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 […]
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.
For artist Emma Baird Murray, Coed Hills Rural Artspace in South Wales has become a place of inspiration, a space where making art, sustainable living and community involvement go hand in hand. She describes how the organisation works with artists in a rural setting.
The Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax 13 April – 30 June
The Ann Sutton Foundation (ASF) was established in October 2001 to raise the profile and design quality of woven textiles in the UK. The launch in June coincided with the 2002 art college degree shows and incorporated an exhibition entitled […]
Dream Time, a new award that offers high achievers in arts, science and technology the chance to take time out to explore new creative areas and refresh their thinking, was launched in May by NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, […]
The more I see of painting, the less I understand it. But I know how it makes me feel.
In the November 2001 issue of [a-n] Magazine St Blaise Ltd, a company specialising in the restoration of historic buildings, sculpture and monuments placed an ad looking for an artist to join their team working on the project at the Kings Library, at the British Museum. Cathy Littlejohn applied, got the job and found that it’s had a positive effect on her own fine art practice.
June 2001 was a great month for me, I responded to an opportunity in [a-n] MAGAZINE and was selected, together with nineteen other UK artists, to make work in response to poems by disabled writers. The advert invited submissions to […]
Over the past three years Steven Barrett has had nine exhibitions as a result of applying for opportunities listed in [a-n] MAGAZINE. These included his first solo show in the annual ‘New works’ exhibition at the Farnham Maltings Gallery, as […]
In January 2002, Sally Cartwright and six other designers were selected by the Birmingham and Solihull International Trade Team – working with Trade Partners UK and West Midland Arts – to exhibit work at the British Embassy in Brussels as part of a trial exporting sheme.
Gaia Persico, whose work can be seen this month in ‘EASTinternational’ in Norwich, reveals how her working practice – truly international and portable in nature – has grown from her other occupation as a member of an airline cabin crew.
Adrian Barron and Tim Davies report on their involvement in an international environmental art project in the rainforests of Belize.
Sally Shaw meets artistic duo John Wood and Paul Harrison to talk about collaboration, long-distance relationships and career development.
In 1999 we visited Moscow for the first time and whilst there contacted the British Council to propose a new work looking at aspects of the Russian space programme.
This year will be the second ‘Fresh Art’ event at the Business Design Centre in Islington.
Here gallery director and selector Chris Noraika outlines his view on the event’s somewhat controversial status, and some artists tell us of their experiences and expectations.
Brigid Howarth investigates ways in which artists are making work and collaborating with industry.
BALTIC, heralded as a “new breed of public space, an art factory where artists from all over the world will come and work”, finally opens to the public on 13 July. The former flourmill has been converted into a multi-purpose […]
As part of strategies to improve the professional context for artists, the Arts Council of England commissioned Clare McAndrew and Lorna Dallas-Conte to examine implementation of droite de suite (artists’ resale rights) in other countries and recommend good practice for […]
As an artists’ facility and studio complex, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop has been active on the Scottish art scene for the last fifteen years. More recently, we have been setting up links with numerous European countries, the most ambitious and widespread […]
Officers of the English arts funding system had something other than the Jubilee celebrations to think about over the June long Bank Holiday weekend. The week before, all had been issued with the long-awaited outline of the proposed new structure. […]
The latest commission for Compton Verney in Warwickshire, John Kippin’s ‘Beauty, Harmony, Truth: navigating the English country house’ documents the impact of political, social and economic change on the British landscape. His observations were exhibited from April-June on sets of […]
The phrase ‘weekend break’ took on a new meaning when fifteen artists were invited to spend time at the Great Eastern Hotel in London’s Liverpool Street and create site-specific work inspired by the space. As a result hotel guests there […]
