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Joshua Sofaer
Roddy Lumsden talks to artist Joshua Sofaer about the differences between performance and live art, audiences, and finding funding.
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Life Changes
David Butler discusses the shift in government policy that increasingly recognises the role of artists in contributing to ‘social inclusion’ initiatives and welcomes your response.
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Young curators rewarded
A gallery run by children is amongst recent recipients of a Scottish Arts Council lottery grant. Room 13, a group of primary school children who run an art studio and gallery at Caol Primary School near Fort William, was awarded […]
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Swindon celebrated
A two-year residency in Swindon by Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio launched last November recently presented the outcome of its first phase. Commissioned by the Asda Wal-Mart supermarket and managed by public art agency Artpoint, the residency aims to celebrate […]
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Future workings
In its thirty-five year contemporary history, the residency has become a complex affair, according to research by the Centre for Cultural Policy and Management in Newcastle upon Tyne. A study conducted by Kevin Stephens as part of the Year of […]
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Art for everyone?
Hilary Williams takes a look at an inclusive project initiated by the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne that reaches out to the local community.
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Artists save the world?
“Imagine an ecological city, where communities are based on voluntary cooperation not competition, mutual aid not private profit, cultural diversity not globalised monoculture, permaculture not consumer culture”.1
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Everyday people
On the West Coast of America, Harrell Fletcher is making history – not in the grandiose sense, but through an approach to art-making that brings out individual voices and stories.
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Culture in regeneration
The South East Development Agency has recently pledged £70 million to support for community projects in the Southern and South East Arts areas. The aim is to address some of the regions social inequalities and bring tangible improvements to the […]
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The art of fitting in
Site-specificity and community involvement might be buzzwords for attracting funding bodies, but they are no guarantee of project success. Emma Safe visited Swansea for this year’s Locws2 to find out how they tackled some of the issues.
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Points of view
A recent project by Emily Allchurch and Pamela Wells addressed issues around landscape and social-engaged practice. Sited at Orleans House Gallery, London, ‘A Hill with a View’ formed part of Arcadia in the City 2002 and celebrated the centenary of […]
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Eyes on stalks
A book celebrating the extraordinary work of Welfare State International, written by founder John Fox, was launched in July. Established in 1968, Welfare State made their name with groundbreaking events such as ‘The Raising of the Titanic’ in a London […]
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Talk of the Town
The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon 25 February – 7 April
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Home made
Clark Dawson meets Chad McCail and Eliza Gilchrist to discuss the furniture recycling workshops they run for young ex-homeless people.
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Mediation explored
Project articulate is a collaborative partnership between artists Lucy Pedlar and Fran Bossom for whom education work is integral to their practice. The project proposes continuous action-research into new strategies for mediating between artist, artwork and audiences of all ages. […]
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Question time
Lucy Byatt discusses some of the issues around notions of ‘engaged practice’.
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Whistler
High Street, West Bromwich and Limited Edition CD 23 November – 19 December
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States of education
Sophie Scott reports on her experience of the different attitudes and approaches to education initiatives in the arts in the USA.
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Radical proposals
As part of the Year of the Artist programme, Michael Pinsky was in residence in the Town Planning Department of Chelmsford Borough Council earlier this year. Unusually perhaps for a local authority residency, his brief was to offer radical and […]
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People and place
Roxane Permar considers a selection of the projects discussed at a recent conference, exploring what they tell us about current trends in public art commissioning.
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Positive engagements
Government enthusiasm for involving young people in arts activities has focused the attention of many galleries. Kate Tregaskis reports from Scotland on recent debates around programmes abroad and raises some questions about good practice.
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No ticket to ride
Elvis has finally left the building. This time though there will be no shiny white stretch limo, but a battered old Hackney cab driven by artist Stephen Skrynka. This bizarre sight was seen in and around Glasgow as part of […]
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Art map
An unusual work of art was seen over the Cardiff Bay in June when artists Hana Sakuma and Adrian Holme created ‘Sky Map’ to coincide with the official opening of Cardiff Bay barrage. The work was commissioned by PLACE, which […]
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Taking control
Lucy Wilson talks to Anna Best about her unconventional Year of the Artist residency working with staff at a-n The Artists Information Company.
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Battle of Orgreave
Contemporary re-enactment, art event or memorial? David Butler gives an insider account of Jeremy Deller’s ambitious Artangel Times commission.