
Carnival
In the April issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Equal Arts advertised for artists interested in working with older people. Emma Pritchard was one of those selected to work on the ‘Celebrating Age’ project.
In the April issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE Equal Arts advertised for artists interested in working with older people. Emma Pritchard was one of those selected to work on the ‘Celebrating Age’ project.
It’s ‘welcome back’ then to Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA). After a substantial refurbishment, the centre reopened on 25 October, as a multimedia, international venue. To achieve this, architect David Page yoked together seven buildings to establish a cohesive […]
Abigail Branagan discusses the development of this innovative platform for contemporary design and explores its value to exhibitors.
Rick Faulkner, artist and director of Chrysalis Arts, outlines the international ‘Artists in Transition’ project and how it adapted to the change in circumstances imposed by the outbreak of Foot and Mouth.
The UK’s seen a noticeable increase in professional development schemes for artists, encompassing training, mentoring, networking and information services. There is an obvious cross-reference to the government’s endorsement of ‘lifelong learning’ as a principle, encouraged through the offer of individual learning accounts for all. These moves increase opportunities for the kinds of artistic development that incorporates developing and honing skills, accessing facilities and ultimately furthering career strategies. The results are more than just CV embellishment. By providing points of crossover between artists, such schemes contribute to peer support systems and help to address the potential isolation of artists. Here, three individuals involved in artists’ professional development matters describe some of the resources around, and discuss how artists are making the most of them.
In the second of a series of articles focusing on the career development of well-established artists, Lucy Wilson meets Yinka Shonibare.
Clark Dawson met the Glasgow-based creators of this artists’ book to find out the intentions behind it.
The trust’s coordinator Leila Dawney explains the organisation’s artist-led ethos and its work to support the arts in Birmingham.
Louise Coysh visited ‘Fresh Art’ at the Business Design Centre, London to find out how the fair met with the exhibiting artists’ expectations.
There is a long history of placing contemporary art in remote and rural locations as a method of encouraging tourism. The sculpture trail is now an established form of presentation. Here, Victoria Bernie – an artist based in Edinburgh – describes her participation in a small-scale project in Sweden and Public Art Officer Piers Masterson gives his view on the history and public reception of a much larger project spread across northern Norway.
‘Adorn, Equip’ is an exhibition at the City Gallery, Leicester, that examines issues around the design of equipment and accessories for disabled people. As a knitted textile artist, I was commissioned to produce garments and gloves for, and in consultation […]
The concept of location has always been central to my practice – as subject matter, a source of materials, and as a context for the production and presentation of my work.
The New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury 6 July – 23 September
A groundbreaking new partnership between Meteor, Axis, Foundation for Community Dance, NAWE, Sound Sense and Writernet has secured £360,000 from the New Opportunities Fund to create ‘Arts Explorer’. Funding and collaboration between partners will enable some 10,000 pages of text, […]
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) recently announced over forty new awards worth over £3.5 million, as part of its mission to spot and invest in UK innovation and creative talent. This brings the total awards […]
Abigail Reynolds talks to two artists who “negotiate the treacherous waters” of audience participation in event-based work.
Graham Parker discusses his approach to his role as Visual Arts Officer at Salford University.
Graham Taylor gives a personal account of his experience of setting up an educational initiative during his time living in Africa.
This month Kate Fowle has been talking to Christopher Cozier about his experiences as an artist in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
In the February 2001 issue of [a-n] MAGAZINE London-based charity Bag Books, which specialises in creating and producing tactile stories for people with profound disabilities, advertised for a full time Craft Worker. The post was given to Rebekah Thomas who talks about the company’s objectives in fullfilling the literary and creative needs of people with physical and learning abilities.
Some 150 emerging artists will feature in ‘Fresh Art’, the Business Design Centre’s promotion of new and recent art graduates running 27-29 July in London. Bringing together independent artists, fine art studios and colleges showing the best of this year’s […]
In a May speech celebrating the end of the Year of the Artist, Arts Council of England chair Gerry Robinson called for strategic aid to upcoming artists. Looking to examples in mainland Europe, he said he was keen to see […]
Akinbowale Sankofa of East Midlands African-Caribbean Arts (EMACA) discusses the aims and objectives of this East Midlands-based organisation.
Three artists report on their residency experiences in different countries.
The fourth article in this series pays a visit to Copenhagen in Denmark, where Henrik Plenge Jakobsen is immersed in some big issues. “When I think of Western culture I get a mental image of exclusion, particularly in relation to the individual versus society. The concept of ‘liberty’ is hard to transgress. Because of this it becomes easier to limit yourself and your attitudes toward life in general.”