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Artists talking… talking!
Andrew Bryant discusses a new series of events that take Artists talking ‘out of the virtual and into the actual’.
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Big picture – 2011 November
Jo Fairfax, 180° of Light, 2011
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Editorial – 2011 November
Digital capabilities have revolutionised artists’ working practices, from transforming the kind of works they make to how they interact with each other and audiences.
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Less is not always more: art education on the back foot
On reading Mitra Memarzia’s report on diminishing resources in undergraduate courses (‘The future of art education’, a-n Magazine September 2011) I was moved to both endorse the findings and speculate further on the continuing erosion of specialist teacher training in art education.
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Community development
I have been reading some interesting comments recently in your magazine about the issue of artists when they leave education and enter employment. I feel I would like to comment on this issue. As an arts graduate I am now […]
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New opportunities
I have recently responded to a couple of exhibition opportunity announcements and followed them through – the most recent: Calling all artists for a group exhibition at The Brick Lane Gallery.
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Planning rules should promote the arts
Through a letter published in the Sunday Telegraph, 2 October, a consortium of arts bodies including a-n called for inclusion of arts and culture in National Planning Policy Framework.
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Aspire to inspire
It’s sixteen years since the Disability Discrimination Act came into force; so are disabled artists more in the mainstream now, or have the goal posts just moved sideways asks Emma Geliot.
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Artists by and large
The continued squeeze on arts funding is throwing up some interesting solutions to supporting artists, whilst raising some serious debates about the future of the profession.
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Arts funding cuts
In October, Eden District Council announced a cut of 70% to Eden Arts by 2014.
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Are we all digital?
Arts Council England and NESTA announced first grants in a major digital initiative, and Katriona Beales went to Apha-ville to glimpse the digital future.
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Venn of connectedness
Manchester-based artist Jacqueline Wylie is researching ways in which artists use social media.
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Prize launches
October saw the opening of the John Moores Painting Prize 2012. Judges this year are artists Fiona Banner, Angela de la Cruz and George Shaw with Whitechapel Art Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick and Creative director of the BBC, Alan Yentob.
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Bookish commission
Emily Speed – already well known for her Artists talking blog ‘Getting paid’ and her regular reports for a-n Magazine – added curatorship of an artists’ books project to her portfolio of skills last month, through a commission from a-n.
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Central Line ‘Barman’ fabric designs by Wallace Sewell
Textile designers Wallace Sewell’s ‘Barman’ seating fabric was launched this summer as part of the TfL Investment Programme to refurbish Central Line trains in London. The first phase of the new seating is in situ and over time all Central […]
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Pushing ahead
With September’s forecast of a one in six chance of another recession burning in our ears, it’s vital that non-profits like a-n maintain their critical edge.
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Art moves – 2011 November
Comings and goings amongst arts professionals and curators, designed to aid networking and collaboration.
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a-n Magazine October 2011
Contents include: Artists, arts policy and funding: ‘A fair share?’ and ‘Understanding Turning Point’ are two new reports commissioned by a-n that aim to demystify the environment for contemporary visual arts practice; in ‘A preoccupation with cultivation’, Elizabeth Wewiora looks […]
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A fair share?
Is there enough funding going to individual artists and are the application processes user-friendly? These were questions a-n set out to answer in the fourth issue of what was then Artists Newsletter in 1980. Now, thirty one years later, we asked Dany Louise to do this research again, examining the current state of play for grants to individual artists as offered by Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland – including comparators of volumes of artists applying and success rates – and to ascertain whether a “fair share” has been getting into the hands of artists to develop their practice.
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Understanding Turning Point
In her report on Turning Point, Phyllida Shaw unwraps the ‘what’s what and who’s who’ of this major strategy for England, to support discussions on greater participation by, and development for, artists within it.
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Big picture – 2011 October
James Rigler, Chatsworth Table, ceramic, marble, wood, steel, gold leaf, rope, 2011. Courtesy: Chatsworth House
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Making connections
News and updates on AIR’s strategies and activities designed to support professional artists within their practice and working lives.
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On the cover – 2011 October
Konrad Wyrebek, Olivia Palermo and her boyfriend Johannes Huebl, oil and acrylic on canvas, 120x90cm, 2011.
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From seafronts to stables
A selection of projects, residencies and exhibitions taking place outside the big cities this autumn.
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A preoccupation with cultivation
Elizabeth Wewiora looks at allotment-based practice among contemporary artists.
