The rapid ongoing abrogation of boundaries and fusions in art, technology and society are the focal point for the 2005 Ars Electronica Festival. Held in Linz, Austria, 1-6 September, it comprises a fascinating mixture of events, conferences, symposia, exhibitions and […]
Rohini Malik Okon introduces her selection of articles for the first a-n Collections.
Profiles of international models researched for Future space.
Future space addresses the future roles and functions of artists’ workspace. It introduces current strategies and concerns and places them in the context of artists’ developing practice and critical frameworks using as a prompt recent interviews with artists and other professionals. What will artists’ practice and resources be like in 2015?
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Read the Future space interviews in full. These interviews formed the base material for the Future space publication.
Bruce Haines profiles Johannes Phokela’s ongoing partnership with Gasworks in London.
Aimed at public sector arts employers, commissioners, consultants and arts trainers, Good practice in paying artists addresses the context for fees and payments for artists’ residencies, workshops and community commissions.
Rodney Court is a proposed conversion of a Manchester tower block into live/work space for artists.
Finding the Common Threads is a two-year study being conducted by the Centre for Creative Communities with support from Arts Council England, London and Deutsche Bank. With London as its focus, the project is investigating some of the issues funders […]
Philip Babot on the cross-border and international achievements of artists’ organisations in South Wales.
Luiz Camillo Osorio on Rio de Janeiro and Ana Paula Cohen on S
East Street Arts (ESA) is a model example of what the purchase and refit of studios involves.
Funded by Arts Council England, this research study in 2004 prefaced new resources from a-n to extend the Code of Practice and demonstrate good practice within artists’ fees and payments, for use by artists and public-sector employers and commissioners. For current sample rates go to Guidance on fees and day rates and for latest Paying artists research go to www.a-n.co.uk/tag/paying-artists
The training-led development programmes that were the norm in artists’ professional development delivery some years ago are giving way to new projects that focus around contemporary practice and are driven by ‘real world’ situations. They recognise that being a visual […]
Giles Sutherland looks at the relationship between glass artist Keiko Mukaide and Edinburgh College of Art.
Lesley Millar, Project Director of ‘Through the Surface’, profiles the process and outcomes of this major collaboration between artists from the UK and Japan.
Mark Gubb visits Thanet in Kent to meet artists and hear about the cultural revival underway.
The Scottish Arts Council has recently published an audit of visual artists. Moira Jeffrey reports.
Linda Weintraub
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
The first in a six-part series ‘Navigating places’, Jane Watt profiles the River Commissions project, a series of temporary works along the River Hull corridor.
Artist Chloe Steele reports on her research trip to China, a country powering itself into the next generation as a major economic player. With a changing political make-up and growing middle class, China is establishing itself as a key player in the international art world.
Yorkshire ArtSpace in Sheffield is hosting a national conference on 22 July on artists’ workspaces. Aimed at artists’ studio managers and others who work with studio groups, the intention is to expose good practice and demonstrate policies that are helping […]
Jeni Walwin, investigates Blast Theory an innovative, yet pragmatic artist-led company that’s proving to be inspiration for many artists working in performance and new media.
Artsadmin has recently awarded £32,500 worth of bursaries to fourteen UK artists, as part of an much-needed support programme for artists who work in live art, performance, time-based media, installation or other innovative areas. The bursaries give artists time to […]
Introduction to our resources on self-employment.
Now in its third year, Art At The Centre enlists artists to work within city-centre developments, Rosemary Shirley investigates.
