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Northern prize heralded
Northern Art Prize, a new prize for contemporary artists, launched in November.
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Photo awards
Short-listed for the 2006 Jerwood Photography Awards are Zoe Hatziyannaki, Peter Oetzmann, Paul Plews, Indre Serpytyte and Paul Winch-Furness, whose work is on show at the Jerwood Space, London until 9 December prior to a national tour.
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Record resale royalties for artists
Artists are getting record resale royalties as DACS made the fourth set of royalty payments in October.
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Richard Gagola
A writer for a-n Magazine 1997-98, Richard Gagola, who died suddenly in October, will be remembered by friends and arts colleagues for his wit, infectious humour, and commitment to the visual arts.
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UK’s largest art agency created
A merger between Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales and CBAT The Arts & Regeneration Agency, Wales in October has created the largest public art company in the UK.
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Artist’s guide to good and bad galleries?
I have recently been very badly treated by a gallery – as in not told about artworks sold, then not paid, then given bouncing cheques and downright lies and evasion.
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Artists, tax, and self-employed status
The recent coverage in a-n publications on good practice and rates of pay for artists is very useful, but I think that an important issue has not been covered.
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Good practice – a two way process?
I read with interest your latest Good Practice publication, Negotiating your practice.
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Annuale review critiqued
I am writing about the article in October’s a-n Magazine reviewing The Edinburgh Annuale, ‘Annuale III’ by Guyan Porter.
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Fees and payment debate
Avigail Ochert is correct in her observation that for the purposes of considering salaries “artists’ pay scales should not be compared or equated with teachers’’”.
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a-n Magazine November 2006
Contents include: Littoral helps save Schwitters’ Merzbarn for the nation, Michael Cousin introduces International residencies focus and Steve Dutton examines curatorial internationalism. ‘No place like home’ at Beacon and the damage caused by media controversy – while a new site-specific […]
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Negotiating your practice
Selected texts on the approaches and strategies some artists have taken to define the environment for their individual practices. Featuring Pope and Guthrie, David Cotterrell, Graham Fagen, Gavin Wade, John Newling, Dominic Thomas, Sarah Cole and Rod McIntosh. Download pdf […]
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International subscribers
If you are an international subscriber to a-n you could help us keep up to date with International contacts in your country. Email your details (including your country of residence) to [email protected] putting Organisations Beyond the UK in the subject […]
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Editorial – 2006 November
This month’s Opportunities focus on international residencies, will sit permanently on www.a-n.co.uk1 as a signpost to regular international residencies that have regular deadlines. Artist Michael Cousin2 has researched this focus alongside his busy practice as an artist, and offers some […]
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Highland residencies announced
Thanks to lottery funds through the Scottish Arts Council, the first artists’ residencies for Scotland’s celebration of Highland culture in 2007 were awarded in October.
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New situations
Situation Leeds, the contemporary visual artists and the public realm festival launched in 2006, is to run again this year.
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Underpin vandalised
Ivan Smith comments.
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Beacon project in the spotlight
John Plowman and Nicola Streeten comment.
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Michael Cousin introduces our international residencies focus
Residencies of any kind are a large undertaking for an artist to commit to both financially and emotionally. The time spent experimenting and finding a fresh perspective or continuing a train of thought uninterrupted must be weighed against the monetary […]
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Curatorial questions
The Biennial age is the age of the illusion of free flowing global movement of thought and capital, when the success of an artist could be measured in airmiles.
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Designer-makers on show
The Crafts Council launched a major new selling event for contemporary craft in October.
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Elementary garden
October saw the formal opening of Elements, the transformed garden and corridor areas at Park House, North Manchester General Hospital. Under the leadership of artists Stella Corrall and Adam Reynolds, service users and staff at Park House have been brought […]
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Growing together
Two major themes emerged during a recent Littoral conference, and both of them had to do with community self-reliance.
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New ACE launched
In October, after a six-month review period, Arts Council England issued news of the new structure that is designed to create “a more focused, streamlined and effective organisation that is better able to provide national leadership and planning, build new partnerships and make a stronger case for the art”.
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Own Art boosts sales
Evaluation of Scottish Arts Council’s interest free loan scheme Own Art has revealed that Scotland’s contemporary arts market is thriving.
