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a-n appoints eight new Board Members
a-n The Artists Information Company has announced eight significant new appointments to its Board. With four practising visual artists among this new cohort, the organisation continues to ensure that artists are central to the governance of the organisation.
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Turner Prize Preview
I made a flying visit to Margate to attend the Turner Prize Preview for A-N on Friday, a not insubstantial journey from Oxford! Arriving early to preview ‘Quartet’, an exhibition at the Lombard Gallery featuring two A-N artist members (and […]
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In memory of Eleonora Schinella, 1987–2018
A much-loved and admired member of the a-n team, digital manager Eleonora Schinella died on 5 August after suffering from a rare bone tumour. She will be greatly missed.
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Seven things that Jamboree 2018 taught us, including the difference between ‘Mince’ and ‘Sausage’ artists
Taking place on the idyllic Dartington Estate in Devon the a-n-supported Jamboree 2018 brought together 150 artists, curators and programmers from across the UK for lively discussion and the exchange of ideas. Hannah Pierce, a-n’s external programmes and partnerships manager, shares the key things she learnt from the event’s four days.
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‘Diverse and Productive Indefinitely’
The Wiki definition of sustainability talks of a biological entities ability to ‘remain diverse and productive indefinitely.’ Having just completed my 2017 – 2018 tax return (& subsequently reviewed the previous ten years of accounting records) this notion of ‘indefinite […]
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a-n Assembly 2018: new series of “artist-led peer learning and sharing” events announced
a-n’s Assembly programme of workshops, talks and networking returns with a new series of one-day events taking place in four cities around the UK. With events in Salford and Birmingham already confirmed, we take a closer look at the Assembly Salford programme which will explore how artists can maintain their presence within a city region undergoing rapid development.
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Reflections on participating in the Artists’ International Delegation 2018
Reflections on participating in the Artists’ International Delegation 2018, Budapest: Dialogue, discussion, debate, and discourse. dialogue Noun 1 A conversation between two or more people as a feature in a book, play or film. 1.1 A discussion between two or […]
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Artists’ International Delegation 2018: Representing the Northern North West
From the outset I am going to state that a lot of this post is based on assumptions or limited information. However, this writing is being used as an opportunity to lay out some thoughts prior to setting off to […]
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Artists’ International Delegation 2018, Budapest: Taking the train
I am so excited to say that I will be taking a train across Europe and heading for Budapest as part of an a-n / Castlefield artist delegation. I intend to blog during and after the trip as a way […]
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Budapest: Thinking Through Writing
Refelections on a trip to Budapest as part of the a-n / Castlefield Artists’ International Delegation 2018
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Review: Edmund Clark, Ikon Gallery – by Trevor H Smith
In the last of eight reviews stemming from the writer development workshop at Ikon Gallery in December, Trevor H Smith finds many questions left hanging in Edmund Clark’s exhibition, ‘In Place of Hate’. I am led down a strip-lit corridor, […]
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Review: Edmund Clark, Ikon Gallery – by Martin Hamblen
For his review of Edmund Clark’s ‘In Place of Hate’, Martin Hamblen is struck by an absence on the inside. A walk-in, waist-high light box, constructed in the shape of a right angled capital C. On the exposed Perspex surface […]
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a-n begins search for a new Chief Executive Officer
After four years in the role, a-n’s director Jeanie Scott is to step down later this year.
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Review: Edmund Clark, Ikon Gallery – by Jessica Ramm
For her 600-word review following the writer development workshop at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, Jessica Ramm chose to write about Edmund Clark’s exhibition. For the exhibition ‘In Place of Hate’, Edmund Clark offers up the culmination of his three-year residency at […]
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an Professional Development Bursary 2017 (1)
Various adventures in Letterpress with an aim to inform and improve my practice and explore the possibility of future collaborations.
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a-n Writer Development Programme 2017-18
The second a-n Writer Development Programme is underway. Over the next five months or so, this blog will include a bit of commentary and plenty of writing by the eight participants.
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a-n launches five-year Valuing Artists strategy
The new strategy will tackle the growing challenges artists face in sustaining their careers, with a fundamental aim of ensuring policy makers and commissioners value the artist as well as the art.
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a-n Writer Development Programme 2017/18: open for applications
a-n is inviting applications for its Writer Development Programme 2017-18, which will run from August 2017 to March 2018.
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Arts Council England NPO announcement: a-n enters exciting period of growth and development
Arts Council England’s National Portfolio announcement sees a-n become a Sector Support Organisation for the 2018-22 portfolio.
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Beyond the Canal Grande
Selection of creative discoveries at the Venice Biennale 2017 with a bursary from a-n The Artist Information Company
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Venice Biennale 2017 through foot-drawings – continued (Part 2)
1oth May On the evening of the 10th we all went to the Diaspora Pavilion exhibition and launch-party at Palazzo Pisani. The works comprising of sculpture, wall drawing, sound, video, painting and installations assailed all the senses. The nineteen artists did […]
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Venice Biennale 2017 through foot-drawings
a-n bursary award to attend the Venice Biennale 2017 experienced through performance work, drawing the pavilions with feet. It was amazing.
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Beware the sound of the galloping hooves….
Narrative from the RD1st coaching accreditation programme 2017, course fees funded and attendance gratefully supported by a bursary from a-n, The Artists Information Company…
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Assembly Liverpool: focusing on artist-led activity
For the second of a-n’s touring programme of workshops, talks and get-togethers, we’re heading to Liverpool where artist Kevin Hunt has developed two days of activities focusing on the artist-led project spaces that punctuate the city’s institution-heavy gallery ecology.