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Lively, topical news, reviews, features and debate around the environments for visual arts practice.
February 2012
This month in arts funding news Dany Louise reports on how ACE funding cuts are impacting on small-scale production and artist-centred organisations; and we re-publish Variant's intelligent commentary on Creative Scotland's vision; in Reviews Maria Fusco selects texts by Liz Buckley, Anneka French, Gabrielle Hoad, Rachel Murray and Travis Riley; Collaborative relationships uncovers Motion Disabled, a digital exploration of the bodies of people who are physically different; Big picture is by Lilah Fowler; and in Debate Cara Courage examines the gender imbalance in the arts workforce and asks if it's really down to women wanting to 'have it all'? Read on…
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December/January 2011-12
This month, Interface editor Rosemary Shirley's Reviews selection highlights recent visual arts activity in the north of England, showcasing both the variety of artistic activity in the region and wealth of user-generated writing by contributors to Interface; in Collaborative relationships Ruth Ben-Tovim and Anne-Marie Culhane discuss two collaborative projects that focus on exchange, community and participation; in Winning the prize Jack Hutchinson reports from the awards ceremony of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards; Big picture is by Tereza Buskova; in Debate Jon Wakeman asks, is All Points North acting like The Premier League? and Joshua Sofaer asks what can culture do in times of wider crises? Read on…
November 2011
Pointing North highlights the festivals, events and exhibitions taking place across the North of England this season; Katriona Beales reports from the Apha-ville festival symposium in London; in Debate Emma Geliot asks are disabled artists more in the mainstream now - or have the goal posts just moved sideways; and in Collaborative relationships Marcus Coates, Lucy Skaer and Tracey Rowledge recount their experiences of collaborating with dance artists Henry Montes, Gill Clarke and Sarah Warsop to create a series of performance, film and drawing works commissioned by choreographer Siobhan Davies. Read on…
October 2011
Artists, arts policy and funding: 'A fair share?' and 'Understanding Turning Point' are two new reports commissioned by a-n that aim to demystify the environment for contemporary visual arts practice; in 'A preoccupation with cultivation', Elizabeth Wewiora looks at allotment-based practice among contemporary artists; in Debate Alex Murdin asks what is Localism and what effect it is likely to have on art practice in regional areas; and in Collaborative relationships, artist Jo Berry recounts her experience working in a 'live' scientific research environment within the School of Biomedical Sciences at Nottingham University Medical School. Read on…
September 2011
Is collaboration different in the visual arts? Gillian Nicol reports from 'Stronger Together', an event held in Newcastle in June and Nick Sharp discusses IP and copyright issues that arise through collaborative practices; in Debate Kate Phillimore and Matthew de Pulford propose the jester as a vehicle for understanding playfulness, mediation, diplomacy and rebellion within curatorial practice; and in Collaborative relationships artists David Hood and Seainin Passi introduce their ongoing practice Community Facility. Read on…
July / August 2011
Steve Dutton and Katriona Beales report from the Culture cuts conference in London; WeDidThis founder Ed Whiting discusses opportunities that crowd-funding provides for arts organisations and artists; in Debate Dany Louise asks What do festivals add to a city? Big Picture is Phoebe Cummings and in Collaborative relationships Fiona Heathcote and Jon Lockhart discuss Saturdads, a programme of art sessions at a Sure Start children's centre in Oxford. Read on…
June 2011
Executive Director of CARFAC April Britski reports on the Canadian arts funding scene; in Debate Daniel Fawcett argues that artists' use of film holds the key to its future; Big Picture is by Ben Ashton and in Collaborative relationships artists Sarah Evans, David Kefford and CJ Mahony discuss the launch of Aid & Abet, their new artist-run space in Cambridge. Read on…
April 2011
Features include: Margate revealed and Art and learning; in Debate Anna-Marie Gray scrutinises unpaid internships and questions their impact on one's career prospects. In Collaborative relationships artists Nina Coulson and Alexander Johnson of Yoke and Zoom and Susan Miles of ACORP give their accounts of a cultural regeneration project with a difference; plus Big picture by Shan Hur, Reviews, Snapshot and more! Read on…
March 2011
Features include: Residencies and collaborations and Funding the arts locally; in Debate Mark Dean asks is art the new religion? In Collaborative relationships artist David Cotterrell and Projects Director Carolyn Black discuss communication, mutual trust and the benefits of confronting risk; plus Big picture by Doug Jones, Reviews, Snapshot and much more! Read on…
February 2011
Features include 'Commissioning 2011' and 'Prizes and awards'; Dr Jon Bowen debates 'Democracy: the new way forward'; In Collaborative relationships Artsadmin's Manick Govinda and Clare Qualmann of walkwalkwalk discuss recent commissions for the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green; plus News, Reviews, Big Picture, Snapshot and more! Read on…
December 2010 / January 2011
Features include 'How to save money', 'Commission and create' plus 'The biennial's radical heart' in Debate; In Collaborative relationships director of Situations Claire Doherty and artist Stephen Hodge on the wonders of western public art commission; plus News, Reviews, Snapshot and much more! Read on…
November 2010
Studio and workshop facilities profiled in 'Space to create'; 'Partners in art' looks art local authority arts organisers needs; artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson and curator Emma Underhill discuss the Spontaneous City in the Trees of Heaven project in Collaborative relationships; Debate is 'State of practice' by Rich White; plus Reviews, Snapshot and News. Read on…
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