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.
The Live Art UK network writes in response to the announcement by Arts Council England (ACE) of its National Portfolio Organisation awards for 2012-15.
AIR responds to Arts Council England NPO settlement
Openings, closures and relocations of art spaces around the UK.
Education and community projects engaging artists and audiences across the UK and Europe.
This Blog will chart the activities of Sam West as we research and develop sustainable artist-led activity in the UK and beyond. Sam West has just received a NAN Futurific! Bursary : which will help us to further develop artist […]
The art auction raised over £2500 for the Pakistani Flood appeal. Everything was sold. I don’t know who bought mine and what it went for. I think the organisers will have enough on sorting out payment and admin etc. so […]
Here are a few of Sam West‘s aims and ambitions: o to develop sustainable artist networks that function outside traditional economic frameworks, o to develop models of mutual peer support and provision which bypass the need for government funding, o […]
A new addition to Manchester’s artist-led activity, The Art Corner gallery’s curatorial team comprises emerging artists and art students.
Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow
29 January 2011 to 26 February 2011
Less than 3 weeks to go now until we head off to Tromso……… Last weekend went well at the Threshold festival at CUC. Loads of people can in to see the artwork and listen to the bands. It was a […]
Socially engaged / shared / participatory / collaborative practices – these are some of the areas that we are looking into as part of our research and co-mentoring. We are interested in artists/artist-led projects / organisations working with people and […]
News of current public realm and gallery commissioning projects.
Artists and curators talking in Leeds, Contemporary Art Society in Newcastle and State of the Arts conference in London.
Established in 2007 the annual Northern Art Prize offers four short-listed artists a prominent exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery and opportunity to win a £16,500 award.
Midwest was an artist’s development programme that ran from 2003 to 2008 in the West Midlands. Here we share pdf reports on Midwest’s activity that provide valuable insights into possibilities within artist-led culture.
The British Art Show (BAS) returns to Nottingham five years on for its seventh manifestation, only this time Nottingham plays host as the launching city and the show has a subtitle – ‘In the Days of the Comet’.
Two more exciting events for Conjunction coming up this weekend! 5th Nov 5-6pm Cadman Gallery Staffs University Check out the Private View of the Phil Collins, Adam James and Paul Rooney show! Conjunction 10 Preview 5th November 5-pm 6pm Open […]
The Photographers’ Gallery officially closed its doors to the public for one year on 19 September 2010 to “embark on our ambitious development of the building, creating a new, international home for photography in the UK”.
Two north west projects are creating links between artists, artist-led groups and creative communities.
