North Yorkshire-based Chrysalis Arts recently got a boost to its development programme from the Development Fund for Rural Renewal. A £219,500 grant will enable this public art and training organisation to expand its activities, including enhancement of its role as […]
Simon Morrissey cuts to the chase with Cornelia Parker and finds out how she has fought commercial pressures to follow her own artistic agenda.
Good news for arts practitioners in England. On 19 March, the DCMC (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) launched its consultation document Culture and Creativity: the next ten years, outlining a raft of significant proposals affecting individual arts practitioners, arts […]
Two key factors come up in all surveys of artists’ studios – the need for security of tenure and for affordable rents. You don’t have to own your studio building to achieve these but it’s one way of securing them. […]
Glasgow-based artist Ben Woodeson profiles the Canadian artist’s initiative, Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener (CAFKA).
Geffrye Museum, London
26 September – 19 January
Islamic art is perhaps the most accessible manifestation of a complex civilisation that often seems enigmatic to outsiders. Through its brilliant use of colour and balance between design and form, Islamic art creates an immediate visual impact. Its strong aesthetic […]
Leicestershire artist Jo Fairfax has received a £40,000 NESTA Dream Time Fellowship to incorporate aspects of virtual reality within holograms and holographic film. The award was announced as NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), embarks on […]
E merge D, an artist-run non-profit organisation, facilitates emerging artists working site-specifically and in a context-led manner. It works with artists across a broad range of disciplines with a strong focus on professional practice and support. The opportunities provided are […]
“Artists work in the interface between the real and the imagined. They coax us out of the numbness of the everyday and into a heightened space where we can inhabit other lives and find ourselves in other circumstances. The mind […]
Architectural Association, London, in collaboration with White Space Gallery
11 October – 8 November
Elveden Hall, Suffolk
26 October
Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
8 – 12 October
(blueprints)
Taxi Gallery, Cambridge
19 October – 20 November
Artists’ studio and workshop complexes come about as much from private endeavour as from public funding. In Newcastle, the Biscuit Factory studios were launched in November, the result of an initiative by local businessmen Ramy Zack and Andy Balman. After […]
David Jeffreys looks at the issue of arts funding and considers whether there’s a catch to the expansion of public spending.
Drifting south west to Cornwall, Alan Bleakley describes PALP, an artist-led group committed to experimental, collaborative and socially inclusive projects.
Jose Ferreira introduces us to artists’ imaginative use of technology and its relationship to urban space.
American artist Kurt Perschke reports with an account of his self-organised large inflatables ‘RedBall Project’ in Barcelona.
Last February Jennifer Vickers completed a two-year residency at Manchester Metropolitan University as part of North West Arts Board’s Setting up Scheme. “During the early stages of this placement I struggled to make any kind of profit from my practice, […]
The Crafts Council is commissioning a substantial new socio-economic survey of makers in England and Wales, to find out about their working lives, professional development needs and their attitudes to bodies such as the Crafts Council. This new survey will […]
A major review of the legal and regulatory framework for charities and not-for-profit sector has led to proposals for comprehensive reform. Published by the Strategy Unit of the Government’s Cabinet Office in a consultation document entitled Private Action, Public Benefit, […]
Sally O’Reilly pursues the free-for-all ethos of gaming.
The master of Hollywood remakes and literary allusion, Douglas Gordon, talks through his career development with Morgan Falconer.
Site-specificity and community involvement might be buzzwords for attracting funding bodies, but they are no guarantee of project success. Emma Safe visited Swansea for this year’s Locws2 to find out how they tackled some of the issues.
Tom Burtonwood provides an overview of the artist-run scene in the Chicago.
In conjunction with London Arts, Space offers two Cultural Diversity Awards annually, consisting of a year’s free studio space at Space Place in London and an exhibition at the end of this period. Carolina Caycedo received an award last February. […]
