Arts Council England is to undertake a review of the presentation of contemporary visual arts to inform the development of a national strategy that will help create closer links and collaboration across heritage and contemporary visual arts and commercial sectors. […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee instigated an inquiry into the sponsorship, by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, of the UK art market. A particular focus is ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of […]
Arts organisations in Derby, Leicester and Nottingham have been encouraged to collaborate in new creative work through a commissioning fund offered as part of the Three Cities Cultural Consortium initiative, funded by Arts Council England and the Millennium Commission. Grants […]
The Creativity and the artist seminar will examine the argument by the Scottish Executive that “the creativity of Scots, from the classroom to the board room, is the edge we need in a competitive world” and goes on to charge […]
APD (Artists Professional Development) network has received a £10,000 grant from Arts Council England to identify mechanisms to secure its future as the visual arts professional development umbrella. The offer arose after APD commissioned an independent strategic review from arts […]
National artists’ organisation The Art House, will be building new artists’ studios in Wakefield following Wakefield Council’s decision to grant land for the project. The Art House is an inclusive organisation for visual artists, that particularly addresses the problems facing […]
Occupation Studios is a case study in cooperative survival in the urban regeneration landscape.
Out of the Blue has thrived through establishing a diversity of activities and income streams.
DAW adapted a successful model of an open studios event for a rural location.
Temporary studios can be a useful option for creating project-specific work.
Hilary Thorn on a discussion event held at Static Gallery, as part of the NAN Artists’ research trip to Liverpool Biennial, which looked at the verbal languages through which art is explored.
How a partnership with their local university helped FusionARTS secure studio premises.
I arrived in Osaka, Japan with a certain amount of excitement and trepidation.
Gasworks is part of an international network of independent studios around the globe.
Nottingham Studios Consortium is an example of the ‘strength in numbers’ approach in making the case for studio provision.
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
How education work has contributed to this studio’s success.
CRATE successfully accessed economic development and regeneration funds to buy a building.
a-n’s events and activities programme is on the increase for 2005, providing even more opportunities for critical discussion and professional networking for artists and their collaborators. An underlying principle for us when generating external projects is to work in partnership […]
Thanks to a partnership with Arts Council England, we’ve extended the portfolio of material freely available on www.a-n.co.uk around artists’ fees and payments. Now included is in-depth research by University of Newcastle in artists’ fees and payments and the attitudes […]
a-n’s new year began with a fond farewell to our Editorial Production Manager, Grainne Sweeney. After working with a-n for three years she’s decided to focus more of her time on other activities: “I’ll be spending more time with my […]
Maintaining a critical context is a core ingredient in sustaining an artist’s practice, as asserted in Dominic Thomas’ article published this month. He regrets the current culture of “avoidance of the core subject” in which professional development programmes are seemingly […]
Five years ago I had no choice but to shake my inbred cynicism, learn social skills and become a hairy artisan.
Paul Glinkowski looks at the UK studio landscape, highlighting successful new studio models. He also offers advice to artists wanting to set-up their own group.
ROOM, Bristol
12 January – 13 February
