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Arts organisers
We've provided a point of contact within our information-rich site so you can more easily research around the environment for contemporary visual arts and gather insights into the what, why and how of artists' practice.
Welcome to Arts organisers
Welcome to the area of the site created especially for you. Whether you’re a visual arts specialist or working more broadly within the arts, here you’ll find quick routes into some of our key resources and materials, plus signposting to areas referred to regularly.
Insights and intelligence
Quick routes into timely discussions and debates.
LATEST! Arts Funding: Twelve Visual arts representatives send letter to Jeremy Hunt MP Read on »
Highlights from Shift Happens conference on arts, learning and technology. Read on »
New licence to operate for Creative & Cultural Skills.
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Free guidelines to developing a sustainable approach to public art.
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Arts Council England publishes the criteria it uses to make decisions about which organisations to fund regularly.
The criteria for Arts Council England regular funding »
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Highlights from our user-generated sites Artists talking, Interface, Jobs and opps and a-n Magazine
Site developments
Lots of new user features have recently been added including: bookmark and share tools, article comments facility, Jobs and opps email alerts and Forums.
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New! Swap shop and Know-how forums - offering subscribers space to share knowledge, skills, material and equipment.
Good practice
Explore the nuts and bolts of working with artists collaboratively and effectively.
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Timely, expert advice that explores working relationships between arts organisers and artists and provides guidance for advisors and tutors.
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Follow Jacqueline Berridge’s story of setting up 18 studios in Long Eaton, Nottingham.
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Inspire confidence among project partners with The Code of practice.
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Collaborative relationships
Ania Bas and Exhibitions officer Helen Jones reflect on an innovative approach to a residency in Walsall.
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Alison Kershaw and Gill Wright on developments to a unique Grade II* listed building.
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Download Rohini Malik Okon's a-n Collections publication.
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Spread the word
Quick links to some essential resources for you to pass to artists.
Jane Watt's guide to using Jobs & opps as a learning resource.
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Free public and products liability cover for artists through with a-n+AIR.
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What should artists charge you? Use these sample rates as a guide.
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Work place
Our jobs and opps service is used by 12,000 professional artists, and gets your work out to the best applicants.
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Critical writing
Check out all the latest reviews over at Interface.
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Looking for a visual arts writer? There’s hundreds to chose from - with examples of their writing - in our index on Interface.
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New ideas
Nominate an artist, curator or commissioner who has inspired you for profiling through our much-visited site, by emailing at any time to info@a-n.co.uk with Nomination in the title and a line or two plus contact details for you and your nominee.