
Performativity
Sally O’Reilly’s contribution to ten two zero zero five, a-n Collections.
Sally O’Reilly’s contribution to ten two zero zero five, a-n Collections.
S Mark Gubb takes a look back at the first year of the NAN bursary scheme and the artists groups it has supported, exploring the advantages of knowing that “you are not alone”.
Jonathan Swain introduces a new series of articles resulting from Close proximity, a two-day NAN event that took place at New Greenham Arts in Berkshire, 21-22 May 2005.
Close proximity speaker, David Cotterrell gives his view of the pitfalls and advantages of work in the public realm.
Miranda Whall and Graham Dolphin discuss programming and participating in a research trip to Berlin.
Karen Watson reports on a national studios forum
The first of a-ns Future forecast think-tanks takes place in July. Hosted by Chisenhale Gallery, London on 11/12 July with an associated reception at Cell Project Space, this special event will be chaired by Richard Bingham, Head of Policy and […]
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
30 April – 3 July
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.
The East Midlands Fast forward event took place in Derby on 23/24 April. Devised and developed by artist Mark Gubb and chaired by Emilia Telese, a-n Artists Networks Coordinator, speakers included YOlk (Nottingham), Niki Russell (Reactor/Nottingham Studios Consortium), John Plowman […]
Professional development is a buzz word that just wont go away (Deborah Rawson, Letters, a-n Magazine March and Dominic Thomas, Critical Contexts, a-n Magazine February). And rightly so. For artists wanting to be taken seriously by other professions and aiming […]
Commissioned by Creative Partnerships London East and curated by Manick Govinda, Artsadmin, Art for Whose Sake? looked at ways in which contemporary art, performance and live art practices engage young people, within and outside formal systems of learning. Invited speakers […]
Arts Council England cuts clients whilst remaining brave and radical.
From a-n Magazine May 1995 Minky Manky at South London Art Gallery showed, amongst others, work by Damien Hirst and Mat Collishaw, along with Tracey Emins Love Tent; Christopher Pauling won the £4,000 Mostyn Open purchase prize; Leo Fitzmaurice and […]
Bruce Haines profiles Johannes Phokelas ongoing partnership with Gasworks in London.
Before the media redirects our attention elsewhere, whilst other events and calamities jostle for our collective attention, time then to reflect on how the significance of these dire circumstances have been brought into sharp focus through artistic initiatives and experiences, […]
An exhibition project launched 30 April will focus on the significance of the artwork as object and the nature of its creation. Bringing together emerging artists from around the UK, the Mill Workers project at Islington Mill on Manchesters edge […]
This spring, as part of the Africa 05 arts festival, a number of artists from around the African continent are in London making new work for various cultural institutions. Paul Glinkowski introduces the work of five of them.
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.
In February, contributions were invited by a Parliamentary Select Committee from key visual arts organisations to an inquiry into DCMS’s support of the art market, in particular into “ways of supporting and encouraging living artists and the production of new work”.
Art Gene combines a residency programme with links with education and plays an active part in local regeneration.
Rodney Court is a proposed conversion of a Manchester tower block into live/work space for artists.
S1 Artspace provides studios for artists whose work is both contemporary and critically engaged.