Current and archived a-n publications
Anne Douglas and Chris Fremantle of On The Edge Research share insights into the Artist as Leader research programme. The research aims to understand the way artists lead through their practice with a view to informing and developing a critical understanding of the role of creativity in culture. With contributions from Linda Frye Burnham, Reiko Goto, Tim Nunn and Francis McKee.
Pdf laserprint quality version of Leading through practice publication. [size 160 KB]. Requires pdf reader.
Research papers March 2007
Drawing on a network of artists, leaders of arts organisations, and cultural policy makers sets out the policy context in which artists are working, and develops three scenarios which describe how artists lead through the practice of art and makes recommendations for future development. Pdf [size 230 KB].
a-n.co.uk January 2010
Artist as Leader is a programme that aims to understand the ways artists lead through their practice with a view to informing and developing a critical understanding of the role of creativity in culture. Read on…
Feature (resource), Research papers March 2007
They sit in the dark and mope
[or artists take the lead] Read on…
Feature, Research papers March 2007
“Spirit in community will die unless there’s someone calling the meeting.” Read on…
Feature, Research papers March 2007
This Research papers series offers a timely response to the need for more easily accessible data and knowledge about, and for, artists. Read on…
Feature, Research papers March 2007
“What happened to the people who said ‘we will represent something in the world’? When did artists start to say ‘we will change the world’?” Read on…
Feature, Research papers March 2007