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Latest AIR Council meetings and collaborations

AIR Council meets with key organisations with view to enhancing collaborations. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk September 2011

AIR member interview: Rich White

By: Jack Hutchinson

Installation, photographic and multimedia artist Rich White discusses working for free, the public perception of artists and notions of 'amateur' and 'professional' in the visual arts. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk August 2011

The C-word

By: Andrew Bryant

Artists Talking Online Editor Andrew Bryant explores notions of commodity and compromise following a lively discussion at the June AIR Salon. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk June 2011

State of the Arts 2011

By: Jack Hutchinson

Jack Hutchinson reports for AIR from the second annual State of the Arts Conference, organised by the RSA and Arts Council England. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk February 2011

The Direct Weekend

Second weekend of action, planning, imagining, working and thinking takes place at Camberwell College of Art in defiance of the state's attack on education, free thought and expression. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk January 2011

Free online collaboration: Huddle

Do you regularly collaborate with artists and arts professionals in geographically diverse locations? Are you spending a fortune on phone calls and travel costs? Huddle may be the solution... Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk November 2010

Spending Review: Arts Council faces 30% cut

Arts Council asked to protect 'front line' services despite facing budget cut of 29.6%. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk October 2010

Emily Speed: Tracking AIR Activism

Artist Emily Speed reports on all the latest news from the AIR Activists programme - active members of AIR recruited to proactively contribute to raising the profile and widening recognition of the value of artists. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk September 2010

AIR Launch Event

On Wednesday 6 October AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation launched its programme to develop a modern, inclusive infrastructure for artists' representation. The event took place at DACS (Design & Artists Copyright… Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk September 2010

Brendan Lyons and Michele Fletcher win painting prize

AIR members Brendan Lyons and Michele Fletcher awarded joint first prize in FRINGEMK Painting Prize 2010. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk September 2010

Pension changes and the options for artists

End of so called 'default' retirement age nothing new to artists - but what options are available to practitioners for financial security later in life? Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk August 2010

Kai-Oi Jay Yung exhibits at Manchester Cornerhouse

AIR member Kai-Oi Jay Yung exhibits in Unrealised Potential, a collaborative group exhibition instigated by artist/curator Mike Chavez-Dawson. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk July 2010

Craft key to creative knowledge economy

New report reveals extent of the contribution of entrepreneurial craft makers to industry, education and community and the importance of the mastery of real things in this digital and information age. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk July 2010

AIR Interview: Rosalind Davis on the new coalition

AIR member Rosalind Davis is a mixed media painter and graduate from the RCA. She creates melancholic dystopian landscapes that explore human experience and identity. A freelance lecturer and creative practitioner with work in both public and private collections, Davis is also founding member of Core Gallery, an artist led exhibition space in Creekside, the new art hotspot in Deptford, London. Here she discusses her thoughts on the new coalition government and how cuts to arts funding will affect her personally. Read on…

News, a-n.co.uk June 2010

Your forums

Your forums are the place for exchange amongst a-n subscribers. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk March 2010

AIR ways March 2010

Featuring AIR members' projects. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk March 2010

AIR members benefit from Payback

In 2009, the first year AIR benefited from Payback as a Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) appointed company for collective licensing. 163 AIR members got a share of the £3m collective licensing revenue distributed through this scheme. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk March 2010

Artists on Turning point groups

The East Midlands Visual Arts Network launches a consultation on its future direction and activities and invites artists and arts professionals to take part. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk March 2010

Artists' mobility campaign

Last year, the Home Office introduced new restrictions on international artists and academics visiting the UK for talks, temporary exhibitions, concerts or artists' residencies who have to to navigate arduous and expensive procedures to get a visa, and even more bureaucratic controls when in the UK. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk March 2010

Artists studios forecasting

Acme Studios and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, have set up a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a part government-funded programme which helps businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of the knowledge, technology and skills that are available within the UK knowledge base. Read on…

Home page story, a-n.co.uk February 2010