a-n’s new year began with a fond farewell to our Editorial Production Manager, Grainne Sweeney. After working with a-n for three years she’s decided to focus more of her time on other activities: “I’ll be spending more time with my […]
Work by the late Alexandra Reinhardt is on show (until 25 February) at the Menier Chocolate Factory Gallery, Southwark, now the home of charity Paintings in Hospitals (PiH). This is the first of an annual programme of exhibitions and events […]
Penny Klepuszewska, a 2003 graduate from Nottingham Trent University and Chris Boyd, a Manchester Metropolitan University second-year interactive arts student were joint winners of the UK Art Prize 2004, that attracted over 40,000 entries and created ten finalists. They shared […]
A report published in November shows multiple approaches by organisations in the creative sector in Yorkshire and the Humber to addressing cultural diversity. Arts Council England, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Forward (the regional development agency) and University of Leeds have invested in […]
Christmas came early for thousands of UK fine artists and visual creators, with over £2.25 million being paid out to them in December through Payback 2004.The Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) negotiates a share of revenue from collective licensing […]
One-to-one encounters feature in a series of performance salons organised by London-based Home. Designed to bring audience and performer closer than ever in the venue’s domestic context, these events create a space in which to explore the contemporary desire for […]
Abstracts of papers on the theme of Ethics into Aesthetics are invited by 1 May for possible inclusion in an international conference held 12/13 August to accompany EAST 05, the annual open exhibition held at the Norwich Gallery. This year’s […]
An allotment site in Lower Kersal within the Irwell Sculpture Trail, Salford was the location for a socially-engaged residency involving artists Debbie Akam Power, Rick Faulkner and Peter Hatton. Following negotiations with the allotment association, a project evolved that was […]
The result of a year-long project by Ellie Harrison, ‘Gold Card Adventures’ is presented until 21 March at Piccadilly Circus underground station, London, courtesy of Platform for Art. Purchasing a Gold Card year’s travel pass and using her daily commute […]
Glasgow-based Market Gallery presents work by six 2004 graduates from Scotland’s art courses in ‘A nation turns its eyes to you’. Working directly onto the gallery walls, Miranda Blennerhassett uses the familiarity of pattern and motif from interior decoration to […]
Evaluation of The artist’s development toolkit by Linda Ball – who wrote and researched it – reveals widespread approval of both contents and usability. Our first interactive practical guide, the toolkit was generated through collaboration between a-n and APD (Artists’ […]
In January, we welcome in Angie Binns as our new Communications and Sales Team Manager. She comes to us from Theatre by the Lake in Cumbria, where as Marketing Manager she was responsible for a substantial customer interests survey and […]
Artists Matthew Hearn and Sarah Warden have recently organised a programme of exhibitions in their studio entitled PRACTICE. Nearly a year after having acquired the space they decided to turn studio into exhibition space and make both their work and […]
This month our Financial Assistant Robin Bootes says “hasta luego” (in very poor Spanish) to the a-n office, as he embarks on a seven-month career break to the exotic climes of South and Central America. We wait with baited breath […]
Chris Ofili has designed the logo for next year’s celebration of African arts and culture across London. The logo design rotates the silhouette of Africa fifty-two times, once for every country in Africa, with the map rotated around Cape Town, […]
The Life Lines landmark public art commission by international artists Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier will be launched in February. The fifty-four metre long dynamic sculpture will translate the ever-changing sounds, weather and movement of people in Southend-on-Sea into a […]
Established in 1988, London-based Delfina Studio Trust provides the largest international residency programme in the UK. Of thirty studios, twelve are allocated as an award that provides artists with studio space and related facilities free of charge for one or […]
H.arta, an artist-run space in Timisoara, Romania, celebrated its three-year anniversary in December. The organisation – whose name is a play on words, in that ‘harta’ is the Romanian word for ‘map’ – was established to overcome the limitations young […]
A collaborative video work, Exquisite Corpse was initiated by Rachel Cornish as part of a body of work that examines what it means to be ‘here and now’. Cornish was joined by Charlotte Bernstein, Liliana Lopez, Stormsmith Nomi, Eileen Bonar, […]
The Scottish Arts Council’s submission to the Scottish Executive’s Cultural Commission describes artists in a key role in future plans. Amongst a significant ‘wants’ list, SAC would like; “a country where artists are valued, and encouraged to work internationally and […]
Myfanwy Johns won the £2,500 Indigo Art Prize, a new opportunity promoted in a-n Magazine and on www.a-n.co.uk. Launched in September by Indigo Art – the UK’s leading suppliers of bespoke artwork to interior design projects within the hotel/leisure industry […]
The primary aim of A.a (Artist’s aid), an artists’ support organisation co-directed by Sophia Crilly and Nicola Siddons, is to establish communication and networks between artists in Manchester and environs. It brings together practising artists to discuss their work and […]
A group of Brighton artists have got together, taken direct action and converted an empty industrial unit in Hove into a brand new studio space. APEC (Art Producing Economic Community) is a demonstration of what can be achieved when a […]
The reputation of Newcastle-based design consultancy Blue River was enhanced in November following recognition in a prestigious worldwide design industry bible. Beverly Hills based design guru Terry Stone, who chose Blue River’s work for the book said: “Blue River’s work […]
Samphire Tower, created by Jony Easterby and Pippa Taylor was opened in October, forming part of Sustrans’ Art and the Travelling Landscape project. Inspired by the ‘coastwatch’ lookout posts along the UK’s coastline, this hand-built pentagonal tower stands an impressive […]
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