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The art of making things
Francis McKee describes a cross-pollination between art, craft, design and architecture.
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Then and now
The trains of thought that permeate through the writing we commission each month provide indicators for the future. Highlighting what is on the edge of becoming significant within artists’ practices, is a characteristic of a-n’s work, providing a very different […]
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National Children’s Media Arts Award
For over fifteen years the Chrisi Bailey Award has been given annually some of the most extraordinary educational work with children using photography, digital arts, video and animation. Aiming to reward work that demonstrates creativity and innovation, rather than just […]
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Reduce reuse redesign your rubbish!
Can recycling arts have a positive impact on attitudes to resources? Are there more qualities to recycling arts than quirky uses of materials? I am a recycling artist currently undertaking MA Integrative Arts at Derby University. The research title: ‘Creative […]
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a-n credit
I am writing to thank you for informing me I have won a free one year subscription to a-n. [See ‘Survey winners announced’ on the letters page of last month’s a-n Magazine.] It was a great start to my day […]
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Going, gone?
CCA Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), one of Scotland’s leading cultural venues, has been saved from closure and its day-to-day running taken over by the Scottish Arts Council (SAC), its main funder, after the “voluntary” resignation of the CCA […]
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Paying respects to Mickey Mouse
Yuen Fong Ling on shifting Identities in Hong Kong
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Artist’s Resale Right: The legal perspective
Nicholas Sharp on the Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006.
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Artist’s Resale Right: An artist’s perspective
After close involvement in campaigning for the Artist’s Resale Right, painter Simon Black is warmly welcoming this new right.
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Intersection
Aviva Leeman reports from Artquest’s recent conference.
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Professional development round-up
Professional development news from across the UK.
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Art and the natural world
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) launches its Project Space this month, the first phase of its development in the newly improved Haldon Forest Park near Exeter, which is also launched on the same day. CCANW […]
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Sixty years of sculpture
2006 is the sixtieth anniversary of the Arts Council Collection, the largest loan collection of post-war and contemporary British art in the world.
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Bureau
Bureau is Manchester’s new, purpose-built, independent art gallery. Run by directors Sophia Crilly and Mark Kennard, both practising artists and curators, the gallery provides a platform for dynamic, exciting and experimental work by emerging and established national and international artists. […]
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Where we live!
A collaboration between the national Government agencies responsible for sport, arts, heritage, the built environment, and museums, libraries and archives has been launched.
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Nottingham’s big show
For the first time Nottingham is to host the ‘British Art Show’. Taking place every five years, the Hayward Gallery touring exhibition aims to showcase the best in contemporary art. With over one hundred and twenty works by fifty UK-based […]
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Bidoun
Bidoun is a quarterly magazine dedicated to the arts and culture of the Middle East and its diaspora. Launched in 2004, it provides a unique platform for fresh ideas and original work by contemporary artists, architects, designers and writers. Bidoun […]
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Reflections on networking: Introduction
Jane Watt on the first of two publications that give an overview of NAN activity to date (2006).
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Creative connections
Susannah Silver catches up with artists involved in one of the first NAN Scotland events at Cove Park, and finds out about networking in rural areas.
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Vox box
A series of Vox box style reflections by some of the artists who have experienced NAN.
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a-n Magazine March 2006
Contents include: Is UK arts policy damaging the arts? Culture Vultures publication reviewed. Why are artists poor? A conference summary. Artists occupy empty flats in Hastings with a remit to contribute to local community. In reviews Maurice Doherty in Glasgow and artists of Chinese heritage explore migration in Plymouth. PDF version [size: 9.4MB]. Requires a pdf reader.
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Reflections on networking
Anthology of reflections by artists who have experienced NAN, edited by Jane Watt as part of her review of the NAN initiative. Includes specially commissioned article ‘Creative connections’ by Susannah Silver, alongside articles from the a-n archive illuminated by Vox […]
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Auto test pilot mini UK tour part 1
Artists Mike Chavez–Dawson and Len Horsey have been running a successful night of edgy performance/live art in Manchester for over a year, and now the ‘club night as an artwork’ becomes a travelling coach ‘tour as an artwork’ with ‘Auto […]
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Art & Technology
Dan Miller reports from the NAN Scotland event in Stirling, January 2006
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This five letter word…
Writing about findings from her independent review of the NAN (Networking Artists’ Networks) initiative, Jane Watt highlights how ‘trust’ is a crucial factor in supporting artists’ critical and professional development. “This five-letter word,” she says “could be an evaluator’s (or […]
