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Thanks to lottery funds through the Scottish Arts Council, the first artists’ residencies for Scotland’s celebration of Highland culture in 2007 were awarded in October.

Situation Leeds, the contemporary visual artists and the public realm festival launched in 2006, is to run again this year.

The Biennial age is the age of the illusion of free flowing global movement of thought and capital, when the success of an artist could be measured in airmiles.

Two major themes emerged during a recent Littoral conference, and both of them had to do with community self-reliance.

In October, after a six-month review period, Arts Council England issued news of the new structure that is designed to create “a more focused, streamlined and effective organisation that is better able to provide national leadership and planning, build new partnerships and make a stronger case for the art”.

Evaluation of Scottish Arts Council’s interest free loan scheme Own Art has revealed that Scotland’s contemporary arts market is thriving.

The Secretary of State called a Public Inquiry on 17/18th October at Hackney Town Hall to determine the future of Richmond House, Richmond Road.

Volunteer opportunities are the norm across the visual arts, often perceived as the only route for newcomers to the profession to gain the CV experience that will get them noticed and their foot on the career ladder.

An exploration of professional development support needs for makers in the West Midlands has identified that as makers’ working patterns are characterised as “multi-tasking portfolio workers”.