Why is Motiroti so touchy? I’m sure many creative people working in production companies would be offended by the insistence in your ‘Errata’ note that they are not artistic. Equally, your article makes it clear that many of the things […]
This new website, launched from www.a-n.co.uk, will go online from 1 May. As a critical showcase for graduate exhibitions and new writing the site aims to promote the work of new graduates to curators, commissioners and other arts professionals. In […]
Over 100 artists, contributors and venues will be taking part in Glasgow International 2005, the city’s first curated and commissioning festival of contemporary visual arts running 21 April – 2 May. Highlights include Tramway’s hosting of a specially-curated show from […]
An exhibition project launched 30 April will focus on the significance of the artwork as object and the nature of its creation. Bringing together emerging artists from around the UK, the Mill Workers project at Islington Mill on Manchester’s edge […]
In January 2006, Artists’ resale rights will be a reality in the UK, after many years of hard lobbying by artists’ organisations and individual artists. Arguably the most important new right for artists in recent history, this will ensure that […]
The Value of Visual Exploration: Understanding Cultural Activities with Young People by Dr Roz Hall has been published by The Public. Based on exploring forms of cultural participation and evaluation, the book has arisen from a five-year action research project […]
A partnership between Glasgow School of Art and China’s Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing has generated a new course starting in September, enabling 100 Chinese students annually to begin studies at home and complete degrees in Glasgow. The […]
A plethora of shortlists and prize-winners have recently been announced, making April a bonanza prize month.
Amongst recent projects designed to provide a supportive environment for artists whilst they undertake public projects is The way I see it. Organised as part of Suffolk County Council’s Making art work scheme and aimed at new artists, it takes […]
Art in the Public Realm is the next seminar in NALGAO’s programme, aimed at arts officers and elected members. Held on 11 April in association with South Cambridgeshire District Council, the event will focus on the tools and experience required […]
The creativity of artists living in Wales is marked by Arts Council Wales’ annual Creative Wales Awards. With over £215,000 offered to nineteen artists across all artforms, these awards provide valuable ‘time out’ to review current practice and research new […]
This spring, as part of the Africa 05 arts festival, a number of artists from around the African continent are in London making new work for various cultural institutions. Paul Glinkowski introduces the work of five of them.
Contents include: ‘Are you International?’ A Liverpool Biennial event on the languages through which art is explored. South Africa’s re-entry into global art scene: Johannesburg and Cape Town feature in two commissioned articles. In Reviews, an exhibition exploring the relationship […]
Bookville, a temporary bookshop project in Newcastle upon Tyne, opened its doors in February. Managed by artist Graeme Walker, Bookville is specialising in books made by artists, but also stocks artists multiples, zines, prints, film and music. The shop includes […]
The decision as to which image to use on the cover of a-n magazine each month is never an easy one. We’re well aware of the impact on an artist of having an image distributed directly to 32,000 readers and […]
We’ve a whole new set of essays available on www.a-n.co.uk as a result of November’s NAN event Quo vadis. They are freely available to all as part of a-n’s ongoing support for artists’ networking activities. Specially commissioned by Chris Brown […]
In February, contributions were invited by a Parliamentary Select Committee from key visual arts organisations to an inquiry into DCMS’s support of the art market, in particular into “ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of new work”.
The rolling out of a-n’s frameworks for good practice in artists’ fees and payments continues apace. Already referenced in The Guardian and Arts Professional, the fees and payments research is further endorsed by Arts Council England with Senior Visual Arts […]
S1 Artspace provides studios for artists whose work is both contemporary and critically engaged.
I was interested to read Dominic Thomas’ article ‘Critical Contexts’ (a-n February) and wholeheartedly agree with his view that “many [professional development] schemes seem unable or unwilling to tackle the issue of the actual product of an artist’s labours”. ETA […]
EQUATA, the Disability Arts Development Agency for South West England, has announced the first ever Devon Disabled Artists Consultation Day, to be held on 31 March from 3 pm – 7 pm at the Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter. The […]
a-n’s Director of Programmes Susan Jones introduces Good practice in paying artists.
Artists in Australia have the National Association for the Visual Arts to thank for an improvement of their tax status with the tax office. Tamara Winikoff, NAVA’s Executive Director confirmed the Australian Tax Office’s new stance, saying: “Finally, after eight […]
Twenty-three of Scotland’s leading writers, visual artists, poets, musicians, dance artists and crafts professionals have been shortlisted for this year’s Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Creative Scotland Awards. The £300,000 awards scheme is for projects that are inspiring and highly […]
An ambitious new media public art project for Perth opening in September includes a number of artworks commissioned by Iliyana Nedkova, New Media Creative Director of Horsecross, the organisation behind the project. The half million pound project is being developed […]
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