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40 Years 40 Artists: Keith Piper
Keith Piper, a founding member of the Blk Art Group and now a member of a-n’s Board, outlines the evolution of his practice during the 1980s.
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A Q&A with… Keith Piper, artist, filmmaker, and cultural archaeologist
Keith Piper’s exhibition at New Art Exchange, ‘Unearthing the Banker’s Bones’, explores the idea of what our society’s relics might look like from a future perspective. The founder member of the BLK Art Group talks to Wayne Burrows about the themes contained within the work and the continued importance of political and social questions to his practice.
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Venice Biennale 2024: a-n members take part in group exhibition that celebrates the radical Black imagination
Coinciding with World Art Day 2024 a-n members Phoebe Boswell, Adelaide Damoah and Charmaine Watkiss discuss their participation in the 60th Venice Biennale.
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[Accelerate Sessions] The Personal Archive online talk 12 March
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What to see in Black History Month
Exhibitions to explore through October, including Armet Francis’ photography, Enam Gbewonyo’s textiles and The Otolith Group’s films
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Now Showing: September’s must-see exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring a-n members, including solo shows by Gil Mualem-Doron in Worthing, Exodus Crooks in London, and Joanna Holland in Leicester, plus the North West Graduate Art Prize.
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Now Showing: February’s must-see exhibitions
A celebration of socially and politically engaged art in Rochdale, science-inspired drawing in Birmingham, and monochrome reflections in London.
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a-n Board determines policy and sets the strategic direction of the organisation. Board members play an active role representing a-n externally as well as monitoring the organisation against its agreed objectives and targets. Board members typically serve a three-year term and meet a minimum of four times a year. Making an invaluable contribution to a-n, they ensure effective governance for the company and its business.
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a-n thanks Jayne Knight for 11 years as Chair of the Board
Jayne Knight steps down as Chair of the Board after 11 years of dedication to the role.
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Now Showing: This month’s must-see exhibitions and events
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows, including Zarah Hussain’s solo show at Rugby Art Gallery.
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Now Showing: This month’s must see exhibitions
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows.
40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: Harold Offeh
Harold Offeh outlines how his success as an artist “has been built on the hard efforts, work and activism of previous generations.”
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a-n responds to plan to cut university funding for creative subjects
a-n highlights ‘pipeline of talent’ in response to plans to cut government funding for arts subjects at universities by almost 50% next year.
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40 years of supporting artists
Our 40th Anniversary programme includes a new series of Artists Newsletter publications and interviews with leading artists.
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From the a-n archive: Eddie Chambers, On Black Art, February 1985
From February 1985, Eddie Chambers challenges readers to ‘name ten contemporary artists who are Black’.
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40 Years 40 Artists: Chila Kumari Singh Burman
Chila Kumari Singh Burman discusses the development of her work during the “highly experimental, politically charged time” of the 1980s.
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Artists Newsletter #1: The 1980s
In the first of a new series of publications celebrating the a-n archive, Black Hole Club unearth the past, probe the present, and look to the future.
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Artists Newsletter #1: The 1980s
In the first of our new series of magazine style publications celebrating the a-n archive, Birmingham-based Black Hole Club unearth the past, probe the present, and look to the future.
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a-n The Artists Information Company a-n is the largest artists’ membership organisation in the UK with over 30,000 members. We support artists and those who work with them in many practical ways, acting on behalf of our membership and the […]
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a-n Board: we are recruiting 4 new Board members
As a-n moves towards celebrating 40 years in September 2020, we are seeking to broaden the skills base of a-n Board with new members who can play an active role in both representing and monitoring the organisation at a pivotal time. HE DEADLINE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS NOW PASSED.
40th Anniversary Feature
40 Years 40 Artists: the 1980s
Read the first 10 conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
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a-n appoints eight new Board Members
a-n The Artists Information Company has announced eight significant new appointments to its Board. With four practising visual artists among this new cohort, the organisation continues to ensure that artists are central to the governance of the organisation.
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Pivotal moments in artistic practice
Sonya Dyer considers the key challenges facing mid-career artists and makers in this essay written in response to Pivotal Moments, the conference she organised in September 2018 in collaboration with the SPACE-led professional development programme London Creative Network.
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Pivotal moments in artistic practice
Sonya Dyer considers the key challenges facing mid-career artists and makers in this essay written in response to Pivotal Moments, the conference she organised in September 2018 in collaboration with the SPACE-led professional development programme London Creative Network.
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A Q&A with… Claudette Johnson, artist exploring black identity and representation
A member of the influential Blk Art Group in the 1980s, Claudette Johnson’s exhibition ‘I Came To Dance’ at Modern Art Oxford features 30 works on paper by the artist, spanning four decades from the ’80s to the present day. Fisun Güner discusses her work then and now.