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Editorial – 2005 July
This month sees the second in the a-n Collections series published.
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Glasgow Art Fair
a-n was at Glasgow Art Fair from 28 April to 2 May, with an information stand in the Extension. Staff from the Editorial Production and Communications and Sales Teams were on the stand each day to promote a-n to artists […]
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a-n Magazine May 2005
Contents include: Launch of Future forecast publications and events in Ipswich and Derby mark 25 years of a-n. New beginnings for recent graduates plus Acme Fire Station work/live residents announced. Non profit organisations network in Chicago; issues around city-wide art […]
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Editorial – 2005 May
This month begins the celebrations around a-n’s 25th anniversary. The main focus of the year’s programme is developing a-n’s campaigning role, making sure artists and their needs are ‘visible’ in the wider world. See the Committee for Culture, Media and […]
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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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Letters – 2004 March
Remote relatives I found the recent APD event in Liverpool very thought provoking. It was certainly an eye-opener to hear what it’s like on the other side of the proverbial fence. To have four very different views presented served to […]
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Editorial – 2004 February
Identifying future patterns of living and working – within our sector and the world beyond – is a core function for national arts organisations like us. If we don’t know what people are thinking, and how their behaviour and relationships […]
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Hello from Shetland
I’m writing in the middle of a brisk rain and wind episode that makes the waves outside my window look like they’re about to hop up and step in for tea. Yes, it’s January in Scalloway harbour on Shetland, so […]
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Artists – red, white and blue sky thinking
Artists are bringing their £10.8 billion per year industry in to play to help lead this country out of darkness.
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Shortlist for the 2020/21 Margaret Tait Award announced
Four artists have been shortlisted for the £15,000 commission, which will premiere at Glasgow Film Festival in 2021 and subsequently tour with LUX Scotland.
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Venice Biennale 2019: 15 national pavilions to look out for
The 58th Venice Biennale runs from 11 May to 24 November 2019. Here we pick out some national presentations you shouldn’t miss.
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Social Art Summit: “Developing a radical approach to art and value”
A two-day summit at Sheffield’s Site Gallery and other venues across the city in November will feature artist-led labs and discussions around socially engaged practice, with the aim of launching a new biennale in 2020. Jack Hutchinson speaks to summit organiser RM Sánchez-Camus about the event.
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New poll reveals one-in-four artists and art workers may leave Scotland because of Brexit
Other News In Brief: Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts now set to reopen on 22 October; vandals deface San Francisco murals with Trump slogans; calls for museums and cultural institutions to re-assess ties with Saudi Arabia; Documenta 14 obelisk to continue to be displayed in Kassel despite being removed from original site.
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New Art360 archiving app launched: “We want to empower artists to shape the stories about their art”
The new app is produced by the Art360 Foundation with support from DACS and is available to download for free from iTunes and Google Play.
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Lords debate on Brexit and the arts: “Why are we doing this to ourselves? We do not have to go through this madness”
The three-hour debate in the House of Lords, convened by Labour Peer Melvyn Bragg, explored the impact on the arts of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
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Oh No! Another Hero!
“It is a waste of time hating a mirror or its reflection instead of stopping the hand that makes glass with distortions slight enough to pass unnoticed until one day you peer into your face under a merciless white […]
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Glasgow International 2018: Michelle Hannah – Keener
Rachel Magdeburg, one of eight a-n members selected for the a-n Writer Development Programme 2017-18, reviews Glasgow-based artist Michelle Hannah’s multifaceted and dramatic installation at The Savings Bank, presented as part of Glasgow International 2018.
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Untitled blog post from "Ness of Brodgar Artist’s Residency 2023"
Jim says the 3D photo modelling he is doing is beginning to be used in planning – and saves a lot of time where the excavation is chaotic and difficult to draw. It means they can do a simple plan […]
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A fantastic week: part ii
Wednesday evening was a rather late one too – Ken told Julia how things were progressing with the installation, and then we chatted more generally about what still needed to be done and how they wanted to work the next […]
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Pensions for artists
Primarily aimed at self-employed artists, this guide sets out why people should be considering a pension or retirement plan and offers advice on a number of different choices that are available.
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Post EU referendum: enabling conversations or the flight of cultural capital?
We asked artists, arts organisers and writers to comment on how leaving the EU might affect culture and creativity in the UK. Here, writer and researcher François Matarasso, mima’s Alistair Hudson, Katrina M Brown of the Common Guild, Modern Art Oxford director Paul Hobson, and artists Haroon Mirza, Joseph Young and Gordon Shrigley give their views.
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EU referendum: In or out – two opposing views on what the vote means to the arts
On Thursday 23 June, the EU Referendum will ask UK voters whether the country should remain a member of the European Union or leave. As the debate for and against Brexit intensifies, Munira Mirza makes the case for artists and those in the arts to vote to leave, while Clymene Christoforou argues that the UK should remain ‘at home’ in Europe.
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British Art Show 8: how Leeds’ independent and artist-led scene is responding
British Art Show 8 opens in Leeds on Friday 9 October and the city – currently bidding to be European Capital of Culture 2023 – is responding with a raft of additional activity. Leeds-based writers and artists Amelia Crouch and Lara Eggleton report on what the city’s homegrown and artist-led organisations are up to as Leeds City Council throws its support behind a showcase of the city’s buoyant visual arts scene.
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The arts sector is in desperate need of a fresh perspective
Getting across the value of the arts to society in this unforgiving political climate needs more passion and fewer generic advocacy tools This month, I’ve been reminded how in the pre-internet days of the CND and the Greenham Common peace […]
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The Fading Afterglow of Creation: Dave Briggs, Jack Squires
There is a scene in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), where, after the eponymous aliens’ discovery by the authorities, the protagonist Elliott’s house is hermetically sealed, covered in plastic and invaded by government agents in boiler suits, quaranting the inhabitants. A […]