which will introduce into the UK the most important new right for artists in modern copyright history. From 1 January 2006, and after ten […]
Impressions Gallery in York will relocate after thirty-three years in the city, closing its doors to the public on 29 October after Mariele Neudecker’s ‘kindertotenlieder’ exhibition. For the gallery, which attracts some 50,000 visitors a year, the Grade II status […]
Subscribers to a-n will have found enclosed a copy of NewcastleGateshead by Layla Curtis, commissioned by Locus+ and previewed in last month’s What’s on section. 30,000 copies of the map will be distributed across North East England to coincide with […]
Our 25-year publishing schedule continues with guest editors appointed for the forthcoming months. In October Deborah Smith is guest editor for the third in the a-n Collections series with a newly commissioned set of writing “embedded within sites of specifity” […]
We welcome Castlefield Gallery as a new partner in development of a-n’s Jobs and Opportunities – updated weekly online. The focus will be to research those opportunities that are essentially artist-led. Drawing on its extensive network of peers and seeking […]
We have commissioned artist Adam Walker, from the normalife collective, to update North Essentials, a-n’s contacts guide on www.a-n.co.uk for artists and arts professionals working in the North East of England. Contact him on 0191 241 8000 or email [email protected] […]
London-based artist and researcher Jane Watt has been appointed to undertake a review of the NAN initiative to date that will make an important contribution to the development of this programme that was launched in March 2003. She brings to […]
As part of our 25-year celebrations we’re holding networking events around the country for a-n subscribers, in conjunction with galleries and artist-led spaces in each region. Following the success of recent such events in Suffolk and Cardiff forthcoming dates for […]
a-n’s research in 2004 defined a good practice framework on fees and payments to artists, that is supported by Arts Council England. The following annual and day rates are suggested from 1 September 2006. Experience level Annual £ excluding overheads […]
We welcome Castlefield Gallery as a new partner in development of a-n’s Jobs and Opportunities – updated weekly online. The focus will be to research those opportunities that are essentially artist-led. Drawing on its extensive network of peers and seeking […]
The success of the Future forecast research-based publication series has generated many favourable comments (including Manick Govinda’s epithet of “provocative”), and has been the catalyst for a new publications series due to start in June 2006. a-n Research papers will […]
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