An installation by Nick Crowe for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s Bothy Gallery responds to the internal space and hints at the landscape beyond. For Nasdaq Landscape, Crowe displays his drawings on twelve flipcharts, each combining a graph with a landscape, […]
In its thirty-five year contemporary history, the residency has become a complex affair, according to research by the Centre for Cultural Policy and Management in Newcastle upon Tyne. A study conducted by Kevin Stephens as part of the Year of […]
Until 5 January the Myles Meehan Gallery at Darlington Arts Centre plays host to incredible paper sculptures that contain projected images from Japan and England and conjure up the nature and characteristics of river movement. The installation, Light on Water […]
An added bonus for the seventy-seven first-time exhibitors at the Chelsea Crafts Fair in October was the opportunity to win the Crafts Council newcomers awards. Worth £250 for each of the two week’s programmes, these went to jeweller Susan Pietzsch […]
Artists and galleries have been prominent in expressing concern at proposals for restructuring the Arts Council of Wales (ACW). Following withering criticism of ACW’s lack of vision and poor performance, consultant Anthony Everitt was appointed to recommend a new structure […]
Gothenburg is a sophisticated city – with a population roughly the same as Glasgow, and reminded me of Amsterdam with its bike paths, cafés and friendly atmosphere. There are fabulous parks, and the islands (where cars are banned and the […]
Venice is historically a meeting point of east and west. It was from here that Marco Polo journeyed to China. Its wealth and power – and hence its accumulation of art treasures – is built on the control of trade […]
A new scheme, with awards of up to £50,000 to fund innovative research, was launched by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) in June. The Innovation Awards Scheme will support research on developing significant breakthroughs in knowledge and understanding, […]
In June, Black, Asian and Chinese arts were given a significant boost from lottery funds as the Arts Council of England (ACE) announced that £29 million of the £90 million allocated to the Arts Capital Programme will go to Black, […]
Artspace Portsmouth has mounted an exhibition that celebrates twenty-one years as an arts organisation. ‘Key Works’, showing at the City Museum and Records Office in Portsmouth, until 2 September, investigates perceptions of museum artefacts. Exhibiting artists had access to the […]
As part of environmental improvements to the Clyde and Rutherglen, Joseph Ingelby was commissioned by South Lanarkshire Council to make a sculpture at Dalmarnock Bridge. Made in galvanised steel and copper, Slipstream takes its inspiration from nautical, navigational and natural […]
Susannah Silver considers the impact of the Year of the Artist and it’s legacy.
In July 2000 I completed a three-month ceramic residency at Cleveland Craft Centre, funded by Northern Arts. I decided to spend the first month of the residency away from the studio, driving around the North York Moors and up and […]
Hilary Williams takes a look at an inclusive project initiated by the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne that reaches out to the local community.
During a major art event it is standard practice for cultural spaces and the art market to take advantage of the international spotlight by producing parallel art events, and with the 25th São Paulo Bienal, Brazil is no exception. With this increased focus in mind, Louise Coysh reports from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Valerie Coffin Price reports on the annual ‘Sculpture by the Sea’ in Sydney.
The Pilgrim Gallery in Bloomsbury, London has recently opened its doors to promote the work of both established and emerging artists. The inaugural exhibition features new paintings by William Dick. Dick based in London has developed a reputation over a […]
A major public artwork programme has evolved from Blackpool’s coast protection scheme, with a number of phases continuing until 2004. The coordination and selection process was undertaken by the Art Department based in Manchester with the main interest being for […]
In May, second-year fine art students from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) competed for the opportunity to place new work in the new arts centre and café at St Martins Church in Birmingham’s Bull Ring. Due to open […]
Grab 5 is a healthy eating promotion aimed at tackling the key barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption – affordability, availability, and acceptability – for primary school children. Funded by the Community Fund and run by Sustain, the alliance for […]
The Ovation 2002 Awards for Yorkshire and Humberside were launched in May. Developed by the Creative Industries Development Agency (CIDA) they celebrate the outstanding creative achievements of individuals or creative businesses working with CIDA, each of whom has achieved significant […]
North Yorkshire-based Chrysalis Arts recently got a boost to its development programme from the Development Fund for Rural Renewal. A £219,500 grant will enable this public art and training organisation to expand its activities, including enhancement of its role as […]
“Imagine an ecological city, where communities are based on voluntary cooperation not competition, mutual aid not private profit, cultural diversity not globalised monoculture, permaculture not consumer culture”.1
At the end of 99 I was awarded the Friends of the Royal Scottish Academy Artist’s Bursary that enabled me to undertake a month-long research visit to Japan. Japanese art has always fascinated me, and it has influenced my painting […]
As a textile artist working with felt, I have had invitations to give workshops in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Denmark, Norway and France, and my research of ethnographic felt has found me in extraordinary nomadic places, such as the Caucus […]
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