Being accidentally locked in an anteroom at the European Commission in Brussels with Edward De Bono was an apt way to begin to understand the European Year of Creativity and Innovation (EYCI). The reason the renowned De Bono was in […]
From 2009, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is changing its funding strategy to support innovative ideas and unusual partnerships across its cultural, educational and social interests. Open to application, the new Innovation Programme aims to support fewer organisations with larger amounts of […]
In 2009, the Contemporary Art Society (CAS) will celebrate 100 years of purchasing thousands of works of contemporary art for museums throughout the UK. As part of the celebrations, CAS will launch a major new award open to its nationwide […]
In January, Arts & Business (A&B) published research showing that arts sponsorship budgets are relatively safe in the short term, but in the longer term the picture is troubling. It also indicated where the cultural sector should turn to secure, […]
The Art in the Social Sphere symposium positioned Radar’s latest programme of work, ‘Group Process’, within the wider context of an increased artistic interest in socially engaged practice. Speakers addressed issues of “authorship, motivations behind an increase in engaged practice […]
‘Re-Route’ at Devon Guild 14 March – 26 April addresses challenges faced by five mid-career makers awarded a contemporary craft fellowship (CCFS). Drawing together research, personal explorations and findings, the exhibition represents the culmination of their year-long fellowships. Developed to […]
The ceramics BAC Honours course at University of Wesminster is set to close in 2013.
Matt Lippiatt’s review of ‘Best in Show’ featured in December’s a-n Magazine raised important matters for recent graduates and the direction they should take upon leaving higher education.
Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn, Cambridge
18 January – 1 March
Liz Forgan has been appointed to succeed Christopher Frayling as Chair of Arts Council Engand; Fotogallery’s Christopher Coppock has taken up the role of Directory of Spike Island; Annie Warburton has left the post ArtsMatrix Director; New Gallery Wallsall Curator […]
London-based Artquest has launched a new free international networking and studio exchange site for visual artists. By joining Artelier, users anywhere can create and update a free profile, providing details about your studios across the Artelier network. The aim is […]
Although visual artists and contemporary art curators seldom feature in the New year’s honours – awarded for public service and benefit – in the 2008 list Nikki Millican, Artistic director of New Moves International (the organisation behind the National Review […]
Gemma Nelson is a young emerging British artist, based in London.
Selected reports on some of the UK’s prizes and awards for artists including cash prizes, solo exhibitions and professional development support.
Featuring artists’ projects and new ventures in the public realm.
As an arts professional committed to the principles of internationalism and cultural exchange I am both dismayed and disgusted by the new UK Home Office regulations that will further curb our invitations to non-EU artists to collaborate with, experience, or […]
Michael Shaw discusses his recent residency at Davy Markham engineering in Sheffield, and works that have resulted from his use of computer aided design and rapid prototyping within his sculptural practice.
Contents include: Up for Debate, The art of amateurism plus Home office curbs non-eu artists; Lucienne Cole’s socially engaged project at Whitworth Art Gallery in Collaborative Relationships; Michael Shaw is this month’s Big picture – his residency at Davy Markham […]
Artquest and SPACE presented Value Added, a one-day conference for artists and commissioners exploring questions of value in relation to socially-engaged artistic practice in November 2008.
The term amateur, until quite recently, described a person pursuing an activity purely for pleasure rather than remuneration. Derived from the Latin ‘Amator’, meaning ‘lover of’, the Victorian amateur may typically have been a sporting gentleman of independent means, but working class amateurism has a strong and colourful history, from photography to astronomy.
Andrea Hawkins, Head of Public Engagement at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery and artist Lucienne Cole talk about an innovative approach to publicly-engaged art.
Based in Basingstoke, Hampshire arts education charity The Making was established to promote talent, excellence and innovation in contemporary craft, art and design in Hampshire and the South East.
Although you may not know it, 2009 has been designated European Year of Creativity and Innovation in recognition that Europe needs to boost its capacity for creativity and innovation, both for social and economic reasons.
Group Process is the latest season of work to be staged by Radar, Loughborough University’s contemporary arts programme. Running into February; it involves new and adapted commissions produced by artists Lisa Cheung, Yvonne Droge Wendel, public works / myvillages.org, Parfyme and Yara El-Sherbini.
In the autumn, Boris Johnson London’s Mayor, set out plans to enhance Londoners’ experience of arts and culture in the capital saying that his job is not to back heritage over modernism [but] to encourage all manner of artistic expression.
