Walter Jack’s recently installed seven-metre high steel curtain in a new public square outside the new BBC building in central Leeds forms part of a growing portfolio of public art and architectural features across the UK. Other projects include The […]
Stephen Snoddy left in November as Director of the Baltic after less than nine months there. Baltic is also seeking a replacement for Chair architect-developer Alan J Smith whose term of office has expired and advertised the post of Curator […]
Hosted by the Stanley Picker Gallery at the University of Kingston, the Stanley Picker Fellowships are awarded annually to a contemporary fine artist and a contemporary designer. The Fellows are offered a fee, production costs and access to the University’s […]
In November, we swelled the number of artists and arts professionals working with a-n through appointments to two project teams. A special Communications Projects Team has been created, to spend the next six months talking and listening to customers, helping […]
North East new graduates benefited from new-style Fast forward events running October to December. Led by artist Paul Moss, whose solo exhibition was held at Baltic earlier this year, with ideas from a new graduate panel, the event took the […]
Robin Bootes and Phillip Marsden of a-n’s Communication and Sales team contributed to a cross-disciplinary event at Newcastle Central Library in November. Organised by Northern Fringe (www.thenorthernfringe.org), ‘Four Colour Legends’ was an evening of performance dedicated to the cultural phenomenon […]
Extensive research last year by Morris Hargreaves McIntyre revealed an extensive but as yet untapped market for art sales in England. However, by exploring notions of who and what ‘legitimises’ contemporary visual arts, Taste buds: how to cultivate the art […]
Arts Council of Wales proposals for distribution of project funding from the National Lottery and Welsh Assembly have been put out for consultation. The new proposals arise from a priority within the council’s corporate plan for 2004-2007 to “streamline and […]
The annual Kettle’s Yard open (until 2 January) showcases some of the liveliest art from across Eastern England, with eleven artists selected from over 200 applicants. Chosen by filmmaker Mark Lewis and sculptor Claire Barclay, the exhibition is weighted toward […]
Beyond the valley is a new design/art collective that has recently opened a non-profit retail/gallery space just off Carnaby Street, London. Set up by three newly graduated Central St Martin’s students, the venture is intended to counter-balance high retail mark-ups […]
Over one hindred sculptures from Australia and around the world transformed Sydney’s Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk into a spectacular – and free to the public – outdoor gallery this autumn. The largest exhibition of its kind in the world, […]
Leading studio potter Julian Stair, whose work appears in museums and galleries around the world, has won a £7,400 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship. This will enable him to develop and consolidate his research into collaborating with industry to produce thrown pots […]
Over fifty artists and creative workers from Bristol’s inner city took part in Bristol’s first ever, two-day, Creative Expo in October. Held at the L-Shed, next to the Industrial Museum on Princes Wharf, it showcased the work of exhibitors and […]
The Scottish Executive plans to increase expenditure on arts and culture by eighty-five percent over the next two financial years, in a move to create long-term improvement in the nation’s arts future. By 2007/08, the Executive’s direct spend will be […]
Scottish visual artist Rosalind Nashashibi has been awarded the Scottish Arts Council’s New York residency. This provides the artist with an apartment in the financial district of Manhattan as well as a bursary to support living costs. A Beck’s Futures […]
We’re very pleased to announce that John Beagles is joining a-n’s Commissioning Editors team. Based in Glasgow, John has exhibited widely and internationally with collaborator Graham Ramsay. They’re currently showing in ‘Romantic detachment’ at PS1 in New York runs until […]
Additional resources have been published since a-n launched its Code of Practice for the Visual Arts. Launched in June, The artist’s development toolkit provides self-reflective material for artists at all career stage and for art and design students, enabling them […]
In publishing the Code of Practice for the Visual Arts in June 2003, we made a commitment to its wide distribution, by free access on www.a-n.co.uk and through a printed booklet. By June 2004, we had distributed 20,000 booklets. A […]
Public art commissions comprise around twenty-eight per cent of the work offered through the weekly updated Opportunities on www a-n.co.uk. As previous commissions experience is generally required, these opportunities tend also to command the best rates of pay for artists […]
Eddie Berg, Chief Executive and founder of Liverpool-based FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), will depart in March 2005 to become Artistic Director of the National Centre for the Moving Image, London. FACT began in 1988, when Eddie Berg […]
Search under ‘rural’ on www.a-n.co.uk and you’ll find a fascinating array of features and profiles of artists and organisations whose work context is rural. Artists including Roxane Permar in Shetland, PALP in Cornwall, Emma Baird Murray in Wales and Ian […]
Video installation artist Chris Meigh-Andrews completed work in September on a prototype ‘self-powered’ outdoor video installation in Grizedale Forest, Cumbria. Working with systems engineer Dr John Calderbank, the work was funded by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the […]
Sarah Woodfine’s Wyoming, 2003 won the £5,000 first prize in the 2004 Jerwood Drawing Prize, announced in September. A collaboration between the Jerwood Foundation, Wimbledon School of Art and the University of Gloucestershire, the prize attracted over 2,000 entries from […]
www.craftscotland.org – a major new national and international showcase promoting the best of Scottish craft was launched in September in Aberdeen at Challenging Craft, an international conference for leading craft professionals. Initiated and funded by the Scottish Arts Council, the […]
In October, we’re saying farewell to Ilana Mitchell, who has until now been juggling her work as a member of the Communications and Sales team with furthering her career as an artist, and coordinating Platform00000004. Whilst we’re sad to lose […]
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