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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…
Back issues
May 2008
Artists respond to call for commission proposal fees, open studio events previewed, digital art and new media artforms reviewed. New Collaborative relationships series on artists and collaborators – this issue curators give insights into their practice. Work by Alex Hetherington and Janie Nicoll in the first 'Big picture' feature. Read on…
April 2008
How do other artists feel about unpaid public art competitions? Reviews from Luxembourg, Glasgow and Rotterdam. Artist-led strategies and programmes that support professional development plus report on Professional development through networking scheme. Artists developing their practice and careers beyond the UK. Read on…
March 2008
AIR Artist's advisory group response to McMaster review. Rachel Lois Clapham sees parallels between Aaron Head's exhibition and works by Helen Chadwick, Bob and Roberta Smith and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Visual arts funding news from England, Scotland and Wales. Improving your chances of success when making funding applications. Read on…
February 2008
New Snapshot section: Chris Brown with what's on in February. Rose Rose debates local vs global arts practice. The Northern Art Prize and Art Basel Miami Beach reviewed. This year's most significant open exhibitions and prizes profiled plus regeneration and the role of agencies and consultancies in commissioning public art. Read on…
January 2008
Can artists engage in collaboration without slipping into a parasitic relationship? Helen Knowles on her experiences. Reviews includes group show at Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Fiona Curran at Mac, Birmingham and Neil Webb at Bloc, Sheffield. Susan Jones explores art in the public realm. Read on…
December 2007
Rob Kesseler comments on 'Firing Thoughts' ceramics conference and Gabrielle Hoad reviews five artists' interventions in museum exhibition on abolition of slavery. Permanent studio space, options in England, Wales and Ireland discussed. Value of Creative Partnership's work within curriculum confirmed by new report. In previews, Bloomberg New Contemporaries. Read on…
November 2007
Government Spending Review announced, Ixia on public art and planning, and Crafts Council unveils new strategy. Artists' professional development opportunities under the spotlight and live art showcased at 'Vital 07'. Chisenhale Open and new book by Black Dog Publishing reviewed. Read on…
October 2007
Crafts strategy examined plus Focus on rural arts initiatives. Alex Hartley's photographs draw attention to potential for architecture. Jerwood shortlist: drawings by Kerry Phippen, Adam Sunderland and Holly Atrum. New a-n+AIR Public and products liability insurance for AIR members, plus Interface site launched. Read on…
September 2007
'Making Artists Visible' focuses on open studio events while in 'Workspace for Artists' studios and workshops are in the spotlight. In reviews Alex Hetherington at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Dr Stephen Riley reflects on insightful videos by Thust and Raban in the exhibition 'North and South'. Read on…
August 2007
Letters on ACE cuts to pay for the 2012 Olympics, plus ACE response to diversity issues raised in Sonya Dyer's Research paper: 'Boxed in'. Building a rice pavilion for Brighton and eating hotdogs in Newcastle upon Tyne, plus Jerwood Applied Arts Prize winners announced and moving images at the Nunnery Gallery. Read on…
July 2007
Manick Govinda calls for action against ACE's cuts to Grants for the Arts. Extracts from Margareta Kern's blog on Projects unedited. Reviews from Oxford, Liverpool, Leeds and London. Jo Wilson on the built environment and public art, plus news from The Showroom’s annual conference. Read on…
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