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Play to win
Round-up of recent prizes and awards announcements and shortlists.

Cure Leukaemia
Ten embroidered wall pieces by textile artist Karina Thompson made for the treatment and consultation rooms in the Centre for Clinical Haematology, University Hospital, Birmingham is the latest commission in the Cure Leukaemia Arts Programme.

Independent State Needs You
Opportunities abound for involvement in Independent State, an ambitious participatory project sited in Frome.
Capital projects in jeopardy
Does the
Arts restructure
The latest in a long line of organisational restructuring at Arts Council England is designed both to save overheads and restore the council’s credibility within the sector and politically.
Turning point widens communications
Arts Council England convened a meeting between regional Turning point groups and national visual arts organisations in July, with representatives from a-n, AIR, Axis, Contemporary Art Society, Engage, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and National Federation of Artists Studios Providers invited to attend.
Artists and the recession
Artists in their hundreds across the US responded to a request on the New York Times website asking them how the economy is affecting their lives and work.
Towards a new deal
Commissioned by Arts Council England to inform thinking about the recession’s impact on employment in the arts and culture, Do It Yourself: Cultural and Creative Self-Employment in Hard Times addresses opportunities for young self-employed creatives and potential implications of the government’s Future Jobs Fund.

Big picture – 2009 September
Seizure by Roger Hiorns.

Les Rencontres Arles Photographie, 40 years of ruptures
“I want the experience of art to transport me, move me, make me feel what it describes,” remarks Nan Goldin.
Multiple birthday
To celebrate its ten-year anniversary The Multiple Store has announced a new six-month residency at Westbrook Gallery, London.
Bites from the blogs
This month’s round-up.

Digital developments
Selected round-up of forthcoming exhibitions and events from the world of new media arts and imaging.

Temporary Art Space
Alice Bradshaw and Matthew Geraghty discuss Temporary Art Space’s six-month tenancy in the council-run Piece Hall in Halifax.
Untitled blog post from "Project Me"
Perhaps it’s because I haven’t settled in to a routine yet but time is passing very quickly. I guess that going away at the weekends and meeting up with friends keeps things moving at a pace too. The Week 1 […]
Untitled blog post from "Getting paid"
The birthday trip home to Liverpool begins in about two hours, so I shall see you in September… Hoping this break will give everything a bit of clarity when I get back and see my work again. The next exhibiton […]
Untitled blog post from "John Jones. Projection Space and the future"
The exhibition at John Jones has now finished and with it comes a trace of sadness but also many positive things to conclude this blog with. It has been fantastic in terms of feedback, I have had my first reviews, […]
Untitled blog post from "Gifts and Occupations – August 2009 Residency"
Well, my time at the college is coming to an end. My meeting went well with the heads of college, so i’m feeling really good about it. They are keen for me to show the other works with the installation […]
Untitled blog post from "the first six months…"
one thing i’ve never been clear about is when to write an entry for the blog. when i’m in the studio, it seems appropriate to write at the end of the session, the day having been played out. this morning, […]
Untitled blog post from "‘Red’ – Teresa and Dominique Hodgson-Holt, ‘In Certain Places’"
Dominique here. Today we began the second phase of our ‘Red’ project which will be taking place in Bury and Chorley. During our residency in the St. John’s Centre in Preston we aimed to encourage at least one person everyday […]
Untitled blog post from "anatomy and drawing"
I’ve had a lot of emails forwarded from The Drawing Research Network this week: the topic is “drawing exercises”, and several suggestions have been quite interesting. I liked one suggestion which treated the drawing of a simple line almost as […]
Untitled blog post from "Escalator Performing Arts"
Performance 1 & Event 1 Rub Me Up The Wrong Way 2: The Live Art Supergig Norwich Arts Centre 25.07.09 I performed as part of other/other/other, with our SPILL-premiered piece “Longwinded in Five Parts”. This piece is about generating sounds […]

Escalator Performing Arts
A 7-month research and development project, supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, East. This project will include visits to national and regional events to help contextualise my practice. I intend to write a review of each event […]

Central Saint Martins, UAL
www.bernicewilson.com http://twitter.com/BeNice4 Studying a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, specializing in 2D – mostly painting and photography with a bit of animation and sound thrown in for good measure