This ambitious artist-led project has involved seventy-five artists and resulted in over 100 artworks. Cassie Thompson visits the exhibition and talks to the project organisers.
Once again the Istanbul Biennial opened at a time of extraordinary difficulty. In 1999 the event only just survived the city’s devastating earthquake, whilst the recent backdrop was an explosive economic crisis and the imminent war in the (uncomfortably) Near East. But, as Kevin Dent reports, from this unpromising background the biennial emerged as a triumph offering the city something to celebrate and enjoy.
John Plowman profiles KÜnstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, one of about a dozen such institutions in Germany offering residencies to international artists.
Roxy Walsh, recipient of the Abbey Award in Painting, gives an overview of her time at the British School at Rome (BSR).
In the July 2001 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Cleveland Arts advertised for an artist to work on a residency, collaborating with Mental Health Service users in Stockton-on-Tees. Sarah Nicholson was chosen to lead the residency and a support role was given to recent graduate Kate Allan, who talks here about confronting mental health stereotypes.
In 1993, at the British School at Rome, I began to explore new themes that explored metaphor and transformation. Using castings from metre-long acanthus leaves, I alluded to the analogy of leaf and human anatomy (in spine, rib and vein) […]
The Caravan Gallery is a mobile exhibition venue and research project initiated by Chris Teasdale and myself. We are drawn to subjects familiar to us all but often overlooked – the ordinary and extraordinary details of everyday life. The focus […]
‘Mappa Manna’ forms part of the ongoing commissioning programme for solo shows of site-specific work at the Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester. The title of the exhibition is from the Latin mappa, meaning map, or literally ‘napkin of the world’ and […]
In my work, I search for repeated patterns of behaviour and phenomena and record those that have rich aesthetics to exploit. Through The Centre, Glasgow, I was awarded a four-month residency in Royston, a housing scheme that overlooks Glasgow city […]
In the April issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Equal Arts advertised for artists interested in working with older people. Emma Pritchard was one of those selected to work on the ‘Celebrating Age’ project.
Combining new computer drawings with composed soundtracks, my recent installation at domoBaal in London reflected my interest in the cinematic use of music. ‘Cabins and Other Difficulties’ took us into a landscape where isolated dwellings evoked Thoreaus Walden, and made […]
Photostore, the Crafts Council’s interactive picture library of makers, is now more accessible. A user-friendly, computerised resource it contains over 40,000 images and information on contemporary craftspeople that can be accessed by searching for maker, object, material or technique. This […]
As part of the Year of the Artist programme, Michael Pinsky was in residence in the Town Planning Department of Chelmsford Borough Council earlier this year. Unusually perhaps for a local authority residency, his brief was to offer radical and […]
The Arts Council of England, in collaboration with the regional arts boards, has set out plans for a Year of Diversity. The aim of ‘The Big Idea’, is to “celebrate, profile and enhance diversity across the arts”. Due to run […]
A CD-Rom documenting Artsway’s three-year project ‘The World of Our Landscape’ aims to further knowledge and debate on the impact of landscape on contemporary practice. The project involved established and emerging artists who through exhibitions, residencies and commissions responded to […]
Axis – the national digital register of artists – has appointed Kay Pallister to the new post of content curator and Reuben Knutson as the Schools’ Resource project leader. Pallister, who relocates from New York’s Gagosian Gallery, brings with her […]
A new artist-initiated event took place across Hull during September. Here, David Briers explores how the event fits into the city’s existing arts infrastructure and discusses some of the national and European links it generated.
Abigail Branagan discusses the development of this innovative platform for contemporary design and explores its value to exhibitors.
Roxane Permar considers a selection of the projects discussed at a recent conference, exploring what they tell us about current trends in public art commissioning.
Government enthusiasm for involving young people in arts activities has focused the attention of many galleries. Kate Tregaskis reports from Scotland on recent debates around programmes abroad and raises some questions about good practice.
Clive Gillman, currently the lead artist for FACT explains how the organisation works to support and promote artists using new and emerging media tools.
Rick Faulkner, artist and director of Chrysalis Arts, outlines the international ‘Artists in Transition’ project and how it adapted to the change in circumstances imposed by the outbreak of Foot and Mouth.
Brigid Howarth takes a look at artists’ communities in the USA.
‘Suspended Sentences’ is the culmination of a year-long collaborative residency between Shirley Diamond, the vendors and the staff at the Big Issue of the North Trust in Manchester. During the residency, hundreds of hitherto unheard and sometimes untold stories were […]
Over the summer, I have been working on a series of paintings, installed on the walls of a semi-derelict mill in Salford. The mill has been converted into a work and exhibition space for artists and designers in the Manchester […]
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