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Jobs and opps interviews
Jobs and opps interviews
Artists and arts organisers reveal inside knowledge about their projects in conversation with Jobs and Opps online Editors Kate Brundrett and Lauren Healey.
Postgraduate study in Sweden
With degree costs in the UK soaring, artists are considering other options whilst arts institutions are keen to widen their horizons. Kate Brundrett talks to MFA student Miriam Thorpe about studying at Valand School of Fine Art, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and what internationally focused courses offer in comparison to study in the UK. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk February 2012
Postgraduate study in Sweden
With degree costs in the UK soaring, artists are beginning to consider other options whilst arts institutions are keen to widen their horizons. Kate Brundrett talks to MFA course leader Jason E Bowman about studying at Valand School of Fine Art, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and what internationally focused courses offer in comparison to study in the UK. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk February 2012
Matthew Conduit on the (re)turn of Sheffield
Matthew Conduit tells Kate Brundrett how the Sheffield art scene has come full circle and compares artist's survival strategies in the current downturn to the 80s economic landscape. Read on…
Profile: artist, a-n.co.uk January 2012
Bryan Biggs
Lauren Healey speaks to Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director of the Bluecoat, about dissolving distinctions between art forms, working with artist studio groups and supporting artist development. Read on…
Profile curator, a-n.co.uk August 2011
Liverpool Art Prize
Lauren Healey interviews the artists shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize about making work, support structures for their practice, and their reasons for basing themselves in the North West. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk May 2011
Ed Whiting on micro-philanthropy
Ed Whiting, founder of WeDidThis.org.uk discusses the funding opportunities crowd-funding provides for both arts organisations and artists with Lauren Healey. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk April 2011
Victoria Pomery on Turner Contemporary
As the long awaited Turner Contemporary finally opens its doors, Director Victoria Pomery talks to Lauren Healey about art, regeneration and Margate's newest gallery. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk March 2011
Local Arts Officers: Andrew Skelton
Continuing the series of interviews with local Arts Officers, Kate Brundrett speaks to Andrew Skelton, Public Art Officer for Sheffield City Council. Read on…
Profile career, a-n.co.uk February 2011
Local Arts Officers: Aimee Green
Continuing the series of interviews with local Arts Officers, Kate Brundrett speaks to Aimee Green about arts strategies and regeneration priorities in the current funding climate. Read on…
Profile career, a-n.co.uk January 2011
Local Arts Officers: Helen Owen
As part of a series of interviews with local Arts Officers, Kate Brundrett asks Helen Owen how Gloucestershire as a County will respond in a climate of funding cuts and government Spending Review. Read on…
Profile career, a-n.co.uk November 2010
Local Arts Officers: Clair Aldington
As part of a series of interviews with local Arts Officers, Kate Brundrett asks Clair Aldington how visual arts projects are managed on the remote island of Shetland. Read on…
Profile career, a-n.co.uk July 2010
Local Arts Officers: Felicity Hall
Kate Brundrett asks Felicity Hall about her role as Arts Officer for Epping Forest District Council, and the importance of delivering community-led practice. Read on…
Profile career, a-n.co.uk June 2010
Graham Crowley on the state of play for contemporary painting
Graham Crowley is one of the most distinguished living painters in the UK today. As the deadline closes on entry to the John Moores 2010 competition, Kate Brundrett asked him for his views on the competition’s significance and for his ‘take’ on the state of contemporary art practice. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk February 2010
Kai-Oi Jay Yung on life after college
Kai-Oi Jay Yung is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Liverpool. Since graduating from the University of Dundee in 2006 she has worked prolifically on exhibitions and international residencies, responding to the space and culture she occupies within them. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk July 2009
Lorenzo Fusi on his aspirations for Liverpool Biennial 2010
Liverpool Biennial has appointed Lorenzo Fusi as curator for the International, the lead exhibition of the Liverpool Biennial festival of contemporary art. Here he talks to Kate Brundrett about the development of the programme for the next festival – the UK’s Biennial - which takes place in 2010. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk May 2009
Paul Rooney
Kate Brundrett talks to Paul Rooney about his work, residencies and winning this year's Northern Art Prize. Read on…
Profile, a-n.co.uk April 2009
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