Peer review and self assessment, VAGA response
Visual Arts and Galleries response to the Arts Council proposal to institute peer reviews and self assessment.
Visual Arts and Galleries response to the Arts Council proposal to institute peer reviews and self assessment.
Draft learning framework for artists who work with looked after children, covering principles and values, workforce knowledge and skills, quality indicators, training and networking, quality improvement of work and accreditation.
Summary of DCMS and CYPCT national arts programmes for children.
In the context of entrenched misunderstandings between economists and arts policymakers, leaders and funders, this paper offers a provocative reconsideration of “outdated and poorly-informed prejudices” which lie behind this divide.
Collection of essays by well-known arts leaders and thinkers on what it means for cultural policy if we are to lead “an expressive life.”
Things are coming to a head. With two shows looming I am strangely relaxed and not completely prepared. The show at Wysing Arts Centre is nearly all ready to go and packed into cardboard boxes. I'm showing quite a lot […]
Only to say that driving long distances in the car (something I have to do) is not the same as dog walking but there are similarities. Driving on the motoway provides the driver with the opportunity to mull things over, […]
The final day and after breakfast I headed for the airport. I took the Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) train, which sped me the 30 kilometres to Pudong Airport in about 8 minutes. Reaching speeds of 431 kilometres per hour, I watched […]
Today we went for a morning walk in the woods, the frost was still around and it was calm, before a frantic day of entertaing family guests. The dog walk has become a significant constant, important and yet routine event […]
Christmas went by very quickly indeed and now it's time to celebrate the New Year. I wonder what the forthcoming year has to offer, lets hope that the economic climate improves and peoples confidence in investing in art returns. I […]
Cosmo: Walks once a day, Can't remember where he buries his bones, large fury and 'Apricot' in colour, and does not molt. He is a standard poodle crossed with a golden retriever.
So awake late with a cough, sorry for being cross just before xmas. I have now reworked my design as requested. Again the commissioner just pushing me a little further than I would have gone. Does my laziness show? or […]
Haven't written for a while. Have had some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that I got turned down for another Arts Council funding grant. (See earlier in the year) This would have enabled me to […]
I have just read my last post and, well, I survived! In fact the evening of 100 Greetings in Norwich was unexpectedly mild and my cold abated slightly so all went well. There was a great deal of support from […]