The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has welcomed the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s final announcement on the Review of Public Administration.
‘Adventures Online 1996-2006: inIVA Online – The First Ten Years’ is launched this month.
New Artists and Makers Emporium (N.A.M.E.), the art and contemporary craft show dedicated to showcasing the very best from new artists and makers, will return to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on 28 and 29 October.
While increased media coverage has helped raise general awareness of war inflicted Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), psychiatrists have further investigated the widespread social traumatic afflictions resulting from repeated psychological assaults, within the civilian population.
Graeme Miller is a theatre maker, composer and artist, whose work reflects a sense of landscape and place.
Contents include: Economic benefits of the arts not felt by artists – but ACE reports a thriving craft market. Record number of NAN ‘Go and See’ bursaries awarded and Visiting Arts funds international networking. Love in a public place and art in a high rise reviewed while Simon Le Ruez peeps behind the net curtains. PDF version [size: 1MB]. Requires pdf reader.
The Meeting of Minds Brain Sciences Project1 put citizens from nine European countries in open dialogue with brain scientists and policymakers, to explore and make decisions on key future concerns.
Re: news story ‘Why are artists poor?’, a-n Magazine March issue.
Despite the fact that more people than ever before are going to galleries, the upsurge of festivals and public and the willingness of foreign collectors to buy British art, it’s clear from talking to artists that their bank accounts are in as dire a state as they’ve ever been.
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia re-opens to the public on 21 May, following a major refurbishment and building project, designed by Foster and Partners.
Arts Council England has announced plans to restructure and refocus the organisation’s national office.
Arts Council England and its partners are launching a new website, Faith and the Arts, which explores the relationship between religion and culture, a subject of much debate as reflected in recent high profile events.
‘The Metropolitan Works Show 06’ presents furniture, lighting, homewares and gifts from some of the UK’s most exciting designers at two venues this month.
Colchester’s firstsite has announced plans for a new purpose-built town centre venue.
Artists in the City is a Reading Borough Council programme that creates opportunities for contemporary artists to make interventions in the public realm and influence the spirit of a place.
The Scottish Arts Council (SAC) has agreed that from April 2007 it will change the way it offers support to the arts in Scotland in its role as a development and funding body, with organisations receiving either ‘foundation’ or ‘flexible’ funding.
Austrian artist, Claudia Pilsl is the inaugural artist-in-residence at the redundant church of St John the Divine, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
The Visiting Arts Artist to Artist International Scheme 2006 provides the opportunity for an artist from overseas to spend a week in the UK with a UK-based artist, enabling an exchange of ideas and information and the strengthening of relationships and networks.
The Crafts Council have announced the appointment of a new director, Rosy Greenlees, and chair, Joanna Foster CBE.
The first ever study of the craft market to be undertaken in England has identified a thriving craft market worth an estimated £883 million, with further potential to grow by sixty-three per cent.
The Shop at Bluebird, King’s Road, London
24 March – 2 April
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
7 February – 2 April
22 March
Workplace Gallery, Gateshead
Norwich Gallery, Norwich
9 March – 22 April
Qube, Oswestry
28 February – 25 March
