
Soon all your neighbours will be artists
Published by Eastside Projects with Aid & Abet, Extra Special People, Spike Associates, WARP
Published by Eastside Projects with Aid & Abet, Extra Special People, Spike Associates, WARP
Richard Taylor, online editor of a-n’s Students community and Degrees unedited, maps his journey over four years and shares insights from one invigilator’s chair to the next.
Art critic pair launches Rebecca – a comprehensive writing service for artists, artist-led groups, galleries, and arts organizations – with a free, Twitter advice session on 9 November at 6pm GMT / 1pm EST. Art professionals Becky Hunter and Jane […]
In October, Eden District Council announced a cut of 70% to Eden Arts by 2014.
With September’s forecast of a one in six chance of another recession burning in our ears, it’s vital that non-profits like a-n maintain their critical edge.
Attending the Sluice Art Fair and panel discussion and other art events in the past few weeks has confirmed a shift in feelings. There is always that struggle between the reality of being an artist and the need to make, […]
The key finding of this study reveals that shockingly few individual artists apply for funding in their own right, and even fewer are successful. What this means is that there is little direct funding being given to artists to pursue and develop their own projects, under their own control – under 20% of available funding for the visual arts in England, 14% for Northern Ireland and around 18% for Scotland and Wales in 2009-2010.
Is there enough funding going to individual artists and are the application processes user-friendly? These were questions a-n set out to answer in the fourth issue of what was then Artists Newsletter in 1980. Now, thirty one years later, we asked Dany Louise to do this research again, examining the current state of play for grants to individual artists as offered by Arts Council England, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland – including comparators of volumes of artists applying and success rates – and to ascertain whether a “fair share” has been getting into the hands of artists to develop their practice.
The Project Space now has the two artist/ curator speakers lined up, which is exciting. One of the speakers is an experienced curator with links to Norfolk and to the Salthouse, North Norfolk annual group exhibition. We are also looking […]
Current professional development support schemes for visual artists in the UK.
Wilkinson’s Lower Car Park, Bournemouth
17 – 24 September 2011
17th September – 4th December, various venues, Plymouth UK VIA presents a nomadic model of working as a curatorial framework. The project questions how artist-led practice can thrive in ‘in-between’ spaces, and subsist/grow alongside existing structures created by institution or […]
An independent project space in the freedom of the Norfolk countryside. www.queenofhungary.co.uk Artists can use the space to test ideas, experiment with new work, document installations and showcase their practice. The space hosts artist and curator talks and is a […]
New high profile museums and galleries have opened across the UK, but how can they best contribute to the local arts and culture, asks Emily Speed.
New ways are needed to measure the types of value being delivered by small visual arts organisations, according to a new report looking at the role and value of the small-scale visual arts sector within the wider arts ecology.
A tour around some of the UK’s open studios and artists’ open house events taking place this autumn.
Another Lazarus-style resurrection for my little blog. So much has happened since I last wrote here. Here are some bullet points: – I went through a huge and stressful break-up resulting in my relocation from Liverpool to Bristol (from where […]
CAZ, Penzance
19 July 2011 to 20 July 2011
Sam West feeds back Last month Sam West held an informal gathering at Top Floor Studios, where we shared the findings of our research trip to Helsinki and Tallinn to all Top Floor Studio members. Accompanied by drinks and plentiful […]