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Tales of two cities: South Africa
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
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CRATE
CRATE successfully accessed economic development and regeneration funds to buy a building.
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Quo Vadis: Critical contexts
Dominic Thomas on the importance of a critical context for artists’ practice. One of a specially commissioned set of articles resulting from Quo Vadis available now on www.a-n.co.uk.
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Quo Vadis: Cultural identity and the nomadic artist
Or: Where do you go? Who goes there? Who are we anyway? Carolyn Black enquires.
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Artists’ rates of pay 1989-2004
Analysis of past and current situation for artists’ fees and payments, introducing some issues for artists, employers and policy-makers to consider in the future.
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Now & then…
Edith Marie Pasquier interviews Ali Zaidi of motiroti.
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Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie: Bata-ville
Jane Watt speaks to Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie about their practice, the Bata-ville project and working with Commissions East.
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International commission
The Life Lines landmark public art commission by international artists Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier will be launched in February. The fifty-four metre long dynamic sculpture will translate the ever-changing sounds, weather and movement of people in Southend-on-Sea into a […]
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Professional development
The primary aim of A.a (Artist’s aid), an artists’ support organisation co-directed by Sophia Crilly and Nicola Siddons, is to establish communication and networks between artists in Manchester and environs. It brings together practising artists to discuss their work and […]
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Artist’s jobs and opportunities 1989-2003
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A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists’ jobs and opportunities over the years.
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Dalziel + Scullion
Jane Watt talks to Dalziel + Scullion about their collaborative practice, unusual studio set up and processes involved in their commission for Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
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PACE
Jane Watt profiles PACE, public art commissioning agent for Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
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Fees and payments for artists
Funded by Arts Council England, this research study in 2004 prefaced new resources from a-n to extend the Code of Practice and demonstrate good practice within artists’ fees and payments, for use by artists and public-sector employers and commissioners. For current sample rates go to Guidance on fees and day rates and for latest Paying artists research go to www.a-n.co.uk/tag/paying-artists
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New to team
We’re very pleased to announce that John Beagles is joining a-n’s Commissioning Editors team. Based in Glasgow, John has exhibited widely and internationally with collaborator Graham Ramsay. They’re currently showing in ‘Romantic detachment’ at PS1 in New York runs until […]
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Public art
Public art commissions comprise around twenty-eight per cent of the work offered through the weekly updated Opportunities on www a-n.co.uk. As previous commissions experience is generally required, these opportunities tend also to command the best rates of pay for artists […]
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Rural developments
Search under ‘rural’ on www.a-n.co.uk and you’ll find a fascinating array of features and profiles of artists and organisations whose work context is rural. Artists including Roxane Permar in Shetland, PALP in Cornwall, Emma Baird Murray in Wales and Ian […]
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Coal Salt Tin
East Street Arts, Leeds
9 September – 7 October
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Navigating history
In collaboration with Proboscis, a creative studio that researches, develops and facilitates innovation, Deborah Smith’s latest curatorial project ‘Navigating History’ presents a series of research archives in libraries in Sussex and Kent. Each of the commissions focuses on rich and […]
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The art of conflict (part 2)
Paul Glinkowski looks at the experiences of John Keane and Frauke Eigen, artists who have worked in war-torn locations outside of official state sponsored programmes, and talks to Dominic Nutt of Christian Aid who worked with Keane in Israel and Palestine.
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London calling
As the international art world’s attention turns to London, Eliza Patten previews Frieze Art Fair and some of the events taking place alongside it.
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Professional developments
Commissions East has launched a new professional development scheme. Funded by Arts Council England, East and the European Social Fund. It includes ten new mentoring relationships for artists in East England, with Jordan Baseman, Jane Wildgoose, Louise K Wilson, Eddie […]
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The art of conflict (part 1)
Paul Glinkowski talks to Angela Weight, Keeper of Art at the Imperial War Museum, and to some of the artists she has commissioned to make art in response to war situations.
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Practice leads development
The training-led development programmes that were the norm in artists’ professional development delivery some years ago are giving way to new projects that focus around contemporary practice and are driven by ‘real world’ situations. They recognise that being a visual […]
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Birthday collective
Edinburgh-based Collective Gallery celebrates its twentieth anniversary in August with a group exhibition featuring artists who have exhibited with the gallery over the last ten years (a show ten years ago showed artists from the first then years). ‘The Birthday […]