Contents include: PARTNERS initiative places Scottish artists in local communities. Group shows including ‘New Contemporaries’ reviewed, plus putting the ‘temporary’ into Contemporary Art Norwich. Letters on teaching, school residencies and voluntary work. Graham Dolphin remembers Berlin, Dan Willson pictures his […]
Do you work with fine/contemporary art, photography, new media or other visual arts projects which result in participants’ work being exhibited? It may be alongside the artist’s work, as part of the artist’s work, or separately as a spin-off project. […]
89% of those attending a Code of Practice event in 2004 said it provided practical examples they could employ in their practice and 87% said it suggested where they could go to for access to further advice and information. As […]
We’ve had an excellent quality of response to ‘2005degrees unedited’, our critical showcase of graduate exhibitions and new writing. Christine Durrant reviewed Swindon College’s Drawing for Fine Art Practice including Deborah Edwardes’s “gentle narratives [that] conjure up a quiet surreal […]
Look out in September for Good exhibition practice with contributions by Lee Corner and Paul Glinkowski. Subscribers automatically receive copies of each of our 25-year publications. a-n Magazine August 2005
Artists are our major stakeholders, contributing over £340K annually in subscription income. In turn, we return over £120K annually to artists through employment and commissions for research, writing and presentations. As part of our ongoing commitment to consulting with artists […]
A year into this strategic action research project aimed at connecting artists and their networks, we are delighted to announce Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s commitment to three-year funding in support of enhancing the number of UK artists’ bursaries available. The project […]
This month’s artist’s story took the unusual form of a comic strip.
Feedback from artists involved in July’s artists’ research trip to Berlin highlights some of the benefits from artists’ involvement in the NAN initiative. Miranda Whall, in Berlin for a six-month residency, and organiser of the Berlin programme confirms how doing […]
Miranda Whall and Graham Dolphin discuss programming and participating in a research trip to Berlin.
After organising exhibitions in a variety of temporary venues since 1997, Newcastle-based Vane moved into a new development phase in July with the opening of a permanent gallery space. The opening exhibition, ‘Yes No’, brings together two artists, Richard Forster […]
I was fascinated to read your letters page in the July issue of a-n Magazine. Perhaps a new, refreshed debate should commence regarding the value and recompense for all forms of teaching the arts. I have always valued teaching not […]
Reflecting on the three observations concerning the Bootham School Residency in York identifies common dilemmas regarding the nature and status of this kind of work. The conflicting responses do not invalidate each other as they represent artists’ differing experience and […]
Rosemary Shirley’s report on Contemporary Art Norwich.
Research undertaken by Axis (formerly Visual Associations) reveals a lack of interest amongst black and minority artists in being labelled by cultural identity unless this is relevant to their work. Findings suggest that current diversity policies are counterproductive because artists […]
As debates about the economic role of artists in the creative industries roll on, substantial funding has been secured in Lincolnshire to support artists. The Creative Solutions Initiative will launch in September and run for two years. The end game […]
Neville Gabie’s ‘Coast’ commission came to a close with a poignant act on 25 June with the first organised public walk onto Foulness Island since 1911. An MOD testing ground for ballistics, Foulness Island has become almost impossible to access, […]
An artist-led collaboration by Neil Bromwich, Zoë Walker and Michael Pinsky began an international tour on 26 July at Southampton’s John Hansard Gallery. An evolving, expandable and travelling artwork, ‘Panacea’ is designed to function as a universal formula to cure […]
Grace Lau’s recreation of an old Chinese portrait studio forms part of SoCo’s open submission portrait exhibition in Hastings. Her installation arose from her research into British Colonial visions of their Oriental ‘exotic’ subjects and the portraits they reproduced as […]
London-based Alex Hartley has won the Linklaters commission to create a new public work for the Barbican’s £12.5m foyer transformation. Selected from a shortlist of five, Hartley’s work will feature moving images within a 22m high light-wall structure. Announcing the […]
A new annual London showing for North East England artists is at Flowers East until 7 August. Selectors Sam Chatterton Dixon of Flowers East, Cat Newton-Groves (Director of suite77 and ex Contemporary Art Society), Jenny Blyth (Saatchi Collection) and Alan […]
Karen Watson reports on a national studios forum
Cuts in funding at Further Education and Higher Education institutions have had a huge impact recently, particularly within arts departments nationwide, but only cursorily covered in the general press. The government directive to increase student numbers in spite of this […]
Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
8 April – 24 June
Bolwick Hall, Marsham, Norwich
12-26 June
