The Arts Council of England (ACE) has issued new guidance for artists and arts organisations working with children or vulnerable adults. This move is in response to the requirement of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) for an enhanced […]
A three-year programme made up of five parts, the Water Project is taking place in London, Kyoto and Toyota between 2002-2005 and comprises exhibitions, seminars, community events and educational activities. The project commenced in August with the Through Flow seminars […]
Sally O’Reilly pursues the free-for-all ethos of gaming.
The master of Hollywood remakes and literary allusion, Douglas Gordon, talks through his career development with Morgan Falconer.
Fiona Rutherford rounds up what’s been happening with this artist-led textile group currently celebrating its ruby anniversary.
Site-specificity and community involvement might be buzzwords for attracting funding bodies, but they are no guarantee of project success. Emma Safe visited Swansea for this year’s Locws2 to find out how they tackled some of the issues.
Emilia Telese reports from the ‘screaming independent art scene’ in Tuscany.
Tom Burtonwood provides an overview of the artist-run scene in the Chicago.
Lorna Green reports on her participation in the Okanagan/Thompson International Sculpture Symposium in British Columbia, Canada.
Valerie Coffin Price reports from Est-Nord-Est, an artist-led centre in Quebec, Canada.
In conjunction with London Arts, Space offers two Cultural Diversity Awards annually, consisting of a year’s free studio space at Space Place in London and an exhibition at the end of this period. Carolina Caycedo received an award last February. […]
In January 2002 Adrain Hart won Artsway’s ‘Animal’ open exhibition. His prize was a solo show to be held at Artsway that following June. He says: “Using lens-based media and elements of live art I continued my research into notions […]
Based at Toynbee studios in east London, Artsadmin runs a range of programmes designed to support artists working in live art, performance, time-based media and interdisciplinary arts. A free information service provides advice about sources of funding and appropriate curators […]
Derek Mawudoku graduated from Goldsmith’s college in the late 1980s and works as a printmaker producing black and white monotypes. In 2001 he received a project grant from the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation and used the money to organise a solo […]
I started using encaustics because I was looking for a way to trap marks beneath thick translucent layers of paint, without having to rely on the largely plastic and unnatural qualities of acrylic.
Draws together the regional and national evaluations of the 2000 – 2001 ACE sponsored Year of the Artist, which commissioned 1000 artist residencies.
Milton Keynes Gallery 12 July – 1 September
An artist’s recipe book
Prenelle Gallery, West India Quay, Docklands, London 2 August – 6 September
The Travelling Gallery, touring Scotland 12 August – 29 November
The Economist Plaza, London 17 July – 8 September
“Whether by happy coincidence or some deeper spiritual calling, I found myself drawn back to Britain’s waterways earlier this year with a commission from Lea Rivers Trust.” For Samantha Haynes this public art project was an opportunity to counteract the […]
Charlotte Hodes’ intention with Cacophony – an installation in the form of a cabinet of vases – was to contrast the banality of the vessel shapes with the lushness of the surface imagery of the forms to reflect aspects of […]
The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Partnership for London is building a professional development framework of people, buildings and technology for London’s artists. Called Creative Capital, the project will create a network of ‘first stop shops’ and referral points, revealing ways […]
This year’s Big Draw, running 16-23 October, brings together one thousand venues of all types and sizes. Included are the major national museums, shopping centres, stately homes, Roman palaces, folk museums, steam pumping stations, church halls, gardens, stations and even […]
