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Jack Hutchinson
Jack Hutchinson is an artist, writer and educator. A specialist on the role of digital technology within the visual arts, he is Communications Officer for AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation through a-n The Artists Information Company. His writing has featured in a diverse range of publications, including Dazed and Confused, Garageland, Guardian Culture Professionals, Twin Magazine, a-n Magazine and Schweizer Kunst. Based in London at Bow Arts Trust, he is an active campaigner for artistic, legislative and economic measures that enhance artists' working lives and professional status. His drawings have featured in solo and group exhibitions across the UK.
jackhutchinsonair@googlemail.com | www.jackjhutchinson.com
Virginia Verran
Centre for Recent Drawing, London
12 April - 25 May 2013 Read on…
Review, a-n.co.uk May 2013
Madge Gill Residency
Blog following my residency at the Nunnery Gallery, London. I will be responding to the work of Outsider artist Madge Gill and producing a new series of drawings for the exhibition 'Autography', opening 23 August… Read on…
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COMMENT: Creative Economies and the artist
Yesterday’s Creative Economies seminar in London looked at the role of the arts in economic development and regeneration. But how does the artist fit in with this?
Read on…News, a-n.co.uk June 2012
Artists’ pensions research
Joseph Young, Vice Chair of AIR, to conduct research into artists’ pensions. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk June 2012
Open submissions: the inside story
How do you run an open exhibition? Jo King, curator of the Ludlow Open, explains all, from sourcing funding and the reasons behind charging artists entry fees, to curating 60 artists' work. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk June 2012
What makes a successful campaign?
The Manifesto Club's Visiting Artists Campaign forced the Home Office to back down over red-tape immigration rules that were having a direct impact on non-EU artists. Manick Govinda explains how they did it. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk June 2012
Snapshot
Back in 2009, Snapshot was my first paid commission as a writer. Over the last four years contributing to this feature has resulted in an array of connections with superb artist-focused organisations. It never ceases to amaze me how resilient we are as a sector. The support offered to smaller organisations who play a pivotal role in the development of artists has been inspiring, although more still needs to be done.
This month's selection is a mix of resilience, newly established, and a few personal faves. The one thing they all have in common? They put artists at the centre.
Subscribers read on…Snapshot, a-n.co.uk May 2012
Artists and Pinterest
Jack Hutchinson gets to grips with the latest digital networking tool and asks: how and why should artists be using it? Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk April 2012
ArtSway announces closure
Unique New Forest gallery forced to close following loss of Arts Council funding. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk April 2012
Do artists have a duty to campaign?
Artists Sally Lemsford and Elizabeth Murton reflect on AIR's first annual members forum, OpenAIR: Effecting Change. Interview by Jack Hutchinson. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk March 2012
Full impact of ACE cuts laid bare
Research by the Stage illustrates how Arts Council cuts are decimating arts organisations. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk March 2012
Business investment in visual arts falls
Despite massive drive by the government, investment by businesses in the arts drops to lowest level for seven years. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2012
Artists and Pinterest
We get to grips with the latest digital networking tool and ask: how can artists use it? Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2012
Artists effecting change
February saw the inaugural OpenAIR: Effecting Change members forum take place at Firstsite, Colchester as well as State of the Arts, Arts Council England's (ACE) annual conference, which had Artists' Shaping the World' as its theme. Emily Speed, Jack Hutchinson and Gillian Nicol give their views of these events. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk February 2012
Report: OpenAIR Effecting Change
On 11 February 2012, Firstsite, Colchester, hosted AIR's first annual members forum. OpenAIR asked participants: how can artists effect change and what will this look like? Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2012
How can artists effect change?
Artists shaping the world is a hot topic at the moment. Jack Hutchinson asks: can artists effect change and what will this look like? Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2012
OpenAIR interview: Dan McQuillan
AIR Communications Officer Jack Hutchinson catches up with OpenAIR Action Presenter Dan McQuillan. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk January 2012
Artists move to effect change
OpenAIR, the first annual members'forum of AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation, offers a unique platform for artists' dialogue and debate, empowered and enabled through speakers drawn from very different disciplines and fields of work, all committed to campaigning for effective change. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk January 2012
AIR member wins Northern Art Prize
Wirral-based artist Leo Fitzmaurice is recipient of £16,500 prize. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk January 2012
Record number of artists receive Payback from DACS
December 2011 saw a record 14,500 visual artists enjoy a share of £4.4 million in Payback royalties through DACS. Read on…
News, a-n.co.uk January 2012