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a-n's the first place to come if you're an artist looking for practical resources and inspirational writing. Here's your quick intro to everything we've got on offer, why it's relevant to you and some tempting tasters to the subscriber-only material.
Welcome to Artists
Sample our resources and tools including free trials and signposting to some of the key titles and themes within the wealth of useful material across the site.
News
09.02.12 - Over 100 artists will be at Colchester's Firstsite this Saturday for OpenAIR. Read on»
08.02.12 - Media misrepresents artist's project and fee. Read on»
30.01.12 - The Photographers' Gallery announces public opening date 19 May 2012. Read on»
30.01.12 - a-n launches Granted, a new professional development programme for artists. Read on »
20.01.12 - Congratulations to Leo Fitzmaurice on winning the 2011 Northern Art Prize! Read on »
Granted
New professional development programme for visual artists and independent arts organisers! First seminar: 'Making and funding work: crowdfunding', 23 February, 10am-4pm, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. Read on »
Sharing ISEA
Charlotte Frost reports from the 'Share Workers: The Techniques and Meanings of Sustainable Digital Networks' panel discussion at ISEA 2011 in Istanbul. Read on »
Arts funding
NEW! Little or large? Gillian Bates explores the complexities and hurdles individual visual artists face if they want to lever grants, and questions whether the funding dice is loaded against the artist in favour of arts organisations. Read on »
NEW! A fair share? Is there enough funding going to individual artists and are the application processes user-friendly? We asked Dany Louise to examine the current state of play for grants to individual artists from the UK arts councils - including comparators of volumes of artists applying and success rates - to see whether a 'fair share' has been getting into the hands of artists to develop their practice. Read on»
Creative Scotland investment strategies unveiled: Scotland’s cultural and artistic community responds to Creative Scotland’s new series of funding categories to consider what the future holds for the country’s artists and arts organisations. Report by Phil Miller, Arts Correspondent at The Herald. Read on »
Ladders for development: Dany Louise discusses new evidence exposing and quantifying the likely impact on the visual arts of Arts Council England's decisions on fifteen previously Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs) visual arts organisations unsuccessful in their NPO application. Read on »
See Arts funding index for more news.
Practical guides
Drawing together a-n's Social media guides alongside a selection of video guides commissioned by Artquest for the ArtlawTV channel. Read on »
Pop up people - an action research project developed by artist and AIR member Dan Thompson and the Empty Shops Network Read on »
Art and ideas - Artist Simon Faithfull talks about some of his experiences, and what he can do to protect aspects of his work. Read on »
Art and appropriation - When does artistic freedom become copyright infringement? Artist David Mabb considers works in his practice, including a run-in with Magnum Photos and appropriating the work of William Morris. Read on »
Social media: Blogging - Chris Unitt talks to Charlotte Frost about different blogging platforms, getting the most from a blog, and some of the most creative artists' blogs around. Read on »
Social media: Twitter - Katy Beale and Charlotte Frost talk micro-blogging and how Twitter can be used as a tool for research, marketing and collaboration. Read on »
Events for artists
AIRTIME
Seeking info on insurance, funding and professional development?
Want to develop your networks and collaborations? Read on »
Artists and curators talking
Reports and summary resulting from a programme of dynamic, practice-led discussions on hospitality, space and contemporary art making, researched and directed by artist, curator and writer Sonya Dyer and jointly commissioned by a-n and Axis. Read on »
AIR benefits
By joining AIR – Artists' Interaction and Representation - you'll not only save money on insurance and but be part of an important professional membership body.
£5m public and products liability insurance free when you join
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Check out all the benefits of AIR including free promotion of your shows, password to all parts of this site and more
www.a-n.co.uk/AIR_subscribe
Artists talking
Hear about and comment on blogs by artists on their projects as they happen, whenever they happen. Read on »
Artists' stories: Emily Speed talks to Andrew Bryant about her blog 'Getting paid'.
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Interface
In 'Unprofessional Development', the second Interface article on critical writing, Joanne Lee writes in praise of the amateur critic
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Info point
If you're an artist new to using our site and resources, we’d like to hear your views and ideas.
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