OBRAS is a Portuguese word and means “work in progress”. They provide space, support and hospitality necessary for effective working on art and science. It is based in a rural region with several apartments, studios and music hall.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
August 18 The poster for the World Premiere of Sound Scape is now ready and there will be two performances on Sunday 18th September at 2pm and again at 3pm of it with live musicians. Each performance will be different […]
A group of artists respond to the theme ‘The Human Condition’. Garry Barker, Leeds College of Art and Design, writes a review.
Hull-based artists, musicians, writers and theatre makers have expressed concern that their community will be under-represented after receiving a host of funding rejections from Hull City of Culture.
A new development in south London that will provide between 80 and 100 workspaces for emerging artists and creative entrepreneurs is in the final stages of construction, with a hot desk space, gallery and café already open. Artist and Hotel Elephant co-director Emily Woodhouse speaks to Jack Hutchinson about how the project, established in 2009, found its new home.
On landing Karim who I was sat next to on the flight hired a car and offered to drop me at the train station allowing me from negotiating with the airport taxis (who in my experience charge over the odds!). The […]
This bursary opportunity will enable me to complete editing the video with the assistance of Marouane Bahrar a filmmaker and photographer based at GML film and photography studios. I will be engaging with a wider community of artists and cultural practitioners, […]
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section, take us to Fareham, Hertford, Sway, Southampton and Stroud.
Northumberland-based Arts & Heritage to receive Arts Council funding for ten museums to work with individual artists on new works inspired by their collections.
Photograph by Stu Allsop A blog post about project management and all that goes on behind the scenes for a project like Artist’s Eye. Right now it feels like I’m stirring too many pots. Cooking up a feast for an […]
A new free newspaper produced by a group of artists, writers and graphic designers aims to highlight Liverpool’s independent and artist-led art scene.
The winner of the inaugural award named after the Acme Studios co-founder will receive a rent-free shared studio and bursary as well as mentoring and studio visits.
Thanks for the memories! l-r Sara Lerota, Rebecca Ilett and Robert Good in Mostar Our travel grant trip is over and although only we have only been back a few weeks it already seems a lifetime ago as we plunge […]
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Liverpool’s largest artist-led gallery and studios The Royal Standard is celebrating ten years in the city with a major exhibition featuring 23 artists. Artist, curator and former TRS director Kevin Hunt explains the important role the organisation has for artists in Liverpool and its context in the wider artist-led scene.
A selected group of international artists researching both onsite and remotely beginning with themes of insulation and growth, attending talks, workshops, events, walks, skills sharing, followed by exhibition at the Ruskin Gallery 30 July 2016
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section, take us to Abergavenny, London, the Isle of Wight and West Yorkshire.
I got ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith for my birthday and I started to read it on the train this week. I also used my birthday book tokens to get a big fat coffee table monster called ‘Sanctuary: British artists […]
This past week we have been installing our contribution to Platform 2016 at Edinburgh Art Festival alongside The Brownlee Brothers, Jack Saunders and Dorian Jose Braun. Monday was spent transporting Paloma’s ceramic work from her RCA studios in London to […]
Four projects, festivals and exhibitions from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking place in London this week.
The London-based artist Gillian Best Powell, founder of Cor Blimey Arts and Core Gallery in Deptford, has died aged 60.
Taking time away from her very busy schedule including Open Studios, teaching drawing at the Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR) Mulhouse, applying for an artist in residency in Iceland and her beautiful and bountiful allotment, artist and friend […]
