a-n has joined forces with the Incorporated Society of Musicians to create a new collaborative campaign to protect freedom of movement for self-employed artists.
Following on from a survey in July 2016 just after the EU referendum, we surveyed our members again one year on to continue to assess the ongoing impact of Brexit. Based on c1,200 survey responses, key headlines are summarised in this briefing paper.
In July 2016 we surveyed our members to begin to ascertain the depth of impact of the EU referendum leave vote on a-n membership. Key findings are summarised in this briefing paper.
Sadly my time in the printmaking workshops at the University of Brighton has come to an end for now but I hope that more options for later in the year may line up elsewhere. It has been a great opportunity […]
Covering two decades of an essential period of black empowerment in American civil rights history, Tate Modern’s ‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’ is provocative and powerful. Fisun Güner reports.
Today the Made in Korea show opens at Sladmore Contemporary in Mayfair! This is the first time a Ceramic House show has transferred to another venue, and something I vowed to do after the Fantastic Tales Danish exhibition in 2014. […]
Are we as a society assisting sexism and gender inequality by the omission and exclusion of our female history? ?While watching X Men First Class with the family last night I asked my daughter if she could think of a […]
Piddocks making holes in stones and worms casting spirals.
the puppy makes her way into the kitchen and i get to sit and reflect about my day, a good one to be inside while the gentle drizzle waters the rhubarb and tomatoes. after my day of recovery i was […]
Over the last two visits to the Archives I have been accessing several files that relate to the Dane John V A D Hospital. The hospital at Dane John House (now known as Chantry Hall) was used as a Voluntary […]
As an artist or freelancer working (on a paid or voluntary basis) in certain environments – such as running workshops in schools or with vulnerable adults – requires you to undertake a check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Educator Sarah Blaszczok explains why a DBS check is needed, how to get one, and the costs involved.
Arts Council England’s National Portfolio for 2018-22 includes an overall increase in the number of visual arts organisations receiving funding from 121 to 149. We highlight six organisations who will be joining the portfolio and find out what their new status will mean to them.
For the latest in our Scene Report series, artist and curator Matt Bray reports from Medway in south east England on a scene with a close-knit and independently-minded community spirit.
sunny cloudy sunny cloudy a day of catching up am easily distracted wandering the gardens is good for thinking but the danger is little else gets done eat, drink, make lists of useful words objets trouvé casual nonchalant propped …a […]
A morning walk. Three men looking for lugworms and me. It’s low tide but turning. On it’s way out stones were dragged across the sand, the sea taking what it could. Springs further up the shingle erupt and run down to meet […]
Having identified that Repeator:Transmission and Office for Art, Design and Technology share similar aesthetic, theoretical and philosophical outlooks we began undertaking a collaborative residency to explore each others practices in more detail and to delve into Coventry, a city undergoing […]
Upon contemplating my work, and the processes behind my work, initial reactions from an audience almost always tend towards how scent evokes memory. Over the years I have accepted this as an inevitability, and it’s not as though I begrudge such […]
Labour highlighted with < is labour carried out while performing an unpaid labour commitment for the Barbican (commuting) JUNE 12/06/17 – Camera count for CityPoint courtyard – commute – 08.28 – 08.30. TOTAL WORK: 0.02 < 13/06/17 – Re-editing Karen […]
The new strategy will tackle the growing challenges artists face in sustaining their careers, with a fundamental aim of ensuring policy makers and commissioners value the artist as well as the art.
Drawings of life along a rock face. 20m depth, air getting low, waiting for Max and Sarah to complete their transect lines. Counting urchins, spotting sea squirts, finding new familiarity under water, recognising markers. I’ve been here before. There are […]
Blue has always eluded artists. Lapis Lazuli was one of the first blues available for use after huge processing. But not a ‘native’ rock to the UK. In fact, there is very little blue available in the UK for pigment. […]
A selection of exhibition highlights for the week ahead including Howard Hodgkin in Wakefield, art inspired by Joy Division/New Order in Manchester, and Joseph Beuys in London.
Doing deceleration symposium at Nottingham Contemporary. We started the day in the project space of Nottingham Contemporary exploring the theme of ‘Doing Deceleration’. This was an event open to the wider public, not just the Summer Lodge. A full list […]
a thought occurred to me this evening, what if i’m where i should be now after a long secondary primary route? i’m starting to believe in myself within one facet of what i currently do. today i’ve been facilitating in […]
