The Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s shop and gallery, based at the Riverside Mill in Bovey Tracey on the fringes of Dartmoor, has recently undergone a transformation. Thanks to substantial grants from the lottery, it now boasts new display units, fitted […]
This year’s open studios event at Cockpit Arts showcases this London-based studios’ Developing Professional Practice programme alongside work by over 100 makers based there. Now in its second year, the programme aims to guide makers in the development of crucial […]
From 494 applicants and 1,300 individual works, six artists have been shortlisted for the Jerwood Painting Prize, worth £30,000. Judges Norbert Lynton, Keith Patrick, Frank Cohen, Andrea Rose and Charles Saumerez Smith aimed to identify, celebrate and highlight the range […]
The much-vaunted merger between the Arts Council of England and the ten English regional arts boards finally took place on 1 April. The new body has nine regional offices matching the government’s regional boundaries and a national office in London. […]
At Chelmsford, a fibreglass cartoon dog cleans up after a party whilst its owners have been at work. Colchester steps back in time with 1950s style posters of exotic travel. Passengers are caught up in a wild west shoot-out between […]
National Artists Association has commissioned a review of support services needed by UK visual artists. The review is the result of deliberations by the NAA and its principal funder, the Arts Council of England, about the future role of the […]
A temple to shopping in the form of a temporary installation has been created by Malcolm Buchanan-Dick at Basingstoke Shopping Centre. Recital arose from an artist-in-residence project – supported through the Regional Arts Lottery Programme – where Malcolm worked within […]
Ian Breakwell’s audiovisual installation for De La Warr Pavilion was commissioned by the gallery as part of last year’s Year of the Artist. Using video projection with stereo music and sound, The Other Side focuses on the building’s semi-circular balcony […]
Some £9 million has been spent on the new state-of-the-art gallery in Oldham that opened in February. The building’s design and exhibition programming aim to challenge traditional views of what an art gallery is about and who uses it, offering […]
Greater efforts to focus on the training needs of artists and creative workers in Cumbria are expected to emerge from a recent planning event held by Northern Cultural Skills Partnership (NCSP). More than sixty arts practitioners, administrators, agencies, venue managers […]
A major interdisciplinary exhibition, ‘Polaria’ draws a parallel between the historical and contemporary processes of energy generation and distribution. Created by Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson, the exhibition draws on the artists’ visit to remote north east Greenland last year. […]
Seven visual arts spaces collaborate for the first time across Glasgow in a bid to build new audiences for the visual arts. Taking place 10-14 April and coinciding with the Glasgow Art Fair, RAW: Real Art Weekend aims to enhance […]
As a result of a call last year to southwest artists and multimedia producers, Clark Digital Bursary awards have now been made. Offered as collaboration between Watershed and PVA, the awards are designed to provide opportunities for creative development and […]
A collaboration between Steve Hines and Nexus generated a temporary public artwork focused around optimism. Sited on the Cullercoats Metro station on the coast-to-Newcastle line, Faith, hope and charity aimed to bring a feeling of warmth and love during the […]
Lancashire Artists Network is a pilot project funded by North West Arts’ Employing Creativity Scheme which aims to support development of the county’s creative industries and professional artists. Coordinated by Lancaster-based media organisation Folly, work is now underway to collect […]
The Arts Council of England has awarded a £2,464,783 lottery grant towards Camden Arts Centre’s £4million redevelopment project. Building work will commence this summer for the new building to open in 2003. The elegant new design has been developed by […]
An international art exhibition on 19-24 March organised by graduating Curating Contemporary Art MA students at the Royal College of Art, London offers a chance to participate in the activities of some of the world’s most dynamic art organisations. To […]
Project articulate is a collaborative partnership between artists Lucy Pedlar and Fran Bossom for whom education work is integral to their practice. The project proposes continuous action-research into new strategies for mediating between artist, artwork and audiences of all ages. […]
Technological and scientific research is the focus for three new technology fellowships at Kettle’s Yard Cambridge, awarded to Simon Biggs, Mark Palmer and Alexa Wright. These have been created through a collaboration with the university’s research network Crucible and the […]
Recently-published research commissioned by Chrysalis Arts to identify how to assist the future development of visual and applied artists in north Yorkshire reveals, amongst other things, the impact on practitioners of changes in the rural economy and of foot and […]
Launched at the Frankfurt Bookfair, Ian Breakwell’s Derby Days reveals the diary form to be a continuously shifting and regenerative process. This volume has been drawn together by the nature and geographic location of the initial material and by reconsideration […]
In collaboration with the British Museum, the Chinese Arts Centre is organising ‘Chinese Arts in the International Arena’, 18-20 April. The event will bring together some of the world’s leading figures and thinkers about past, present, and future developments in […]
Adele Howitt’s recent residency at London’s Commonwealth Institute was set up to complement the National Curriculum’s new module on citizenship. Based at Lena Gardens Primary School, the residency aimed to raise the children’s awareness of how to respect and value […]
The Visual Arts Department of the Scottish Arts Council is commissioning a new audit of artists in Scotland, to inform future policies and schemes. Due to be completed by the summer, the study will provide up-to-date statistics and information on […]
When Lesley Davy’s commission to create an artwork for the Economist Plaza faced a technical problem in its realisation, sponsorship from graphics company Halo Digital came to the rescue. For Urban Scan, which involved using the architecture of the Economist […]
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