a-n Magazine 2007 January - a-n The Artists Information Company

Filmmaker Clio Barnard and sculptor Roger Hiorns are winners of the new Jerwood/Artangel Commissions worth £1million, promoted last year through a-n.

The untimely death in November of Deborah Rawson, ETA founder and director, has precipitated changes at this well-respected South East England-based artists’ development organisation, including staff redundancies.

Based in a former potato warehouse in Hull’s Fruitmarket area, Hull Art Lab (HAL) staged many challenging and disciplinary art events over the past two years.

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and the Otolith Group, two winners from the recent Decibel awards for artists, are showing at the International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Seville.

Arts Council England has at last ventured into the world of open web-based debate as part of its review of the public value of the arts.

A survey of 1,500 undergraduates commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute on Universities has indicated that the work put in by students in England varies greatly between both subjects and institutions, bringing the value of a degree into doubt.

Tragically, Deborah Rawson, founder and Executive Director of ETA (Empowering the Artist) died of a heart attack on 10 November 2006, aged forty-four.

The next ARTfutures will be held at Bloomberg SPACE, London, 8-14 March.