We have visited Scotland! Whilst in Edinburgh we spent inspirational afternoon talking to Kate Grey, Director of Collective Gallery and Debi Banerjee, Participation Leader. Kate talked about how her interests in collaboration, exchange and dialogue are reflected in the gallery […]
Evidence-based recommendations on: Identifying the ‘new practices’ model, Valuing peer networks, Redefining public accountability, Supporting location and community and New ‘brand image’ for artists.
CM: On the Saturday eveningof our stay in London we met with Tamarin Norwood, Claire Nichols and Patrick Coyle who form part of Antepress, who describe themselves as an imprint platform and who’s work we had encountered through Art on […]
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
18 – 25 June 2011
Approached by Modern Art Oxford to deliver art sessions at a Sure Start children’s centre in the Rose Hill area of Oxford, artist Jon Lockhart began a four-year residency at the centre as part of MAO’s ambitious Paul Hamlyn Foundation funded offsite programme.
When does artistic freedom become copyright infringement? Artist David Mabb considers works in his practice, including a run-in with Magnum Photos and appropriating the work of William Morris.
London Metropolitan University, London
15 – 19 June 2011
Funding for the arts has never been an easy sell – not with governments or the public. April Britski, Executive Director of CARFAC reports from Canada.
On 30 March, Arts Council England announced the winners and losers in the new National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) for funding 2012-15. Here’s a-n’s take on what’s happened, the likely impact on artists, independent arts professionals and the arts ecology as well as highlights from some of the many comments and discussions that are in train.
(Written on 18th April) Re-reading my last entry, I find myself wondering about the term ’emerging artist’, which I see so frequently I had not thought enough about it as a term until now. What are we emerging from? Obscurity? […]
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Brixton
19 January – 26 February 2011
Local authority cuts as seen from the frontline of visual arts providers.
Alma Enterprises, London
19 November – 16 January
Something I have been meaning to rant about for a while is the prescribed individuality that is integral to the creation of our digital identities on social media platforms. Facebook, Youtube, but also to a lesser extent art sites Artslant, […]
Liverpool Council has written a letter to the Prime Minister, explaining their reasons for pulling out of the Big Society. Liverpool was one of four pilot areas for the scheme. Joe Anderson, council leader tells David Cameron that the government’s […]
A pilot initiated by Judith Mottram, Terry Shave and Joanne Lee from Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art and Design, ‘A Field Guide to Ideas’ is a collaboration with former Arts Council East Midlands Visual Arts & Literature Head Alison Lloyd.
The Open College of the Arts (OCA) launched Europe’s first MA in Fine Art by distance learning in January.
I have decided to switch blogs? Promted by: Annabell Tileys last post. www.a-n.co.uk/p/642682/ And this is because working with other people is really what I am doing all the time and will be for a while. It is also what […]
After visiting last week’s Future Map 10 exhibition* at London’s Zabludowicz Collection, with it’s boastful bi-line: ‘showcasing the finest talent from the University of the Arts’, I have been thinking: Why are we churning out so many artists? Because we […]
Art Chartrons, Bordeaux
4 – 14 November 2010
The Whitechapel Gallery, London
8 July – 17 September 2010
After a frantic few weeks on not being able to get to the Mill (going away and pesky half term!) I’ve been thrown right back into it by having to do a talk for Leeds Met first year BA art […]
A guide to career development and training opportunities as well as related services and resources that are designed to help artists and makers take their practice to the next level.
