This article by Furtherfield.org founders and Directors Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett was originally published in Coding Cultures: A Handbook, commissioned by Francesca da Rimini and d/lux/MediaArts in 2007. Catlow and Garrett discuss the origin and mission of Furtherfield.org and how its participatory platforms are art production tools.
Report first published in 2007 on www.forma.org.uk after an exciting year in which Forma achieved substantial growth in terms of programme, turnover and structure.
Contents include: How do other artists feel about unpaid public art competitions? Reviews from Luxembourg, Glasgow and Rotterdam. Artist-led strategies and programmes that support professional development plus report on Professional development through networking scheme. Artists developing their practice and careers […]
With reference to the production of inter-disciplinary visual arts, Charlotte Frost indicates the types of activities involved, art forms which respond well to this style of collaboration and some of the difficulties experienced by production agencies in working in this way.
Lesley Halliwell, 20 Assorted Colour Inks (Burnt Sienna), 45x40cm, biro on paper. Photo: Peter Hope.
Gillian Nicol introduces this month’s a-n Collection and considers the implication of the ACE Turning point recommendations on RFOs.
Developing your practice and career beyond the UK
A bill that will establish a new body to support arts and culture in Scotland has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.
New appointments in visual arts, development and curating
Artist-led strategies to support professional development have often proved to be the most successful.
Initiated by New Work Network (NWN) in 2007, the Activator programme is a developing strategy to build on the organisation’s track record for supporting the development of new performance, live and interdisciplinary arts.
Plans for a major new centre for the contemporary arts, the first of its kind in the North of Scotland, were approved in February by the Scottish Government.
The Crafts Council Development Award is aimed at makers in the first three years of their practice, working in England.
The Collecting Live Art symposium that launched independent curatorial initiative Collecting Live Art addressed key issues surrounding the collection, sustainability and legacy of live art.
The first ever comprehensive plan for government support for the creative industries was published in February.
The Art and Design Index to Theses.
“The vague meanderings and fly-blown world of kitsch post modernism seem to have lost their ways..
The media is awash with commentary about ‘climate change’, a serious issue that of course affects every one of us.
We are self-employed sculptors with wide experience making artworks for the public realm.
Contents include: AIR Artist’s advisory group response to McMaster review. Rachel Lois Clapham sees parallels between Aaron Head’s exhibition and works by Helen Chadwick, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Visual arts funding news from England, Scotland and Wales. […]
This month’s Research papers: Art work in 2007 draws on intelligence held within the data researched and published continuously by a-n for our jobs and opportunities.
Are you thinking of applying for a grant or award? Over £2.3m was openly offered in these categories through a-n’s Jobs and opportunities last year. As it’s a highly competitive activity, we’ve compiled this guide to making applications, including some ‘top tips’ from a range of experienced artists, curators, and arts professionals…
Jennifer Taylor, Untitled Installation, exhibited at Flowers East in the exhibition ‘Says the Junk in the Yard’, 2007. Courtesy: the Artist and David Roberts.
Micheal O’Connell traverses the fine lines of media art at Transmediale08 in Berlin.
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