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New painting prize
The Celeste Painting Prize, a new £15,000 prize for painting, has been launched in the UK.
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New apprenticeships
Next year, employer organisation Creative and Cultural Skills will produce a comprehensive skills strategy, as the first stage of a new programme of support delivering new creative apprenticeships, better careers support for newcomers and a new management and leadership programme.
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Shifting practice
Shifting practice, guest edited by John Beagles and Paul Stone, takes the artist-led initiative as its starting point.
Includes introduction by Beagles and Stone and articles from Ruth Claxton, Springhill Institute, Deborah Jackson, Peter Suchin and Susannah Thompson.
From the a-n Collections series.
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Collaborative relationships
Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they collaborate with. From the a-n Collections series. Pdf [size: 1.28Mb]. Requires pdf reader.
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Editorial – 2005 November
What if every school had a studio where children, parents, carers and teachers had the opportunity to experience art and discuss ideas with artists on a daily basis? What if every regeneration programme included a team of artists from the […]
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a-n Magazine October 2005
Contents include: Rachel Cattle on an American werewolf in London and other influences. Top tips for funding applications. Video and drawing shows reviewed in Sheffield, Marlborough and London. Craft in Northern Ireland, round-up of London art fairs, S Mark Gubb […]
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a-n Magzine February 2005
Contents include: Dominic Thomas on why artists need a critical context for their practice; Alice Maude-Roxby on why they need toget out more. Ellie Harrison visits as many places as possible and Salford artists dig the allotment. Carnival and crisis […]
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Selling in Europe
I attended the Junst event in Rotterdam, advertised in a-n last month, and thought you might like feedback: The exhibition was full, and what struck me at first was the vitality and variety of the 500 exhibitors’ work. It was […]
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From the archives…
Congratulations on presenting such a useful and informative paper free of all the trappings of social comment, politics and other indulgences. Keep it informative and precise. It has been very difficult discovering all the exhibition sending in days, facilities on […]
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Social space
Just a short note of thanks for asking us to participate in the Social space think-tank in September. We felt it really began to explore some of the important issues around the making of art in social space. In an […]
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Future forecast: Social space
Brief extracts from the Social space presentations and discussions, to introduce the issues and broaden participation.
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Artists’ fees and payments
A-n’s commissioned research into rates of pay.
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Fringe elements
Issues around alternatives and independence raised in the pilot issue of The Internationaler – published in Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – are pertinent to debates around ‘British Art Show 6’ that launched in Newcastle-Gateshead in September. Becky Shaw and Mark […]
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Festival of visual arts
Running until 8 January 2006, ‘British Art Show 6’ opened in September at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Organised by Hayward Gallery Touring, the exhibition is presented in different cities across Britain every five years. Curated by Alex […]
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Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T
Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T is an ambitious city-wide contemporary art event taking place within the city’s major galleries, project spaces, non-gallery venues and public sites between 28 October and 27 November. The programme includes a mix of emerging and […]
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Pots mean prizes
Ceramicist Rebecca Harvey, whose work reflects her fascination with teapots, has won a £12,000 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship. St Ives-based Harvey will use the award to study for an MA in ceramics and glass at London’s Royal College of Art. Harvey […]
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New craft commissions
Eight major commissioning opportunities for designer-makers, each worth up to £12,000, are available through Museumaker, a high-profile programme that aims to develop new relationships and new audiences for contemporary craft and museums. The programme has received substantial funding from the […]
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Like nothing else
Like nothing else: experiment, risk and gallery education is an international conference from engage taking place 16-19 November at Bristol’s recently re-opened Arnolfini gallery. Exploring gallery education, arts practice, risk and experimentation, the conference will discuss how artists create and […]
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New work Scotland
Collective Gallery’s New Work Scotland Programme (NWSP), now in its seventh year, runs until 19 November. One of the few open submission exhibitions in Scotland, NWSP seeks to identify and support some of the most promising artists in Scotland at […]
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Does the Tate need more shops?
Foreign Investment and Resonance FM104.4 presented the debate ‘Does the Tate need more shops?’ in September. The relationship between exhibition and merchandise has not been an easy one, particularly if one looks at what was on offer at the recent […]
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Major hub for the arts
The Scottish Arts Council has announced a £1.5 million National Lottery capital award towards the £7 million development of a visual arts resource on Glasgow’s King Street. The King Street project, lead by Glasgow City Council in partnership with nine […]
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Rooted
ArtSway, the contemporary visual arts centre in the New Forest, has announced that it has completed on the freehold purchase of its gallery and grounds, securing the future of the organisation and offering increased resources for contemporary visual arts in […]
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Stop squabbling
I may be on my own with this but I wonder if you might actively consider putting an end to publishing what increasingly appears like churlish in-fighting and squabbling on your letters pages. I feel like I’m having to read […]
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a-n Magazine November 2005
Contents include: Ilana Halperin on volcanic remains and ephemeral islands. Spotlight on artists’ fees and payments research, plus awards and commissions for craft makers. ‘Merrie campers’ in felt tunics strut their stuff at Coniston Water – but do you really […]
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NAN developments
We’re grateful for support from the Northern Rock Foundation for development of the NAN initiative. Their funds will enable research into the feasibility for a UK-wide artists’ day – an opportunity to demonstrate the diversity of contemporary practice, raise the […]
