My mentoring year has started well; I received confirmation of funding for a project I’ve been planning since relocating to the Highlands (more on that soon) and I recently went to the Working Together Symposium, organised by the Wysing Arts […]
Bristol’s artist-led festival has received a significant increase in funding from Arts Council England towards the production of its next edition, taking place in September 2016.
PART 2 Please see Part 1 of this blog for an introduction. Ways of working: studios and public programmes During the research trips we sought out organisations that we felt Primary could learn something from, in some way reflecting our […]
Primary is an artist-led space in Nottingham. Through the A-N Go & See bursary, we went to visit artist-led spaces and arts venues in Scotland and the Netherlands to learn about different organisational models, approaches to public programming and supporting artists.
A review of Sander Van Raemdonck’s residency at Berwick Visual Arts, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
S1 Artspace has announced more details of it planned relocation to Sheffield’s brutalist Park Hill estate, following last week’s budget announcement of £1 million of government funding for the scheme.
It occurred to me the other evening, as I was proof reading English texts for this year’s Supermarket catalogue and magazine, that there is no reason why artists cannot work with both commercial galleries and artist-led initiatives. Supermarket is celebrating […]
Despite a further £3.5 billion of cuts planned for 2019-20, George Osborne’s Budget has also dropped a few strategically placed funding packages and a tax reduction for the self-employed.
Recipients of the latest round of a-n bursaries have been announced, with over £36,000 awarded to a-n Artist members to support self-determined professional development over the coming year.
AirSpace Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent is celebrating 10 years of artist-led activity amidst the shifting environment of the city’s post-industrial regeneration. a-n Writer Development Programme participant Anneka French talks to its directors and takes a look at the gallery’s ten-strong birthday show.
This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on the site’s Events section, includes exhibitions in Birmingham, Bury, Colchester and Shrewsbury.
Stair/Slide/Space is a Hampshire based group of artists and curators that work collectively to foster research and concept-led artistic practice. We explore individual and collaborative ways of working, often conducting experimental visual conversations.
Go and See – research trip Since launching our long-term studio base in Preston city centre in 2014, The Birley Artist Studios has enjoyed a steady growth of interest and activity – enough so that we plan to expand both our programme and premises […]
An artist-led contemporary arts space in Preston city centre
The Syllabus is a nomadic artist development programme billed as an alternative to formal art education. At its half-way stage, Anneka French speaks to the project’s organisers, artist Andy Holden and Wysing Arts Centre, and to two of the ten participating artists.
Are initiatives aimed at disabled artists just a way to make the arts sector feel good about itself, an exercise in discrimination when what is really needed is an even playing field? Cornwall-based artist Stacey Guthrie argues that what is really required is more inclusion and less segregation.
In 2014 I was awarded an a-n Re:view Bursary to support the critical and artistic development of my work. I met three arts professionals who offered advice on my then current projects. This article is a summary of the impact the advice had on the development of two key projects.
New Orleans-style jazz funeral procession will take place on 6 February to raise awareness of damage caused by Cardiff Council’s arts funding cuts.
Group research visit to Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen gallery, SIT trail and to meet exhibiting artists
My year has been punctuated by mentoring sessions made possible by the Re:View Bursary from a-n. Firstly, it’s important to say how great it was to be able to pay artists for their time and experience (and we all know […]
A survey of galleries exhibiting at London Art Fair, which takes place this week, has shown growing confidence in the art market with the potential of more people interested in buying art and an increase in sales to international collectors.
What does 2016 have in store in terms of conferences and events, exhibitions, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer – and we’ll be adding new events for later in the year as they’re confirmed.
