In September 2001, Hartlepool Borough Council advertised the post of ‘Environmental Improvements and Art Link Officer’. Guy Rawlinson explains how the project is progressing after the appointment of two artists to the post. The Headland, Hartlepool is undergoing a major […]
In 1999 I was flicking through a book on Julia Margaret Cameron, the pioneering Victorian photographer.
My first exhibition after leaving college was the Serpentine Summer Show (sadly no longer in existence) which catapulted me into the art world.
Spacex Gallery, The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Exeter Cathedral, Exeter 24 November – 2 February
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe 17 November – 16 February
The Bull Theatre
Barnet, London
High Street, West Bromwich and Limited Edition CD 23 November – 19 December
Technological and scientific research is the focus for three new technology fellowships at Kettle’s Yard Cambridge, awarded to Simon Biggs, Mark Palmer and Alexa Wright. These have been created through a collaboration with the university’s research network Crucible and the […]
Recently-published research commissioned by Chrysalis Arts to identify how to assist the future development of visual and applied artists in north Yorkshire reveals, amongst other things, the impact on practitioners of changes in the rural economy and of foot and […]
Launched at the Frankfurt Bookfair, Ian Breakwell’s Derby Days reveals the diary form to be a continuously shifting and regenerative process. This volume has been drawn together by the nature and geographic location of the initial material and by reconsideration […]
In collaboration with the British Museum, the Chinese Arts Centre is organising ‘Chinese Arts in the International Arena’, 18-20 April. The event will bring together some of the world’s leading figures and thinkers about past, present, and future developments in […]
Adele Howitt’s recent residency at London’s Commonwealth Institute was set up to complement the National Curriculum’s new module on citizenship. Based at Lena Gardens Primary School, the residency aimed to raise the children’s awareness of how to respect and value […]
The Visual Arts Department of the Scottish Arts Council is commissioning a new audit of artists in Scotland, to inform future policies and schemes. Due to be completed by the summer, the study will provide up-to-date statistics and information on […]
When Lesley Davy’s commission to create an artwork for the Economist Plaza faced a technical problem in its realisation, sponsorship from graphics company Halo Digital came to the rescue. For Urban Scan, which involved using the architecture of the Economist […]
Moira Jeffrey visits the Scottish Highlands and Islands to see how a bid for European Capital of Culture is affecting artists and art organisations.
Joanne Lee discusses the evolution of communication and collaboration strategies with Flasch – a group of artists working across northern European countries.
Rosemary Shirley explores ways artists are working in or with remote locations and how new technologies are being employed.
Sunil Gupta, curator with OVA, explains how the organisation promotes cultural diversity in contemporary art.
In the summer of 2001 Philip Kennedy travelled to Tuscany as a recipient of a Juliet Gomperts Memorial Trust award.
The Kamiyama artist in residence programme (KAIR) was established in 1998 by local businessmen, and is supported by schools and cultural institutions, to bring creative energy to a rural community with few cultural resources. Robin Dance gives an account of his participation in the programme in 2000.
Graham Ramsay reports on the artscene in Canada’s largest city.
London-based artist Michal Ohana-Cole applied to an Artlink advert in the January 2001 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE and was selected for the 2002 show themed ‘the way we see ourselves’. “One of my exhibited works – Secret Delights – is […]
Kate Baden Fuller was one of thirteen artists selected to make work for the new extension to the Mater Hospital in Belfast. Commissioned to design and make a back-lit stained glass panel for the entrance hall and café area, she […]
K Hare is currently studying an artist in residence BTEC in Professional Development at Kensington and Chelsea College. Her oil paintings are abstract but contain subject related to the landscape and make frequent reference to the horse. Hare works intuitively […]
