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Hi, I am struggling to set a wholesale price for handmade jewellery for 2 retail outlets, I sell via craft fairs, word of mouth and a couple of low key shops but the shops have always said ‘tell us how […]

Hi I was hoping for some advice or experiences from anyone who has sold work via an online gallery or website. I produce mostly small scale drawings. I appreciate that this is probably a fairly vague question but any answers […]

Could someone tell me how to access something as simple as guidance on writing an artist’s statement for an open submission. Should be easy to find but am failing to locate it on my tablet. Martin Jones

Hi.  Someone has asked me if they can buy a few of my digital prints to be blown up and used in a hotel.  They have asked for the license price – but i’ve never sold in the way before. […]

Hi, Im a new member having a problem dropping images into my new creation and would appreciate advice. I have ensured that they are JPEG and below 8M as advised.

I was lucky enough to be offered a £3000 research and development grant from Arts Council of Wales – when I mentioned it to my accountant saying ‘Oh grants aren’t taxable’ he replied no, most grants ARE taxable, but not […]

How far into the development of the new blog platform are we now? I had hoped, by now, that the thriving online community would have slowly trickled back… But they haven’t. This saddens me greatly, and I’m trying really hard […]

Hello all I am making a piece of video and considering using a version of the theme tune to Dr Zhivago. Its not the original Hollywood version that I am hoping to use. The length of the music is approximately […]

Hello my A-N friends, I am wondering if it is at all possible to manipulate digital images on an iPad? I am not looking for all the bells and whistles of photoshop; simply just to be able to prepare images […]

Hello fellow creatives! i am a ceramic artist based in derby city and i am currently facing an urgent need to relocate to a new ‘dirty’ studio premises. Although the east midlands have a growing number of artists studio complexes […]

Hi   Some of you may know I am organising an arts festival in a town called Fareham.  We are in the process of finishing the website and starting to launch the call outs. As part of this we are […]

Hello I wonder if any of you can help me at all? I have had a studio built in my garden for my jewellery business, and am now in need of insurance to cover contents and the structure itself, can […]

I am looking for like-minded community oriented artists, who is interested in social political themes. If you can give some hours on a regular basis to create innovative exciting works, please get in touch. I am looking for passion and […]

Creative Practitioner Survey (Outdoor Arts) Arts Council England defines Outdoor Arts as “accessible, time-limited performance and installation work that happens in outdoor locations.” The sector is coming of age, and as part of this we would like to you to […]

Hi all I’m hoping someone may able to help me. I want to run a Christmas work shop, but not sure what the minimum age for a child to work in the studio is (hand building). I have insurance and […]

Dear friends, My name is Liz Crow. I’m an artist-activist and director of Roaring Girl Productions, a small-scale, non-profit organisation that combines high quality art practice with practical activism. Our latest project, Figures, is a mass-sculptural performance that is setting […]

Dear friends and colleagues! I co-edit ESC Zine – an arts and literary publication that’s been on the go since myself and the two other editors left university in 2011. We’re a self-funded initiative experimenting with the medium of the […]

Dear friends of the arts community! I co-edit ESC Zine – an arts and literary publication that’s been on the go since myself and the two other editors left university in 2011. We’re a self-funded initiative experimenting with the medium […]

Dear Rt. Honourable Nicky Morgan MP. Jobs in the future not effected by Computer growth; “It just seems common sense that the skills that computers can’t acquire — forming emotional bonds, making human judgments — will be valuable.”  

Hi   I organised a big art event this year and from May 30th -June 6th next year I am going to be the project manager for a new arts festival over multiple venues in the coastal town of Fareham. […]

Hello, At the moment I do workshops in the UK. I am currently looking to do the same workshops abroad in the USA, Canada and mainland Europe. Can anyone give me advice as to anywhere I can cover myself with […]

Im a bit confused about the type of insurance I need which covers me at work. Im a painter/graphic artist who works in an open studio where we have been told by the studio manager that the Public and Products […]

Can anyone advise me on what to do?  Recently I discovered by accident that 3 of my large works were included and sold  in an online auction house in Belfast on the 7th august 2014. The titles of two of […]

Recently I was asked to show a specially commissioned film in a social club setting. I was met with a series of challenges, which at every stage threatened to thwart the project entirely. Somehow me and my trusty collaborator persevered […]