Ladders organisations to close
Shisha, the Manchester-based agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts has closed.
Shisha, the Manchester-based agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts has closed.
Two recent reports highlight the need for leading galleries and museums to better support contemporary artists and their practice.
An abridged version of Dany Louise’s follow-up report on small visual arts organisations cut by Arts Council England, six months after her ‘Ladders for development’ enquiry. She asks: how have these organisations fared and what do their futures hold? Read the full version of this report with updates on all surveyed organisations: www.a-n.co.uk/realising_the_value
New high profile museums and galleries have opened across the UK, but how can they best contribute to the local arts and culture, asks Emily Speed.
New ways are needed to measure the types of value being delivered by small visual arts organisations, according to a new report looking at the role and value of the small-scale visual arts sector within the wider arts ecology.
This month’s bites.
In this issue we continue to get a glimpse of how the visual and applied arts are developing new approaches in a harsher climate.