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ACE Wednesday
On 30 March, Arts Council England announced the winners and losers in the new National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for funding 2012-15. Here's a-n's take on what's happened, the likely impact on artists, independent arts professionals and the arts ecology as well as highlights from some of the many comments and discussions that are in train. Read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk April 2011
Future art and design under threat
In March, AIR - Artists Interaction and Representation - put its weight behind calls for art education to be accessible to all, following a survey in which 95% of its members gave hearty support to the view that art education should be accessible "irrespective of background and financial status". Here we outline AIR's campaign and the survey's key findings to provide evidence for artists to use. Read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk April 2011
Travelling hopefully
The end of the art and design academic year is often the time for travel and other ways of broadening horizons. Here's a few of the many options around and about. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk April 2011
Work-a-thon for the self-employed
Ellie Harrison's latest project 'Work-a-thon for the Self-Employed' will take place at Toynbee Studios, London on 13 June as part of the Two Degrees festival. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk April 2011
Foreign focus
In light of the harsh economic climate facing UK-based artists we ask: what opportunities are there overseas? This selection of Artists talking blogs, interviews and articles reveal projects taking place as far afield as China and the subarctic. Read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk April 2011
ACE cuts to existing visual arts organisations
This list is of existing visual arts RFOs not being taken on by Arts Council England as National Portfolio Organisations and whose grants will be cut from 2012/13.
a-n says these ACE cuts will severely damage artists' initiatives in England, impacting on the livelihood of artists and future vitality and sustainability of the visual arts. The visual arts is artists.
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Information, a-n.co.uk March 2011
ACE National Portfolio Organisation grants
The visual arts organisations the Arts Council has selected for funding as National Portfolio Organisations.
ACE's decision to prioritise big lottery-funded galleries over smaller-scale and production-based venutures will impact severely on artists' livelihoods. a-n calls on all these funded galleries to allocate fees and payments to artists in support of the critical mass to guarantee that quality visual arts will emerge in the future. Read on…
Information, a-n.co.uk March 2011
Art and learning
Education and community projects engaging artists and audiences across the UK and Europe. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk March 2011
Cultural leadership move
The Cultural Leadership Programme (CLP) established five years ago closed at the end of March. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk March 2011
Gallery developments
Openings, closures and relocations of art spaces around the UK. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk March 2011
Photography celebrated
The 2011 Sony World Photography Awards due to be announced on 27 April in London is the highlight of the London World Photography Festival. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk March 2011
Funding the arts locally
Local authority cuts as seen from the frontline of visual arts providers. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n.co.uk February 2011
Residencies and collaborations
A selection of projects that focus on the development of artists' practice and their engagement with local communities.
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Feature, a-n.co.uk February 2011
APT funding
Artist Parents Talking (APT) supported by a-n and a NAN Go and See research bursary, has successfully bid for £7,147 from Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2011
New directions for the arts
Speaking at the Culture Change conference in January, Arts Minister Ed Vaizey called on arts organisations to embrace new technology as a resource to engage and develop audiences. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2011
Arts cuts bite
In advance of 2012's arts cuts, some important production organisations supporting visual arts' practice will shortly close. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2011
Visual arts vulnerable
The majority of RFOs across art form have an annual income of less than £500,000, whilst they only receive 8% of the income of all RFOs. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk February 2011
Audiences ripe for online digital interaction
A new report from MTM London for Arts Council England exposes the potential for greater audience development in the arts through digital media. Subscribers read on…
News, a-n.co.uk January 2011