Arts consultant Lucy Musgrave and curator Claire Cumberlidge launched General Public Agency (GPA) in May as a “direct challenge to current narrow regeneration practices”. By offering an alternative vision and platform for discussion and action, the organisation aims to provide […]
Shani Rhys James was pronounced prizewinner of the £30,000 Jerwood Painting Prize in May from a shortlist drawn from 400 entries in an open competition. On the Turner Prize shortlist this year are Jake and Dinos Chapman, Grayson Perry, Willie […]
[a-n] The Artists Information Company is now appointing a research team to undertake a major study into fees and payments for artists. Supported by ACE, this project forms as part of a new portfolio of materials to illuminate and complement […]
The brand new oh!art centre opens at community centre Oxford House in Bethnal Green in July. Oxford House works with refugee communities, providing Immigration services, English language, health promotion and volunteering opportunities and also provides youth services within the area. […]
There are many claims made for the value of public art but little evidence exists regarding how it functions. Because of this, Arts Council England – West Midlands commissioned a research project to look at permanent public art and audiences. […]
The Forum – Norwich’s millennium building – has been the location for Martin Figura’s residency. Over a three-month period, Figura has been photographing the building’s users and staff, with the resulting works on show there and simultaneously at Norwich Arts […]
The first of the North East regions Networking Artists Networks (NAN) events took place in May at Saltburn by the Sea NAN aims to create and support artists’ networks, and generate and enhance artists’ professional exchange through the use of […]
Yorkshire ArtSpace in Sheffield is hosting a national conference on 22 July on artists’ workspaces. Aimed at artists’ studio managers and others who work with studio groups, the intention is to expose good practice and demonstrate policies that are helping […]
Artist James Pyman has won this year’s PizzaExpress Prospects. Now in its fourth year the prize was founded to recognise the talents of both emerging and established artists; and to promote drawing – in its widest sense. The London-based artist […]
Falling ceiling tiles at the Film, Art and Creative Technology Centre (FACT) in Liverpool has resulted in the temporary closure of larger screens. Experts have been called in to investigate after part of the suspended ceiling in screen three became […]
A limited edition publication celebrating live art and performance was launched in April. Produced by Peter Bond in association with Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, it comprises a 16,000 word illustrated polemical essay accompanied by a colour […]
Phase one of the refurbishment of SPACE’s new Triangle studio site in Mare Street London was completed in March, with artists selected to take on the fifty-five new spaces. Phase two, including the relocation of SPACE training from SPACE Place […]
The Jerwood Foundation’s reputation as the major player in awards to artists is further cemented with a new scheme for photographers. Organised in association with the magazine Portfolio, the Jerwood Photography Awards offer £10,000 in prizes to new photography graduates […]
A group show at MoDA combines the bizarre and surreal with the familiarity of ordinary domestic objects. From the kitsch to the cultivated, visitors can encounter objects as diverse as wallpapered trees, an enormous dog, 7,000 disposable cups, seven windmills […]
Axis launched its new name and a portfolio of new ventures in May – the result of a strategic review of the organisation’s function and future directions. Under the corporate name of Visual Associations, this information resource will offer two […]
Kate Baden Fuller’s stained glass commission for the Outpatients area of London’s Charing Cross Hospital was unveiled in April. Comprising two screens, the work acts as an interface between the semi-public corridor area and the semi-private waiting area. “The theme […]
Hailed as one of the country’s premier art prizes, ‘Beck’s Futures’ announced the outcome of the 2003 award in April. From a glittering shortlist, Rosalind Nashabishi was selected by curators Russell Ferguson, Maria Lind, Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Michael […]
The Arthouse has won funds from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation for three years to award four bursaries each year to emerging artists. Arthouse creates opportunities for able-bodied and disabled artists to work together to develop their practice, and further funding […]
A collaboration between Aavaa, Live Art Development Agency and artists, Documenting Live! is a profile-raising initiative for black and Asian live art in the UK. By revisiting and documenting key works, it aims to capture the essence of performance-based work […]
Designers are being urged to take advantage of a Europe-wide design registration law that came into force on 1 April 2003. By registering their work, designers are not only given a monopoly right to make, sell, distribute and licence their […]
Artsadmin has recently awarded £32,500 worth of bursaries to fourteen UK artists, as part of an much-needed support programme for artists who work in live art, performance, time-based media, installation or other innovative areas. The bursaries give artists time to […]
Wimbledon School of Art has announced its newly-formed partnership with University of Gloucestershire and Jerwood Charitable Foundation in delivery of the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Wimbledon School of Art’s Centre for Drawing has now become the prize’s administrative centre. Anita Taylor, […]
Two artists in Scotland have been awarded Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Awards in a scheme that provides £300,000 annually to artists with a proven track record who would benefit from support. Jim Buckley and Ian Hamilton Finlay each received […]
The New Deal for Musicians is to become a permanent policy following a three-year national pilot scheme. Costing around £9 million to set up and run between August 1999 and November 2002, the pilot involved over 10,500 people who met […]
The Bombay Sapphire Foundation has recently called for entries to the 2003 £20,000 prize for glass design. The prize is open to designers, architects and artists who work with glass or use it as a key design medium, based on […]
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