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Callum Innes
Moira Jeffrey meets Callum Innes in his Edinburgh studio to discuss his career development to date.
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Mediarama
The first three-day Mediarama new media arts festival took place last November at the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC) in Seville. Artist Lindsay Perth was invited to curate a selection of new media work by women artists.
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Art in the Home
This month sees the second leg of an international project in Edinburgh. ‘Art in the Home’ will involve artists installing their work in private residences across the city. Here Paul Carter, shares his experience of the first leg of the project in Yamaguchi, Japan.
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Making Connections
Training is critical to success and developing new areas of practice. In response to this need we have created a new heading in opportunities entitled ‘Professional development’. This section will cover training courses, business planning and professional advice events, mentoring schemes and more, all specifically designed to help artists develop their careers. To introduce this new section, artist Neil Robinson writes about his experiences on a postgraduate course for budding professional artists.
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Swimming with the big fish
The Applied Arts Agency is an exhibition space and commissioning agency, showcasing contemporary applied arts. The gallery space has a changing programme of four exhibitions a year and is open to speculative ideas for future shows. Last year Applied Arts […]
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Ironworks
In February 2001 Calypso design, sisters Mia and Janie Andrews, were invited by South Bucks District Council to design a mosaic for an environmental improvement scheme in the village of Burnham. They were contacted after the arts officer for South […]
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Everyone’s a winner
Alan McFetridge first applied to the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) in 2000 after a photojournalist friend told him about the juried exhibition. Living in New Zealand at the time he was disappointed when none of his prints were selected. On […]
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Making headway
In September 2001, Hartlepool Borough Council advertised the post of ‘Environmental Improvements and Art Link Officer’. Guy Rawlinson explains how the project is progressing after the appointment of two artists to the post. The Headland, Hartlepool is undergoing a major […]
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Nicky Bird
In 1999 I was flicking through a book on Julia Margaret Cameron, the pioneering Victorian photographer.
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Alexandra Leadbeater
My first exhibition after leaving college was the Serpentine Summer Show (sadly no longer in existence) which catapulted me into the art world.
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Patterns
Spacex Gallery, The Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Exeter Cathedral, Exeter 24 November – 2 February
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Love, Loss and Betrayal
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe 17 November – 16 February
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Moving: Sculpture by Adam Reynolds
The Bull Theatre
Barnet, London
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Whistler
High Street, West Bromwich and Limited Edition CD 23 November – 19 December
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Windows: online project by Michael Atavar
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Hail fellows
Technological and scientific research is the focus for three new technology fellowships at Kettle’s Yard Cambridge, awarded to Simon Biggs, Mark Palmer and Alexa Wright. These have been created through a collaboration with the university’s research network Crucible and the […]
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Artists’ needs mapped
Recently-published research commissioned by Chrysalis Arts to identify how to assist the future development of visual and applied artists in north Yorkshire reveals, amongst other things, the impact on practitioners of changes in the rural economy and of foot and […]
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Derby days
Launched at the Frankfurt Bookfair, Ian Breakwell’s Derby Days reveals the diary form to be a continuously shifting and regenerative process. This volume has been drawn together by the nature and geographic location of the initial material and by reconsideration […]
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Chinese arts examined
In collaboration with the British Museum, the Chinese Arts Centre is organising ‘Chinese Arts in the International Arena’, 18-20 April. The event will bring together some of the world’s leading figures and thinkers about past, present, and future developments in […]
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Citizenship residency
Adele Howitt’s recent residency at London’s Commonwealth Institute was set up to complement the National Curriculum’s new module on citizenship. Based at Lena Gardens Primary School, the residency aimed to raise the children’s awareness of how to respect and value […]
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Scottish audit planned
The Visual Arts Department of the Scottish Arts Council is commissioning a new audit of artists in Scotland, to inform future policies and schemes. Due to be completed by the summer, the study will provide up-to-date statistics and information on […]
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Sponsorship steps in
When Lesley Davy’s commission to create an artwork for the Economist Plaza faced a technical problem in its realisation, sponsorship from graphics company Halo Digital came to the rescue. For Urban Scan, which involved using the architecture of the Economist […]
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High hopes
Moira Jeffrey visits the Scottish Highlands and Islands to see how a bid for European Capital of Culture is affecting artists and art organisations.
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Going the distance
Joanne Lee discusses the evolution of communication and collaboration strategies with Flasch – a group of artists working across northern European countries.
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Mobile zone
Rosemary Shirley explores ways artists are working in or with remote locations and how new technologies are being employed.