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 […]
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. […]
I work predominantly with glass and light, experimenting with these combined mediums to discover visual qualities that inform my ideas.
Over the past twenty-three years working with glass I have come to love the material even more than when I started.
G39 and Chapter, Cardiff 23 February – 30 March
www.swansong.tv 20 March
The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon 25 February – 7 April
Throgmorton Restaurant and Bar, London 15 March, 22 March and 5 April
From 494 applicants and 1,300 individual works, six artists have been shortlisted for the Jerwood Painting Prize, worth £30,000. Judges Norbert Lynton, Keith Patrick, Frank Cohen, Andrea Rose and Charles Saumerez Smith aimed to identify, celebrate and highlight the range […]
The much-vaunted merger between the Arts Council of England and the ten English regional arts boards finally took place on 1 April. The new body has nine regional offices matching the government’s regional boundaries and a national office in London. […]
At Chelmsford, a fibreglass cartoon dog cleans up after a party whilst its owners have been at work. Colchester steps back in time with 1950s style posters of exotic travel. Passengers are caught up in a wild west shoot-out between […]
National Artists Association has commissioned a review of support services needed by UK visual artists. The review is the result of deliberations by the NAA and its principal funder, the Arts Council of England, about the future role of the […]
A temple to shopping in the form of a temporary installation has been created by Malcolm Buchanan-Dick at Basingstoke Shopping Centre. Recital arose from an artist-in-residence project – supported through the Regional Arts Lottery Programme – where Malcolm worked within […]
This one-day symposium brought together applied arts practitioners and students from many artistic viewpoints, and offered an insight into what new technology and digital practice has achieved and its potential future impact on practice.
Brendan Fletcher takes a look at how artist-led initiatives, and the Manchester galleries’ willingness to listen have helped shape the current changes in the Manchester art scene.
Work & Leisure International partners – Paulette Terry Brien and Laurence Lane – describe how their organisation has evolved over ten years of working together and with artists.
Rosemary Shirley talks to Tania Kovats about how she sustained her practice through a flexible and diverse approach to working.
With a long history of working with artists, Habitat’s art programme provides the opportunity of prime viewing space that acts as a springboard for young artists.
The INTERNATIONAL section was introduced to [a-n] MAGAZINE in April last year in recognition that an increasing number of artists have the desire to operate in a global arena. As part of a plan to continually improve the scope and coverage of the international opportunities and other information in [a-n] MAGAZINE, [a-n] THE ARTISTS INFORMATION COMPANY is forging working relationships with a diverse range of arts organisations around the world. This month sees [a-n] MAGAZINE welcome the first of these international partners with profiles of united net-works.org in Sweden and the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland.
The Sculptors’ Society of Ireland The Sculptors’ Society of Ireland (SSI) was established in 1980 to improve the professional standing of sculptors, raise the profile of sculpture and to develop the quality and scope of commissioning procedures and opportunities in […]
Organised by twelve second-year students on the Royal College of Art’s MA in Curating Contemporary Art, FAIR was something of a hybrid between an exhibition and an international art fair. Max Andrews reports on this pioneering project and profiles some of the participants.
Paul Bonaventura talks to Tim Eastop, Senior Visual Arts Officer at the Arts Council of England, about a new initiative to create international practice-based opportunities for individual artists.
With visual arts students all over the country graduating in the next few months, there will soon be a wealth of new talent around. For artists, the first year out of education can be an exciting but difficult one. With a steep learning curve ahead, often it can seem like all the opportunities available are beyond reach.
This month, in Opportunities, there is plenty to help guide you into the world of the professional artist. Some opportunities are specifically aimed at new graduates and others are open to artists at all stages of their careers.
To introduce the section, Molly Tufnell talks about winning a prize for stitched textiles, that is open to textiles students and new graduates (see Awards for more information).
Britart.com gives access to a virtual gallery twenty-four-hours a day, every day of the year; anybody in the world with access to the internet can look at my work. This contact with the audience reflects the inspiration I take from […]
Lab Culture was a six-day residency at Lighthouse Digital Arts, Brighton. It provided equipment, forum space and technical support within an intense programme structure – as well as food and accommodation – to enable participants to produce digital work beyond […]
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