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 […]
Valerie Coffin Price reports on the annual ‘Sculpture by the Sea’ in Sydney.
Simon Morrissey cuts to the chase with Cornelia Parker and finds out how she has fought commercial pressures to follow her own artistic agenda.
This year’s open studios event at Cockpit Arts showcases this London-based studios’ Developing Professional Practice programme alongside work by over 100 makers based there. Now in its second year, the programme aims to guide makers in the development of crucial […]
I work predominantly with glass and light, experimenting with these combined mediums to discover visual qualities that inform my ideas.
In 2001, commissioning agency Artworks Wales placed an advert in [a-n] MAGAZINE for a commission to design and build a clock for the newly refurbished ticket hall in Cardiff Central Railway Station. Martin Smith applied and was offered the commission. […]
The North West Arts Board Setting Up Scheme is designed to provide specialist support and assistance to craftspeople, photographers and visual artists during the early stages of their careers. Working in partnership with host organisations such as museums, galleries and […]
If you can make a case that your work would benefit from £5000 and you graduate in the summer of 2002, then you’re eligible for a Woo Foundation bursary. Nicholas Rena received an award in 2001 and was pleased to […]
Judith Staines visits Mumbai and reports on its reputation for contemporary art.
Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) is a national scheme, providing visual artists and makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research, or realise a project, using workshop and supporting facilities in Fine Art and Design departments. Artists […]
Ola Gustafsson and Lesley Young of protoacademy report on their involvement in the fourth Gwangju Biennale in Korea.
Erik Hagoort profiles the Amsterdam-based independent artists’ information agency – Trans Artists – the latest in our series of developing international partners.
Angharad Pearce Jones reports on the relationship between Welsh artists and musicians, and the creation of Capsule, a new visual arts venture that celebrates this creative crossover.
Jessica Loseby shares in her experience of initiating a net art project and becoming ‘cyber-chic’.
Malcolm Dickson highlights the issues around the future needs of artists’ organisations in Scotland.
G39’s Chris Brown reports on a stimulating seminar for artist-led initiatives in southwest England.
Over the last ten years I have been involved in a series of ambitious publicly sited projects that have been diverse, both in their physical appearance and their scale, whilst fulfilling various conceptual criteria.
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen’s shop and gallery, based at the Riverside Mill in Bovey Tracey on the fringes of Dartmoor, has recently undergone a transformation. Thanks to substantial grants from the lottery, it now boasts new display units, fitted […]
Cable Street Studios has flourished as a working space for artists for over twenty years and is now one of the largest studio blocks in London. As land prices in Docklands increased massively, Cable Street became highly desirable to developers. […]
For the Beacon’s Golden Years project, Martin Newth has used pinhole photography, hand-built giant camera obscuras and digital imaging to examine perceptions of changes in Whitehaven, and its immediate and wider context over the past fifty years. Engaging with community […]
Selected by art historian Frances Borzello, academic and commentator Germaine Greer, artist Jenny Saville, and expert on ageing Dr Leonie Kellaher ‘Art, Age and Gender’ presents work by women artists that explores all aspects of ageing from cradle to grave. […]
As part of a new residency programme, Vicky Isley and Paul Smith are working part-time at ArtSway this year and artists Alistair Gentry, Charlie Murphy and Emilia Telese will each spend a month in residence. Isley and Smith are behind […]
Louise Crawford’s eight-month collaboration with architects Ian Alexander of McKeown Alexander explored issues central to redeveloping Glasgow’s Merchant City and Trongate, the home of arts organisations Transmission, Market, Glasgow Independent Studios, Street Level and Glasgow Print Studios. Entitled Fieldwork, the […]
Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth
29 March 2002 – 30 March 2003
