Founded by sculptor Charles Hadcock and designer Russell Howard and housed in old water board offices, the Watermark in Preston is home to a unique blend of creative commercial businesses and artists’ studios. Twelve artists and designers located there grouped […]
A two-year pilot artists’ mentoring programme in Glasgow, aimed at recently graduated artists in the city who are unemployed or underemployed within the arts was launched in August. Developed by Impact Arts, a leading arts company specialising in arts and […]
Lee Corner, researcher and author of the new Code of Practice for the Visual Arts – is keen to hear from artists’ networks and professional development organisations that would like to host a seminar over forthcoming months around using this […]
Research is underway on a networking event to be held this autumn for the Artists Professional Development network (APD). With the focus on international examples of professional development, we’d like to hear about recommendations of projects and organisations internationally who […]
a-n staff have been involved in a flurry of creative activity lately – making the most of the flexible part-time working and artist-friendly policies at a-n. Stephen Palmer has just completed his six-month residency at Northern Print and The Solution […]
The scope and applications of art in the public realm continues to grow, with public commissions provided by private developers as well through community-based public programmes. In this month’s round-up, we highlight projects in Bristol, Manchester, Norwich and Blackburn.
Installed earlier this year on the newly redeveloped promenade at Blackpool, Stephen Hurrel’s ‘The Sound Of The Wind Looks Like This’ is an interactive light-based piece consisting of six light poles, two wind turbines and an anemometer and wind vane […]
The shortlist for the new Comme Ca Art Prize 2003 worth £10,000 for contemporary visual art in the North of England was announced in July, from an entry of 300. The biggest art prize funded by a commercial, non-public funded […]
Artists from the West Midlands are being commissioned to transform the old Commercial X-Ray Factory on Foundry Lane, Smethwick. The project, re:Location, began in July and will run to October culminating in a public exhibition entitled ‘Radioactive’. Organised by The […]
Cardiff: Plans are underway to transform a Victorian tram shed in Cardiff into a new contemporary art venue. The brainchild of Cardiff 2008 and architects Caruso St John, once established in 2005, Depot will provide a major international showing space […]
The 2003-2007 Arts Council England capital scheme places artists’ workspace and studios as one of two priorities, with cultural diversity the other. The five stated aims for grants of up to £100,000 are that projects supported should: • change people’s […]
Creative Curating students at Goldsmiths College have launched a new website to showcase their projects and research. Focusing on the individual curatorial projects including exhibitions, publications, events and broadcasts, the site provides details of a programme running to 2004. Amongst […]
Internet lurking and political subversion were two of the issues raised at a ‘blue skies’ workshop led by business and management consultant Jane Walker for a-n. The first of three planning meetings of a specially-convened UK artists’ advisory group, the […]
Reviews editor appointed We are pleased to announce that from this issue onwards we have a new reviews editor. Chris Brown, an artist based in Cardiff, will be selecting and commissioning writers for the reviews section of a-n Magazine – […]
2003 Royal Academy graduate Renata Hegyi has won the £10,000 St James Group Fellowship. Taking the form of a bursary to assist a student from the Royal Academy Schools in their first year out of the college, it includes an […]
Promoting cultural diversity has become a policy priority for arts organisations, yet it is rarely questioned or criticised. Does cultural diversity policy challenge discrimination and broaden the arts scene, or risk politicising the arts at the expense of equality and […]
The theme of the June 2003 issue of South Australia’s Artlink may strike a chord with UK arts entrepreneurs, in that it explores critical mass – the point at which a chain reaction begins, usually incited by a smaller explosion. […]
German artist Jochen Gerz’s new UK works come at a time of high tensions worldwide, and have been commissioned for a city known internationally for reconciliation. One of the world’s leading conceptual artists, Gerz has been working for nearly five […]
Artists whose work focuses on glass feature highly in exhibitions and events in the UK and Europe this summer.
Planning is now underway for the third Liverpool Biennial in 2004, a foreground for the City of Culture programme in 2008. For the 2002 event, over 180,000 visits were recorded at the UK’s only biennial of contemporary visual art and […]
Light is the key feature in two public art projects due for installation in September. Both are being created by Art2architecture – a collaborative venture between artist Peter Fink and architect Igor Marko. By working with artists, landscape and urban […]
I wish I’d done proper jobs and built up my communication skills. You can’t just make art: you have to be able to engage with people. Sky Collins, exhibitor in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This course is aimed at […]
Every July during one or more weekends for over fifteen years, some 250 artists in the Cambridge area have been opening their doors and studios, providing an opportunity for the public to become involved in the arts by meeting artists […]
Brighton-based Fabrica and Espace Croise (CIC) in Roubaix France launched a year-long collaborative programme in April of exhibitions and events. Entitled Between to spaces, the programme presents contemporary visual and performance art events drawn from leading practitioners from the UK […]
The Natural History Museum in London presents the world of biotechnology through artists’ eyes until 3 August. The Clean Rooms project is a series of installations set to challenge the view that scientific research is secretive or even sinister. Organised […]
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