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Veer north
Roxane Permar describes setting up a new artists’ membership group in Shetland.
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Collecting craft
Kate Day, curator of contemporary craft at Manchester Art Gallery, talks to Amanda Fielding about her work. First in a new six-part series ‘Crossing over’ focusing on arts professionals and how they work with artists.
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Prize awarded
2003 Royal Academy graduate Renata Hegyi has won the £10,000 St James Group Fellowship. Taking the form of a bursary to assist a student from the Royal Academy Schools in their first year out of the college, it includes an […]
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Online debate launched
Promoting cultural diversity has become a policy priority for arts organisations, yet it is rarely questioned or criticised. Does cultural diversity policy challenge discrimination and broaden the arts scene, or risk politicising the arts at the expense of equality and […]
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Critical mass in Brisbane
The theme of the June 2003 issue of South Australia’s Artlink may strike a chord with UK arts entrepreneurs, in that it explores critical mass – the point at which a chain reaction begins, usually incited by a smaller explosion. […]
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Reconconciling art
German artist Jochen Gerz’s new UK works come at a time of high tensions worldwide, and have been commissioned for a city known internationally for reconciliation. One of the world’s leading conceptual artists, Gerz has been working for nearly five […]
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Spotlight on glass
Artists whose work focuses on glass feature highly in exhibitions and events in the UK and Europe this summer.
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Biennial in sight
Planning is now underway for the third Liverpool Biennial in 2004, a foreground for the City of Culture programme in 2008. For the 2002 event, over 180,000 visits were recorded at the UK’s only biennial of contemporary visual art and […]
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Making light work
Light is the key feature in two public art projects due for installation in September. Both are being created by Art2architecture – a collaborative venture between artist Peter Fink and architect Igor Marko. By working with artists, landscape and urban […]
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Charting a course
The first in a six-part series ‘Navigating places’, Jane Watt profiles the River Commissions project, a series of temporary works along the River Hull corridor.
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Candid Arts
Candid Arts Trust is a registered charity that aims to promote the work of emerging artists. Located in central London in a 20,000 sq ft venue – housing two loft-style galleries, eighteen studios and rehearsal spaces – the organisation runs […]
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Choice words
I wish I’d done proper jobs and built up my communication skills. You can’t just make art: you have to be able to engage with people. Sky Collins, exhibitor in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. This course is aimed at […]
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Pavilion
David Titley finished his MA in Manchester in 2002 and felt a sense of isolation upon returning to his home town in rural Lancashire. He set up Pavilion in December of that year after obtaining a lease on a studio […]
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Studios on view
Every July during one or more weekends for over fifteen years, some 250 artists in the Cambridge area have been opening their doors and studios, providing an opportunity for the public to become involved in the arts by meeting artists […]
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Networker
Following the Self Assembly conference organised by a-n in March, Mark Gubb discusses how to make friends and influence people, highlighting some of the words and phrases used by Chair Jason E Bowman that are sometimes associated with networking.
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Mind the gap
Gillian Nicol explores the gap between the expectations of artists and others of ‘alternative’ activity.
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Minding the store
Stéphanie Delcroix presents The Multiple Store from behind the scenes.
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Island life
Zoe Childerley took part in Liquid Light, an exchange programme between Jamaica and the East Midlands.
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The Chinese way
Artist Chloe Steele reports on her research trip to China, a country powering itself into the next generation as a major economic player. With a changing political make-up and growing middle class, China is establishing itself as a key player in the international art world.
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July 2003
Speaking about Liverpool’s success in being selected to host City of Culture in 2008, Chair of the judges Sir Jeremy Isaacs commented that this city’s proposal had won because it “scored more goals” than the people’s choice bidder, Newcastle and […]
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Time is money
I wonder if you, had any comments from artists about Big Arts Week. I received a letter about this event some time ago and was puzzled by it. Its intention to “stimulate the talent of tomorrow” by introducing them to […]
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Speculation space
Salon des Arts is a registered charity that aims to promote artistic activity in a variety of media; and encourage the study and practice of contemporary art. Its London-based venue contains a gallery and performance space, as well as a […]
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Summer things
Somerset is home to Black Swan Arts, a venue for contemporary arts and crafts that houses two dedicated gallery spaces, three craft studios, a craft shop and a café with provision for displaying 2D work. Each gallery shows a programme […]
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Between Programmes
Brighton-based Fabrica and Espace Croise (CIC) in Roubaix France launched a year-long collaborative programme in April of exhibitions and events. Entitled Between to spaces, the programme presents contemporary visual and performance art events drawn from leading practitioners from the UK […]
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Art meets science
The Natural History Museum in London presents the world of biotechnology through artists’ eyes until 3 August. The Clean Rooms project is a series of installations set to challenge the view that scientific research is secretive or even sinister. Organised […]
