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Glasshouses
‘Glasshouses’, a touring gallery project around Staffordshire, profiles the work of local artists and creative businesses.
Page 2872 – a-n The Artists Information Company
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Thy Neighbours’ Ox 2
Space Station Sixty-Five, London
3 December – 27 January
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Design nation
The association between The Design Trust (TDT) and London Metropolitan University, originally announced a year ago, has been taken a stage further with the announcement that TDT’s activities are to be carried on by the Creative Industries Unit within the university’s Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design.
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Space for art
A rundown shop in Southwell, Nottinghamshire has been transformed into artists’ studios, workspaces and a gallery as a result of a grant of more than £100,000 from Arts Council England, East Midlands.
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Lisa Scantlebury: The day before today
Station, Bristol
6 November – 17 January
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Knowing the unknown sitter
A new website aims to present an anthology of approaches to such unidentified portraits.
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Working practice
engage 18 research – designing narrative and interpretative tools
Describes three different prototypes that created new interpretation and visitor interaction.
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Working practice
engage 18 research – on audio tours: an unknown quantity
Loic Tallon describes a piece of independent research into audioguides and their use and potential in galleries and museums.
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Education
engage 18 research – en-quire: learning through action research
Overview of engage’s “en-quire” programme, still in process at the time of publication.
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Education
engage 18 research – TAP: teacher artist partnership
Interesting and informative discussion of the Teacher Artist Partnership in the context of Continuing Professional Development and pedagogy.
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Quality of life and well-being: measuring the benefits of culture and sport
Literature review summary and “thinkpiece” on impact of culture and sports participation on individual quality of life and well-being. Substantial report from the Scottish Research Executive in 2005.
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Cultural value
Review of the presentation of contemporary visual arts – part 1: analysis and recommendations
Independent sectoral review of the visual arts commissioned by Arts Council England.
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Education
engage 18 research – art as research, doctoral education and the politics of knowledge
Iain Biggs describes the resistance that has arisen as art-based research carves a place for itself in higher education in the form of PhDs and professional doctorates in fine art. Part of the engage 18 research range of articles.
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Working practice
engage 18 research – changing direction: research and the gallery director
Stephen Foster, director of John Hansard Gallery, critiques the leadership role and explains how project funding leads to a loss of distinctiveness in the nations’ public galleries.
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Leadership
Not a sideshow: leadership and cultural value – a matrix for change
Contributes to the cultural value debate by arguing there is little point in improving skills of individual leaders if their organisations remain unchanged.
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Rachel Whiteread’s ‘Embankment’
Tate Modern, London
11 November 2005 to 4 April 2006
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Rachel Whiteread ‘Embankment’
Tate Modern
10 October 2005 to 4 April 2006
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Future forecast: Curated space
Extracts from the Curated space online think-tank presentations and discussions.
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Profile
Bedwyr Williams
Gordon Dalton discusses the career progress of Bedwyr Williams, including Venice Biennale, his Paul Hamlyn Award and having a base in North Wales.
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Fred Fabre
Albemarle Gallery, Winter Salon
11 November 2005 to 1 January 2006
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DADA
Georges Pompidou Centre
10 October 2005 to 1 January 2006
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Beyond the UK
Chris Brown selects texts from the a-n Magazine archive which address and explore the impact of international experiences on artists’ practice. From the a-n Collections series. Pdf laserprint quality version [size: 3.5Kb]. Requires pdf reader.
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Winter Salon Albemarle Gallery
Albemarle Gallery
11 November 2005 to 1 January 2006
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Beyond the UK: Editorial
Susan Jones introduces Beyond the UK – the fourth in the a-n Collection series – selected and edited by Chris Brown.
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Beyond the UK: Introduction
Chris Brown introduces his selection for Beyond the UK which considers the international aspect of artists’ practices. Fourth in the series of a-n Collections.