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October 2001
Michael Forbes on photography and Yinka Shonibare discusses career development with Lucy Wilson. Alan Rogers on relocating to Italy, Julia Dogna-Brazell shows in Israel; project reports from Sweden and Norway. Birmingham Art Trust profiled plus interview with creators of artists’ book Coldcoffeex. Focus on professional development strategies and resources.
Artists stories
Mary Kirk
My art practice is focused on the process of making, and with my involvement in that process. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine October 2001 as ‘Felted textures’
Michael Forbes
As an artist-photographer my work is broad and covers many genres of photographic imagery. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine October 2001 as ‘The voyeur’
Yinka Shonibare
In the second of a series of articles focusing on the career development of well-established artists, Lucy Wilson meets Yinka Shonibare. Subscribers read on…
Artists story, a-n Magazine October 2001 as 'Fine and dandy'
Updated September 2006.
Features
Birmingham Art Trust
The trust's coordinator Leila Dawney explains the organisation's artist-led ethos and its work to support the arts in Birmingham. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
Coldcoffeex
Clark Dawson met the Glasgow-based creators of this artists' book to find out the intentions behind it. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
Far and wide
There is a long history of placing contemporary art in remote and rural locations as a method of encouraging tourism. The sculpture trail is now an established form of presentation. Here, Victoria Bernie – an artist based in Edinburgh – describes her participation in a small-scale project in Sweden and Public Art Officer Piers Masterson gives his view on the history and public reception of a much larger project spread across northern Norway. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
Going the rounds in Tel Aviv
Julia Dogra-Brazell reports how showing in Israel gave her a new perspective on her own work. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
In it to win it
Louise Coysh visited 'Fresh Art' at the Business Design Centre, London to find out how the fair met with the exhibiting artists' expectations. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
Light-Proof / A Prova di Luce
A regular visitor to Italy since 1981, when Alan Rogers moved there on a more permanent basis his "youthful, romantic love affair" with its warm Mediterranean light was soon replaced by the realisation that day-to-day conditions for contemporary artists were far from ideal. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
Strategies and resources
The UK's seen a noticeable increase in professional development schemes for artists, encompassing training, mentoring, networking and information services. There is an obvious cross-reference to the government's endorsement of 'lifelong learning' as a principle, encouraged through the offer of individual learning accounts for all. These moves increase opportunities for the kinds of artistic development that incorporates developing and honing skills, accessing facilities and ultimately furthering career strategies. The results are more than just CV embellishment. By providing points of crossover between artists, such schemes contribute to peer support systems and help to address the potential isolation of artists. Here, three individuals involved in artists' professional development matters describe some of the resources around, and discuss how artists are making the most of them. Subscribers read on…
Feature, a-n Magazine October 2001
News
Artists international
Cyfuniad, which took place from 26 August to 9 September, brought together twenty-three artists from all over the world to live, work and talk, providing them with the freedom to take risks, explore new avenues and discuss arts matters. Based on the… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine October 2001
Devil or deep blue sea
The argument about how to restructure the arts funding system in England has turned into a power struggle between the Arts Council of England (ACE) and English regional arts boards (RABs): the centre and the regions. Undermining the process is the… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine October 2001
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